Schiele

[ shee-luh ]

noun

1. E·gon [ey, -gawn], 1890–1918, Austrian expressionist painter.

Schiele

/ ˈʃiːlə /

noun

1. SchieleEgon18901918MAustrianARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARTS AND CRAFTS: draughtsman Egon (ˈeːɡɔn). 1890–1918, Austrian painter and draughtsman: a leading exponent of Austrian expressionism

Example Sentences

In 1964, Robert Owen Lehman Sr., a philanthropist and art collector who led the Lehman Brothers investment firm through the Great Depression, bought a small drawing by the Austrian artist Egon Schiele.

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The collectors, Karl Mayländer and Heinrich Rieger, were associates of Schiele in Austria, and their heirs have each claimed ownership of “Portrait of the Artist’s Wife,” a depiction of Edith Schiele.

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Mayländer was a textile merchant who is depicted in at least two Schiele portraits.

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Anticipated witnesses include a handwriting specialist from Vienna and experts on Schiele, an early-1900s Expressionist whose art has soared in value in recent years.

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The Art Institute of Chicago has rebuffed an attempt by New York investigators to seize an Egon Schiele drawing in its collection, asserting in a strongly-worded 132-page court filing that the investigators have produced no evidence that the artwork was looted by the Nazis as they claim.

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