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A self-portrait of a colorless, but youthful, rounded oval face, in full-frontal view, emerges from a reddish-brown, textured, but indistinct background; the eyes of the face are open but the body belonging to the face is abstract, blurred by pencil strokes and the color of sepia ink; [1] the clothing worn by the subject is indistinguishable as it dissolves into the background with each pencil ...
Self-Portrait: Crayon, felt tip pen, and acrylic on paper 29 7/8 x 22 1/4 in $4 million (2012) [87] Private collection 1982 Untitled (Figure Jmb #1) Acrylic and oilstick on paper 39 3/8 x 27 7/8 in $3.6 million (2018) [55] Private collection 1982 The Mosque: Acrylic, oilstick, ink on paper collage and canvas with wood supports 60 x 60 in
This category is about Self-portraiture, or Autoportraiture: field of art theory and history that studies the history, means of production, circulation, reception, forms, and meanings of self-portraits
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Las Meninas, painted in 1656, shows Diego Velázquez working at the easel to the left.. Self-portraiture has a long history. In Reynolds & Peter's analysis, the handprints that prehistoric humanity left in cave paintings can be considered precursors of the self-portrait, as they are a direct document of the author's presence in the creative act and his perception of the existence of a "self".
Kurt Schwitters, Das Undbild, 1919, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Collage (/ k ə ˈ l ɑː ʒ /, from the French: coller, "to glue" or "to stick together"; [1]) is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.
A painting by Parmigianino in 1524 Self-portrait in a mirror, demonstrates the phenomenon. Mirrors permit surprising compositions like the Triple self-portrait by Johannes Gumpp (1646), or more recently that of Salvador Dalí shown from the back painting his wife, Gala (1972–73). This use of the mirror often results in right-handed painters ...
Nevertheless, taking into account the fact that the female self-portrait appeared more than a century after the male self-portrait, and that for a long time there were fewer female artists, it would seem quite reasonable to place the proportion at a maximum of 15-20%.