Aleksandr Yakovlevich Golovin (1863-1930)

1927 Self Portrait

Known mainly as an artist who designed for the stage including Imperial theatre in St Petersburg and Diaghilev's first productions in Paris.

His portraits combine subtle psycological insight with an interest in the decorative qualities of Oriental art.

He painted mainly in tempera on canvas.

This Self Portrait was painted in 1927

Important note

I am currently negotiating a price to be able to bring the Polish artists painting here for earlier post.

Roger

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Aleksandr Yakovlevich Golovin (1863-1930)

1927 Self Portrait

Known mainly as an artist who designed for the stage including Imperial theatre in St Petersburg and Diaghilev's first productions in Paris.

His portraits combine subtle psycological insight with an interest in the decorative qualities of Oriental art.

He painted mainly in tempera on canvas.

This Self Portrait was painted in 1927

Quote:

Quote:

Aleksandr Yakovlevich Golovin (1863-1930)

1927 Self Portrait

Known mainly as an artist who designed for the stage including Imperial theatre in St Petersburg and Diaghilev's first productions in Paris.

His portraits combine subtle psycological insight with an interest in the decorative qualities of Oriental art.

He painted mainly in tempera on canvas.

This Self Portrait was painted in 1927

Roger, on all of these self portraits, they all have no smiles, so serious, is this always the case?
Would like your take on it.

Myrna,

Interesting question.

This is the most likely reason for these self portraits not showing smiling people.

How do most artists manage to paint a Self Portrait

a) Before the birth of photography a mirror was the only way to see your own image. The concentration required to copy the image and put it onto canvas makes a VERY LONG smile require.

b) After photography there is a chance to copy a photograph making it easier to produce a smile, however, many portraits are painted to show the person in a particular situation (maybe a business image) and the tendency to be serious seems to have continued.

Hope this helps Myrna

This is specially for MIGUEL,

One of Miguel's favourite artists.

This is lifted from his excellent art forum.

This artist appeared in many of his own paintings

CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH

(click on the image to enlarge)

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1)
By Caspar David Friedrich

(born Sept. 5, 1774, Greifswald, Pomerania [Germany]
died May 7, 1840, Dresden)