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A 5 page paper which examines and analyzes
Vincent Van Gogh’s Self Portrait (painted on art board) from 1887. The painting was
displayed at the Chicago Art Institute of Chicago. No sources cited.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAvanslf.rtf
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but notice that each one is incredibly different, though the pose and the positioning of his face are essentially the same. And, with each painting there is no doubt that
the man in the painting is Van Gogh, with various styles of evolution that are also obviously Van Gogh. In the following paper we examine one of his self portraits,
perhaps his most painful self portrait in appearance. The painting discussed is Self Portrait from 1887 which is painted on art board and mounted on cradled wood panel. Also briefly
discussed is the self portrait from 1889. Self Portrait In first examining this painting we present a quote from the student requesting this research. The statements made are
those of the student and as such cannot be referenced or cited by this particular writer. The student writes, "The painting displays the bright palette he adopted in
reaction to the bustling energy of Paris and to his introduction to Impression. The dense brushwork, which was to become a hallmark of van Goghs of Van Goghs style, represents
his response to Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte in which Georges Seurat introduced his revolutionary dot technique. Van Gogh saw Seurats painting when it was exhibited
in the 1886 Impressionist exhibition. In the Art Institutes Self Portrait, the sharp, direct gaze of the artist, whose eyes practically frown in concentration, dominates the dazzling array of staccato
dots and strokes that animate van Goghs shoulders and the background. When one can finally tear ones gaze away from the painters attention shifts to his mouth. With its tightly
closed, almost pursed, lips it seems to reveal the mans intensity and ultimately self-destructive sensitivity." This particular writer agrees that the painting exhibits an incredibly bright pallete that is intense
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