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Self-Portrait
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This self-portrait is one of several that Armand Guillaumin created as a young artist during the early 1870s. Around this time, he worked closely with Camille Pissarro and Paul Cézanne, experimenting alongside them with vivid layers of color. Here, Guillaumin juxtaposed dark, dull tones with bright blue and orange to create unexpected optical blends. He meets the viewer's gaze directly, suggesting his intense focus at a period when such experimentation was just beginning to coalesce into the Impressionist movement.
| Artist / Maker | Armand Guillaumin |
|---|---|
| Date | 1872 |
| Culture / Origin | France, 19th century |
| Medium | pastel on cream laid paper mounted on cardboard |
| Dimensions | Image and Sheet: 37.8 x 31.9 cm (14 7/8 x 12 9/16 in.) |
| Department | Drawings |
| Type | Drawing |
About the Artist
Armand Guillaumin grew up in a working-class family and spent much of his childhood in Moulins. In 1857 he was sent to Paris to become a clerk in his uncle's lingerie shop. He quickly entered a municipal art school and three years later, hoping to find more time to pursue his interest in art, left his uncle's shop and took a position at the Paris-Orléans railway. His free time was still limited, however, and although he made studies of the… Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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