This post is in response to The Homospatial Process in Creativity By Albert Rothenberg, M.D. Rembrandt van Rijn produced the largest number of self-portraits of any major painter in history. Although ...

The latest Art Center Sarasota juried show tackles the art of the self portrait. Around 100 pieces were selected from over 300 submissions. A variety of mediums are featured, from paintings, ...

Then there’s the relationship between the characters themselves. The central figure, a clown character alternatively referred to as Pierrot or Gilles—hence the two titles—is thought to have been based ...

Vincent van Gogh, "Portrait of the Artist" (1887) (photo by Adrien Didierjean; all images courtesy National Museum Cardiff) Some artists struggle with imposter syndrome, others with self-obsession, ...

When an artist picks a subject for a painting, the most accessible option is often his or her own face. From novice to master, nearly all artists have attempted a self-portrait at some point in their ...

Inspired by Self Portrait at the Age of About Forty (c.1772), the only known portrait in which Wright shows himself as an artist, Life on Paper assembles more than 70 of Wright’s largely overlooked ...

For some artists, the self-portrait can become an obsession. Consider Renaissance master Albrecht Durer and the many times that he captured his own likeness, perhaps in an attempt to gauge the aging ...