Amedeo Modigliani - part 6

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Amedeo Modigliani was born July 12, 1884, in Livorno, Italy. The serious illnesses he suffered during his childhood persisted throughout his life. At age 14, he began to study painting. The only solo show given the artist during his lifetime took place at the Galerie Berthe Weill in December 1917. Modigliani died January 24, 1920, in Paris.

For more biographical notes on Modigliani see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 5 also.

This is part 6 of a 9-part series on the works of Amedeo Modigliani:

1917c Portrait of a Girl oil on canvas 80.6 x 59.7 cm Tate, London

1917c Totote de la Gaîté oil on canvas 73 x 54 cm Private Collection

1917c Young Redheaded Woman in a Collard oil on canvas 35.2 x 27 cm Private Collection

1918 Alice  oil on canvas 78.5 x 39cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark

1918 Anna oil on canvas Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Roma, Italy

1918 Boy in a Striped Sweater oil on canvas 91.4 x 54.6 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1918 Boy in Shorts oil on canvas 100.3 x 60.8 cm  Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

1918 Burgundian Woman oil on canvas

1918 Dark Young Woman Seated by a Bed oil on canvas 98 x 63 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA

1918 Dr François Brabander Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London

Germaine Survage - Léopold Frédéric Léopoldowitsch Survagewas a French painter of Russian-Danish-Finnish descent. Beginning in 1917, Survage shared a studio, and a penchant for alcoholic excesses, withModigliani in Paris. Survage later moved to Nice:

1918 Germaine Survage with Earrings ( wife of artist Léopold Survage ) oil on canvas 54 x 43 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, France

1918 Girl in a Sailor's Blouse oil on canvas 65.4 x 46.4 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1918 Girl in a White Chemise oil on canvas Private Collection

1918 Girl in Black Apron oil on canvas 92.5 x 60.5 cm

1918 Girl with Blue Eyes oil on canvas 24 x 18.2 cm McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas

1918 Gypsy Woman with Baby oil on canvas 115.9 x 73 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

1918 Head of a Girl oil Private Collection

1918 Jeanne Hébutern oil on canvas 91.4 x 73 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1918 Jeanne Hébutern oil on canvas 99.4 x 64.3 cm Private Collection

1918 Jeanne Hébutern oil on canvas Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

1918 Jeanne Hébuterne oil on canvas 47 x 33 cm Private Collection

1918 Jeanne Hébuterne oil on canvas 101 x 65.7 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA

1918 Jeanne Hébuterne Seated in an Armchair  oil on canvas 99.1 x 64.1 cm  Private Collection

1918 Jeanne Hébuterne Seated in Profile  oil on canvas 100 x 64.8 cm The Barnes Foundation, Philadephia, PA

1918 Jeanne Hébuterne, Seated  oil on canvas 55 x 38 cm Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1918 Leopold Zborowski oil on canvas 46 x 27 cm Private Collection

1918 Leopold Zborowski oil on canvas 46 x 27 cm Private Collection

1918 Les Deux Filles oil on canvas 99.1 x 63.5 cm  KunstmuseumBasel, Switzerland

1918 Léopold Survage  oil on canvas 61.5 x 46 cm Atenum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland

1918 Little Girl in Black Apron oil on canvas 92.5 x 60.5 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

1918 Little Girl in Blue oil on canvas 116 x 73 cm Private Collection

1918 Lunia Czechowska, Left Hand on Her Cheek oil on board laid down on cradled panel Private Collection

1918 Madame Amédée ( Woman with Cigarette ) oil on canvas 100.3 x 64.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

1918 Madame Hanka Zborowska oil on canvas 54 x 37.5 cm Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK

1918 Madame Survage oil on canvas laid down on panel 44.5 x 29 cm Private Collection

1918 Madame Zborowska oil on canvas 64.5 x 46 cm Tate, London

1918 Mademoiselle Huguette oil on canvas 91.4 x 60.3 cm Private Collection

1918 Marie ( Marie, fille du peuple ) oil on canvas 61.2 x 49.8 cm KunstmuseumBasel, Switzerland

1918 Mme Zborowska oil on canvas 55 x 38 cm National Gallery of Norway, Oslo

1918 Morgan Russell oil on canvas Private Collection

1918 Nude with Cup Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London

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Amedeo Modigliani - part 7

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Amedeo Modigliani was born July 12, 1884, in Livorno, Italy. The serious illnesses he suffered during his childhood persisted throughout his life. At age 14, he began to study painting. The only solo show given the artist during his lifetime took place at the Galerie Berthe Weill in December 1917. Modigliani died January 24, 1920, in Paris.

For more biographical notes on Modigliani see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 6 also.

This is part 7 of a 9-part series on the works of Amedeo Modigliani:

1918 Odette Hayden oil on canvas 92 x 60 cm Musée National d'Art Moderne ( Centre Pompidou ), Paris

1918 Pierre-Edouard Baranowski oil on canvas 111 x 56 cm Private Collection

1918 Readhead Wearing a Pendant oil on canvas

1918 Red-haired Girl oil on canvas 46 x 29 cm Private Collection

1918 Seated Boy with Cap oil on canvas 100 x 65 cm  Private Collection

1918 Seated Nude graphite on tan wove paper laid down on paper 42.7 x 25.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1918 Seated Young Woman  oil on canvas Musée National Picasso, Paris

1918 Sitting Man with Orange Background oil on canvas 100 x 65 cm Private Collection

1918 The Beautiful Grocer ( La Belle Epiciere ) oil on canvas 100 x 65 cm Private Collection

1918 The Black Dress oil on canvas 92 x 60 cm Private Collection

1918 The Dairymaid oil on canvas 100 x 65 cm Private Collection

1918 The Little Peasant oil on canvas 99.1 x 63.5 cm Tate, London

1918 The Notary of Nice oil on canvas 92 x 60 cm Private Collection

1918 The Son of the Concierge oil on canvas 92 x 60 cm Private Collection

1918 The Zouave oil on canvas 63 x 48 cm Private Collection

1918 Woman in a Red Necklace oil on canvas 92.4 x 65.4 cm Private Collection

1918 Woman with a Green Necklace ( Madame Menier ) oil on canvas 99.1 x 59.7 cm Private Collection

1918 Young Girl in a Black Apron oil on canvas 92.5 x 60.5 cm Private Collection

1918 Young Girl in Beret oil on canvas 65.2 x 46.5 cm  Private Collection

1918 Young Girl Seated oil on canvas

1918 Young Redhead in an Evening Dress oil on canvas The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

1918 Young Woman of the People oil on canvas 89.5 x 64.1 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA

1918-19 Head of a Woman ( Anna Zborowska ) oil on canvas 53.7 x 36.8 cm Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, UK

1918-19 Jeanne Hébuterne with Yellow Sweater oil on canvas 100 x 64.7 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

1918-19 Portrait of a Young Woman oil on canvas 61 x 45.8 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana

1918-19 The Young Apprentice oil on canvas 100 x 65 cm Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris © RMN-Grand Palais

1918-19c A Blonde Wearing Earrings oil on canvas 46 x 29.8 cm Private Collection

1918-19c Portrait of a Girl oil on canvas 24 x 15 cm Private Collection

1918-19c Portrait of a Student oil on canvas 60.9 x 46 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

1918-19c The Singer from Nice  oil on canvas Private Collection

1918c Alice oil on canvas 78.5 x 39 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

1918c Boy in a Blue Vest oil on canvas 93 x 61 cm Private Collection

1918c Jeanne Hébuterne in a Large Hat oil on canvas 55 x 38 cm Private Collection

1918c Man in a Monocle Named Bidou oil on canvas Private Collection

1918c Man with a Glass of Wine oil on canvas Private Collection

1918c Pierre-Edouard Baranowski oil on board 63.1 x 47 cm de Young / Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

1918c Portrait of a Woman oil on canvas 64 x 68 cm Manchester Art Gallery, UK

1918c Seated Young Woman oil on canvas 92 x 53 cm Private Collection

1918c Servant Girl oil on canvas 152.5 x 61 cm Albright-Know Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

1918c The Boy oil on canvas  Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

1918c The Little Peasant oil on canvas 100 x 64.5 cm Tate, London

Amedeo Modigliani - part 8

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Amedeo Modigliani was born July 12, 1884, in Livorno, Italy. The serious illnesses he suffered during his childhood persisted throughout his life. At age 14, he began to study painting. The only solo show given the artist during his lifetime took place at the Galerie Berthe Weill in December 1917. Modigliani died January 24, 1920, in Paris.

For more biographical notes on Modigliani see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 7 also.

This is part 8 of a 9-part series on the works of Amedeo Modigliani:

1918c Torso of a Nude Woman graphite on paper 43.5 x 26.4 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1919 Anna Zborowska oil on canvas  Private Collection

1919 Annie Bjarne oil on canvas

1919 Bust of a Young Woman  oil on canvas

1919 Cypress Trees and Houses, Midday Landscape oil on canvas The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

1919 Flower Vendor oil on canvas 116.8 x 73.7 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1919 Franz Hellens oil on canvas Private Collection

1919 Giovanotto dai Capelli Rosse oil on canvas 100.5 x 65.2 cm Private Collection

1919 Girl in Blue oil on canvas 100 x 64 cm

1919 Girl with a Polka-Dot Blouse oil on canvas 105.2 x 72.7 cm The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

1919 Gypsy Woman with Baby oil on canvas 115.9 x 73 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

1919 Hanka Zborowska oil on canvas 55 x 39 cm Private Collection

1919 Jeanne Hébuterne oil on canvas 54 x 38 cm Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1919 Jeanne Hébuterne  oil on canvas 54.9 x 38.7 cm Private Collection

1919 Jeanne Hébuterne oil on canvas 91.4 x 73 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1919 Jeanne Hébuterne oil on canvas 92.3 x 54.5 cm Ohara Museum of Art, Okayama, Japan

1919 Jeanne Hébuterne oil on canvas 129.5 x 81.6 cm  Private Collection

1919 Jeanne Hébuterne oil on canvas Private Collection

1919 Jeanne Hébuterne with White Collar oil on canvas Private Collection

1919 Jeanne Hébuterne, left arm behind her head oil on canvas 100 x 65.3 cm The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

1919 Landscape, Southern France oil on canvas 60 x 45 cm  Private Collection

1919 Leopold Zborowski oil on canvas 100 x 64 cm Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil

1919 Leopold Zborowski oil on canvas The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

1919 Little Serving Woman oil on canvas 92 x 54 cm Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota

1919 Lunia Czechovska   oil on canvas 100 x 65 cm Musée d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

1919 Lunia Czechovska oil on canvas 46 x 33 cm  Private Collection

1919 Lunia Czechovska oil on canvas 80 x 52 cm Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, Brazil

1919 Mademoiselle Marthe ( Buste de Jeune Fille )

1919 Pink Blouse oil on canvas 98 x 63 cm Musée Angladon, Avignon, France

1919 Portrait of a Polish Woman oil on canvas 100.3 x 64.8 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

1919 Portrait of a Woman oil on cardboard laid down on panel 66 x 51 cm  Private Collection

1919 Portrait of a Woman with a White Collar oil on canvas 81 x 54 cm Private Collection

1919 Portrait of a Young Woman graphite on cream wove paper 28.3 x 18.7 cm Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA  © President and Fellows of Harvard College

1919 Portrait of a Young Woman oil on canvas 65 x 50 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

1919 Reclining Nude oil on canvas 73 x 116 cm Private Collection

1919 Roger Dutilleul oil on canvas 100 x 65 cm Private Collection

1919 Seated Woman oil on canvas  Private Collection

1919 Seated Woman with Child  oil on canvas 130 x 81 cm Lille Métropole Musée d'art moderne d'art contemporain et d'art brut, France

1919 Standing Nude ( Elvira ) oil on canvas 100 x 65 cm Private Collection

1919 The Boy  oil on canvas 92.1 x 60.3 cm  Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

1919 Thora Klinckowstrom oil on canvas 99.7 x 64.8 cm Private Collection

1919 Tree and Houses  oil on canvas 57 x 45 cm Private Collection

Amedeo Modigliani - part 9

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Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, and André Salmon

Amedeo Modigliani was born July 12, 1884, in Livorno, Italy. The serious illnesses he suffered during his childhood persisted throughout his life. At age 14, he began to study painting. The only solo show given the artist during his lifetime took place at the Galerie Berthe Weill in December 1917. Modigliani died January 24, 1920, in Paris.

For more biographical notes on Modigliani see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 8 also.

This is part 9, the final part of a 9-part series on the works of Amedeo Modigliani:

1919 Woman with a Fan oil on canvas 100 x 65 cm Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

1919 Woman with Blue Eyes oil on canvas 81 x 54 cm Musée d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

1919 Young Man oil on canvas 60.9 x 46 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

1919 Young Man with Cap oil on canvas 61 x 37.8 cm Detroit Institute of the Arts, MI

1919 Young Red Haired Man Sitting oil on canvas 100.5 x 65 cm  Private Collection

1919-20 Mario Varvogli oil on canvas Private Collection

1919c Jeanne Hébuterne in a Hat  oil on canvas 92 x 54 cm Private Collection

1919c Jeanne Hébuterne oil on canvas Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

1919c Landscape oil on canvas Private Collection

1919c Madame Zborowska graphite on paper 26 x 20.8 cm The Jewish Museum, New York

1919c Mr. Heyden of Dublin graphite on white wove paper laid down on Japan paper 42 x 20 cm  Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota

1919c Paulette Jourdain oil on canvas 100.3 x 65.4 cm Private Collection

1919c Portrait of a Woman pencil 42.5 x 25.4 cm  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA

1919c Reclining Nude  oil on canvas 72.4 x 116.5 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York

1919c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 64 x 100 cm  Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil

1920 Mario the Musician pencil on paper 48.9 x 30.5 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York

Note: The remainder of the works in this post are either not dated, or I couldn't fine one:

n.d. ( attributed to ) Study of Seated Nude pencil on cream paper 47.5 x 32.3 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

n.d. Adolphe Basler graphite on card 19.2 x 11.7 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC

n.d. Beatrice Hastings Leaning on Her Elbow

n.d. Beatrice Hastings

n.d. Caryatid brush and ink and watercolour on newsprint, laid down 21.4 x 16.4 cm The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC

n.d. Caryatid graphite on three sheets of tan wove paper, darkened 68.8 x 26.1 cm Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA  © President and Fellows of Harvard College

n.d. Caryatid Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

n.d. Caryatid Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

n.d. Caryatid Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

n.d. Caryatid watercolour over graphite on buff wove paper laid down on paper, laid down on card 53.7 x 41 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL.

n.d. Coffee oil on canvas

n.d. Cristiane Macini Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London

n.d. Head limestone 89.2 x 14 x 35.2 cm Tate, London

n.d. Head ( side view of the above ) limestone 89.2 x 14 x 35.2 cm  Tate, London

n.d. Head of a Woman Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London

n.d. Head of a Woman Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

n.d. Jeanne Hébuterne oil on canvas 81.3 x 54.6 cm Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

n.d. Jeanne Hébuterne pencil on off-white paper 41.5 x 25.1 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

n.d. Madame Eyrand-Vaillant Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London

n.d. Othon Friesz pencil on paper 42.5 x 26 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

n.d. Portrait of a Woman oil on canvas 70.8 x 49.2 cm Private Collection

n.d. Portrait of a Young Woman brush and black ink and black watercolour on tan wove paper laid down on card 43.7 x 25.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL

n.d. Two Girls oil on canvas 100.2 x 65.1 cm Private Collection

n.d. Woman's Head  oil on canvas 41 x 27 cm Private Collection

n.d. Woman's Head oil on canvas 61 x 46 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina

n.d. Woman's Head  pen and ink Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

n.d. Woman's Head with Red Hair oil on cradled panel 35 x 27 cm Private Collection

Carlo Crivelli - part 1

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Carlo Crivelli was probably born in Venice during the early 1430s. Both his father, Jacopo, and his brother, Vittore, were painters. Carlo is mentioned only once in Venetian documents: in 1457, already a master painter, he was fined and sentenced to six months in prison for abducting a sailor's wife.

Though trained in the late Gothic style of Antonio Vivarini, as his earliest works show, and familiar with the drawings of Jacopo Bellini, from which some of his mature compositions derive, Crivelli was profoundly influenced by early Renaissance art in Padua. There he studied works by Donatello, Fra Filippo Lippi, and the young Andrea Mantegna. He also probably joined the workshop of Francesco Squarcione sometime during the apprenticeship of the Dalmatian painter Giorgio Ciulinovich, called Schiavone, who arrived in 1456 and returned to Zara about 1461. So similar are the two young painters that Crivelli is presumed to have worked with Schiavone in Padua and followed him to Zara, where Crivelli was a resident and citizen by 1465.

By 1468, when he signed and dated an altarpiece in Massa Fermana, Crivelli had moved to the Marches, where an economic resurgence attracted trans-Adriatic immigration. After first living in Fermo, he became a resident of Ascoli Piceno by 1478. Crivelli flourished in this provincial area, where his allegiance to the elaborate compartmentalized polyptych and his superb skill with tempera and gold leaf appealed to the conservative taste of his patrons, and where he was free to develop his unique interpretation of Gothic and Renaissance themes without having to compete with the new Venetian style of Giovanni Bellini. Crivelli may have visited Ferrara about 1470, but from the mid-1470s, when his style had matured, through the 1480s, he resisted outside influences. In his late works, however, he drew inspiration from the altarpiece that Giovanni Bellini painted for Pesaro in the 1470s, and adopted the unified space of the new Renaissance type of altarpiece. The expressive figure style and brilliant, rich colors that distinguish Crivelli's art are remarkably consistent. His success spawned local imitators, including his brother Vittore, who was active in Fermo from 1481. Carlo was ultimately rewarded with a knighthood by Prince Ferdinand of Capua in 1490. He died in Ascoli in 1495.

Biography from The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

This is part 1 of a 3-part post on the works of Carlo Crivelli:

1460c Madonna and Child tempera and gold on wood 32 x 22.2 cm Vittorio Cini Collection, Venice, Italy

1465-95c The Saviour Blessing oil on panel El Paso Museum of Art, Texas

1468c Madonna and Child  tempera on panel 62.2 x 41 cm San Diego Museum of Art, CA

1460c Madonna and Child tempera and gold on wood 32 x 22.2 cm Vittorio Cini Collection, Venice, Italy

1468 The Altarpiece of Massa Fermana:

1468 The Altarpiece of Massa Fermana

1468 Saint John the Baptist tempera on wood panel 105 x 34 cm

1468 Saint Lorenzo tempera on wood panel 105 x 34 cm

1468 Saint Silvester  tempera on wood panel 105 x 34 cm

Saint Francis tempera on wood panel 105 x 34 cm

1470 Porto San Giorgio altarpiece:

Monumental altarpieces with multiple images (polytychs) were a staple of Cruvelli's painting practice. The Porto San Giorgio altarpiece stood over the high altar of the parish church in the Adriatic coastal town of Porto San Giorgio for over four hundred years.

Following demolition of the church in 1803, the altarpiece was sawn apart and its paintings dispersed to collections in Europe and the United States. Isabella Stewart Gardner purchased "Saint George in 1897, bringing the first Crivelli to America. The six surviving panels are assembled in the reconstruction below.

1470 Porto San Giorgio altarpiece

1470 Porto San Giorgio altarpiece Lamentation

1470 Porto San Giorgio altarpiece Saints Catherine and Jerome

1470s c Saints Peter and Paul  tempera on poplar 93.3 x 47 cm  The National Gallery, London

1470 Porto San Giorgio altarpiece Saints Anthony Abbot and Lucy

1470 Saint George Slaying the Dragon tempera and gold on wood 94 x 47.8 cm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA

1470 Saint George Slaying the Dragon ( detail )

1470 Porto San Giorgio altarpiece Madonna and Child Enthroned with Donor tempera on poplar panel 125.3 x 50.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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1470-73 Enthroned Madonna ( Enthroned Maria Lactans ) tempera on wood panel 127 x 84 cm

1470-75c The Dead Christ supported by Two Angels tempera on poplar wood 72.4 x 55.2 cm The National Gallery, London

1470c ( attributed to ) St Peter  brown ink, brown wash and white gouache on cream antique laid paper, cut along outlines of figure inlaid into cream antique laid paper, lined with cream wove paper 20.5 x 15.5 cm Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

1470c Madonna with Child tempera on wood transferred to canvas 61.9 x 41 cm Pinacoteca de Macerata, Venice

1470c Saint John the Evangelist tempera on wood panel 32.1 x 23.5 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI

1470c Saint Peter the Apostle tempera on wood panel 31.8 x 23.2 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI

1470c The Deposition of Christ tempera and gold on wood panel 41.9 x 114.3 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, MI

late 1470s late ( Pietà ) Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels tempera and tooled gold on panel 71.1 x 47.3 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

1471-72 Madonna and Child panel 183 x 59.5 cm Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

1471-72 St Francis of Assisi panel 183 x 59.5 cm Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

1471-73c An Apostle  tempera and gold on wood 32.1 x 23.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1471-73c Two Evangelists:

1471-73c Two Evangelists ( Saint John the Evangelist and the Author of Another Gospel ) from a predella tempera with oil and gilding on poplar panels 31.5 x 47 cm National Trust, Upton House, UK

1471-73c Two Evangelists ( Saint John the Evangelist and the Author of Another Gospel ) from a predella  tempera with oil and gilding on poplar panels 31.5 x 47 cm  National Trust, Upton House, UK

1472 Madonna and Child Enthroned tempera on wood, gold ground 98.4 x 43.8 cm  Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1472 Saint Bartholomew Pinacoteca del Castello sforzesco, Milano

1472 Saint Giovanni Evangelist Pinacoteca del Castello sforzesco, Milano

1472 Saint Dominic tempera on wood, gold ground 97.2 x 32.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1472 Saint George tempera on wood with gold ground 38 x 13.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1472 Saint James Major, part of an altarpiece tempera and tooled gold on panel Brooklyn Museum, New York

1472 Saint Nicholas of Bari oil on wood panel 96.2 x 32 cm The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

1472c Madonna and Child tempera on wood 71 x 50 cm

1473 Saint Paul tempera on wood panel 136 x 39 cm

1475 Two Apostles:

1475-80c Saint Anthony of Padua oil on panel 151.8 x 49.8 cm  Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA

Carlo Crivelli - part 2

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Carlo Crivelli was probably born in Venice during the early 1430s. Both his father, Jacopo, and his brother, Vittore, were painters. Carlo is mentioned only once in Venetian documents: in 1457, already a master painter, he was fined and sentenced to six months in prison for abducting a sailor's wife.

Though trained in the late Gothic style of Antonio Vivarini, as his earliest works show, and familiar with the drawings of Jacopo Bellini, from which some of his mature compositions derive, Crivelli was profoundly influenced by early Renaissance art in Padua.

For full biographical notes, and for earlier works, see part 1 also.

This is part 2 of a 3-part post on the works of Carlo Crivelli:


1473 Polyptych of St Emidio Cattedrale di Sant'Emidio, Ascoli Piceno.

The Sant’Emidio Polyptych is exactly in the same place where it was first put in 1473. It was commissioned to the Venetian painter Carlo Crivelli (ca. 1430 – ca. 1490) by the bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Prospero Caffarelli, and was placed in Sant’Emidio cathedral – never to be moved.

The painting – tempera and gold on panel, its central panel reading “Opus Karoli Crivelli Veneti 1473” – was originally placed in the chapel of the Holy Sacrament. It is a rare example of well-preserved pictorial art from the 1400s. Even more extraordinary is the fact that it is still in the same building after centuries.

The polyptych is about 290×280 centimetres, divided into three rows:

1473 Polyptych of St Emidio Cattedrale di Sant'Emidio, Ascoli Piceno

St Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Jerome

St Catherine of Alexandria

Saint Jerome

Pietà

Saint George and Saint Ursula

Saint George

Saint Ursula

  

Madonna and Child

Madonna and Child detail

Saint Peter

Saint Bartholomew

Saint James

1475c St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. Peter, and Mary Magdalene tempera on wood panels S. Lucia, Montefiore dell'Aso, Italy:

St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. Peter, and Mary Magdalene

St. Catherine of Alexandria detail

St. Peter

Mary Magdelene

Mary Magdelene detail

1476 The Demidoff Altarpiece:

This altarpiece was painted by Crivelli in 1476 to sit on the high altar of the church of San Domenico in Ascoli Piceno, in east central Italy. The polyptych was composed of the central panel and eight smaller panels with saints. Originally there was a predella (a lower section of the altarpiece ), now lost, and a lunette-shaped Pietà above (now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.)

1476 Pietà tempera on wood 71.1 x 63.8 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1476 The Demidoff Altarpiece The National Gallery, London

1476 Saint Francis tempera on poplar wood 61 x 39.5 cm The National Gallery, London

1476 Saint Andrew tempera on poplar wood 61 x 40 cm The National Gallery, London

1476 Saint Stephen tempera on poplar wood 61 x 40 cm The National Gallery, London

1476 Saint Thomas Aquinas tempera on poplar wood 60.5 x 39.5 cm The National Gallery, London

1476 Saint John the Baptist  tempera on poplar wood 138.5 x 40 cm The National Gallery, London

1476 Saint Peter  tempera on lime wood 139 x 40.5 cm The National Gallery, London

1476 The Virgin and Child tempera on lime wood 148.6 x 63.5 cm The National Gallery, London

1476 Saint Catherine of Alexandria  tempera on poplar wood 137.5 x 40 cm  The National Gallery, London

1476 Saint Dominic tempera on poplar wood 137.5 x 40 cm The National Gallery, London

1476c Altarpiece, Ascoli Piceno:

From the same church as The Demidoff Altarpiece (above).

1476c Saint Jerome tempera on poplar wood 91 x 26 cm The National Gallery, London

1476c Saint Lucy tempera on lime wood 91 x 26.5 cm The National Gallery, London

1476c Saint Michael tempera on poplar wood 90.5 x 26.5 cm The National Gallery, London

1476c Saint Peter Martyr tempera on poplar wood 90.5 x 26.5 cm The National Gallery, London

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1475c The Dead Christ between the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist tempera on panel transferred to canvas Restored by Luigi Cavenaghi, Italian ( Caravaggio 1844 - 1918 Milan ) 66.4 x 64 cm  Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, Boston, MA

1476-77 Madonna and Child Enthroned tempera on panel  Szémüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary

1477 St James of the Marches with Two Kneeling Donors wood panel 198 x 64 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

1480 Adoration of the Shepherds tempera on wood

1480 Adoration of the Shepherds  tempera on wood ( detail )

1480 Adoration of the Shepherds  tempera on wood ( detail )

1480-86 Madonna and Child tempera on wood 21 x 15.5 cm Pinacoteca Comunale Podesti, Ancona, Italy

1480c Madonna and Child tempera and gold on wood 36.5 x 23.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1480c Saint Roch tempera and oil on lime wood panel 40 x 12.1 cm The Wallace Collection, London

1480c The Virgin and Child tempera on panel 48.5 x 33.6 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1485 Lamentation over the Dead Christ tempera on panel 88.3 x 53 cm  Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

1485-90 Madonna and Child with Saints and Donor oil and tempera on panel Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD

1485-90c Christ of Mockery tempera on panel Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands

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Carlo Crivelli was probably born in Venice during the early 1430s. Both his father, Jacopo, and his brother, Vittore, were painters. Carlo is mentioned only once in Venetian documents: in 1457, already a master painter, he was fined and sentenced to six months in prison for abducting a sailor's wife.

Though trained in the late Gothic style of Antonio Vivarini, as his earliest works show, and familiar with the drawings of Jacopo Bellini, from which some of his mature compositions derive, Crivelli was profoundly influenced by early Renaissance art in Padua.

For full biographical notes see part 1. For earlier works, see parts 1 and 2 also.

This is part 3 of a 3-part post on the works of Carlo Crivelli:


1482 Triptych of Camerino:
This work came to the Pinacoteca from the Church of San Domenico in 1811 after Napoleon's spoliations.
While transferring it, the original frame, which probably contained other scenes, was lost. Two of those scenes, the Announcing Angel and the Virgin Annunciate, also came to the Pinacoteca but were exchanged for other paintings. Two parts of the predella, however remained at the Pinacoteca.

1482 Triptych of Camerino Pinacoteca de Brera, Milan, Italy

Virgin and Child tempera on panel 190.5 x 78 cm

Virgin and Child detail

Saint  tempera on panel 167 x 63 cm

Saint detail

Saint detail

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1486 Crucifix with the Virgin and St John the Evangelist oil on panel 218 x 75 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy

1486 The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius oil on wood transferred to canvas 207 x 146.5 cm  The National Gallery, London

1486 The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius detail

1486-88c St John the Baptist tempera and gilding on panel 73 x 39 cm The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, UK

1487-88c St Augustine tempera on panel 140.7 x 39.5 cm National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan

1487c The Crucifixion tempera on panel 75 x 55.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1488 The Last Supper oil and tempera on panel 26.7 x 75.3 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts de Monréal, Quebec, Canada

1488-90 Madonna of the Candeletta oil on panel 218 x 75 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy

1488c Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints tempera on panel 191 x 196 cm Gemäldgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany

1489c The Vision of the Blessed Gabriele oil and egg tempera on poplar wood 141 x 87 cm The National Gallery, London

after 1490 Altarpiece from S. Francesco dei Zoccolanti, Matelica "La Madonna della Rondine"  ( The Madonna of the Swallow )  oil and egg tempera on poplar 150.5 x 107.3 cm The National Gallery, London

after 1490 Predella of La Madonna della Rondine

after 1490 Predella of La Madonna della Rondine detail St George and the Dragon

1490 Maria Magdalena tempera on panel 152 x 49 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1490-1500 Saint Francis Collecting the Blood of Christ panel 20 x 16.3 cm Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, Italy

1490c Madonna and Child tempera on panel 32.8 x 24.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

1490c Saint Augustine oil on panel with gold ground 50 x 15 cm Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon, France

1490c Saint Lucy oil on panel with gold ground 50 x 15 cm Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon, France

1490c Saint Nicholas oil on panel with gold ground 50 x 15 cm Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon, France

1490c St Jerome and St Augustine tempera on wood 208 x 72 cm Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

1490c St Peter and St Paul tempera on wood 208 x 73 cm Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

1490c Virgin and Child with Saints and Donor tempera and gold leaf on panel 97.8 x 82.5 cm The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD

1491 The Virgin and Child with Saints Francis and Sebastian oil and egg tempera on poplar wood 175 x 151 cm The National Gallery, London

1491-94c Saint Catherine of Alexandria ( panel from a Frame or Predella ) tempera on lime wood 38 x 19 cm The National Gallery, London

1491-94c Saint Mary Magdalene tempera on lime wood 37.5 x 18.5 cm The National Gallery, London

1491c The Madonna of the Swallow oil and tempera on panel 150.5 x 107.3 cm National Gallery, London

1492 The Immaculate Conception egg tempera on wood 194.3 x 93.3 cm The National Gallery, London

1493 Coronation of The Virgin ( Mary ) tempera on panel 155 x 155 cm Palazzo Brera, Milan, Italy

1493 Coronation of The Virgin ( Mary ) detail

1493c Pietà tempera on wood 128 x 241 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy

1499 The Sweat Cloth of Saint Veronica 39.5 x 29 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

n.d. Madonna and Child at a Marble Parapet tempera on panel 61.3 x 44 cm

n.d. Pietà tempera on wood 105 x 205 cm Musei Vatican, Rome

n.d. Pietà detail

Alphabet Books – part 1

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Alphabet Books are primarily designed for children. They show the letters of the alphabet with corresponding words and images. They are one of the simplest and most enduring forms of children’s books, a common feature of children’s literature since Shakespeare’s day.

In the sixteenth century, then known as ‘Hornbooks’, they generally consisted of a piece of parchment or paper, pasted on a wooden board and protected by a transparent sheet of animal horn. Some examples were also made of ivory.

Hornbook from around 1630

Hornbook

Ivory Hornbook

Ivory Hornbook from around 1800

These early books displayed letters of the alphabet, a syllabary (list of Syllables), as well as prayers for novice readers. They taught pronunciations of vowel and consonant combinations. Over time the Hornbook was gradually replaced with another alphabet text, known as the ‘Battledore.”

Battledore

Battledore c1810

Battledore c1810

A Battledore was a small racket-like instrument that was used for playing badminton. 

The term was applied to the wooden or cardboard tablets that developed as devices for teaching children to read. This was the real birth of the modern Alphabet Book. Such texts first appeared in the 1750s and were produced until the middle of the C19th.

This is part 1 of an 8-part series on Alphabet Books:

c1840 Grandmamma Easi's Stories about the Alphabet:

1858 Fire-Side Picture Alphabet:

1869 A Treasury of Pleasure for Young People:

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Alphabet Books are primarily designed for children. They show the letters of the alphabet with corresponding words and images. They are one of the simplest and most enduring forms of children’s books, a common feature of children’s literature since Shakespeare’s day.

For more background information, and for earlier examples, see part 1 also.

This is part 2 of an 8-part series on Alphabet Books:

1870 Nursery ABC and Simple Speller published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1870 Nursery ABC and Simple Spellerpublished by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1870 Little Tales for Tiny Tots (extracts):






1870 My First Alphabet:

My First Alphabet published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

Anchor, Baby, Cat, Dog, Ear

Fan, Goose, Harp, Inn

Jay, Key, Lighthouse, Man

Nest, Owl, Pitcher, Quince

Rat, Ship, Tortoise, Urn

Vines, Well,  Yew,  Xiphius Gladius ( the scientific name for Swordfish ), Zebra

1870 Prince Arthur's Alphabet:

Prince Arthur's Alphabet published by Dean & Sons, London

1872c Comic Alphabet:

Comic Alphabet published by Shugg & Co., New York

1873 The Nursery Alphabet:

The Nursery Alphabet published by Frederick Warne & Co., London

Alphabet, Book,  Corn, Donkey

Engine, Funnel, Geese, Hen

Ice, Jackdaw, Kitten, Letter, Monkey

Nuts, Owl, Pony, Queen

Regiment, Sunset, Tit, Umbrella, Viaduct

Wagon, X, Yew, Z

1874 Picture Alphabet of Nations of the World:

Picture Alphabet of Nations of the World published by Thomas Nelson & Sons, London and Edinburgh

1874 The Alphabet of Old Friends illustrated by Walter Crane:

The Alphabet of Old Friends by Walter Crane published by George Routledge and Sons, London & New York

1874 The Noah's Ark Alphabet illustrated by Walter Crane:

The Noah's Ark Alphabet illustrated by Walter Crane published by George Routledge & Sons, London, Glasgow and New York

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Alphabet Books are primarily designed for children. They show the letters of the alphabet with corresponding words and images. They are one of the simplest and most enduring forms of children’s books, a common feature of children’s literature since Shakespeare’s day.

For more background information see part 1, and for earlier examples, see parts 1 and 2 also.

This is part 3 of an 8-part series on Alphabet Books:


1874 The Nursery Album for Children:













The Railway Alphabet (from the same book):

1875 Comic Alphabet of Animals:

Comic Alphabet of Animals Published by Call & Inclis, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

1875 Major's Alphabet:

Major's Alphabetpublished by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1875 Picture Alphabet of Birds:

1875 Picture Alphabet of Birds published by Thomas Nelson & Sons, London & Edinburgh

1877 My Primer:

My Primer published by J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, PA

1880 ABC of Objects:

1880 ABC of Objectspublished by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1880 Alphabet of Country Scenes:

1880 Alphabet of Country scenespublished by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1880 Baby Dot's ABC:

Baby Dot's ABC published by The Religious Tract Society, London

1880 Arthur's Alphabet:

Arthur's Alphabet published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

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Alphabet Books are primarily designed for children. They show the letters of the alphabet with corresponding words and images. They are one of the simplest and most enduring forms of children’s books, a common feature of children’s literature since Shakespeare’s day.

For more background information see part 1, and for earlier examples, see parts 1 - 3 also.

This is part 4 of an 8-part series on Alphabet Books:


1877 Routledge's Book of Alphabets:

Routledge's Book of Alphabets published by George Routledge & Sons, London

1880 Childs ABC Book:

1880 Colonial Alphabet for the Nursery:

Colonial Alphabet for the Nursery published by Goode Bros., Clerkenwell Green, London, E.C.

1880 Fairy ABC:

Fairy ABC published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1880 Jolly Youngsters ABC:

Jolly Youngsters ABC published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1880 The ABC of Animals:

The ABC of Animalspublished by McLoughlin Bros., New York

1880 The Common Object ABC Book:

The Common Object ABC Book. published by Porter & Coates, Philadelphia, PA

1880 The Doings of the Alphabet:

The Doings of the Alphabet published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1880c Fairyland Tales and A.B.C's:

1884 Every Babys ABC:

Every Babys ABCpublished by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1884 Little ABC Book printed on linen :

Little ABC Book Printed on Linen published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

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Alphabet Books are primarily designed for children. They show the letters of the alphabet with corresponding words and images. They are one of the simplest and most enduring forms of children’s books, a common feature of children’s literature since Shakespeare’s day.

For more background information see part 1, and for earlier examples, see parts 1 - 4 also.

This is part 5 of an 8-part series on Alphabet Books:


1884 Little Boys and Girls ABC:

Little Boys and Girls ABC published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1884 Noah's Ark ABC:

Noah's Ark ABC published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1884 The ABC of Nature:

The ABC of Naturepublished by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1884 The White ABC:

The White ABC presented by the White Sewing Machine Co., Cleveland, Ohio

1885 Alphabet Birds:

Alphabet Birdspublished by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1885 The Everlasting ABC and Primer:

The Everlasting ABC and Primer published by Peter G. Thomson, Cincinnati, Ohio

1885c Base Ball ABC:

Base Ball ABC published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1886 The Golden Play Book:

The Golden Play Book published by Frederick Warne & Co., London

1888 Goody Two-Shoes:

Goody Two-Shoespublished by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1889 Girls & Boys Name ABC:

Girls & Boys Name ABCpublished by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1889 Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets by Edward Lear:

Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets

1889c A.B.C. of Objects for Home and School:

Kindergarten First Book. A.B.C. of Objects for Home and School

1890 Apple Pie ABC:

Apple Pie ABCpublished by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1890 Jolly Animal ABC:

Jolly Animal ABCpublished by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1890 Merry Alphabet:

Merry Alphabetpublished by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1890c Fairyland ABC:

Fairyland ABC Father Tuck's "Alphabet' Series published by Raphael Tuck & Sons., London

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Alphabet Books are primarily designed for children. They show the letters of the alphabet with corresponding words and images. They are one of the simplest and most enduring forms of children’s books, a common feature of children’s literature since Shakespeare’s day.

For more background information see part 1, and for earlier examples, see parts 1 - 5 also.

This is part 6 of an 8-part series on Alphabet Books:


1891 Our Baby's ABC:

Our Baby's ABC published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1896 Starry Flag ABC Book:



1897 Boys'& Girls' Alphabet:

1897 Boys & Girls' Alphabet published by W.B. Conkey Company, Chicago - New York

1897 Little Ones' A.B.C. Book:

1897 Little Ones' A.B.C. Book published by W.B. Conkey Company, Chicago - New York

1897c Apple-Pie A.B.C.:

1897c Apple-Pie A.B.C. ( Printed on Linen )published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1898 Dr Jollyboy's ABC:

1898 Dr Jollyboy's ABC with Drawings by Gordon Browne

1898 Little Learner's ABC Book:

1898 Little Learner's ABC Bookpublished by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1898 Our Brownie's ABC:

1898 Our Brownie's ABC

1898 Tiny Folks Alphabet:

1898 Tiny Folks Alphabet published by W.B. Conney Company

1899 A.B.C. of the Apple Pie:

1899 A.B.C. of the Apple Pie ( Printed on Linen )published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1899 An ABC for Baby Patriots:

1899 An ABC for Baby Patriots by Mrs. Ernest Ames published by Dean & Son, Ltd., London

1899 Comical Pets ABC Book:

1899 Comical Pets ABC Book ( Printed on Linen )published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1899 Railroad ABC Picture Book:

1899 Railroad ABC Picture Bookpublished by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1899 The Merry Alphabet:

1899 The Merry Alphabetpublished by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1900 Father Tuck's Bird ABC:

1900 Father Tuck's Bird ABC Book ( Printed on Linen ) Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons., London

1900 Pastime ABC Book:

1900 Pastime ABC Bookpublished by McLoughlin Brothers, New York

1900 Little Darlings ABC:

1900 Little Darlings ABCPublished by Raphael Tuck & Sons., London

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Alphabet Books are primarily designed for children. They show the letters of the alphabet with corresponding words and images. They are one of the simplest and most enduring forms of children’s books, a common feature of children’s literature since Shakespeare’s day.

For more background information see part 1, and for earlier examples, see parts 1 - 6 also.

This is part 7 of an 8-part series on Alphabet Books:


1900 The Struwwelpeter Alphabet:

The Struwwelpeter Alphabet by Harold Begbie Illustrated by F. Carruthers Gould Published by Grant Richards, London

1900c An A.B.C. by John Hassall:

An A.B.C. by G.E. Farrow Illustrated by John Hassall Published by Dean & Son, London

1900 Tiny Tots' ABC:

Tiny Tots' ABC Father Tuck's "Little Pets" Series Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, London

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Alphabet Books are primarily designed for children. They show the letters of the alphabet with corresponding words and images. They are one of the simplest and most enduring forms of children’s books, a common feature of children’s literature since Shakespeare’s day.

For more background information see part 1, and for earlier examples, see parts 1 - 7 also.

This is part 8, the final part of an 8-part series on Alphabet Books:


1900c Daisy Dell Farm ABC:

Daisy Dell Farm ABC Father Tuck's "Play & Pleasure" Series A.B.C. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, London

1903 Denslow's ABC Book:

Denslow's ABC Book Published by G.W. Dillingham & Co., New York

1904 Denslow's Mother Goose A.B.C. Book:

Denslow's Mother Goose A.B.C. BookPublished by G.W. Dillingham & Co., New York

  

A Apple Pie by kate Greenaway
A classic first published in 1886:

A Apple Pie by Kate Greenaway Published by Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London

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Artist's Self-Portraits - part 1

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I thought it would be interesting to do a series on artist’s self-portraits. Some are famous as portraitists, others not so much, but very many artists have painted their own portraits over centuries. Some of the more contemporary artists became more experimental with their style of painting as time went on, and it’s interesting to see that development in their own portraits as well.

I decided to run the series in alphabetical order rather than chronological order, to give a more interesting mix of styles through the ages.

This is part 1 of an 8-part series on Artist’s Self Portraits:

Albrecht Dürer (1471 Nuremberg, Germany – 1528 Nuremberg, Germany) was a painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was still in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints.

Albrecht Dürer 1484 Self-Portrait at the Age of Thirteen silver-point on paper 27.5 x 19.6 cm Albertina, Vienna

Albrecht Dürer 1491-92c Self-Portrait pen and indian ink on paper 27.6 x 20.2 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Albrecht Dürer 1493 Self-Portrait oil on parchment laid down on canvas 56 x 44 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

Albrecht Dürer 1498 Self-Portrait at 26 oil on panel 52 x 41 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid

Albrecht Dürer 1500 Self-Portrait oil on wood panel 66.3 x 49 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Allan Gwynne-Jones CBE DSO RA (1892, UK – 1982, UK) was an English painter. Gwynne-Jones was born in Richmond, Surrey. He was educated at Bedales School and then qualified as a solicitor, but never practised.

Allan Gwynne-Jones 1926c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 43.2 x 33 cm Tate, London © The estate of Allan Gwynne-Jones. All Rights Reserved 2017

Alphonse Mucha (1860 Ivanice, Czechoslovakia – 1839 Prague, Czexh Republic) was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, known best for his distinct style. He produced many paintings, illustrations, advertisements, postcards, and designs.

Alphonse Mucha 1899 Self-Portrait oil on board 32 x 21 cm

Alphonse Mucha 1907 Self-Portrait 44 x 28.5 cm Private Collection

Alphonse Mucha 1907 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 28.5  x 44 cm

Arthur Ambrose McEvoy ( 1878 – 1927 ) was an English artist. His early works are landscapes and interiors with figures, in a style influenced by James McNeill Whistler. Later he gained success as a portrait painter, mainly of women and often in watercolour.

Ambrose McEvoy 1900 Self-Portrait graphite and ink on paper 18.4 x 12.7 cm Tate, London

Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (Livorno, Italy – 1920 Paris, France) was an Italian Jewish painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterised by elongation of faces and figures.

Amedio Modigliani 1919 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 100 x 64.5 cm Museo de Arte de Sao Paulo, Brazil

Andy Warhol (1928 Pittsburgh, PA – 1987 New York) was an American artist, director and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. 

Andy Warhol 1964 Self-Portrait acrylic, silver paint and silkscreen on linen 50.8 x 40.6 cm © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. - DACS-Artimage 2017

Andy Warhol 1967 Self-Portrait synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen on canvas 183.2 x 183.2 cm © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. - DACS-Artimage 2017

Andy Warhol 1967 Self-Portrait  synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen on canvas 183.2 x 183.2 cm  © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. - DACS-Artimage 2017

Andy Warhol 1978 Self-Portrait acrylic paint and silkscreen on canvas 40.8 x 33.3 cm © 2017 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Right Society (ARS), New York and DACS, London

Andy Warhol 1986 Self-Portrait acrylic paint and screenprint on canvas 203.2 x 203.2 cm © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / DACS/Artimage 2017

Anna Ancher (1859 Skagen, Denmark – 1935 Skagen, Denmark) was a Danish artist associated with the Skagen Painters, an artists' colony on the northern point of Jutland, Denmark. She is considered to be one of Denmark's greatest visual artists.

Anna Ancher 1877-78 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 18.8 x 11.6 cm Helga Anchers Fond, Skagen, Denmark

Anthony Green RA (1939 UK) is an English realist painter and printmaker best known for his paintings of his own middle-class domestic life.

Anthony Green 1967 Self-Portrait in Father's Chair pencil 84.2 x 86.5 cm National Portrait Gallery, London © Anthony Green

Anthony Green R.A. Self-Portrait oil on masonite

Anthony Green R.A. The Sunflower Portrait oil on canvas 76.2 x 76.2 cm

Anthony Green 2015c oil on board 29.8 x 33 cm

Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599 Antwerp, Belgium – 1641 London) was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England, after enjoying great success in Italy and Flanders.

Anthony van Dyck 1613c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 43 x 32.5 cm Gemäldegalerie, Vienna

Anthony van Dyck 1620-21c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 119 x 87.9 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Anthony van Dyck 1622-23 Self Portrait oil on canvas 116.5 x 93.5 cm The Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

Anthony van Dyck 1640c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 56 x 46 cm National Portrait Gallery, London

Anthony van Dyck after 1633 Self-Portrait

Antoni Tàpies i Puig, 1st Marquess of Tàpies (1923 Barcelona, Spain – 2012 Barcelona, Spain) was a Spanish painter, sculptor and art theorist, who became one of the most famous European artists of his generation.

Antoni Tapies 1945 Self-Portrait

Antoni Tapies 1946 Self-Portrait

Antoni Tapies 1947 Self-Portrait ink on paper 48 x 34 cm Mainz State Museum, Germany

Antoni Tapies Self-Portrait

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872 Brighton, UK – 1898 Menton, France) was an English illustrator and author. His drawings in black ink, influenced by the style of Japanese woodcuts, emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic.

Aubrey Beardsley 1892 Self-Portrait pen and wash 25 x 9.5 cm

Aubrey Beardsley 1896 Self-Portrait in the Form of a Bust

August Macke (1887 Meschede, Germany – 1914 Champagne, France) was a German Expressionist painter. He was one of the leading members of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter.

Auguste Macke 1906 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 35.4 x 54.2 cm

Auguste Macke 1910 Self-Portrait with Hat oil on wood 41 x 32.5 cm Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany

Augustus Edwin John OM RA (1878 Tenby, Wales – 1961 Fordingbridge, England) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher. For a short time around 1910, he was an important exponent of Post-Impressionism in the United Kingdom. He was the brother of the painter Gwen John.

Augustus John 1901c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 49.5 x 39.4 cm

Augustus John 1920 Self-Portrait etching and drypoint 17.5 x 12.5 cm

Augustus John 1940 Self-Portrait

Bernard Buffet (1928 Paris, France – 1999 Tourtour, France) was a French painter of Expressionism and a member of the anti-abstract art group L'homme Témoin.

Bernard Buffet 1953 Self Portrait oil on canvas 54 x 27 cm © ADAGP, Paris 2017

Bernard Buffet 1954 Portrait of the Artist oil on canvas 146.4 x 114 cm Tate, London © ADAGP, Paris 2017

Bernard Buffet 1956 Self-Portrait on Black Background oil on canvas 129.3 x 96.8 cm Collection Pierre Bergé © Dominique Cohas © ADAGP, Paris 2017

Bernard Buffet 1981 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 116 x 89 cm © ADAGP, Paris 2017

Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot (1841 Bourges, France – 1895 Paris, France) was a painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists.

Berthe Morisot 1885 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 61 x 50 cm Musée Marmotton Monet, Paris

Berthe Morisot 1885c Self-Portrait pastel with stumping on grey laid paper 48 x 38 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Berthe Morisot 1887 Self-Portrait with Julie ( study ) oil on canvas

Beryl Cook, OBE (1926 Egham, Uk – 2008 Plymouth, UK) was an English artist best known for her original and instantly recognisable naïve paintings.

Beryl Cook Self-Portrait

Camille Pissarro (1830 US Virgin Islands – 1903 Paris, France) was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas. His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism.

Camille Pissarro 1852-54c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 31 x 28.5 cm National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen

Camille Pissarro 1873 Self-Portrait oil on canvas Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Camille Pissarro 1898c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 53 x 30.5 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Camille Pissarro 1903 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 41 x 33.3 cm Tate, London

Carel Victor Morlais Weight, CH, CBE, RA (1908 London – 1997 London) was an English realist painter.

Carel Weight 1930c Self-Portrait oil on board 45.5 x 35 cm

Carel Weight 1934 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 76.8 x 51 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Charley Toorop (1891 Katwijk, Netherlands – 1955 Bergen, Netherlands) was a Dutch painter and lithographer. Her full name was Annie Caroline Pontifex Fernhout-Toorop.

Charley Toorop 1925 Self-Portrait against a Wall

Charley Toorop 1938 Self-Portrait with Hat and Veil oil on canvas

Charley Toorop 1940 Self-Portrait

Charley Toorop 1955 Self-Portrait

Christian Schad (1894 Miesbach, Germany – 1982 Suttgart, Germany) was a German painter associated with Dada and the New Objectivity movement. Considered as a group, Schad's portraits form an extraordinary record of life in Vienna and Berlin in the years following World War I.

Christian Schad 1927 Self-Portrait oil on wood 76 x 62 cm Tate, London © Christian Schad Stiftung Aschaffenburg/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn and DACS, London 2017

Christian Schad Self-Portrait© Christian Schad Stiftung Aschaffenburg/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn and DACS, London 2017

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A series on artist’s self-portraits. Some are famous as portraitists, others not so much, but very many artists have painted their own portraits over centuries. Some of the more contemporary artists became more experimental with their style of painting as time went on, and it’s interesting to see that development in their own portraits as well.

I decided to run the series in alphabetical order rather than chronological order, to give a more interesting mix of styles through the ages.

This is part 2 of an 8-part series on Artist’s Self Portraits:

Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson ARA (1889 London – 1946 London) was an English figure and landscape painter, etcher and lithographer, who was one of the most famous war artists of World War I. He is often referred to by his initials C. R. W.

Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson 1911 Self-Portrait oil on wood 31.1 x 23.2 cm Tate, London

Charles Thomas "Chuck" Close (1940 Monroe, Washington, USA) is an American painter, artist and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits.

Chuck Close 1968 "Big Self-Portrait"

Chuck Close 1968 "Big Self-Portrait" showing scale

Chuck Close 1986 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 138.4 x 107.3 cm

Chuck Close 2011 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 91.4 x 76.2 cm

Oscar-Claude Monet (1840 Paris, France – 1926 Giverny, France) was a founder of French Impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting.

Claude Monet 1884c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 85 x 54 cm Musée Marmottan, Paris

Claude Monet 1886 Self-Portrait with a Beret oil on canvas 56 x 46 cm Private Collection

Claude Monet 1917 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 69 x 54 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

Damien Steven Hirst (1965 Bristol, UK) is an English artist, entrepreneur, and art collector. He is the most prominent member of the group known as the YBAs “Young British Artists,” who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s.

Damien Hirst 2007-08 Self-Portrait Mexico oil on newspaper laid down on canvas 67 x 61.2 cm © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2017

Damien Hirst 2008 Self-Portrait© Damien Hirst. All rights reserved, DACS 2017

David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896 Camargo, Mexico – 1974 Cuernavaca, Mexico) was a Mexican social realist painter, better known for his large murals in fresco. Along with Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, he established "Mexican Muralism."

David Alfaro Siqueiros 1945 Self-Portrait pyroxiin on masonite 91 x 121 cm Hospital de la Raza, Mexico City, D.F.

David Alfaro Siqueiros 1946 Self-Portrait Private Collection

David Alfaro Siqueiros 1961 Self-Portrait Private Collection

David Garshen Bomberg (1890 Birmingham, UK – 1957 London, UK) was an English painter, and one of the Whitechapel Boys. Bomberg was one of the most audacious of the exceptional generation of artists who studied at the Slade School of Art under Henry Tonks.

David Bomberg 1931 Self-Portrait charcoal and wash 49.5 x 32.4 cm © National Portrait Gallery, London

David Bomberg 1932 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 60.6 x 51.5 cm Tate, London

David Bomberg 1932c Self-Portrait with Pipe oil on board 60.8 x 50.5 cm © National Portrait Gallery, London

David Bomberg 1937c Self-Portrait oil on millboard 60.6 x 50.8 cm © National Portrait Gallery, London

David Bomberg 1937c Self-Portrait  oil on millboard 60.6 x 50.8 cm  © National Portrait Gallery, London

David Hockney, OM, CH, RA (1937 Bradford, UK) is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer.

David Hockney 1954 Self-Portrait collage on newspaper 41.9 x 29.8 cm

David Hockney 1954 Self-Portrait lithograph in five colours

David Hockney 2005 Self-Portrait with Charlie oil on canvas 182.9 x 91.4 cm © David Hockney, Collection National Portrait Gallery, London

David Hockney 2012 Self-Portrait drawn on Apple iPad

David Hockney 2012 Self-Portrait drawn on Apple iPad

David Hockney 2012 Self-Portrait  drawn on Apple iPad

Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera (1886 Guanajuato, Mexico – 1957 Mexico City) was a prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the Mexican mural movement in Mexican art.

Diego Rivera 1906 Self-Portrait oil on canvas Gobierno del estado de Sinaloa, Mexico

Diego Rivera 1907 Self-Portrait with a Broad-Brimmed Hat Museo Dolores Olmedo

Diego Rivera 1930 Self-Portrait lithograph 47 x 35.2 cm ( sheet )

Diego Rivera 1941 Self-Portrait The Firestone Self-Portrait Museum of Art at Smith College, Northampton, MA

Diego Rivera 1949 Self-Portrait; The Ravages of Time 31 x 26 cm Private Collection

Diego Rivera 1954 Self-Portrait

Edgar Degas (1834 Paris, France – 1917 Paris, France) was a French artist famous for his paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings. He is especially identified with the subject of dance; more than half of his works depict dancers.

Edgar Degas 1855 Self-Portrait oil on canvas Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Edgar Degas 1857-58 Self-Portrait with Fedora oil on paper laid down on canvas 21 x 16.2 cm J.Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Edgar Degas 1857c Self-Portrait oil on paper laid down on canvas

Édouard Manet (1832 Paris, France – 1883 Paris, France) was a French painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, and a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.

The painting, “Self Portrait with a Palette”, a rare self-portrait by Manet, was bought in 2017for a record price of £22 million by New York dealer Franck Giraud, who was bidding at the Sothebys sale, in central London.

Édouard Manet 1878-79 Self-Portrait with Palette oil on canvas 83 x 67 cm Private Collection

Jean-Édouard Vuillard (1868 Cuiseaux, France – 1940 La Baule-Escoublac, France) was a French painter and printmaker associated with the Nabis.

Édouard Vuillard 1889 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 25.1 x 28.6 cm Private Collection

Édouard Vuillard 1889 Self-Portrait with Waroquy oil on canvas 92.7 x 72.4 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Édouard Vuillard Self-Portrait oil on canvas 20.3 x 25.4 cm Private Collection

Edvard Munch (1863 Adalsbruk, Norway – Oslo, Norway) was a Norwegian painter and printmaker whose intensely evocative treatment of psychological themes built upon some of the main tenets of late 19th-century Symbolism and greatly influenced German Expressionism in the early 20th century.

Edvard Munch 1881-82 Self-Portrait oil on board 26 x 18.5 cm Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway

Edvard Munch 1886 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 33 x 24.5 cm The National Museum, Oslo, Norway

Edvard Munch 1895 Self-Portrait with Cigarette oil on canvas 110.5 x 85.5 cm The National Museum, Oslo, Norway

Edvard Munch 1895 Self-Portrait with Skeleton Arm lithograph 45.6 x 31.5 cm National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC

Edvard Munch 1903 Self-Portrait in Hell oil on canvas 82 x 66 cm Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway

Edvard Munch 1905 Self-Portrait with Bottle of Wine oil on canvas 120.5 x 110.5 cm Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway

Edvard Munch 1926 Self-Portrait in Front of the House Wall

Edvard Munch 1930-33 Self-Portrait on the Glass Veranda oil and crayon on panel 46 x 55 cm Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway

Edvard Munch 1940 Self-Portrait with Cod's Head oil on canvas 55 x 45.5 cm Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway

Edward Hopper (1882 Upper Nyack, New York – 1967 Manhattan, New York) was a prominent American realist painter and printmaker. While he was most popularly known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolourist and printmaker in etching.

Edward Hopper 1903 Self-Portrait

Edward Hopper 1904 Self-Portrait oil on canvas Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Edward Hopper 1906 Self-Portrait oil on canvas Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Edward Hopper 1925-30 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 64.5 x 51.8 cm Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Egon Schiele (1890 Tulln and de Donau, Austria – 1918 Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian painter. A protégé of Gustav Klimt, Schiele was a major figurative painter of the early 20th century.

Egon Schiele 1911 Self-Portrait watercolour, gouache and graphite on paper 51.5 x 34.9 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York

Egon Schiele 1911 Self-Portrait with Black Vase an Spread Fingers oil on panel 34 x 27.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Egon Schiele 1912 Self-Portrait with Lampion Fruits Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, also known as Madame Lebrun, (1755 Paris, France – 1842 Paros, France) was a prominent French painter. Her artistic style is generally considered part of the aftermath of Rococo, while she often adopted a neoclassical style.

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun after 1782 Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat oil on canvas 97.8 x 70.5 cm The National Gallery, London

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun 1790 Self-Portrait ( detail ) oil on canvas 100 x 81 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

Artist's Self-Portraits - part 3

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A series on artist’s self-portraits. Some are famous as portraitists, others not so much, but very many artists have painted their own portraits over centuries. Some of the more contemporary artists became more experimental with their style of painting as time went on, and it’s interesting to see that development in their own portraits as well.

I decided to run the series in alphabetical order rather than chronological order, to give a more interesting mix of styles through the ages.

This is part 3 of an 8-part series on Artist’s Self Portraits:

Arthur Eric Rowton Gill ARA (1882 Steyning, UK – 1940 Uxbridge, UK) was an English sculptor, typeface designer, and printmaker, who was associated with the Arts and Crafts movement.

Eric Gill 1927 Self-Portrait wood engraving on paper 18.1 x 12.1 cm Tate, London

Eric Gill 1927

Émile Henri Bernard (1868 Lille, France – 1941 Paris, France) was a French Post-Impressionist painter and writer, who had artistic friendships with Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin and Eugène Boch, and at a later time, Paul Cézanne.

Émile Bernard 1888 Self-Portrait with Portrait of Gauguin oil on canvas 46 x 56 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Émile Bernard 1891 Self-Portrait, Le Grand Oublié oil on canvas 111.5 x 92 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Émile Bernard 1897 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 52 x 42 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Émile Bernard 1901 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 53 x 24 cm

Felix Nussbaum (1904 Osnabrück, Germany – 1944 Oświęcim, Poland) was a German-Jewish surrealist painter. Nussbaum’s artwork gives a rare glimpse into the essence of one individual among the victims of the Holocaust.

Felix Nussbaum 1927 Self-Portrait in a Green Hat oil on canvas 55 x 41 cm Kulturgeschichtliche Museum Osnabrück, Germany

Felix Nussbaum 1938c Self-Portrait in a Hat oil on canvas 62.5 x 50 cm Kulturgeschichtliche Museum Osnabrück, Germany

Felix Nussbaum 1938c Self-Portrait in the Studio gouache and oil on paper 62 x 48 cm Kulturgeschichtliche Museum Osnabrück, Germany

Felix Nussbaum 1940 Self-Portrait in the Camp oil on panel 52.5 x 41.5 cm Private Collection

Felix Nussbaum 1941 Fear ( Self-Portrait with Niece) oil on canvas 51 x 39.5 cm Kulturgeschichtliche Museum Osnabrück, Germany

Felix Nussbaum 1942 Self-Portrait with Felka Platek oil on canvas 87 x 72 cm Kulturgeschichtliche Museum Osnabrück, Germany

Felix Nussbaum 1943 Self-Portrait with Easel oil on canvas 75 x 55 cm Kulturgeschichtliche Museum Osnabrück, Germany

Felix Nussbaum 1943 Self-Portrait with a Jewish Identity Card oil on canvas 56 x 49 cm Kulturgeschichtliche Museum Osnabrück, Germany

Félix Edouard Vallotton (1865 Lausanne, Switzerland – 1925 Paris, France) was a Swiss/French painter and printmaker associated with Les Nabis. He was an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut.

Félix Valloton 1885 Self-Portrait Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts Lausanne, Switzerland

Félix Valloton 1897 Self-Portrait oil on cardboard 48 x 59.2 cm Private Collection

Félix Valloton 1905 Self-Portrait

Félix Valloton 1914 Self-Portrait with Dressing Gown oil on canvas  65 x 81 cm Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland

Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (1881 Argentan, France – 1955 Gif-sur-Yvette, France) was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form of cubism which he gradually modified into a more figurative, populist style.

Fernand Léger 1918 Self-Portrait

Fernand Léger 1930 Self-Portrait pencil 31 x 23.5 cm Fernand Léger National Museum, Biot, France

Francis Bacon (1909 Dublin, Republic of Ireland – 1992 Madrid, Spain) was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his bold, grotesque, emotionally charged, raw imagery. He is best known for his depictions of popes, crucifixions and portraits of close friends.

Francis Bacon 1969 Self-Portrait oil on canvas

Francis Bacon 1973 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 35.5 x 30.5 cm

Francis Bacon 1975 Self-Portrait

Francis Bacon 1977 Two Studies for Self-Portrait

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746 Fuendetodos, Spain – 1828 Bordeaux, France) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of late 18th and early 19th centuries and throughout his long career he was a commentator and chronicler of his era.

Francisco de Goya 1785 Self-Portrait in the Studio oil on canvas 42 x 28 cm Museo de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes, Madrid

Francisco de Goya 1795 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 18.2 x 12.2 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Francisco de Goya 1801c Self-Portrait with Spectacles oil on canvas 63 x 49 cm Musée Bonnat, Bayonne, France

Francisco de Goya 1815 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 51 x 46 cm Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, Spain

Frank Helmut Auerbach (1931 Berlin, Germany) is a German-British painter. Born in Germany, he has been a naturalised British citizen since 1947.

Frank Auerbach 1958 Self-Portrait charcoal on paper collage laid down on card 77.2 x 56.5 cm

Frank Auerbach 1994-2201 Self-Portrait pencil and graphite 76.4 x 57.7 cm National Portrait Gallery, London

Frida Kahlo de Rivera (1907 Coyoacán, Mexico -  1954 Coyoacán, Mexico) was a Mexican painter, who mostly painted self-portraits. Inspired by Mexican popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, post-colonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society.

George Wesley Bellows (1882 Columbus, Ohio – 1925 New York) was an American realist painter, known for his bold depictions of urban life in New York City, becoming, according to the Columbus Museum of Art, "the most acclaimed American artist of his generation.”

Frida Kahlo 1926 Self-Portrait Wearing a Velvet Dress

Frida Kahlo 1933 Self-Portrait with Necklace oil on metal 29 x 34.5 cm Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, Mexico City

Frida Kahlo 1940 Self-Portrait oil on board

Frida Kahlo 1940 Self-Portrait with Necklace of Thorns oil on canvas 63.5 x 49.5 cm Harry Ransom Humanities Research Centre Art Collection, University of Texas, Austin, Texas

Frida Kahlo 1941 Self-Portrait with Braid oil on masonite 38.7 x 51 cm Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, Mexico City

Frida Kahlo 1948 Self-Portrait with Medallion

George Wesley Bellows was an American realist painter, known for his bold depictions of urban life in New York City, becoming, according to the Columbus Museum of Art, "the most acclaimed American artist of his generation.”

George Bellows 1921 Self-Portrait lithograph 26.7 x 19.7 cm ( image ) The Metropolitan Museum f Art, New York

George Bellows 1921c Self-Portrait watercolour 20 x 13.7 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

George Frederic Watts, OM, RA (1817 London – 1904 Compton, UK) was an English Victorian painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. He said "I paint ideas, not things." Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical works, such as Hope and Love and Life.

George Frederic Watts 1834 Self-Portrait, aged 17 oil on canvas 53.3 x 38.1 cm Watts Gallery, Guildford, UK

George Frederic Watts 1864 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 64.8 x 52.1 cm Tate, London

George Gower (1540 England – 1596 London) was an English portrait painter who became Serjeant Painter to Queen Elizabeth I in 1581.

George Gower 1579 Self-Portrait

George Benjamin Luks (1867 Williamsport, PA – 1933 New York) was an American realist artist and illustrator. His vigorously painted genre paintings of urban subjects are examples of the Ashcan School of American art.

George Luks 1907 Self-Portrait oil on canvas

George Stubbs ARA (1724 Liverpool, UK – 1806 London) was an English painter, best known for his paintings of horses.

George Stubbs 1759c Self-Portrait oil on copper 14 x 10.8 cm Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

George Stubbs 1765-75c Self-Portrait oil on panel

George Stubbs Self-Portrait enamel on Wedgwood plaque 69.7 x 53.1 cm The National Gallery, London

Gilbert Spencer RA (1892 Cookham, UK – 1979 Cliveden, UK) was a British painter of landscapes, portraits, figure compositions and mural decorations. He worked in oils and watercolour. He was the younger brother of the painter Sir Stanley Spencer.

Gilbert Spencer 1928 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 35.6 x 30.5 cm Tate, London

Gino Severini (1883 Cortona, Italy – 1966 Paris, France) was an Italian painter and a leading member of the Futurist movement. For much of his life he divided his time between Paris and Rome.

Gino Severini 1905 Self-Portrait

Gino Severini 1908 Self-Portrait with Panama Hat and Pipe pastel Private Collection

Gino Severini 1909 Self-Portrait with Cigarette pastel on grey wove paper with inlays of blue and black fibres 50 x 29.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Gino Severini 1912 Self-Portrait with Straw Boater charcoal and chalk on paper 65.7 x 52.1 cm

Gino Severini 1912-13 Study for Self-Portrait with Straw Hat charcoal, pastel and blue and white chalk on buff paper 65.7 x 53.2 cm

Gino Severini 1913 Self-Portrait with Straw Hat oil on canvas Private Collection

Gino Severini 1936 Self-Portrait with Family

Artist's Self-Portraits - part 4

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A series on artist’s self-portraits. Some are famous as portraitists, others not so much, but very many artists have painted their own portraits over centuries. Some of the more contemporary artists became more experimental with their style of painting as time went on, and it’s interesting to see that development in their own portraits as well.

I decided to run the series in alphabetical order rather than chronological order, to give a more interesting mix of styles through the ages.

This is part 4 of an 8-part series on Artist’s Self Portraits:

Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (1646 Free City of Lübeck -1723 London)

was the leading portrait painter in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to English and British monarchs from Charles II to George I.

Godfrey Kneller 1672-73 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 65.1 x 53.3 cm Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

Godfrey Kneller 1685 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 75.6 x 62.9 cm National Portrait Gallery, London

Godfrey Kneller 1694 Self-Portrait mezzotint 36 x 26.9 cm de Young / Legion of Honour Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

Godfrey Kneller n.d. Self-Portrait

Govert Teuniszoon Flinck (1615 Kleve, Germany – 1660 Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter of the Dutch Golden Age.

Govert Flinck 1639 Self-Portrait aged 24 oil on oak panel 65.8 x 54.4 cm © The National Gallery, London

Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet (1819 Omans, France – 1877 La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland) was a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th-century French painting.

Gustave Courbet 1842 Self-Portrait with Black Dog oil on canvas 27 x 23 cm Musée municipal de Pontarlier, France

Gustave Courbet 1843c Le Désespéré ( The Desperate Man; Self-Portrait ) oil on canvas 45 x 54 cm Private Collection

Gustave Courbet 1848-49 Self-Portrait with Pipe oil on canvas 45.8 x 37.8 cm

Gwendolen (Gwen) Mary John (1876 Haverfordwest, Wales, UK – 1939 Dieppe, France) was a Welsh artist who worked in France for most of her career. Her paintings, mainly portraits of anonymous female sitters, are rendered in a range of closely related tones.

Gwen John 1902 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 44.8 x 34.9 cm Tate, London

Gwen John 1907 Self-Portrait with Letter

Gwen John 1907-09c Self-Portrait pencil on paper Private Collection

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 Augsburg, Germany – 1543 London) was a German and Swiss artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style. He is best known as one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century.

Hans Holbein the Younger 1542-43 Self-Portrait coloured chalk, pen and gold 32 x 26 cm Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, also known as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, (1864 Albi, France – 1901 Saint-André-du-Bois, France) was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 19th century allowed him to produce a collection of enticing, elegant and provocative images of the modern, sometimes decadent, affairs of those times.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1882 Self-Portrait

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1882-3 Self-portrait in front of a Mirror oil on cardboard 40.5 x 32.5 cm Musée Toulouse Lautrec, Albi, France

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 1885c Self-Portrait caricature pen and ink 30.4 x 12.7 cm Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France

Henri Fantin-Latour (1836 Grenoble, France – 1904 Buré, France) was a French painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of Parisian artists and writers.

Henri Fantin-Latour 1858c Self-Portrait oil on canvas laid down on canvas 25.4 x 20 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Henri Fantin-Latour 1860 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 31.4 x 25.4 cm Tate, London

Henri Fantin-Latour 1860 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 54.3 x 42.9 cm Harvard Art Museums / Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA

Henri Fantin-Latour 1861 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 25.1 x 21.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Henri Fantin-Latour 1867 Self Portrait oil on canvas 64 x 55.2 cm Manchester Art Gallery, UK

Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse (1869 Le Cateau-Chambrésis, France – 1954 Nice, France) was a French artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter.

Henri Matisse 1900 Self-Portrait Centre Pompidou, Paris

Henri Matisse 1900 Self-Portrait ink on paper

Henri Matisse 1900-03 Self-Portrait of the Artist etching drypoint, fourth state of four 14.9 x 19.8 cm ( plate ) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Henri Matisse 1906 Self-Portrait in a Striped Shirt oil on canvas 55 x 46 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Henri Matisse 1918 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 65 x 54 cm Musée Départemental Henri Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis

Henri Matisse 1935 Self-Portrait ink on paper

Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (1844 Laval, France – 1910 Paris, France) was a French post-impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier, a humourous description of his occupation as a toll and tax collector.

Henri Rousseau 1890 Self-Portrait from the L'ile Saint Louis oil on canvas 146 x 113 cm

Henri Rousseau 1900 Portrait of the Artist with a Lamp ( Self-Portrait ) oil on canvas 24 x 19 cm Musée Picasso, Paris

Henri Rousseau 1905c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 17.8 x 13.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York

Hilda Anne Carline (1889 London – 1950 London) was a British painter, daughter of the artist George Francis Carline, and first wife of the artist Stanley Spencer.

Hilda Carline 1923 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 74.9 x 63.7 cm Tate, London © Estate of Hilda Carline. All Rights Reserved 2017

Isaac Rosenberg (1890 Bristol, UK – 1918 The Somme, France) was an English poet and artist. His Poems from the Trenches are recognised as some of the most outstanding poetry written during the First World War.

Isaac Rosenberg 1911 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 49.5 38.7 cm Tate, London

Isaac Rosenberg 1916 Self-Portrait in a Steel Helmet black chalk, gouache and wash on paper 22.4 x 19.6 cm Ben Uri Galleries, London

Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy, aka Kramskoi (1837 Russia – 1887 St Petersburg, Russia) was a Russian painter and art critic. He was an intellectual leader of the Russian democratic art movement in 1860-1880.

Ivan Kramskoy 1867 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 52.7 x 44 cm

Ivan Kramskoy 1874 Self-Portrait oil on canvas Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Jacques-Louis David (1748 Paris, France – 1825 Brussels, Belgium) was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the pre-eminent painter of the era.

Jacques-Louis David 1791 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 64 x 53 cm Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

Jacques-Louis David 1794 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 80.5 x 64.1 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834 Lowell, Mass. – 1903 London) was an American artist, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom.

James Abbott McNeill Whistler 1896 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 46.4 x 61.6 cm

James Abbott McNeill Whistler 1972c Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of the Painter ( Self-Portrait ) oil on canvas

James Bolivar Manson (1879 London – 1945 London) was an artist and worked at the Tate gallery for 25 years, being its Director 1930–1938. In the Tate's own evaluation he was the "least successful" of their Directors.

James Bolivar Manson 1912c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 50.8 x 39.7 cm Tate, London

James Bolivar Manson ( n.d. ) Self-Portrait oil on canvas 30.5 x 20.3 cm

Jan Lievens (1607 Leiden, Netherlands – 1674 Amsterdam, Netherlands) was a Dutch painter, usually associated with Rembrandt, working in a similar style.

Jan Lievens 1629-30c Self-Portrait oil on panel 42 x 33 cm Private Collection

Jan Lievens early 1650s Self-Portrait oil on canvas 96.2 x 77 cm The National Gallery, London

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796 Paris, France – 1875 Paris, France) was a French landscape and portrait painter as well as a printmaker in etching.

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot 1818-21c Self-Portrait oil on paper laid down on board 22 x 16.7 cm

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot 1825c Self-Portrait oil on paper laid down on canvas 32 x 24 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot 1840c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 25 x 33 cm Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780 Montauban, France – 1867 Paris, France) was a French Neoclassical painter. Although he considered himself to be a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, by the end of his life it was Ingres's portraits, both painted and drawn, that were recognised as his greatest legacy.

Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres Self-Portrait oil on canvas

Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres 1835 Self-Portrait crayon on paper Musée du Louvre, Paris

Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres 1859 Self-Portrait oil on paper laid down on canvas 65.4 x 53.7 cm Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

 Joan Miró i Ferrà (1893 Barcelona, Spain – 1983 Palma, Majorca, Spain) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona in 1975, and another, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, was established in his adoptive city of Palma de Mallorca in 1981.

Joan Miro 1917 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 61 x 50 cm Private Collection

Joan Miro 1919 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 75 x 60 cm Musée Picasso, Paris

Joan Miro 1937-38 Self-Portrait  pencil and oil on canvas (see below)

Joan Miro 1937-38 Self-Portrait  pencil and oil on canvas  Collection of Emilio Fernández, on loan to the Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona

Artist's Self-Portraits - part 5

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A series on artist’s self-portraits. Some are famous as portraitists, others not so much, but very many artists have painted their own portraits over centuries. Some of the more contemporary artists became more experimental with their style of painting as time went on, and it’s interesting to see that development in their own portraits as well.

I decided to run the series in alphabetical order rather than chronological order, to give a more interesting mix of styles through the ages.

This is part 5 of an 8-part series on Artist’s Self Portraits:

John Bellany CBE, RA (1942 Cockenzie and Port Seton, UK – 2013 Saffron Walden, UK) was a Scottish painter. In 1988 the artist underwent liver transplant surgery. As soon as he came out of intensive care he began producing self-portraits charting the course of his convalescence.

John Bellany 1988 Self-Portrait ( Addenbrook's Hospital ) etching on paper 45.4 x 39.7 cm Tate, London © The Estate of John Bellany. All Rights Reserved 2017

John Bellany 1988 Self-Portrait ( Addenbrook's Hospital ) watercolour and crayon on paper 57 x 38.6 cm Tate, London © The Estate of John Bellany. All Rights Reserved 2017

John Bellany 1988 Self-Portrait ( Addenbrook's Hospital ) watercolour on paper 77.4 x 56.8 cm Tate, London © The Estate of John Bellany. All Rights Reserved 2017

John Bellany 1988 Self-Portrait (Addenbrook's Hospital ) watercolour and black chalk on  paper 57 x 38.6 cm National Galleries of Scotland © The Estate of John Bellany. All Rights Reserved 2017

John Bellany 1988 Self-Portrait (Addenbrook's Hospital ) watercolour and black chalk on paper 77.5 x 56.9 cm National Galleries of Scotland © The Estate of John Bellany. All Rights Reserved 2017

John Bellany 1988 Self-Portrait (Addenbrook's Hospital ) watercolour and black chalk on  paper 77.5 x 56.9 cm National Galleries of Scotland © The Estate of John Bellany. All Rights Reserved 2017

John Bellany

John Constable, RA (1776 East Bergholt, UK – 1837 London) was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home — now known as "Constable Country."

John Constable 1799-1804c Self-Portrait graphite and black chalk heightened with white and red chalk Victoria and Albert Museum, London

John Constable 1806 Self-Portrait graphite on paper 19 x 14.5 cm Tate, London

John Egerton Christmas Piper CH (1903 Epsom, UK – 1992 Fawley Bottom, UK) was an English painter, printmaker and designer of stained-glass windows and both opera and theatre sets.

John Piper 1988 Self-Portrait mixed media and collage 23.2 x 17.5 cm Private Collection

1989 John Piper Self-Portrait pencil and watercolour on paper

John French Sloan (1871 Lock Haven, PA – 1951 Hanover, NH) was a twentieth-century painter and etcher and one of the founders of the Ashcan school of American art. He was also a member of the group known as The Eight.

John Sloan 1890 Self-portrait oil on window shade 35.6 x 30.1 cm Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware

John Sloan 1912 Self-Portrait in a Grey Shirt oil on canvas 88.9 x 61 cm Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware

John Sloan 1917-22c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 61.3 x 50.8 cm Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PA

John Sloan 1946-47 Self-Portrait tempera

Joseph Mallord William Turner RA, (1775 London – 1851 London) known as J. M. W. Turner and contemporarily as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist, known for his expressive colourisation, imaginative landscapes and turbulent, often violent marine paintings.

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1799c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 74.3 x 58.4 cm Tate, London

Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA (1723 Plympton, UK – 1792 Richmond, London) was an English painter, specialising in portraits. John Russell said he was one of the major European painters of the 18th Century.

Joshua Reynolds, Self-Portrait with Artist shading his Eyes oil on canvas 60.5 x 73.5 cm

Joshua Reynolds 1745-49c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 76.2 x 63.5 cm Savannah College of Art and Design Museum of Art, Georgia

Joshua Reynolds 1750c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 63.5 x 47.6 cm Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

Joshua Reynolds 1753-58 Self-Portrait when Young oil on canvas 73.7 x 61.6 cm Tate, London

Joshua Reynolds 1775c Self-Portrait as a Deaf Man oil on canvas 74.9 x 62.2 cm Tate, London

Joshua Reynolds 1775c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 72 x 58 cm Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

Joshua Reynolds 1775c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 73.7 x 61 cm Tate, London

Joshua Reynolds 1784c Self-Portrait as a Figure of Horror chalk on paper 36.8 x 25.1 cm Tate, London

Joshua Reynolds 1788 Self-Portrait with Glasses oil on panel 75.1 x 63.4 cm Royal Collection

Julio González i Pellicer (1876 Barcelona, Spain – 1942 Arcueil, France) was a Catalan sculptor and painter who developed the expressive use of iron as a medium for modern sculpture.

Julio González 1920c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 27 x 22 cm Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Spain

Julio González 1940 Self-Portrait pencil and ink on paper

Julio González 1941 Self-Portrait pencil on paper 31 x 20.4 cm Tate, London

Julio González 1941 Self-Portrait pencil, watercolour and pen and ink on paper 26.4 x 18.8 cm Tate, London

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA (1836 Dronrijp, Netherlands – 1912 Wiesbaden, Germany) was a Dutch painter of special British denizenship. Born in Dronrijp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there.

Lawrence Alma-Tadema 1852 Self-Portrait Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Lawrence Alma-Tadema 1883 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 34.5 x 29.7 cm

Lawrence Alma-Tadema 1896 Self-Portrait oil on canvas 65.7 x 52.8 cm

Leon Kossoff (1926 London) is a British figurative painter known for portraits, life drawings and cityscapes of London.

Leon Kossoff 1952c Self-Portrait oil on canvas 56 x 40.5 cm  Tate, London

Leon Kossoff 1967 Self-Portrait charcoal on paper 76.3 x 55.6 cm Tate, London

Leon Kossoff 1972 Self-Portrait N.1 oil on board 31 x 28.5 cm

Leon Kossoff 1981 Self-Portrait oil on board 42.4 x 33 cm National Portrait Gallery, London

Leslie George Hurry (1909 London – 1978) was a British artist and set designer for ballet, theatre and opera.

Leslie Hurry 1944 Self-Portrait graphite, oil and ink on paper 91 x 70.6 cm Tate, London © The estate of Leslie Hurry

Lucian Michael Freud (1922 Berlin, Germany – 2011 London) was a British painter and draftsman, specialising in figurative art, and is known as one of the foremost 20th-century portraitists. He was born in Berlin, the son of a Jewish architect and the grandson of Sigmund Freud.

Lucien Freud 1946 Self-Portrait: Man with a Thistle oil on canvas 61 x 50.2 cm Tate, London © The Lucien Freud Archive

Lucien Freud 1965 Reflection with Two Children ( Self-Portrait ) oil on canvas 91 x 91 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid© The Lucien Freud Archive

Lucien Freud 1985 Self-Portrait: Reflection oil on canvas 56.2 x 51.2 cm Private Collection © The Lucien Freud Archive

Lucien Freud 2002 Self-Portrait: Reflection oil on canvas 66 x 50.8 cm© The Lucien Freud Archive

Marc Zakharovich Chagall (1887 Liozna, Belarus – 1985 St Paul de Vence, France) was a Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin. An early modernist, he was associated with several major artistic styles and created works in virtually every artistic format.

Marc Chagall 1909c Self-Portrait with Brushes oil on canvas 48 x 57 cm Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany

Marc Chagall 1913 Self-Portrait with Seven Digits oil on canvas 107 x 128 cm Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Marc Chagall 1914 Self-Portrait oil on paper 26.5 x 30 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

Marc Chagall 1914 Self-Portrait with Easel oil on canvas 72 x 47 cm Private Collection

Marc Chagall 1917 Self-Portrait with Easel

Marc Chagall 1959-68 Self-Portrait oil on canvas Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

Marc Quinn (1964 London) is a British contemporary visual artist whose work includes sculpture, installation and painting.

Marc Quinn 1991 "Self" blood, stainless steel, perspex and refrigeration equipment 208 x 63 x 63 cm © Marc Quinn, All rights reserved 2017

Marc Quinn 1996 "Self" blood, stainless steel, perspex and refrigeration equipment 208 x 63 x 63 cm © Marc Quinn, All rights reserved

Marc Quinn 2001 "Self" blood, stainless steel, perspex and refrigeration equipment 208 x 63 x 63 cm © Marc Quinn, All rights reserved

Marc Quinn 2006 "Self" blood, stainless steel, perspex and refrigeration equipment 208 x 63 x 63 cm © Marc Quinn, All rights reserved

Marc Quinn 2011 "Self" blood, stainless steel, perspex and refrigeration equipment 208 x 63 x 63 cm © Marc Quinn, All rights reserved