(STILL IN PROGRESS)

Rembrandt van Rijn

One of history’s more prolific self-portraitists, Rembrandt painted around 100 self-portraits throughout his life in various media. This is one of the earlier ones, showing the artist in his early twenties (http://collection.imamuseum.org). He is already beginning to experiment unconventionally with expression, also seen in ‘Self-Portrait in a Cap, Open-Mouthed’ 1630 below.

Compared to other work at time (Picasso)

Symbolism (Frieda Kahlo)

Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year….. diff styles of winners and others who stood out. Pick up those who applied more than once and see how they changed?