Egon Schiele with the Painting Shrines in the Forest II, 1915, in the background, 1915

Around 1915, Johannes Fischer (1888–1955) created a series of photographs of his fellow painter Egon Schiele (1890–1918), which show him in his studio at Hietzinger Hauptstraße 101. Fischer often exhibited together with Schiele, who was two years his junior. The two artists were not only colleagues but also good friends. In this photograph, Schiele is looking directly into the camera, his head slightly inclined and his forehead furrowed. The artist’s stance and expression are reminiscent of his self-portraits, for instance Self-Portrait with Lowered Head (1912). In the background, we can discern parts of the painting Shrines in the Forest II, kept today at the Stiftung Sammlung Kamm (Inv. K.G 29; Kallir P296).

LVD, 2024