In spite
of the war, Schiele was able to pursue his artisitic endeavors.
Indeed, his output was prodigious-, his work reflecting the maturity
of an artist in full commmand of his talents. The Vienna Secession
Show of 1918, where Schile exhibited in the main hall and for
which he had designed the poster, brought him great success.
During the last year of his life he also had successful shows
in Zurich, Prague, and Dresden. At the end of 1918, the influenza
epidemic that claimed over twenty million lives worldwide reached
Vienna. Edith, who was six months pregnant, succumbed to it on
October 28th, followed three days later by Egon. He was twenty-eight
years old.
