: Originally titled Man and the Woman , the painting was renamed by Schiele upon hearing of Wally’s death in 1917, symbolizing the loss of a vital part of his creative soul.
: Portrayed by Valerie Pachner, Wally is the primary emotional anchor of the film. She is immortalized in Schiele’s 1915 painting, Death and the Maiden , which serves as the narrative’s thematic core.
: The story highlights Schiele’s ultimate sacrifice of personal love for professional advancement, as he leaves the low-born Wally to marry the middle-class Edith Harms for social standing. Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden (2016) by Dieter Berner
