The Embrace
1917 · Oil on canvas · Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
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About this work
- Artist
- Egon Schiele (1890–1918)
- Year
- 1917
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 100 × 170.2 cm
- Collection
- Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
- Movement
- Expressionism
Two nude lovers lie wrapped together on a rumpled white sheet edged in blue, the man's muscular back turned towards us, the woman's arms around his neck and her dark hair spread across the top of the canvas. The ground around them is a loose field of yellow-green brushstrokes. Schiele painted it in 1917. The Belvedere describes the couple clinging to each other while their lower bodies seem to drift apart, an image of desire and separation anxiety, tenderness and despair rather than display. The canvas belonged to the Viennese collector Heinrich Rieger, and the museum bought it from Robert Rieger in New York in 1950.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Warm skin tones on white linen and a yellow-green ground make an intimate picture for a main bedroom or a private study. Pair it with Klimt's The Kiss at 24×36 in a black frame.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Expressionism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1917)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- intimate
- Rooms
- bedroom, study or library, living room, dining room, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, anniversary, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
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
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
