william orpen ... prolific self-portraitist

i never knew his name until, in my late twenties, i was awe-struck by a large allegorical painting in the national gallery in dublin ... only in the age of internet imaging searches did i begin to understand his complex character and dry humour ... i've never thought to assemble his self-portraits until now ... it might take some time to place them all in order ... many are hastily drawn to be included in letters to his friends ... i get the impression that he enjoyed seeing himself through others' eyes ... etc ...  as a war artist he saw terrible things ... he was scrupulously honest in depicting the horrors he encountered ... these experiences were surely traumatic ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Orpen

1898

1903

1904

1906

1907

1909

1909

1910

1910

1910

1912

1913

1917

1917

1917

1919, maybe

1920

1922

1924

1924

1924 ... remembering his much younger self ...

 ... to be continued, as and when ...

self-portraits ... part iv ...

 

giovanni benedetto castiglione,  1648 and  1650

rembrandt,  1636 and 1655

richard muller, 1942 and ???1927

shirin neshat, maybe mid-1990s

nadia waheed, contemporary

dorothy kay, 1950s

ronald searle, 1940s and the 2000s

william orpen, 1903, 1924

fedini, 2015ish

tatiana parcero

gertrud arndt

louise fenne

conrad felixmuller, 1897 to 1977

tove jansson,  1939 and 1975

francien krieg, 2020s

gesina ter borch, 1660

tintoretto, 1546-ish and 1588

cornelia hernes, 2017 and ????

hans baldung, 1505 and after

ellen eagle 

suzanne fabry, 1932 and 1948

caroline coon, 2003 and 2016

lotte laserstein, 1928 and 1947

paula schlinwein,  21st century

ayana v jackson, 2018-ish

Marta Astfalck-Vietz, 1920s

beth mitchell

alonsa guevara ... 2020-ish

carlos relvas

kathe kollwitz, 1893 and 1934

jeanne mammen, 1920s

james ensor, 1889 and 1896

... to be continued ...