1. Egon Schiele's father, Adolf Schiele, the station master of the Tulln station in the Austrian State Railways, was born in 1851 in Vienna to Karl Ludwig Schiele, a German from Ballenstedt and Aloisia Schimak; Egon Schiele's mother Marie, nee Soukup, was born in 1861 in Cesky Krumlov to Franz Soukup, a Czech father from Mirkovice, and Aloisia Poferl, a German Bohemian mother from Cesky Krumlov.
Egon Schiele senior was known to have had an interest in collecting minerals and butterflies and liked to draw.
When he was 11 years old, Egon Schiele moved to the nearby city of Krems to attend secondary school.
In 1906 Egon Schiele applied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna, where Gustav Klimt had once studied.
In 1907, Egon Schiele sought out Gustav Klimt, who generously mentored younger artists.
Klimt took a particular interest in the young Egon Schiele, buying his drawings, offering to exchange them for some of his own, arranging models for him and introducing him to potential patrons.
Egon Schiele introduced Schiele to the Wiener Werkstatte, the arts and crafts workshop connected with the Secession.
Egon Schiele left the academy in 1909, after completing his third year, and founded the Neukunstgruppe with other dissatisfied students.
Egon Schiele's work was already daring, but it went a bold step further with the inclusion of Klimt's decorative eroticism and figurative distortions.
Egon Schiele painted tributes to Van Gogh's Sunflowers as well as landscapes and still lifes.
Egon Schiele began to participate in what would be numerous group exhibitions, including those of the Neukunstgruppe in Prague in 1910 and Budapest in 1912; the Sonderbund, Cologne, in 1912; and several Secessionist shows in Munich, beginning in 1911.
In 1911, at the age of twenty-one, Egon Schiele met the seventeen-year-old Walburga Neuzil, who lived with him in Vienna and served as a model for some of his most striking paintings.
Egon Schiele had previously modelled for Gustav Klimt and might have been one of his mistresses.
Progressively, Egon Schiele's work grew more complex and thematic, and he eventually would begin dealing with themes such as death and rebirth.
In 1915, Egon Schiele chose to marry the more socially acceptable Edith, but had apparently expected to continue his relationship with Wally.
Three days after his wedding, Egon Schiele was ordered to report for active service in the army where he was initially stationed in Prague.
Edith came with him and stayed in a hotel in the city, while Egon Schiele lived in an exhibition hall with his fellow conscripts.
Around this time, Egon Schiele began experimenting with the themes of motherhood and family.
Egon Schiele had successful shows in Zurich, Prague, and Dresden.
Since Egon Schiele was in charge of the food stores in the camp, he and Edith could enjoy food beyond rations.
Egon Schiele did everything he could to get out of military service.
Egon Schiele was again able to focus on his artistic career and his output was prolific.
Egon Schiele's work reflected the maturity of an artist in full command of his talents.
Egon Schiele was invited to participate in the 49th Vienna Secession exhibition held in 1918.
Egon Schiele had fifty works accepted for this exhibition, and they were displayed in the main hall.
Egon Schiele focused on portraits of others as well as himself.
Art critic Martin Gayford wrote in The Spectator: 'He [Egon Schiele] found his distinctive style very early.
Egon Schiele had among his admirers many Jewish art collectors whose collections were looted under the Nazis: in Germany from 1933, in Austria from the Anschluss of 1938, and in France from the German occupation of 1940.