1908
pastel
paperboard
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Head of a Woman is a 1908 pastel by Egon Schiele, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a woman’s face and shoulder from the side, her hand resting under her chin. The lines are rough and uneven, with dark shadows under her eyes and a faint outline of her hair. The paper looks yellowed, and the colors are mostly browns and tans. The artist used soft pastels and crayon on textured paper, giving it a sketchy, unfinished feel. The hand looks almost like it’s holding her face up. Next, look up technique: pastel to see how artists use it differently.
Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele (German: ; 12 June 1890 – 31 October 1918) was an Austrian Expressionist painter.
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