Seated Child 1917

Egon Schiele drew this ‘Seated Child’ with pencil and watercolour; a medium that lends itself to capturing fleeting moments and raw emotions. Schiele's process feels like a conversation, each line a question, each wash of color a whispered response. Look at the child’s right knee – how the red watercolour bleeds beyond the line, creating a sense of vulnerability and tenderness. The surface feels raw, untouched, like the artist is baring his soul. The thinness of the paint, the exposed paper—it's all part of the emotional experience. Schiele's work echoes the intense, psychological portraits of Edvard Munch. Both were interested in the human condition, the fragility of the self, and the power of art to explore those depths. But Schiele brings a graphic immediacy to the party, a sense of line, that lets ambiguity and multiple interpretations thrive.