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Gertrud Arndt (née Hantschk; 20 September 1903 – 10 July 2000) was a German photographer and designer associated with the Bauhaus movement. [1] She is remembered for her pioneering series of self-portraits from around 1930.
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 ...
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
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".
Ivan Le Lorraine Albright (February 20, 1897 – November 18, 1983) was an American painter, sculptor and print-maker most renowned for his self-portraits, character studies, and still lifes. [1] Due to his technique and dark subject matter, he is often categorized among the Magic Realists and is sometimes referred to as the "master of the ...
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 ...
Self-Portrait with Monkey; Self-Portrait with Palette (Manet) Self-Portrait with Red Scarf; Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers; Self-Portrait with Skeleton; Self-portrait with the Colosseum; Self-Portrait with the Yellow Christ; Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird; Self-Portrait with Two Pupils; Self-Portrait Yellow-Pink; Self-Portrait.
Paula Modersohn-Becker (8 February 1876 – 20 November 1907) [1] was a German Expressionist painter of the late 19th and early 20th century. She is noted for the many self-portraits the artist produced, including nude self-portraits.