Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
RT @nick_routledge: @aliner Schiele’s wife, Edith, died of the flu three days before him, six months into her pregnancy. In the time between her death and his, Schiele made paintings of her - his favorite muse. He was 28. She was 25.
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Photo of Egon and Edith Schiele, together.
Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 13 Aug 2022
Final moments. On October 27, 1918, unable to speak, Edith Schiele picked up a pen and wrote with a shaky hand, “I love you eternally and love you more and more infinitely and immeasurably.” The next morning, she was dead. Egon Schiele drew his final portrait, dying 3 days later.
