Showing posts with label self-portraits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label self-portraits. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

self-portraits ... part v ...






















edward steichen,  1902 and  
























bunny yeager, 1950s























zofia kulik, 1992 and 1997

























juno calypso, 2015ish to 2022ish























marina abramovic 2010ish
























zanele muholi, 2019 and 2022























egon schiele, no dates yet





















leon spilliaert, 1907-ish
























pauline boty, 1958 and 1960-ish





















gilbert and george 1988 and 1991













https://www.facebook.com/reel/2088692305301470















charlotte bracegirdle 2020-ish, and 2026





























luca giordano,  




























edgar degas, 1856, 1857





























chuck close,  1968 and 2005





























girodet, 1790 and 1795











kent monkman c2020



























Helene Schjerbeck, 1885 and 1921





























ottavio leoni, 1595 and 1624





























marie bracquemond, 1870 and 1892




























stuart davis, both 1919




to be continued, as and when ...






Friday, March 29, 2024

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


















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1910


















1910














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1912

















1913

















1917

















1917

















1917

















1919, maybe


















1920

















1922

















1924


















1924














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




 ... to be continued, as and when ...