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Egon Schiele's Self-Portrait with Peacock Waistcoat
What self-confidence looks like
Rarely has a young artist painted himself with such an air of self-assurance. Egon Schiele was twenty years old and had moved into a house in Neulengbach, intending to stay there for good. The artist was successful and able to show his works at international exhibitions, but for him that was only the beginning. He was aiming for the stars.
Before Schiele became a super star, he created a self-portrait of almost boundless idealization. The angle of vision already leads the viewer to look upwards towards artist, whose pose exudes fashionable elegance, his head framed in a manner reminiscent of figures of a saints. The Peacock Waistcoat gives a name to the vanity of the pose. This magnificent self-portrait was soon followed by the sobering experience of the "Neulengbach affair." Now, the artist was no longer in the vanguard of society, but in prison and pushed to its fringes.
Egon Schiele, Self-Portrait with Peacock Waistcoat, 1911
© Ernst Ploil, Wien
The Procession as a Picture Puzzle and Modern Self-Expression
Schiele created this painting between May and October 1911. It reflects a both turbulent and vital creative period that saw him move between Krumau and Neulengbach and produce some of his most seminal works. This includes numerous paintings filled with a symbolism that has not been fully decrypted to this day. The "Procession" is the only work Schiele signed four times, and it was of utmost importance to him. He intended to show it at international exhibitions (Munich Secession, Sonderbund exhibition in Cologne) and repeatedly emphasized its significance.
With this painting Schiele created a picture puzzle that Ernst Ploil has discussed extensively in his writings. Its content connects elements of the esoteric with the private realm, and the resulting coded family portrait that can be interpreted as a modern form of self-expression and reflection.
Egon Schiele, The Procession, 1911
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