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GOGH, Vincent van: Self-Portrait

🖼 Self-Portrait, September 1888, Arles
Oil on canvas
62 × 52 cm
Cambridge, USA

Intense orange-red brushstrokes model a gaunt face with piercing blue eyes, rendered in thick impasto against a swirling background. Van Gogh's vulnerable self-examination became emblematic of modern art's introspective turn, influencing generations of expressionists.

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