Self-Portrait (Green) ☴ Van Gogh ☶ Art Print Paper Finish:Resin SemiglossSelf Portrait (1887) by Vincent van Gogh is one of about 32 produced over a 10 year period, an important part of his work as he often lacked the money to pay models. He painted his first known self portrait in 1886, following the example of Rembrandt. He soon transitioned from the Old Masters to the influence of Neo Impressionists. This self portrait uses contrasting complementary colors, setting his orange hair and beard against a green background,
van Gogh painted it from memory at The Yellow House
The left panel (sometimes known as the Joining of Adam and Eve) depicts a scene from paradise
with other tools of misdirection and trickery represented
Painted after a period of dissatisfaction with his attempts at Impressionism
The altarpiece is a prominent example of the transition from Middle Age to Renaissance art
The models were Wood's sister Nan Wood Graham and their dentist Dr
It depicts a Sunday afternoon at the Moulin de la Galette at Montmartre in Paris
It depicts a man in a dark green overcoat
one of two gates on Delft's south side
The rising sun casts a red reflection across the water
A Mexican Vaquero (1890) by Frederic Remington depicts a vaquero
as if praying or mourning