Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele was an Austrian artist whose drawings and paintings gave the human figure an intensely expressive presence. Line, gesture and close observation became defining features of his work.

Antike Büste, or Antique Bust, dates from 1906 and shows an earlier aspect of his practice: the careful study of a classical sculpted head. Its quiet detail offers a different encounter with an artist often associated with more challenging portraits and figure studies.