{"id":1215,"date":"2013-05-07T15:39:55","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T21:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/small-vase.flywheelsites.com\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2017-03-18T10:07:53","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T16:07:53","slug":"van-goghs-self-portrait-in-front-of-the-easel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.vangoghgallery.com\/index.php\/en\/2013\/05\/07\/van-goghs-self-portrait-in-front-of-the-easel\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Gogh\u2019s Self-Portrait in Front of the Easel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam re-opened after a seven month renovation period in which the building got new floors and a new, darker, coat of paint, as well as fire and safety improvements.\u00a0 The re-opening is kicking off a new exhibition titled, \u201cVan Gogh at Work\u201d which shows the artist\u2019s work habits and includes a palette, paints and tools that he used.\u00a0 There are 145 paintings and sketches on display.\u00a0 The final painting added, which was hung symbolically, was a self-portrait in which Van Gogh painted himself sitting behind a canvas with his palette and brushes in hand called <em>Self-Portrait in Front of the Easel<\/em> or <em>Self-Portrait as a Painter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This <a title=\"Van Gogh Self Portrait\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vangoghgallery.com\/misc\/selfportrait.html\" target=\"_blank\">Van Gogh self-portrait<\/a> was painted in January of 1888 while he was in Paris and is quite different than many of his other self portraits.\u00a0 Van Gogh\u2019s development as an artist and his mental state can be chronicled in his 35 self-portraits.<\/p>\n<p>Van Gogh rarely portrayed himself as an artist in his paintings.\u00a0 Along with <em>Self-Portrait in Front of the Easel<\/em> another exception is the very dark earth-toned, <a title=\"Self-Portrait with Dark Felt Hat at the Easel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vangoghgallery.com\/catalog\/Painting\/2086\/Self-Portrait-with-Dark-Felt-Hat-at-the-Easel.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Self-Portrait with Dark Felt Hat at the Easel<\/em><\/a> from 1886 which is characteristic of his early works following the Dutch tradition.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Irises\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vangoghgallery.com\/catalog\/Painting\/2111\/Self-Portrait-in-Front-of-the-Easel.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin: 2px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Self-Portrait in Front of the Easel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vangoghgallery.com\/catalog\/image\/0522\/Self-Portrait-in-Front-of-the-Easel.jpg\" alt=\"Self-Portrait in Front of the Easel - Vincent van Gogh\" width=\"200\" align=\"left\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While in Paris, Van Gogh came under the influence of fellow artist, <a title=\"Georges Seurat\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vangoghgallery.com\/artistbios\/Georges_Seurat.html\" target=\"_blank\">Georges Seurat<\/a>, the father of Pointillism.\u00a0 The technique of using dots of unmixed paint colors to create an image when viewed from afar wasn\u2019t the best for Van Gogh; his attempts were a bit awkward.\u00a0 However, they did uncover his sense of the power of color.\u00a0 In <em>Self-Portrait in Front of the Easel<\/em> we see a bold use of contrasting colors.\u00a0 The blue painter\u2019s smock and the orange and red colors of his beard lay next to each other on his left shoulder creating a bold contrast.<\/p>\n<p>As Van Gogh came under the influence of Impressionism we see more changes in his use of color.\u00a0 Impressionists created color using pure hues, the colors of the rainbow.\u00a0 They discontinued the use of mixed colors such as browns, grays and blacks.\u00a0\u00a0In <em>Self-Portrait in Front of the Easel<\/em> what appears as gray shadow on his face, when viewed more closely, are actually strokes of red and green, which fuse together to create the appearance of gray.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed that Van Gogh spent more time on this self-portrait than on many of the others.\u00a0 This portrait is more finished looking, while many of the portraits are a bit sketchy in appearance, <em>Self-Portrait in Front of the Easel<\/em> is created with careful strokes.\u00a0 It is apparent that Van Gogh was more confident and content with this work as his signature is located prominently on the wood of the easel.\u00a0 Most of his self-portraits went unsigned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam re-opened after a seven month renovation period in which the building got new floors and a new, darker, coat of paint, as well as fire and safety improvements.\u00a0 The re-opening is kicking off a new exhibition titled, \u201cVan Gogh at Work\u201d which shows the artist\u2019s work habits and 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