Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele (b. June 12, 1890- d.October 31, 1918) was an Austrian painter. A protégé of Gustav Klimt, Schiele was a major figurative painter of the early 20th century. As a child, Schiele was fascinated by trains, his father worked for the Austrian State Railways, and Egon would spend many hours drawing them, to the point where his father felt obliged to destroy his sk...