A Surprising Artwork from Egon Schiele

The shimmering waters of the Harbour of Trieste

Christopher P Jones
5 min readJun 8, 2023

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Hafen von Triest (1907) by Egon Schiele. Oil and pencil on card. 25 × 18 cm. Private collection. Image source Wikimedia Commons

When you enter the world of artist Egon Schiele, you enter a place of texture, impressions, sensitive lines and nervous crinkles.

As a prominent Austrian artist working in the early 20th century, Schiele’s art became celebrated for its honest portrayal of psychological vulnerability and the…

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