A prodigious talent and genius; a sensitive creator of tranquil landscapes and a shameless self-promoter, who produced no less than 170 self-portraits; an eternal child and manic eroticist, in whose studio young and very young women lift their skirts - Egon Schiele has many faces. His work is undoubtedly among the most significant achievements of modern art. His life, filled with scandals, is the subject of legends, novels, and films. But who was Egon Schiele really? With over 150 illustrations and engaging texts, this book offers a portrait of one of the most fascinating artistic personalities of the 20th century. It follows Schiele's life step by step - from childhood to the happy days in Krumau, from the crisis of imprisonment to artistic triumph just before his death from Spanish flu at the age of 28.