He wears a tuxedo typical of the 1920s fashion and holds a cigarette in his left hand at stomach level, while he puts his right. The self-portrait shows Max Beckmann posing in a frontal way. It now hangs in the Busch-Reisinger Museum of the Harvard University Art Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Eye to I is curated by Brandon Brame Fortune, chief curator, at the Portrait Gallery. Self-Portrait in Tuxedo is an oil on canvas painting by Max Beckmann from 1927.

Painted somewhere around the early 1500s, this is one of the most well-recognized self-portraits in the world. Albrecht DГјrer Self-Portrait at the Age of Twenty Eight. The exhibition includes self-portraits by Thomas Hart Benton, Louise Bourgeois, Alexander Calder, Jasper Johns, Deborah Kass, Elaine de Kooning, Jacob Lawrence, Ana Mendieta, Alice Neel, Louise Nevelson, Irving Penn, Robert Rauschenberg, Lucas Samaras, Fritz Scholder, Roger Shimomura, Edward Steichen and many more. LetвЂ™s take a look at the list of 20 beautiful self-portraits by famous artists. As people are confronted each day with вЂњselfiesвЂќ through social media and as they continue to examine the fluidity of contemporary identity, this is an opportune time to reassess the significance of self-portraiture in relation to the countryвЂ™s history and culture. About This Item Obtaining Copies Access to Original. Created in all media, from a brick sculpture to video art, they provide a background for todayвЂ™s fascination with self-portraiture, and may inspire efforts to present ourselves to the world or to see others with empathy and understanding. Self-Portrait, Yawning Joseph Ducreux (French, 1735 - 1802) by 1783 Oil on canvas 117.8 Г— 90.8 cm (46 3/8 Г— 35 3/4 in.) 71.PA.56 The J. Robert Cornelius, self-portrait believed to be the earliest extant American portrait photo. StudentвЂ™s artworks, reflections and responses were analyzed. Drawing from a collection of over 500 self-portraits, Eye to I: Self-Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery features sixty works that explore how American artists have chosen to portray themselves since the beginning of the last century. Gauguins only known statements about his selfportraiture concern a work similar to the National Gallerys SelfPortrait and thus have relevance. I field-tested a unit of three lessons based on identity through self-portraiture to help students investigate the topic of identity in relation to personal and cultural sense of self.

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