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10 Times Artists Hid Themselves in Their Paintings

Artists have painted self-portraits since at least as long ago as 1433, when Jan van Eyck painted a man with a severe gaze in a red headdress, generally agreed to represent the creator himself. That ...
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Example or alter ego? : aspects of the portrait historié in Western art from Antiquity to the present / edited by Volker Manuth, Rudie van Leeuwen, Jos Koldewij

Introduction. Part I. Assimilation and deification in the classical portrait historié. From Phidias to Constantine: The Portrait Historié in Classical Antiquity (Stephan T.A.M. Mols, Eric M. Moormann, ...
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Why this rarely seen Van Gogh self-portrait deserves more attention

In mid-January 1889, three weeks after mutilating his ear, Van Gogh painted two astonishing self-portraits, depicting himself with a prominent bandage, covering his mutilated ear. The famous one is in ...
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University of Saint Francis students master art of the self-portrait

The students’ self-portraits – examples in drawing, painting, photography and printmaking – focus mostly on their faces. Johnson said that’s a common approach because facial features are more intimate ...

Frida Kahlo: The self-portraits that turned pain into visual poetry

Frida Kahlo transformed her profound physical and emotional suffering into a powerful visual language through her self-portraits. She used her art to confront pain, celebrate heritage, and express ...