Art History
Self-Portrait with Chinese Lantern Plant
Mar 7, 2023
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4 minutes read
The 1912 Self-Portrait with Chinese Lantern Plant is one of Egon Schiele’s most famous works. The rich skin tones and the bright eye with the red pupil are striking characteristics. Schiele portrayed himself as an artist and sensitive person in this portrait. The Leopold Museum in Vienna, which has the biggest Schiele collection in the world, uses it as a "poster child" today.
Art History
Contemporary self-portrait: between selfie and tradition
Mar 13, 2022
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6 minutes read
Every day about 93 million selfies are taken all over the world, which, for the most part, are intended to enrich social platforms, with the aim of grabbing a few handfuls of likes. But are we sure that this new trend, apparently very superficial, has not traced deep attitudes, already investigated by the greatest masters of the past?
Art History
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting
Mar 6, 2023
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8 minutes read
The way the painting is put together is similar to other works of art from the time. It uses diagonal lines to show off the woman and show how she is moving both toward the canvas and away from it...
Art History
Top 10: Vincent van Gogh's self-portraits
Apr 23, 2023
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13 minutes read
My introduction to the contrary takes the latter meaning in that it aims to omit, only temporarily, both the description of Vincent Van Gogh's multiple self-portraits and the analysis of their historical-artistic, technical, emotional, and stylistic context of belonging...
Art History
Egon Schiele's self-portraits: a figurative biography
Oct 19, 2022
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8 minutes read
Schiele's work fine-tuned an expressive approach marked by contorted figures and "sharp" brushstrokes that, extremely charged with emotional energy, still represent a powerful symbol of psychological, emotional and sexual expression...
Art News
The National Portrait Gallery in London has acquired five female artists' self-portraits
Mar 10, 2022
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2 minutes read
The National Portrait Gallery in London has acquired five self-portraits by women-identifying artists as part of a three-year commitment to increase female representation in its collection. The gallery is presently closed for a major makeover.
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Discovered Beneath a Van Gogh Painting is a Self-Portrait
Jul 18, 2022
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3 minutes read
X-rays performed on a Van Gogh painting revealed a previously undiscovered self-portrait on the reverse. A bearded man's face was discovered beneath layers of glue and cardboard on the back of an early work.
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Netherlands ready to spend $ 198m on Rothschild-owned Rembrandt self-portrait
Dec 13, 2021
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3 minutes read
The Netherlands is willing to spend $198 million to permanently return a Rembrandt Self-Portrait to the Netherlands. Since 1844, the picture has belonged to the French Rothschild family. The purchase has not yet been completed because the Dutch government is awaiting parliament approval.
Art History
Top 8 most famous self-portraits in the history of art
Jan 22, 2021
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11 minutes read
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Rare Basquiat Self-Portrait Emerges After Decades in Hiding for Sotheby's Auction
Oct 27, 2023
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3 minutes read
An elusive Basquiat self-portrait, unseen for over two decades, is set to take center stage at Sotheby's fall auction, with an estimated value of $40-60 million. The monumental artwork, "Self Portrait as a Heel (Part Two)," created in 1982, provides a rare glimpse into Basquiat's self-identity and artistic vision, and its return to the public eye is generating significant anticipation in the art world.
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Self-portrait of Frida Kahlo could fetch over $ 30 million at auction and be the most expensive work of a female artist to ever sell
Sep 24, 2021
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3 minutes read
A Frida Kahlo self-portrait will be auctioned in November. Sotheby's estimates it could fetch over $30 million. It would be the most expensive work by a female artist ever sold. The canvas was completed in 1949, five years before Kahlo's death. The painting will go on display in Hong Kong and London before making its way to New York later this month.