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Egon Schiele was seen as the successor to Gustav Klimt, but died before he could fulfil his promise.
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Egon Schiele was seen as the successor to Gustav Klimt, but died before he could fulfil his promise. His fascinating character is accounted for by his family background and upbringing. His father Adolf worked for the Austrian State Railways, in charge of an important station where his son was born in June 1890 in Tulln. Schiele was sent away to school in 1901, first to Krems, then to Klosterneuburg on the outskirts of Vienna. In 1904 the whole family followed because of his father's deteriorating health. Adolf's condition was soon madness, and in the following year he died, aged fifty-four. Egon felt afterwards that he had had a special relationship with his father. He disliked his mother because he felt she did not mourn for his father enough, or give her son the attention he craved. During his late teens Schiele's emotions were directed into an intense relationship with his younger...
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