Many of his paintings were based self portraits and portraits of others and what was in their minds and what their sexuality was. He was very famous for his bold paintings showing people’s flaws other than the beauty and often replaced the beautiful with imperfect. Gustav Klimt was a major influence on Schiele, he was Schiele’s teacher and friend and influenced him to paint the female body however the emotional part of is paintings is what Egon developed while observing his sisters emotional health and life.