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A self-portrait of a colorless, but youthful, rounded oval face, in full-frontal view, emerges from a reddish-brown, textured, but indistinct background; the eyes of the face are open but the body belonging to the face is abstract, blurred by pencil strokes and the color of sepia ink; [1] the clothing worn by the subject is indistinguishable as it dissolves into the background with each pencil ...
Max Beckmann was a prolific painter of self-portraits [26] as was Edvard Munch who made great numbers of self-portrait paintings (70), prints (20) and drawings or watercolours (over 100) throughout his life, many showing him being badly treated by life, and especially by women. [27]
Self-portraiture, or Autoportraiture is the field of art theory and history that studies the history, means of production, circulation, reception, forms, and meanings of self-portraits. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Emerging in Antiquity and becoming popular from the Renaissance as an artistic practice, as a specific field of study, self-portraiture is ...
B22, Self Portrait Drawing at a Window, 1648, 5 states. He is drawing on an etching plate, making this the least posed self-portrait etching. In state iv, a landscape is added outside. [47] The last etching but for two sketches, and one of the "official" etched self-portraits. [34]
Jacques-Louis Barcat (Paris, 1877 – Le Mans, 1 December 1955 [1]) was a French painter, known for his naturalistic paintings and (family) portraits. He was a student of Jean-Léon Gérôme and Ernest Hébert.
The guillotine theme is also highlighted by Polini in the 1998 Self Portrait (With Easel), comparing the red and yellow lines in the portrait to the shape of a guillotine. [94] The last self portrait that Utermohlen used a mirror for, [95] Self Portrait (With Easel) (1998) uses the same pose as a 1955 self-portrait. Polini states that this was ...
Self-portrait with Plumed Beret: 1629: Oil on panel: 89.7 x 73.5: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston: 29: Self-portrait with a Gorget: c. 1629: Oil on panel: 38.2 x 31: Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg: 30: The painting is covered by a layer of yellowed varnish and shows darkened retouches Self-portrait Lit from the Left: 1629: Oil ...
Self-portrait by James Sant (1844) James Sant CVO RA (1820–1916) was a British painter specialising in portraits and known particularly for images of women and children [1] and artistic exploration of the symbolism of childhood. [2] He was a member of the Royal Academy. [3]