The sinewy genius of Egon Schiele – in pictures
Self-Portrait with Peacock Waistcoat, Standing), 1911 Gouache, watercolor, and black crayon on paper, mounted on cardboard 51.5 × 34.5 cm Ernst Ploil Collection, Vienna Kallir P. 189 Related to a series of allegorical self-portraits produced by Schiele from 1910 to 1911, collectively referred to as the Self-Seers, this work introduces a growing complexity of artistic themes. The presence of the white nimbus-like surrounding of the head lends an unmistakable religious undertone to Schiele’s self-