Self-portraits

[gius]

...how do we see ourselves?


Rembrandt

my scan

 

[gius]

Paul Klee

centre puppet is Paul Klee

britannica

 

[gius]

Fritz Scholder


Mask of the Artist

forgottentreasurez

 

[gius]

Edward Lear (poet)

Edward Lear self portrait, illustrating a real incident in which he encountered a stranger who claimed that "Edward Lear" was merely a pseudonym. Lear (on the right) is showing the stranger (left) the inside of his hat, with his name in the lining.

wikipedia

 

[chip45]

i like this thread

James Ensor

Self-Portrait With Flowered Hat, 1883 / 1888
culturekiosque.com

Self-Portrait, 1885
artnet.com

Regularly the artist made self-portraits, often portraying him surrounded by extravagant figures and parades. The haloed Christ at the center of the turbulence is in part a self-portrait: mostly ignored, a precarious, isolated visionary amidst the herdlike masses of modern society.

Christ's Entry into Brussels, 1888
getty.edu

 

[strawberry daiquiri]

Francis Bacon

francis-bacon.cx

 

[strawberry daiquiri]

Dürer

Boris Kazakof

kozma.ru/museodelprado.es

 

[Marvystone]

Albrecht Durer's self portrait at 26//1498

jimlong

 

[pinksatin]

I like the Lear one. It's funny. The whole cartoon shows more about the man than the image itself.

 

[Diamond Star]

Interesting thread, thank you Gius

Lucian Freud:
Reflection (1985)


Reflection (2002)

gageacademy.org, nytimes.com

 

[Diamond Star]

David Hockney:

(1954)


Baden-Baden (1999)

telegraph.co.uk, newyorksocialdiary.com

 

[Diamond Star]

Renoir. 1910


Claude Monet. 1886

wikimedia, abcgallery.com

 

[MichelleYue]

Well, here is a self-portrait I did myself using only red, blue, and yellow Prisma colored pencils.

 

[seanutbutter]

This doesn't include photographs, right? Because I've seen numerous photographers who take excellent portraits of themselves.

 

[adorefaith]

this is such a great idea for a thread gius.!

i think it would be really cool to include an actual photograph of the artist [if available] so that we can compare how we perceive them + how they perceive themselves...

and i think it would be great to include photographers' self portraits too^...

 

[adorefaith]

Picasso
self portrait 1907

artquotes

 

[adorefaith]

Del Kathryn Barton
self portrait 'You Are What Is Most Beautiful About Me'
winner of 2008 Archibald prize

Barton's self-portrait You Are What Is Most Beautiful About Me also depicts her two children - Kell and Arella.
They are surrounded by plant and flower motifs.
"This painting celebrates the love I have for my two children and how my relationship with them has radically informed and indeed transformed my understanding of who I am," the artist said in a statement.
"The title of the work ... alludes to that utterly profound 'in-loveness' that all mothers have for their children.
"Both my children have taken my world by storm and very little compares to the devotion I feel for them both. The intensity of this emotion is not something that I could have prepared myself for. The alchemy of life offered forth from my inhabitable woman's body is perhaps the greatest gift of my life."

abc.net

 

[adorefaith]

Fiona Lowry
self portrait 'What I Assume You Shall Assume'
winner of 2008 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize

The work depicts the artist standing naked in the Belanglo State Forest, where the infamous backpacker murders took place, and is a part of a series.
"I'm more interested in just exploring that kind of paranoia that sits within the landscape, specifically the Belanglo State Forest," she said after accepting the prize.

abc.net

 

[adorefaith]

Jessica Herrington
self portrait 'Awkward Self'
winner of 2008 national youth self portrait prize

The digital print depicts Herrington trying to put on a pink, blue and black sweater.
"My practice is about fitting myself and the objects that I make into the world," the art student said.
"It is about the awkwardness of existing, and the awkward struggle between myself and the objects that I make.
"It's about awkward moments in people's lives, about the small, insignificant things like getting caught in a jumper or walking into a doorway or those inappropriate sort of moments that you try to forget about and discard in your memory. I'm sort of bringing attention to it," she added.

abc.net

 

[adorefaith]

Gwen John
self portrait 1902

tate.org.uk