Tote Stadt VI. Die kleine Stadt I

1912

Egon Schiele1890 Tulln – 1918 Wien
We have 3 artworks by Egon Schiele online.
We have 1824 paintings online.
Hardly any other place inspired Schiele as much as Krumau (Ceský Krumlov), [Special character: on the C a circonflex with point down] birthplace and hometown of his mother, which he had known since childhood and which became the most important motif for his landscape depictions. He moved there for the first time in May 1910 for six months, returning a year later with his partner Wally Neuzil. However, as the artist, who lived in a so-called 'wild marriage' [translator's note: concubinage] and had young girls sit for him as models, outraged the small townsfolk, he was forced to return to Vienna after a few months. There he painted this picture after earlier sketches and out of material necessity over another representation, which shimmers through in parts (see Rudolf Leopold: Egon Schiele. Landschaften (Munich 2004; = exh. cat. Wien, Leopold Museum, 2004/05), pp. 76 f. and 94 f.). The view from the Schlossberg is of the buildings on the Ring from behind; they are overlooked by the bare rear wall of the Apothekerhaus (Ringplatz 16).
Also known as
Dead City Tote Stadt VI [historic]
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 80.2 x 80.2 cm
Inventory number
1964/0001
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, 1964