2025-08-22

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Egon Schiele was one of the most intense and controversial artists of the early 20th century. A shy, reserved child turned rebellious visionary. He scandalised Vienna with raw, often unsettling depictions of the human body. His work is filled with twisted forms and existential angst, reflecting an obsession with mortality, sexuality, and identity - especially his own.

His self-portraits are unlike anything that came before them: emaciated, contorted and confrontational. With sunken eyes and twisted limbs - they were not intended to flatter, but to disturb. So, what drove this young artist to depict himself so mercilessly?

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Script co-written by Laura Beardsell-Moore Opening

Animation and Title Sequence by Brian Adsit (instagram https://instagram.com/brian_vfx?utm_m... and Behance www.behance.com/badsit88)

Additional animation (Schiele’s works) by Carlo Vega (http://www.instagram.com/carlovega)

Recording by Robert Lewis

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MUSIC

Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht

BOOKS

Schiele: The Midnight Soul of the Artist

Egon Schiele by Frank. Whitford by Reinhard Steiner

Schiele: 1890-1918: Desire and Decay by Wolfgang Georg Fischer

The Faces of Egon Schiele: Self Portraits by Elizabeth Leoplod and Stefan Kutzenberger

Egon Schiele: Last Years 1914-1918 by Kerstin Jesse, Jane Kallir, et al.

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