The art of the Portrait

From tradition to modernity

Andy Warhol 1985

Lucian Freud 2001

Andrew Festing 1999

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Famous self-portraitists

Chuck Close (2004-2005) Frida Kahlo (1940)

Jason Pollock

Francis Bacon (1972)Paul Klee (1920)Salvatore Dali (1941)

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Chuck Close (2004-2005) Jason Pollock

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Frida Kahlo (1940)

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Francis Bacon (1972)Paul Klee (1920) Salvatore Dali (1941)

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What is a self-portrait ?

Johannes Gumpp (1646) Vincent Van Gogh (1889) Andy Warhol (1964)

A self-portrait is a …

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Why do so many artists do self-portraits?

Pablo Picasso–

before deathVincent Van Gogh –

With cut ear

Gustave Courbet (1844)

“the Desperate Man”

Rembrandt a collection of

self-portraits from age 22 to 63

Why do so many artists do self-portraits?

Rembrandt a collection of

self-portraits from age 22 to 63

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Why do so many artists do self-portraits?

Gustave Courbet (1844)

“the Desperate Man”

Rembrandt (1660)

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Why do so many artists do self-portraits?

Pablo Picasso –

90 years old1972

-before death-

Vincent Van Gogh –

With cut ear

Pablo Picasso –

25 years old1907

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Norman Rockwell (1960)

Triple self portrait

Johannes Gumpp (1646)

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Norman Rockwell (1960)

Triple self portrait

Can the selfie be considered as a self portrait ?

Johannes Gumpp (1646)

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Johannes Gumpp

Vincent Van Gogh

Andy WarholPablo Picasso

Gustave Courbet Rembrandt

Chuck Close

Frida Kahlo

Jason Pollock

Paul Klee

Salvatore Dali

Francis Bacon

Portrayal of Kahlo’s physical and

psychological wounds through

her self-portraits.

Kahlo is wearing a thorn necklace

and blood can be seen tricking

from the wounds made on her

neck by the thorns.

A black monkey and a black cat

are present on left and right side

of her. Hummingbird, a symbol

of freedom, is hanging lifelessly

from the thorn necklace.

Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, 1940

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