Round 8: Tossup 17

In a painting by this artist, a vibrant naked woman lies on and twists around a woman in a yellow 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 clutches the lap of a man who bends over her, grasping her head is often compared to Oskar (*) Kokoschka’s Bride of the Wind. This student of Gustav Klimt depicted himself and his lover Wally Neuzil in his painting Death and the Maiden. For 10 points, name this Austrian expressionist known for his bony, sexual nudes. ■END■ (0[2])

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