{"id":3550,"date":"2016-10-10T08:25:35","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T07:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=3550"},"modified":"2025-12-23T16:59:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T15:59:58","slug":"egon-schiele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/egon-schiele\/","title":{"rendered":"Egon Schiele in Vienna"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/schiele_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Schiele's grave\" class=\"wp-image-4129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/schiele_thumb.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/schiele_thumb-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Egon Schiele studied in Vienna, produced some of his best works here, and died here in 1918. This overview reveals where to see his paintings and biographical locations like his grave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Add a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/concerts-opera-vienna-tickets-l206741\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_Schiele\" rel=\"sponsored\">concert experience<\/a>* to your Vienna trip<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/gustav-klimt\/\">Klimt in Vienna<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/famous-people\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1666\">Follow in famous footsteps<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Jump to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#works\">Works on display<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#life\">Life &amp; landmarks<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8230;and a <a href=\"#map\">location map<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"works\">Schiele: his works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The artist&#8217;s name remains linked with Vienna, even if he wasn&#8217;t always fond of the city and was actually born in Tulln (a small town about 35 minutes by car from Austria&#8217;s capital).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Special exhibitions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Schiele &amp; Peschka<\/em> (April 30th to September 27th, 2026): an exhibition at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/wien-museum-karlsplatz\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"66174\">the Wien Museum<\/a> draws on the Peschka collection of photos, documents, studio furniture etc. to add biographical depth to Schiele<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now let&#8217;s explore the permanent options for viewing art by Schiele&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Leopold Museum<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/leopoldmuseum1.jpg\" alt=\"Building and Libelle viewing platform \u00a9 Leopold Museum\" class=\"wp-image-42891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/leopoldmuseum1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/leopoldmuseum1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Leopold Museum with the MQ Libelle viewing platform on its roof; \u00a9 Leopold Museum, Vienna; Photo: Ouriel Morgensztern)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This should be number one on your list. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/leopold-museum\/\">Leopold Museum<\/a> owns the world&#8217;s most important Schiele collection, covering over 40 paintings and dozens of works on paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of these paintings, including the likes of <em>Seated Male Nude<\/em> and a <em>Portrait of Wally Neuzil<\/em>, appear in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/schiele-leopold\/\">Schiele galleries<\/a> of the museum within the wider <em>Vienna 1900<\/em> permanent exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Belvedere<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/deathmaiden.jpg\" alt=\"Schiele's Death and the Maiden\" class=\"wp-image-16736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/deathmaiden.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/deathmaiden-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Death and the Maiden. Photo courtesy of and \u00a9 Belvedere, Wien. Reproduced with permission under the terms of <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 4.0.<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people associate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/belvedere\/\">Belvedere<\/a> art collections with Klimt, but the same location that features the famous <em>Kiss <\/em>also includes several works by Schiele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belvedere sometimes changes the displays around to keep things fresh, but my last trip there revealed, for example, Schiele&#8217;s portrait of Eduard Kosmack in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/gustav-klimt-belvedere\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3544\">Vienna 1900<\/a> section and his evocative <em>The Family<\/em> and <em>Death and the Maiden<\/em> paintings in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/biedermeier-to-interwar\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"13632\">Emerging Modernism<\/a> section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wien Museum<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/schielewienmuseum.jpg\" alt=\"Schiele's painting of a young mother\" class=\"wp-image-72955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/schielewienmuseum.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/schielewienmuseum-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Egon Schiele, Young Mother, 1914; Wien Museum; press photo: Birgit and Peter Kainz, Wien Museum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/wien-museum\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"26812\">Wien Museum<\/a> also owns works by Schiele and their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/wien-museum-karlsplatz\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"66174\">redeveloped building<\/a> on Karlsplatz has Vienna around 1900 as one of the main areas in the permanent exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I found several paintings on display in the <em>Fin de Si\u00e8cle<\/em> section, including a 1911 self-portrait, a 1910 portrait of Arthur Roessler, his unusual 1909 <em>Sunflower<\/em>, the 1914 <em>Young Mother<\/em> (pictured above), and 1911&#8217;s <em>The Artist&#8217;s Room in Neulengbach<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Albertina Art Museum<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AlbertinaArtMuseum.jpg\" alt=\"The Albertina Art Museum from below\" class=\"wp-image-41600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AlbertinaArtMuseum.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AlbertinaArtMuseum-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The museum has an enormous collection of prints, paintings, and more)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina\/\">Albertina<\/a> also owns a large Schiele collection (original works, photos, diaries, etc.), but most items are not on display at any one time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You should find paintings in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina-art\/\">permanent exhibition<\/a>. Indeed, Schiele had a whole room to himself last time I visited. (But they do change things up regularly.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Ad:<\/em><br><\/div><div data-tiqets-widget=\"discovery\" data-cards-layout=\"horizontal\" data-content-type=\"product\" data-content-ids=\"974356,974465\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"DA_Leopold\"><\/div><script defer src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"life\">Schiele: life and landmarks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Should you wish to follow in Schiele&#8217;s physical footsteps, then try these addresses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/academyoffinearts.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/academyoffinearts.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/academyoffinearts-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Schiele would have ascended these steps to attend classes)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can imagine, Schiele took well to a classical training in art. Or perhaps not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, he attended the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts (address: Schillerplatz 3, 1010 Vienna) from 1906 before breaking off his studies in 1909.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Akademie der Bildenden K\u00fcnste Wien<\/em> is still a major university today and houses its own renowned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/gemaldegalerie-paintings-gallery\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"42411\">paintings and art collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(This is the institution that famously rejected Hitler&#8217;s application to study there!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hietzing &amp; studio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Schiele is commonly associated with Hietzing, which is Vienna&#8217;s upmarket 13th <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/mapsgeography\/viennadistricts\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"114\">district<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I visited the small <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bezirksmuseum.at\/de\/besuchen\/oeffnungszeiten-und-kontakt\/\">Hietzing District Museum<\/a> (at Am Platz 2), it had an original bronze bust of the artist (designed by Schiele himself), and one of his easels. Warning: the museum has limited opening hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you do go to Hietzing, consider also popping over to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/klimt-villa\/\">Klimt Villa<\/a>, location of Klimt&#8217;s last studio and now a museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Schiele&#8217;s final studio<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/schielestudio101.jpg\" alt=\"Hietzinger Hauptstra\u00dfe 101\" class=\"wp-image-49123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/schielestudio101.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/schielestudio101-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Hietzinger Hauptstra\u00dfe 101: Schiele&#8217;s studio was up in the roof)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 1912 to his death, Schiele had a studio at Hietzinger Hauptstra\u00dfe 101, directly opposite his parents-in-law&#8217;s house. A plaque next to the front gate marks the location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other alleged studios and residences I visited in Vienna bore no sign of their significance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Place of death<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/schieledeath.jpg\" alt=\"Hietzinger Hauptstra\u00dfe 114\" class=\"wp-image-49121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/schieledeath.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/schieledeath-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(A plaque on the wall marks the house where Schiele died)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schiele died on October 31st, 1918 at Hietzinger Hauptstra\u00dfe 114, the home of his parents-in-law. His wife had died a couple of days earlier from the same Spanish &#8216;flu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A plaque outside commemorates the event and notes that he also created many works in a nearby studio from 1912 to 1918 (see Hietzinger Hauptstra\u00dfe 101 above). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Schiele&#8217;s grave<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/schielegrave.jpg\" alt=\"Egon Schiele's grave\" class=\"wp-image-49122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/schielegrave.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/schielegrave-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The lower part of Schiele&#8217;s gravestone)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They buried Schiele on November 3rd, and the grave is in the Ober St. Veit cemetery at Gemeindeberggasse 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the noticeboard to the left of the main entrance you&#8217;ll find a cemetery map: look for Group B, Row 10, Nr.15\/16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basically go right at the entrance until you hit the storage huts. Then go up the next row after this and look for Schiele&#8217;s grave on the right. He&#8217;s buried with his wife, Edith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"map\">Schiele location map<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1zJVDIY8Su9RGzTc8eIoZZZmuEuM\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/famous-people\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1666\">my curated list<\/a> to find location guides for other artists, composers etc. closely associated with Vienna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egon Schiele studied in Vienna, produced some of his best works here, and died here in 1918. This overview reveals where to see his paintings and biographical locations like his grave. Jump to: Schiele: his works The artist&#8217;s name remains linked with Vienna, even if he wasn&#8217;t always fond of the city and was actually [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3550","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-footsteps","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3550"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87733,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3550\/revisions\/87733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}