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Anton Faistauer (1887-1930), a farmer's son, was originally destined for the priesthood. In 1906 he entered the class of professor Christian Greener at the Academy of Fine Arts, were he made Sceile's aquaintance. Three years later he and Schiele left the Academy together: as young artists they found the teaching at the old-fashion Academy stifling. They stayed there jusy long enough to acquire the one-year volunteer exemption which allowed them to srve two years in the army instead of the usual three. Faistauer joined Sciele in founding Neukunstgruppe (New Art Group) whose first exhibition was held at the Pisko gallery at 14 Lothringer Strasse in 1909. According to Arthur Roessler, Faistauer was "the moving force of the group and a clever impresario."
9 Egon Schiele. Two Men Standing On a Pedestal
Klimt and Schiele. [Study for an unpublished Wiener Werkstätte postcard.]
1909 India ink, wash. 15.5 X 9.9 cm.
Albertina, Vienna.
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10 Egon Schiele. Self Portrait With Gustav Klimt
[Study for the painting Hermits 1912].
1912 India ink, wash. 24 X 19 cm.
Albertina, Vienna.
to be considered as an also-ran..." (N., no. 1373). [In 1917 Schiele and several of his friends had founded a new artist union, the Sonderbund, which did not last long; hence, probably, Faistauer's reference to "we"] Three years later he and Schiele left the Academy together: as young artists they found the teaching at the old-fashion Academy stifling. They stayed there jusy long enough to acquire the one-year volunteer exemption which allowed them to srve two years in the army instead of the usual three. [In 1917 Schiele and several of his friends had founded a new artist union, the Sonderbund, which did not last long; hence, probably, Faistauer's reference to "we"] Three years later he and Schiele left the Academy together: as young artists they found the teaching at the old-fashion Academy stifling. Faistauer joined Sciele in founding Neukunstgruppe (New Art Group) whose first exhibition was held at the Pisko gallery at 14 Lothringer Strasse in 1909. According to Arthur Roessler, Faistauer was "the moving force of the group and a clever impresario."
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