1/1 - Struck down by the Spanish Flu in 1918, aged just 28, in his short life Egon Schiele created over 3,000 drawings and paintings, self-portraits and nudes. Grave B-10-15/16; Egon Schiele was an Austrian painter. Schiele attached great importance to self-portraits, expressing … I love death and I love life Egon Schiele. Dec 23, 2019 - Egon Schiele - d. 1918 from Spanish Flu, his wife Edith, 6 months pregnant, d. ..., #Edith #Egon #Flu #flusymptoms2019 #months #nfluenzaa #Pregnant #Schiele #Spanish #wife The artist made Self-Portrait With the Spanish Flu … BBC Culture: Klimt and Schiele, the Artists Who Shocked Europe. Advertisement. During the fall of 1918, Edith caught the Spanish flu that was ravaging Europe. Egon Schiele is one of the most important artists of Viennese Modernism and left us an unforgettable testimony containing a tragic fate. See more ideas about egon schiele, artist, expressionist. More than 50 million people from all the continents died of the Spanish flu, which … More on his life is included within our biography. Also Controversy over nudes and sexuality in his works Died young at age 28 of Spanish Flu. In his last letter he described his concern about his pregnant wife, who also died of the flu. Aged 28. Among the many victims of Spanish Flu in Austria-Hungary was Egon Schiele. Guillaume Apollinaire, Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele died from the Spanish Flu but Georgia O’Keeffe, Edvard Munch and Franz Kafka survived it. EGON SCHIELE AND THE FLU THAT KILLED 25% OF THE US POPULATION AND DECREASED LIFE EXPECTANCY BY 12 YEARS. Wife and unborn child also died. Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desire Ep. Egon followed her to the grave three days later. Among others the flu killed were Egon Schiele, the Austrian artist, Guillaume Apollinaire, the French poet, and Felix Arendt, the American composer. She is six months pregnant. Schiele was prolific, but his artistic career ended tragically when he fell victim to the Spanish flu in 1918 at only 28 years of age. Nigel Jones . Noted for intensity and numerous self-portraits. And then Schiele’s wife, who was six months pregnant, died of the Spanish Flu. In the 100 years since his death, Egon Schiele’s reputation has steadily grown. That autumn, both Edith and Egon died from the Spanish Flu. Edith, who was six months pregnant, succumbed to the disease on 28 October. 10 The terrible human cost of the outbreak is immortalized in this painting by Austrian artist Egon Schiele. NEW YORK — The Spanish Flu pandemic that swept the post-World War I planet took the life of more than 50 million people. By. He worked alongside both Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka, other key Austrian artists of the era. Apollinaire died in 1918, one of the millions of victims of the Spanish flu, which also claimed the lives of the legendary artists Egon Schiele (1890–1918) and Gustav Klimt (1862–1918). Austrian artist Egon Schiele died of influenza in October 1918, just a few days after his wife Edith, who was pregnant with their first child. The history of the Spanish flu and current futorology research provide some clues. She is six months pregnant. Egon Schiele’s last work was a sketch of his wife Edith who had died from the Spanish flu, he died from the same disease only 3 days later. We learn from a letter from Schiele that his wife, then six months pregnant, fell ill with the Spanish flu on October 19. This was during World I ( 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918). Exhibition commemorates centenary of Egon Schiele’s death from Spanish flu. Show artist insights Egon Schiele Munch thought the end had come, but managed to resist the shadow of death that had haunted him since childhood. 21 May, 2020. Show artist insights Egon Schiele I selected only a handful of artworks that I thought would help me lead this conversation with myself. At first glance there is little to suggest a connection between Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele. The artist passed away just a few days after his wife, Edith, who tragically was also pregnant at the time. Egon Schiele's "Gustav Klimt on his death bed," 1918. In a brief life cut short by the Spanish flu, Egon Schiele (1890–1918) managed to create an oeuvre that was both symptomatic of and groundbreaking for his times, making him one of the most formative and colorful figures of Viennese Modernism. BBC Culture: Klimt and Schiele, the Artists Who Shocked Europe. The disease is very serious and life-threatening; I am preparing myself for the worst." Towards the end of WWI (Armistice November 11, 1918) the world experienced the worst flu epidemic to date. Book now.