Of The Artist's Wife, With Hands On Hips By Egon Schiele
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For the piece that stood out the most to in meaning something to me was Portrait of the Artist’s Wife, with Hands on Hips by Egon Schiele. It was done in 1915 with the simple use of black crayon on paper to illustrate just one women showing confidence with the pose she’s striking with her hands on her hips. It was at first glance the outfit the woman is wearing that gave me curiosity as to why would the artist draw her in what I consider to be common clothes with her hair unkept looking. My first thought is that a man should show appreciation of his wife by making her look as beautiful and elegant as possible. Next the fact he only used black crayon was a little depressing as well because I believe the artist found his wife to unattractive