Self-Portrait
1910
Egon Schiele was only 20 years old when he created this haunting self-portrait, already establishing the raw, angular style that would define his brief but explosive career. Notice the jagged, dark hair and the hollow, greenish shadows under the eyes—it's a face that looks exhausted, intense, and completely unfiltered. As a leading figure of Austrian Expressionism, Schiele frequently used his own body as a subject to explore themes of mortality and identity, pushing boundaries until his tragic death from the Spanish flu at just 28.
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