“Schiele's palette is deliberately raw — sickly flesh, dirty ochre, and a stab of carmine, set against ground left exposed as if the painting refused to comfort itself.”
Egon Schiele
Painter · Expressionism · 1890–1918
Austrian Expressionist whose contorted figures sit in austere flesh tones, raw ochre, and bruised greens.
The Palette
Curatorial Note
“Schiele's palette is deliberately raw — sickly flesh, dirty ochre, and a stab of carmine, set against ground left exposed as if the painting refused to comfort itself.”
Austrian Expressionist whose contorted figures sit in austere flesh tones, raw ochre, and bruised greens.
