1 — Vincent van Gogh — Self-Portrait With a Bandaged Ear, 1889. Oil on canvas. 60.5 cm (23.8 in) x 50 cm (19.6 in).

What is a Self Portrait

Regia Marinho
3 min readAug 17, 2021

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A self-portrait is a portrait of oneself done by oneself.

It refers to a painting that shows the artist that produced it.

Self-portraits are a way of revealing something about oneself. ~Eric Kandel

Self-portraiture, whether it was produced in the medium of painting, drawing, or photography… It has its own distinct genre…

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Regia Marinho

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