artist-schiele: Portrait of Franz Hauer, Egon Schiele, 1914, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints an
artist-schiele: Portrait of Franz Hauer, Egon Schiele, 1914, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawingsslightly abstracted portrait of a man with a receeding hairline and curly beard; pointed nose; lines, hatching, and spirals Egon Schiele executed the plate for this print with great delicacy. His sinuous outlines recall the stylized mannerism of Lucas Cranach’s portraiture. The cross-hatching along lines such as the furrowed brow of the sitter remind some of sutures, but they may equally tap into childhood memories of rag-doll companions. The exaggerated, idiosyncratic style and the alloy of playfulness and heart-wrenching sensitivity are unmistakably that of Schiele in his maturity.Size: 5 1/8 x 4 5/16 in. (13.02 x 10.95 cm) (plate) 9 ¼ x 7 13/16 in. (23.5 x 19.84 cm) (sheet)Medium: Drypoint on cream paperhttps://collections.artsmia.org/art/113250/ -- source link