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I like what Klimt I've seen but never heard of Schiele. Wiki page has some pics about which I can't see the attraction.

Make up your own mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Schiele but to me many look purposefully ugly.

Happens I did notice one that looks like butt-head https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Egon_Schiele_-_Grimassier...

There's a gallery in New York that has a huge collection of Austrian art including Egon Schiele. I've been many times, mostly because they have the best museum cafe in the city. I find his work to be interesting, but off-putting to put it politely. I'm only assuming his work would have been considered shocking when it premiered.

Google Arts and Culture have wonderful high-resolution images from the Leopold Museum in Vienna: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/leopold-museum-vie...

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