Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Self-Portrait
Alternate Title:
Self-Portrait (Paris, 1887-1888)
Image View:
Detail, center of the face
Creator:
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch painter, 1853-1890)
Location:
repository: Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle (Zurich, Zürich [canton], Switzerland)
Location Note:
35 Rue du Dr Fanton (exhibition)
GPS:
43.678084 4.625612
Date:
1887-1888 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Impressionist; Nineteenth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
46.5 cm (height) x 35.5 cm (width)
Subjects:
self-portrait
Description:
Painted in Paris in the winter of 1887-1888. Van Gogh’s great admiration for Georges Seurat’s Pointillist works, which he saw at the alternative Salon des Indépendants, prompted him to experiment. Although he was unable to discipline himself to emulate the rigorous Pointillist technique, he did learn to employ the brush to create rhythmic patterns, modelling with color. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-GOGH-SPP87-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Self-Portrait