**EGON SCHIELE** Pencil drawing signed

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Egon Schiele - June 12, 1890 – October 31, 1918) was an Austrian painter. A protégé of Gustaw Klimt, Schiele was a major figurative painter of the early 20th century. Schiele's work is noted for its intensity, and the many self-portraits the artist produced. The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterize Schiele's paintings and drawings mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism , although still strongly associated with the art nouveau movement ( Jugendstil ). The Leopold Museum , Vienna houses perhaps Schiele's most important and complete collection of work, featuring over 200 exhibits. Other notable collections of Schiele's art include the Egon Schiele-Museum, Tulln and Österreichische Galerie Belvedere , Vienna . Recently I received a huge collection of paintings and antiques from my family. It has been collected for three generations. These are the magnificent works of art solicitously collected for many years. They were purchased from renowned collectors, galleries and on auctions in Poland and abroad, mainly in France , Belgium , Czech Republic , Germany and Italy . I am disappointed because my small apartment forces me to sell many of these works of art. Paintings are practically everywhere. They hang on walls, lay on piles in corners, behind couches, on top of and inside the wardrobe – wherever read more