SELF-PORTRAITS

Gerhard Richter

Marlene Dumas

Elizabeth Peyton

Chuck Close


Jenny Saville (born 1970)







Robert Hannaford
George Tooker

Andy Warhol

Giacometti

Basquait

Lucian Freud




Francis Bacon

Escher

Alice Neel (Neel didn't lack the courage to represent herself aging)

Edward Hopper

Malevich


Tamara de Lempicka


Picasso

Frida Kahlo

Emil Nolde (1867-1956)

Edvard Munch

Cezanne

Gauguin

Van Gogh (his many self portraits are well-known)

Egon Schiele

Courbet

Francisco de Goya

Velasquez

Rembrandt painted ones of the most fascinating self-portraits in the history of art. See more of Rembrandt self-portraits here:  http://www.rembrandtpainting.net/complete_catalogue/start_self_portraits.htm

Vigee-Lebrun

Durer

Tintoretto

Van Eyck

Catherina van Hemessen

There are many other self portraits out there. Make your own research and pick up which ones you like or don't like, and find out what exactly you like or don't like at them. Prepare for your own self-portrait. As you can see there is a variety of styles and techniques, chromatics and compositons to try.

This is my own self-portrait, a combination of photography, pastel drawing and painting. This self-portrait was a compulsory theme for one of my exams at the Art School. The light is natural, and it comes from a terrace on the left side, no photoshoping was involved. The self-portrait had to represent me as a free and independent individual and as an artist.