More historic “selfies” in paint and chalk .
(images above: Gustave Caillebotte, Mary Cassatt, Henri Fantin-Latour, Simon Bening, Berthe Morisot, Gilbert Stuart, Alice Pike Barney, Edvard Munch)
Self-portraits 11
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5 responses to “Self-portraits 11”
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Been really enjoying this series, Charley. And thanks for not calling them “selfies” in the title (curmugeon that I am).
Bill
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Thanks, Bill. Part of the fun of calling them “selfies” is that it was my annoyance with the use of the term that prompted the series in the first place. It’s not a term I would use in normal conversation. (I still refuse to use the word party as a verb.) Not that I’m averse to additions to the language, but I prefer that new words add value of some kind.
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Thank you for sharing these. What I love about many self portraits is that we get the expression of the painter while in the act of painting. The painter is in deep concentration; though he is painting himself, he has to be outside of himself; he is un-selfconscous. In contrast, a person taking a “selfie” is putting forward an image. Self portraits capture more of the true person.
One of my favorite self portraits is this one of Rembrandt. http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rembrandt/self/rembrandt.1661.jpg
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These are wonderful. Thank you for bringing class and skill back into the discussion of self-portraits.
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I believe that I might have a watercolor of a German church by Edvard Munch. It is very well done and it is initialed twice in the lower right hand corner, why, I don’t know? The title is: Kirche zu Delve. Any information on where I can go to get it appraised and authenticated would be appreciated. I was purchased from a small town in Illinois. Thanks!
