Schiele

 Painting by Egon Schiele 1890-1918 - 'Four Trees' 1917

"Egon Schiele died at the very young age of 28 from the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918."

"He was at the height of his career when the influenza epidemic swept through Europe. His pregnant wife, Edith, also contracted the illness and died three days before him. The Spanish flu pandemic was one of the deadliest in human history, killing tens of millions of people worldwide."