I thought it would be interesting to do a series on artist’s
self-portraits. Some are famous as portraitists, others not so much, but very
many artists have painted their own portraits over centuries. Some of the more
contemporary artists became more experimental with their style of painting as
time went on, and it’s interesting to see that development in their own
portraits as well.
I decided to run the series in alphabetical order rather than chronological
order, to give a more interesting mix of styles through the ages.
This is part 1 of an 8-part series on Artist’s Self Portraits:
Albrecht Dürer (1471 Nuremberg, Germany – 1528 Nuremberg, Germany) was a
painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg,
Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was still
in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints.
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| Albrecht Dürer 1484 Self-Portrait at the Age of Thirteen silver-point on paper 27.5 x 19.6 cm Albertina, Vienna |
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| Albrecht Dürer 1491-92c Self-Portrait pen and indian ink on paper 27.6 x 20.2 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Albrecht Dürer 1493 Self-Portrait oil on parchment laid down on canvas 56 x 44 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris |
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| Albrecht Dürer 1498 Self-Portrait at 26 oil on panel 52 x 41 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid |
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| Albrecht Dürer 1500 Self-Portrait oil on wood panel 66.3 x 49 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich |
Allan Gwynne-Jones CBE DSO RA (1892, UK – 1982, UK) was an English
painter. Gwynne-Jones was born in Richmond, Surrey. He was educated at Bedales
School and then qualified as a solicitor, but never practised.
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| Allan Gwynne-Jones 1926c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 43.2 x 33 cm Tate, London © The estate of Allan Gwynne-Jones. All Rights Reserved 2017 |
Alphonse Mucha (1860 Ivanice, Czechoslovakia – 1839 Prague, Czexh
Republic) was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, known best for
his distinct style. He produced many paintings, illustrations, advertisements,
postcards, and designs.
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| Alphonse Mucha 1899 Self-Portrait oil on board 32 x 21 cm |
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| Alphonse Mucha 1907 Self-Portrait 44 x 28.5 cm Private Collection |
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| Alphonse Mucha 1907 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 28.5 x 44 cm |
Arthur Ambrose McEvoy (
1878 – 1927 ) was an English artist. His early works are landscapes and
interiors with figures, in a style influenced by James McNeill Whistler. Later
he gained success as a portrait painter, mainly of women and often in
watercolour.
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| Ambrose McEvoy 1900 Self-Portrait graphite and ink on paper 18.4 x 12.7 cm Tate, London |
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (Livorno, Italy – 1920 Paris, France) was an
Italian Jewish painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France. He is known
for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterised by elongation of faces
and figures.
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| Amedio Modigliani 1919 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 100 x 64.5 cm Museo de Arte de Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Andy Warhol (1928 Pittsburgh, PA – 1987 New York) was an American
artist, director and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art
movement known as pop art.
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| Andy Warhol 1964 Self-Portrait acrylic, silver paint and silkscreen on linen 50.8 x 40.6 cm © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. - DACS-Artimage 2017 |
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| Andy Warhol 1967 Self-Portrait synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen on canvas 183.2 x 183.2 cm © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. - DACS-Artimage 2017 |
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| Andy Warhol 1967 Self-Portrait synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen on canvas 183.2 x 183.2 cm © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. - DACS-Artimage 2017 |
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| Andy Warhol 1978 Self-Portrait acrylic paint and silkscreen on canvas 40.8 x 33.3 cm © 2017 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Right Society (ARS), New York and DACS, London |
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| Andy Warhol 1986 Self-Portrait acrylic paint and screenprint on canvas 203.2 x 203.2 cm © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / DACS/Artimage 2017 |
Anna Ancher (1859 Skagen, Denmark
– 1935 Skagen, Denmark) was a Danish artist associated with the Skagen
Painters, an artists' colony on the northern point of Jutland, Denmark. She is
considered to be one of Denmark's greatest visual artists.
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| Anna Ancher 1877-78 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 18.8 x 11.6 cm Helga Anchers Fond, Skagen, Denmark |
Anthony Green RA (1939 UK) is an English realist painter and printmaker
best known for his paintings of his own middle-class domestic life.
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| Anthony Green 1967 Self-Portrait in Father's Chair pencil 84.2 x 86.5 cm National Portrait Gallery, London © Anthony Green |
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| Anthony Green R.A. Self-Portrait oil on masonite |
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| Anthony Green R.A. The Sunflower Portrait oil on canvas 76.2 x 76.2 cm |
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| Anthony Green 2015c oil on board 29.8 x 33 cm |
Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599 Antwerp, Belgium – 1641 London) was a Flemish
Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England, after enjoying
great success in Italy and Flanders.
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| Anthony van Dyck 1613c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 43 x 32.5 cm Gemäldegalerie, Vienna |
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| Anthony van Dyck 1620-21c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 119 x 87.9 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Anthony van Dyck 1622-23 Self Portrait oil on canvas 116.5 x 93.5 cm The Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia |
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| Anthony van Dyck 1640c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 56 x 46 cm National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Anthony van Dyck after 1633 Self-Portrait |
Antoni Tàpies i Puig, 1st Marquess of Tàpies (1923 Barcelona, Spain –
2012 Barcelona, Spain) was a Spanish painter, sculptor and art theorist, who
became one of the most famous European artists of his generation.
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| Antoni Tapies 1946 Self-Portrait |
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| Antoni Tapies 1947 Self-Portrait ink on paper 48 x 34 cm Mainz State Museum, Germany |
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| Antoni Tapies Self-Portrait |
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872 Brighton, UK – 1898 Menton, France) was
an English illustrator and author. His drawings in black ink, influenced by the
style of Japanese woodcuts, emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the
erotic.
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| Aubrey Beardsley 1892 Self-Portrait pen and wash 25 x 9.5 cm |
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| Aubrey Beardsley 1896 Self-Portrait in the Form of a Bust |
August Macke (1887 Meschede, Germany – 1914 Champagne, France) was a
German Expressionist painter. He was one of the leading members of the German
Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter.
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| Auguste Macke 1906 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 35.4 x 54.2 cm |
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| Auguste Macke 1910 Self-Portrait with Hat oil on wood 41 x 32.5 cm Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany |
Augustus Edwin John OM RA (1878 Tenby, Wales – 1961 Fordingbridge,
England) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher. For a short time around
1910, he was an important exponent of Post-Impressionism in the United Kingdom.
He was the brother of the painter Gwen John.
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| Augustus John 1901c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 49.5 x 39.4 cm |
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| Augustus John 1920 Self-Portrait etching and drypoint 17.5 x 12.5 cm |
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| Augustus John 1940 Self-Portrait |
Bernard Buffet (1928 Paris, France – 1999 Tourtour, France) was a French
painter of Expressionism and a member of the anti-abstract art group L'homme
Témoin.
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| Bernard Buffet 1953 Self Portrait oil on canvas 54 x 27 cm © ADAGP, Paris 2017 |
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| Bernard Buffet 1954 Portrait of the Artist oil on canvas 146.4 x 114 cm Tate, London © ADAGP, Paris 2017 |
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| Bernard Buffet 1956 Self-Portrait on Black Background oil on canvas 129.3 x 96.8 cm Collection Pierre Bergé © Dominique Cohas © ADAGP, Paris 2017 |
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| Bernard Buffet 1981 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 116 x 89 cm © ADAGP, Paris 2017 |
Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot (1841 Bourges, France – 1895 Paris, France)
was a painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known
as the Impressionists.
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| Berthe Morisot 1885 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 61 x 50 cm Musée Marmotton Monet, Paris |
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| Berthe Morisot 1885c Self-Portrait pastel with stumping on grey laid paper 48 x 38 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| Berthe Morisot 1887 Self-Portrait with Julie ( study ) oil on canvas |
Beryl Cook, OBE (1926 Egham, Uk – 2008 Plymouth, UK) was an English
artist best known for her original and instantly recognisable naïve paintings.
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| Beryl Cook Self-Portrait |
Camille Pissarro (1830 US Virgin Islands – 1903 Paris, France) was a
Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of
St Thomas. His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism
and Post-Impressionism.
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| Camille Pissarro 1852-54c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 31 x 28.5 cm National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen |
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| Camille Pissarro 1873 Self-Portrait oil on canvas Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
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| Camille Pissarro 1898c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 53 x 30.5 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Texas |
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| Camille Pissarro 1903 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 41 x 33.3 cm Tate, London |
Carel Victor Morlais Weight, CH, CBE, RA (1908 London – 1997 London) was an English realist painter.
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| Carel Weight 1930c Self-Portrait oil on board 45.5 x 35 cm |
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| Carel Weight 1934 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 76.8 x 51 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia |
Charley Toorop (1891 Katwijk, Netherlands – 1955 Bergen, Netherlands) was
a Dutch painter and lithographer. Her full name was Annie Caroline Pontifex
Fernhout-Toorop.
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| Charley Toorop 1925 Self-Portrait against a Wall |
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| Charley Toorop 1938 Self-Portrait with Hat and Veil oil on canvas |
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| Charley Toorop 1940 Self-Portrait |
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| Charley Toorop 1955 Self-Portrait |
Christian Schad (1894 Miesbach, Germany – 1982 Suttgart, Germany) was a
German painter associated with Dada and the New Objectivity movement.
Considered as a group, Schad's portraits form an extraordinary record of life
in Vienna and Berlin in the years following World War I.
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| Christian Schad 1927 Self-Portrait oil on wood 76 x 62 cm Tate, London © Christian Schad Stiftung Aschaffenburg/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn and DACS, London 2017 |
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| Christian Schad Self-Portrait© Christian Schad Stiftung Aschaffenburg/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn and DACS, London 2017 |
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