Sitting Child 1916

Egon Schiele made this drawing of a child, with an unknown medium on paper. Just look at how the lines dance and weave, it’s like he’s feeling his way around the form. It’s this process of exploration that makes the work so alive, right? I love how Schiele captures the weight of the child's limbs with such delicate, almost hesitant lines. There’s something so raw and vulnerable about the way the artist leaves his process visible. It's like you can see him thinking and rethinking the body in front of him. And notice the way the lines thicken and fade – it’s like he’s breathing life into the paper, and how they create this sense of the child’s weight and presence in the world. It's almost like you can feel the child’s vulnerability, their quiet intensity. For me, this piece really resonates with the work of someone like Alice Neel, who also had this incredible ability to capture the psychological weight of her sitters. It’s a reminder that art isn’t about perfect representation, it’s about capturing something deeper, something more human.