Self PortraitsThe approach others have taken

throughout history

What is a self portrait?

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BAROQUE• 16OO - 1750

• First appearance of the

Self Portrait

• During this time the artist became more than just an artisan

CHARDIN

SELF PORTRAIT

REMBRANDT

SELF PORTRAIT

RUBENS SELF PORTRAIT

Revolution & Restoration

• 1740 - 1860

• Classicism

• Romanticism

• Realism

• Pre-Raphaelites

INGRESCLASSICISM

MADAME d’hAUSSONVILLE

DELACROIXROMANTICISM

ORPHAN GIRL IN A CEMETERY

GERICAULTROMANTICISM

INSANE

CAROTREALISM

WOMAN WITHA PEARL

ROSSETTIPRE-RAPHAELITE

MONNA VANNA

Impressionists

• Concerned with capturing a fleeting moment in time

• Concern with reflected light

• Pure color applied to canvas allowing the eye to blend the colors

CEZANNE

SELF PORTRAIT

WITH ROSES

VAN GOGHPOST IMPRESSIONIST

SELF PORTRAIT WITH EAR BANDADGED

DEGAS PORTRAITS IN AN OFFICE

20TH CENTURY

• FAUVISM

• EXPRESSIONISM

• CUBISM

• POP ART

• PHOTOREALISM

MATISSEFAUVIST

Mme MATISSETHE RED MADRAS

HEADRESS

SCHIELE

EXPRESSIONIST

SELF PORTRAIT WITH BLACK VASE

KATHEKOLLWITZ

SELF PORTRAIT AT THE TABLE

ETCHING

Oskar KokoschkaSelf-portrait of a "Degenerate Artist"

Francis BaconPortrait of Michel Leris, 1976

Edvard MunchThe Scream

Ernst Ludwig KirchnerTwo Women in the Street

1914

ROUALT

PICASSO

FACINGDEATH

CUBISM

POP

ART

HOCKNEY

Andy Warhol

Pop Art

Chuck ClosePhoto-Realism

Leslie. 1973

Photorealism

C H U C K C L O S E

Chuck ClosePhoto-Realism

Self Portrait. 1991

“I paint heads because heads matter to everybody. If you paint a face big enough, it’s hard to ignore.”

“My real subjects are not people, I paint portraits of photographs”

“If you make something new and personal, it may not look like art at all.”

April 1991

Elizabeth 1989

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Lucas 1991

Roy II

Self portraits

Jenny Saville