Egon
Schiele was born June 12, 1890, to Marie and Adolph Schiele
in Tullin, a small town on the Austrian Danube where Adolph
was stationmaster. Egon had two older sisters - Elvira
(who lived only ten years) and Melanie - and one younger
sister, Gertie, to whom he was the closest in his childhood.
In 1915, Schiele married Edith Harms, who lived with her
parents across the street from his studio. This change
necessitated the termination of his four year relationship
with the ever faithful Wally. A few days after the wedding,
Schiele was inducted into the army. Austria shielded its
cultural elite from dangerous duty, sparing Schiele from
combat; nevertheless, it was a rocky beginning for a marriage
paring such differing sensibilities.
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