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Written by: Omar GarcíaSenior Specialist · Modern & Contemporary Art
Old Master Paintings · Catalogue no. 881402
Arnold Böcklin

Self-portrait

StatusReference work · Not for sale
Held byHamburger Kunsthalle
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Artist / MakerArnold Böcklin
Date1873
Mediumcanvas, oil paint
Genreself-portrait
TypePainting
CollectionHamburger Kunsthalle
LocationHamburger Kunsthalle
About the Artist

In 1845 Arnold Böcklin enrolled for two years at the Düsseldorf academy in the landscape class of Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (1807-1863). Böcklin traveled to Brussels and Antwerp, where he admired Flemish paintings, and then continued his studies with the landscape painter Alexandre Calame (1810-1864) in Geneva. In Paris during the tumultuous February and June Revolutions of 1848, Böcklin copied Old Master paintings at the Louvre. Couture's (q.v.) Romans of the Decadence (1847, Musée d'Orsay, Paris) made a strong impression on… Full biography →

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