Αποτελέσματα Αναζήτησης
Learn about the Impressionist painter's portraiture style and his subjects, from peasants to artists, from 1881 to 1890. See examples of his watercolors, drawings, and paintings of various people and their characteristics.
Learn about the 35 self-portraits by Vincent van Gogh, how they reveal his appearance, personality and mental state. See how his self-portraits have influenced other artists and shaped our image of him.
Learn about the self-portraits and portraits of the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, who painted dozens of images of himself and others. See the dates, locations, and styles of his portraits, from his early years in Paris to his final days in Auvers-sur-Oise.
What makes a portrait modern? And what makes a modern portrait continue to appear modern, even decades after it was created? For Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), the answer was clear: color. “What I’m most passionate about, much much more than all the rest in my profession,” he enthused to his sister, Willemien, “is the portrait, the modern portrait.
Van Gogh produced more than twenty self-portraits during his Parisian sojourn (1886–88). Short of funds but determined nevertheless to hone his skills as a figure painter, he became his own best sitter: "I purposely bought a good enough mirror to work from myself, for want of a model."
Learn about the famous red-bearded painter's self-portraits, which he used to practise portrait painting in Paris. See how he applied the Neo-Impressionist style with short, rough brushstrokes and a purple background.
Van Gogh painted this self-portrait in the winter of 1887–88, when he had been in Paris for almost two years. It is clear from the work that he had studied the technique of the Pointillists and applied it in his own, original way. He placed the short stripes of paint in different directions.
