Self-portrait

Influenced by the work of Velasquez, Goya developed more spontaneous painting technique. Simultaneously, his portraits became well-known among the Spanish aristocracy facilitating him to become a Court Painter of King Charles IV in the 1789. Goya’s Self-portrait before an Easel (1792-5) depicts him as a successful artist; holding a palette in one hand and a brush in the other one. This self-portrait portrays the reputation Goya enjoyed among the Spanish royalty. Not later, Goya suffered from a…

amount of credit for their talents as their male counterparts. It was a rare occurrence for female artists to paint portraits of themselves, however in the 16th and 17th century we begin to see a shift in this trend. In the Netherlands during the 16th century, Dutch artist, Judith Leyster used oil on canvas to paint a portrait of herself, titled Self-Portrait (1635). The Self-Portrait features Leyster, a young woman, looking directly at the viewer whilst painting a scene of a man playing the…

Furthermore, both artists portrayed self-portraits that alluded to a strong sense of feminism once again. First, Artemisia Gentileschi portrays herself in Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (1630s). Note, this a very different approach because Gentileschi not only shows herself painting, but also shows herself as the very allegory of painting. An allegory can be defined as a figure that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, and acts like a personification. In this instance,…

expresses self-expression due to the bond that is created through the artwork. By establishing a bond through this artwork, an individual is able to recognize that others are similar as well. The example that I chose to use from the textbook is Felix Nussbaum's Self Portrait with Jewish Identity Card. This artwork serves as a visual example of a self-expression oil on canvas. When looking at this artwork, it makes me feel slightly depressed. I see the wall behind the…

Gregory Gillespie’s Self-Portrait (Torso), 1975, depicts Gillespie’s aging body and the physical characteristics, including the flaws and flesh of the body. The work of art depicts a realistic portrayal of the artist’s interpretation of himself. This portrait relates to the human condition overall, with the emotions that are conveyed, the stage of life that it depicts, how this work of art and my analysis of it relates to my experience as a human being. The emotions that are conveyed by the…

The article, Triple-Self Portrait, illustrated by Charles Rosen and Henri Zerner is a descriptive process of a self-painting constructed by Norman Rockwell. The portrait is claimed to be a clever and witty comment on the artist’s own art. The artist has three pictures into one. The three pictures that are tacked on the top left on the canvas, the black-and-white drawing of Rockwell’s face, and the picture that represents him working from the back. Is it realism or something that can be called a…

Entitled Autorretrato con Collar de Espinas (Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird), this is one of the most commonly known paintings of the activist and artist Frida Kahlo. This painting was made in 1940 after Kahlo had split up with her husband of ten years Diego Rivera. It is a self-portrait and depicts Kahlo with a monkey and a black cat on her shoulder, a thorn necklace with a hummingbird attached to it around her neck, butterflies and flower-dragonflies surrounding her hair,…

Self Portrait, Myself at 66, is an oil on canvas, painted by Mathias J. Alten at his home studio in Grand Rapids, Michigan. and is most likely his final self-portrait. It currently resides in the George and Barbara Gordon Gallery at Grand Valley State University as a part of a collection titled ‘Mathias J. Alten: An American Impressionist’. Alten painted himself as a gray-haired man with a white shirt and gray pants, holding a palette and paintbrushes. It is evident in this work that Alten has…

On the third floor of the Harvard Art Museum, there hangs a self-portrait of Kerry James Marshall, depicting the African American artist with a large, colorful paint palette in his right hand. Across the room rests an old, wooden arm-chair in a glass display case, used by the President of Harvard on special occasions such as convocations and commencements. These two seemingly dissimilar objects echo each other in intricate ways, and they bring about a unique part of Harvard’s history to the…

This paper will discuss the formal aspects, contextual analysis and the museum presentation of the following two paintings. Portrait of a Young woman with a Fan by Rembrandt Van Rijn and Alphonse Promayet by Gustave Courbet. The painting of Portrait of a Young woman with a Fan is created in Dutch in 1633 and it exhibits in gallery 637. The Alphonse Promayet is created in French in 1861 and it exhibits in gallery 809. Both galleries are on the second floor of the metropolitan museum of art. Each…