| Seated Woman with Bent Knees | |
|---|---|
| German: Sitzende Frau mit angezogenem Knie | |
 Seated Woman with Bent Knees | |
| Artist | Egon Schiele |
| Year | 1917 |
| Medium | Gouache, watercolor, and black crayon on paper |
| Dimensions | 46 cm × 30.5 cm (18 in × 12 in) |
| Location | The National Gallery Prague, Prague |
Seated Woman with Bent Knees[a] is a 1917 painting in gouache, watercolor, and black crayon on paper by the Austrian Expressionist artist Egon Schiele.
As its name suggests, the piece features a woman, depicted in a seated pose. Schiele's wife, Edith, served as the model for Seated Woman, which utilizes a limited color palette, empty background, and sharp, edgy lines.
Like many of Schiele's other works, the piece employs a distinct style that subverts conventional representations of beauty and instead blends an ugly, distorted feeling with a sensual and erotic aesthetic. The piece is now in the National Gallery Prague, Czech Republic.
- ^ "Seated Woman with Bent Knees". The National Gallery Prague. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ Stirling, Van Cleave & Butler 1997, p. 415.
- ^ Steiner 2000, p. 4.
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