again on Egon Schiele

Every since I visited the Leopold Museum i have been fascinated with the work of Schiele. I bought a few books that described his life and inspirations, they also detailed his ailments. It would appear that all great painters and artists are afflicted with something that cuts their life short or makes it unbearable> I would like to think that most often it is because of the ailment that there are able to be so creative. What interests me most about Schiele is his depiction of death. be it trees or people he has an ability with death. Schiele details death as one witnesses the theater - a spectators. he does not allow us access only a glimpse. He is a master at detailing the obvious trust the subject has in death or the process of dying where many other contemporary painters expose death as merely a spectacle and one that should not be observed.