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 8 of an 8-part series on Artist’s Self Portraits:
Richard William Hamilton CH (1922 London – 2011 Northend, UK) was an
English painter and collage artist. He participated in This is Tomorrow at
the Whitechapel Gallery in 1956, for which he produced a collage entitled Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing? that was seen as possibly the earliest example of Pop Art.
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| Richard Hamilton 1938 Self-Portrait © The estate of Richard Hamilton |
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| Richard Hamilton 1951 Self-Portrait etching and aquatint on paper 30 x 19.6 cm Tate London © The estate of Richard Hamilton |
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| Richard Hamilton 1990 Four Self Portraits - 05.3.81 oil and enamel on cibachrome print on 4 canvases 75.5 x 75.4 cm each Tate, London © The estate of Richard Hamilton |
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| Richard Hamilton 1990 Four Self Portraits - 05.3.81 oil and enamel on cibachrome print on 4 canvases 75.5 x 75.4 cm each Tate, London © The estate of Richard Hamilton |
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| Richard Hamilton 1990 Four Self Portraits - 05.3.81 oil and enamel on cibachrome print on 4 canvases 75.5 x 75.4 cm each Tate, London © The estate of Richard Hamilton |
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| Richard Hamilton 1990 Four Self Portraits - 05.3.81 oil and enamel on cibachrome print on 4 canvases 75.5 x 75.4 cm each Tate, London © The estate of Richard Hamilton |
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| Richard Hamilton 1990 Four Self Portraits - 05.3.81 oil and enamel on cibachrome print on 4 canvases 75.5 x 75.4 cm each Tate, London © The estate of Richard Hamilton |
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| Richard Hamilton 1990 Self-Portrait 13.7.90 © The estate of Richard Hamilton |
Samuel Cooper, sometimes spelt as Samuel Cowper, (1609 London – 1672
London)was an English miniature painter, and younger brother of Alexander
Cooper.
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| Samuel Cooper 1644-45 Self-Portrait Miniature watercolour on vellum 17.8 x 12.7 cm |
Samuel Palmer (1805 London – 1881 Redhill, UK) was a British landscape
painter, etcher and printmaker. He was also a prolific writer. Palmer was a key
figure in Romanticism in Britain and produced visionary pastoral paintings.
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| Samuel Palmer 1824-25c Self-Portrait black chalk heightened with white on buff paper 29.1 x 22.9 cm © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford |
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| Samuel Palmer 1825c Self-Portrait black chalk heightened with white on buff paper 29.1 x 22.9 cm © Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
Simeon Solomon 1840 London – 1905 London) was an English Pre-Raphaelite
painter noted for his depictions of Jewish life and same-sex desire.
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| Simeon Solomon 1859 Self-Portrait graphite on paper 16.5 x 14.6 cm Tate, London |
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| Simeon Solomon 1860 Self-Portrait graphite on off-white wove paper 19.3 x 10.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
Sir Stanley Spencer CBE RA (1891 Cookham, UK – 1959 Cliveden House, UK)
was an English painter. Shortly after leaving the Slade School of Art, Spencer
became well known for his paintings depicting Biblical scenes occurring as if
in Cookham, Berkshire, England.
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| Stanley Spencer 1913 Self-Portrait ink and chalk on paper 34.5 x 21.5 cm Tate, London © Estate of Stanley Spencer. All Rights Reserved 2018 |
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| Stanley Spencer 1914 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 63 x 51 cm Tate. London © Estate of Stanley Spencer. All Rights Reserved 2018 |
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| Stanley Spencer 1936 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 61.5 x 46 cm © Estate of Stanley Spencer. All Rights Reserved 2018 |
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| Stanley Spencer 1939 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 39.7 x 55.2 cm The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK © Estate of Stanley Spencer. All Rights Reserved 2018 |
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| Stanley Spencer 1939 Self-Portrait, Adelaide Road © Estate of Stanley Spencer. All Rights Reserved 2018 |
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| Stanley Spencer 1957 Self-Portrait oil on panel 35.6 x 25.4 cm© Estate of Stanley Spencer. All Rights Reserved 2018 |
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| Stanley Spencer 1959 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 50.8 x 40.6 cm Tate, London © Estate of Stanley Spencer. All Rights Reserved 2018 |
Sir Terry Frost RA (1915 Leamington Spa, UK – 2003 Hayle, UK) was an
English abstract artist, who worked in Newlyn, Cornwall. Frost was renowned for
his use of the Cornish light, colour and shape to start a new art movement in
England.
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| Terry Frost 1945-48c Self-Portrait © The estate of Sir Terry Frost |
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| Terry Frost 1980 Self-Portrait etching 27.7 x 20 cm Tate, London © The estate of Sir Terry Frost |
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| Terry Frost 1984 Self-Portrait pencil and ink on paper 35.5 x 30 cm Private Collection © The estate of Sir Terry Frost |
Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins (1844 Philadelpia, PA – 1916 Philadelphia,
PA) was an American realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts
educator. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important artists in
American art history.
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| Thomas Eakins 1904 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 76.2 x 63.5 cm The National Academy Museum and School, New York |
Thomas Hart Benton (1889 Neosho, Missouri – 1975 Kansas City, Missouri) was
an American painter and muralist. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry,
he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement.
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| Thomas Hart Benton 1912 Self-Portrait |
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| Thomas Hart Benton 1922 Self-Portrait with Rita oil on canvas 125.7 cm x 101.6 cm The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri |
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| Thomas Hart Benton 1970 Self-Portrait |
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| Thomas Hart Benton 1972 Self-Portrait lithograph on paper 49.8 x 35 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC |
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| Thomas Hart Benton Self-Portrait |
Thomas Pollock Anshutz (1851 Newport, Kentucky – 1912 Philadelphia, PA) was
an American painter and teacher. Co-founder of The Darby School and leader at
the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Anshutz was known for his award-winning
portraiture work and working friendship with Thomas Eakins.
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| Thomas Pollock Anshutz 1909c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 76.2 x 63.5 cm National Academy of Design, New York |
Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio, known in English as Titian, (1488
Pieve di Cadore, Italy – 1576, Venice, Italy) was an Italian painter, the most
important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di
Cadore, near Belluno.
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| Titian 1550-62c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 96 x 75 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin |
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| Titian 1562c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 86 x 65 cm Prado Museum, Madrid |
Tom Phillips CBE RA (1937 London) is an English artist. He was born in
London, where he continues to work. He is a painter, printmaker and collagist.
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| Tom Phillips 1987 Humument Self-Portrait at Fifty pen and ink and gouache over printed page 17.8 x 12.7 cm National Portrait Gallery, London © DACS / Tom Phillips |
Umberto Boccioni (1882 Reggio Calabria, Italy – 1916 Verona, Italy) was
an influential Italian painter and sculptor. He helped shape the revolutionary
aesthetic of the Futurism movement as one of its principal figures.
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| Umberto Boccioni 1905 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 68.6 x 51.4 cm |
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| Umberto Boccioni 1908 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 100 x 70 cm Brera Pinacoteca, Italy |
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| Umberto Boccioni 1908 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 100 x 70 cm Palazzo Brera, Milan, Italy |
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| Umberto Boccioni 1909 Self-Portrait Civico Gabinetto dei Disegno del Castello Sforzesco, Milan |
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| Umberto Boccioni 1910 Self-Portrait graphite, ink and wash on paper 26 x 22.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853 Zundert, Netherlands – 1890
Auvers-sur-Oise, France) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among
the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.
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| Vincent van Gogh 1886 Self-Portrait with Pipe oil on canvas Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| Vincent van Gogh 1887 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 41 x 33.5 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT |
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| Vincent van Gogh 1887 Self-Portrait oil on artist's board mounted on panel 41 x 32.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| Vincent van Gogh 1887-88 Self-Portrait with Straw Hat oil on canvas 40.6 x 31.8 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Vincent van Gogh 1889 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 65 x 54 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
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| Vincent van Gogh 1889 Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear oil on canvas 60.5 x 50 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London |
William Hogarth FRSA (1697 London – 1764 London) was an English painter,
printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist.
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| William Hogarth 1735c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 54.6 x 50.8 cm Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT |
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| William Hogarth 1745 The Painter and his Pug ( Self-Portrait ) oil on canvas 90 x 69.9 cm Tate, London |
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| William Hogarth 1757c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 45.1 x 42.5 cm National Portrait Gallery, London |
William Holman Hunt OM (1827 London – 1910 London) was an English
painter and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His
paintings were notable for their great attention to detail, vivid colour, and
elaborate symbolism.
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| William Holman Hunt 1867 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 103.5 x 73 cm Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy |
William Roberts RA (1895 London – 1980 London) was a British painter of
groups of figures and portraits, and was a war artist in both World War One and
World War Two.
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William Roberts 1931 Self-Portrait Wearing a Cap oil on canvas 55.9 x 35.9 cm Tate, London |
The skull cap, perhaps a sardonic reference to Titian, was in fact a
swimming cap which Roberts owned:
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| William Roberts 1972 Self-Portrait in a Skull Cap oil on canvas 51 x 41 cm National Portrait Gallery, London |
William Strang RA (1859 Dumbarton, UK – 1921 Bournemouth, UK) was a
Scottish painter and engraver, notable for illustrating the works of Bunyan,
Coleridge and Kipling.
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| William Strang 1885 Self-Portrait etching National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh |
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| William Strang 1895 Self-Potrrait etching on wove paper 20.2 x 18.8 cm ( plate ) Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA |
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| William Strang 1897 Self-Portrait drypoint National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| William Strang 1905c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 107 x 92.1 cm National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh |
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| William Strang 1910 The Red Fez oil on canvas 61 x 45.4 cm Kelvingrove Art Galley and Museum, Glasgow |
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| William Strang 1919 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 116.8 x 111.8 cm Tate, London |
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| William Strang 1919c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 53.3 x 38.1 cm National Galleries Scotland, Edinburgh |
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