Agony, The Death Struggle by Egon Schiele Cloth Placemat

Agony, The Death Struggle (1912) by Egon Schiele (1890-1918) is a vintage expressionist fine art portrait painting. A religious figure in a robe (possibly a priest or a monk) is leaning over and blessing the body of a dead man. Symbolizing a religious metaphor, a belief that artists, like saints, must suffer for their beliefs. About the artist: Egon Schiele was an Austrian painter whose work is noted for its intensity and expressive lines that characterize his paintings and drawings and mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism.