Vincet van Gogh
The dozens of self-portraits by Vincent van Gogh were an
important part of his oeuvre as a painter. Vincent van Gogh created many
self-portraits during his lifetime. Most probably, Van Gogh's self portraits
are depicting the face as it appeared in the mirror he used to reproduce his
face, i.e. his right side in the image is in reality the left side of his face.
Between November of 1881 and July of 1890, Vincent van Gogh
painted almost 900 paintings. Since his death, he has become one of the most
famous painters in the world. Van Gogh’s paintings have captured the minds and
hearts of millions of art lovers and have made art lovers of those new to world
of art. The following excerpts are from letters that Van Gogh wrote expressing
how he evolved as a painter.
In 1886 he went to Paris to join his brother Théo, the
manager of Goupil's gallery. In Paris, van Gogh studied with Cormon, inevitably
met Pissarro, Monet, and Gauguin, and began to lighten his very dark palette
and to paint in the short brushstrokes of the Impressionists. His nervous
temperament made him a difficult companion and night-long discussions combined
with painting all day undermined his health. He decided to go south to Arles
where he hoped his friends would join him and help found a school of art.
I really like his work and I made a copy
of his autoportrait. I tried to paint in his unique stile of painting and to copy the picture as accurate as I could. he worked with lots of colours and combine them in a very nice stile making the painting look so complicated and fascinating.
