Art and Art History Collection (Saskia)
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Saskia, Ltd., Cultural Documentation
Abstract
One is struck by the profusion of red and blue dots swarming over the dark green background and by the manner in which the reddish brown of the jacket is rendered in a kind of mosaic of dark blue-green, orange-red, and yellow dots. The bright red beard and yellow-brown hair have been built up from separate brushstrokes in forceful colors, and Vincent has left touches of unmixed complementary green in the eyebrows, hair and beard. Van Gogh painted 24 self-portraits during a two-year stay in Paris (1886-88). In this Self-Portrait,the Dutch artist employed Seurat's dot technique. But what for Seurat was a method based on science became in van Gogh's hands an intense emotional language.
Keywords
Paris, France, Paris, France, Style: Dutch Post Impressionist / Pointillist, School: Post Impressionist, Movement: Post Impressionism, Dutch, Painting, Painting
Geographic Location
Paris, France; Paris, France
Type
StillImage
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Media Type
Paintings; Pictures
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Identifier
A01-NHF0058
Recommended Citation
Unknown, "Self Portrait (detail) Portrait de L'Artiste" (2022). Art and Art History Collection (Saskia). 2896.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/saskia/2896