Egon Schiele: Austrian Expressionist Painter Egon Schiele’s artistic journey began in Tulln an der Donau, Austria, where he was born on June 12, 1890 – a town steeped in Habsburg history and renowned for its baroque architecture. His early life was marked by profound sorrow; his father, Adolf Eugen Schiele, succumbed to syphilis when Egon was just fourteen, leaving him orphaned and grappling with the devastating impact of familial illness. Raised initially by his mother, Marie Schiele Soukup, and subsequently under the guardianship of his uncle Leopold Czihaczek—a man who exerted considerabl…