Seated Woman, Back View 1917

Egon Schiele made this watercolour drawing of a seated woman with fluid lines and vibrant colours. I like how the stripes of her top echo the lines of her back, kinda pulling the whole thing together. Imagine Schiele, leaning over the paper, his hand dancing, searching for the right curve, the right angle. What's he thinking? Is he thinking about her gesture? What is she reaching for? The tension between the flattened shapes and the depth of her pose is so cool. It feels like he is building the image from the inside out. Schiele's work has this raw, emotional energy, like he's trying to capture the fleeting nature of feeling itself. We are all in conversation with each other.