Portrait of the Artist's Wife, Edith Schiele
1918 · Oil on canvas · Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Egon Schiele (1890–1918)
- Year
- 1918
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 139.8 × 109.8 cm
- Collection
- Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
- Movement
- Expressionism
Edith Schiele sits on a chair with her hands clasped in her lap, a blue jacket over a white blouse with a black bow, a long pale skirt spread almost to the floor and her red-blond hair piled high. Around her is a dense weave of blues, greens and black. Schiele painted his wife in 1918, three years after their marriage, and it became the first of his paintings to be bought by a museum. The Belvedere's director found it too vivid and decorative, so Schiele repainted the dress in quieter colours; technical study in 2018 brought the original version to light. Edith died that October, three days before him.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Deep blue and green around a pale skirt make a calm, reflective portrait for a living room, study or bedroom on a white or soft grey wall. Pair it with Klimt's Portrait of Emilie Flöge at 16×24 in a black frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Expressionism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1918)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- intimate
- Rooms
- living room, bedroom, study or library, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — dark wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
