Female Nude with Green Cushion
1910
Egon Schiele, the rebellious star of Viennese Expressionism, twists the female form into a raw, vulnerable knot in this 1910 drawing. The figure crouches in a contorted embrace, her face buried in a mass of brown hair tied with blue ribbons, while her elongated limbs wrap around a stark green cushion. The jarring contrast between the fleshy orange tones and the cool green background creates a sense of isolation and intense intimacy. Schiele was notorious for his unflinching, often erotic depictions of the body—so much so that he was briefly jailed for public indecency because his art was considered too scandalous for the time.
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