Mathilde Schönberg

Arnold Schoenberg (1874 – 1951)

Explore Arnold Schoenberg's revolutionary music – atonality, twelve-tone technique & influence on 20th-century composers. Discover his legacy at the Schönberg Center.

Arnold Schönberg Center (Vienna, Austria)

Discover the revolutionary musical archives of the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna, where you can explore original scores and a replica of the composer's study to experience the heart of Viennese Modernism.

Among many others, Schönberg employed smooth, glazed, and matt writing paper; yellowish, rough-surfaced drawing paper; watermarked bond paper; linen-faced writing paper; and transparent tracing paper. Schönberg rarely used charcoal or black chalk. In their natural form these can be unambiguously distinguished by sight, through their material characteristics and the type of mark they make. However, because by the early 20th century both had already for a long time been commercially available in many different grades, combined with additives and pressed into pencils, and because the mark they produce can be compacted and intensified or faded by surface wear, they can be difficult to differentiate. The portrait drawing represents the wife of the artist.

By the TopImpressionists.com Editorial Team

About this artwork

Title: Mathilde Schönberg
Artist: Arnold Schoenberg
Year: 1909
Original dimensions: 16.0 x 12.0 cm
Format: Portrait
Copyright status: Public domain
Where to see it: Arnold Schönberg Center
Main color: Putty
Color intensity: Vivid