The Family (Schiele)
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The Family was one of the last oil paintings made by Austrian painter Egon Schiele before he died of Spanish flu on 31 October 1918. The work measures 152.5 cm × 162.5 cm and is held by the Belvedere
Egon Schiele, The Family, 1918, Belvedere Gallery, Vienna.
Schiele's poster for the 49th exhibition of the Vienna Secession in 1918
Wally Neuzil
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Walburga "Wally" Neuzil was an Austrian nurse who was the lover and muse of the artist Egon Schiele between 1911 and 1915.
The Family (Schiele)
…hand across his heart raised to his left collar. The model for the woman is not Schiele's wife, Edith (née Harms), and may instead be his former lover Wally Neuzil. Edith was expecting their first child at the time of painting, and at a later point Schiele overpainted a bouquet of flowers that had been placed…
Neuzil at Lake Traunsee near Gmunden in July 1913 (Wien Museum)
Portrait of Wally (1912)
Neuzil in Sinj during WWI (back row in the middle)