Seated Woman with Bent Knees
1917 drawing by Egon Schiele / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Seated Woman with Bent Knees[lower-alpha 1] is a 1917 painting in gouache, watercolor, and black crayon on paper by the Austrian Expressionist artist Egon Schiele.
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Seated Woman with Bent Knees | |
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German: Sitzende Frau mit angezogenem Knie | |
Artist | Egon Schiele |
Year | 1917 |
Medium | Gouache, watercolor, and black crayon on paper |
Dimensions | 46 cm × 30.5 cm (18 in × 12 in) |
Location | The National Gallery Prague, Prague |
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As its name suggests, the piece features a woman, depicted in a seated pose. Schiele's wife, Edith, served as the model for Seated Woman, which utilizes a limited color palette, empty background, and sharp, edgy lines.
Like many of Schiele's other works, the piece employs a distinct style that subverts conventional representations of beauty and instead blends an ugly, distorted feeling with a sensual and erotic aesthetic. The piece is now in the National Gallery Prague, Czech Republic.