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GOGH, Vincent van: Self-Portrait in front of the Easel

🖼 Self-Portrait in front of the Easel, January 1888, Paris
Oil on canvas
65 × 51 cm
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Rendered in bold brushstrokes, Van Gogh confronts the viewer directly, palette and brush in hand, positioned before his easel in a studio interior. This introspective work reveals the artist's psychological intensity and establishes the self-portrait as his primary vehicle for exploring identity and creative struggle.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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