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Vincent van Gogh, Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear, Easel and Japanese Print, January 1889.Van Gogh, who struggled with poverty and mental illness for most of his life, is regarded as a famous example of the tortured artist.
Marjorie Wallace's article on Charnley's Self Portraits was published in the Telegraph Magazine in December 1991. He may have been partially influenced by Louis Wain's Kaleidoscope Cats , held in the collection of Bethlem Museum of the Mind, which are (incorrectly) thought to chart the progress of Wain's mental disorder. [ 16 ]
Self-portrait in a Velvet Dress; Self-Portrait in the Costume of the Abbot of the Accademia della Val di Blenio; Self-Portrait in Tuxedo; Self-portrait of Shevchenko (winter 1840/1841) Self-Portrait on an Easel; Self-portrait with a Blue Sketchbook; Self-Portrait with a Harp (Rose-Adélaïde Ducreux) Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear; Self ...
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Las Meninas, painted in 1656, shows Diego Velázquez working at the easel to the left.. Self-portraiture has a long history. In Reynolds & Peter's analysis, the handprints that prehistoric humanity left in cave paintings can be considered precursors of the self-portrait, as they are a direct document of the author's presence in the creative act and his perception of the existence of a "self".
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Place of creation: France : Object history: Mme Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, the artist's sister in law, Amsterdam; sold through Frankfurter Kunstverein to Leonhard Tietz (died 1914), Cologne, in February 1912 [see records in van Gogh-Bonger's account book: "19/2 2-1912 'Kunstverein Frankfurt portret' 2942.50 [guilders]" and "95/15 2-1912 'ontvangen uit Frankfort Kunstverein voor portret' 2942.50 ...
Van Gogh's dozens of self-portraits were an important part of his œuvre as a painter. Most probably, van Gogh's self-portraits are depicting the face as it appeared in the mirror he used to reproduce his face, i.e. his right side in the image is in reality the left side of his face.