Round 8: Tossup 17

In a painting by this artist, a vibrant naked woman lies on and twists around a woman in a yellow (-5[1])dress with lifeless, bead-like eyes. This artist posed with a v-shaped hand gesture for the first time in a self-portrait in a peacock waistcoat. This artist depicted the inside of a jail cell in paintings like The Orange Was the Only Light during a trial in which a judge burned one of his sketches in court. A 1915 oil painting by this artist in which a thin-armed, kneeling woman in a patterned red gown (-5[1])clutches the lap of a man who bends over her, grasping her head is often compared (15[1])to Oskar (*) Kokoschka’s Bride of the Wind. This student of Gustav Klimt (10[1])depicted himself and his lover Wally Neuzil in his painting Death and the Maiden. For 10 points, name this Austrian expressionist (10[1])known for his bony, sexual nudes. ■END■ (10[2])

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