Kneeling Female in Orange-Red Dress

Egon Schiele was an Austrian painter and a protégé of Gustav Klimt. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and for the many self-portraits the artist produced, including naked self-portraits. The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterize Schiele's paintings and drawings mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism. 

Kneeling Female in Orange Dress is one of Schiele's more classic works. We see a woman squatting on her legs with a seductive look to her face. Most of Schiele's works feature the use of twisted body shapes with varying forms of facial expression. One of the technical aspects to note around Kneeling Female in Orange Dress would be the very dark lines that the artist used for outlines. This feels similar to the techniques of a draftsman.

We present today's work thanks to the Leopold Museum. 

P.S. Here you can dive into the genesis of Schiele's erotic art (18+).