Self Portraits

1. Self portraits How artists interpret themselves

4. Self Portrait 1889 Now let’s take a look at this painting up close.

5. He used thick brushstrokes: dots, short stripes, parallel marks, lined up straight, radiating from a point, angled lined, curved brushstrokes and lots of cross hatching.

6. Self Portrait 1896 Paul Gaugin, a French artist attempted to paint the many different sides of his character.

7. What do you think he is trying to tell us here?

9. What does he tell us here Can you see any symbols in the painting which tell us something of his character? Why do you think he uses these colours?

10. Is this the same Gauguin? What do you think about him now?

11. Take a look at Andy Warhol

13. Self Portrait 1986 How does this make you feel?

14. Self Portrait 1964