Egon Schiele hit his stride around 1912. He was even showing art with Der Blaue Reiter guys like Kandinsky.

But then came trouble. Arrested, imprisoned for 24 days. Studio became a kids' hangout, residents flipped.

Accused of exposing kids to erotic art. Police confiscated works as 'degenerate'. Judge even burned a drawing. Wild, right?

Prison changed him, work got more explicit. Then he decided to marry Edith, but his long-time lover Wally bounced.

Conscripted for WWI but kept painting. Then Klimt died. Soon after, his pregnant wife, Edith, died from Spanish flu. So sad.

Three days later, Schiele himself died at 28 from the same flu. A short life, but his impact? Huge. Read more.

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