Product Description
The sunniest shadow. Neoclassical Pop Art's sunniest take on the self-portrait lifts the shadow into a new, bright oil. Pink, yellow, red and turquoise lift a white room instantly, with the painter looking out from the light.
“The Shadow Self-Portrait” in pink, yellow, red and turquoise is Neoclassical Pop Art's sunniest reading of Vincent van Gogh's “Self-Portrait”, painted in 1889, now at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. The light comes from its palette; the searching eyes come from him.
Like the Old Masters, Van Gogh painted himself as a model using a mirror. His in-depth self-observation and self-study generated over forty-three self-portraits, paintings, or drawings in ten years.
Thus he wrote to his sister: "I am looking for a deeper likeness than that obtained by a photographer." And later to his brother: "People say, and I am willing to believe it, that it is hard to know yourself. But it is not easy to paint yourself, either. The portraits painted by Rembrandt are more than a view of nature, they are more like a revelation".
Art Historians debate whether this is the last Self Portrait Van Gogh created following his admission to hospital after mutilating his ear and before his tragic death.
Van Gogh sent the painting to his brother, the art dealer Theo, with a letter saying: "I hope you will notice that my facial expressions have become much calmer, although my eyes have the same insecure look as before, or so it appears to me."
Comes in a classical pop art composition of four, the neoclassical pop art artwork takes the liberty to shine out a pop of colors with a double image representing the shadow that shadowed Van Gogh's self-perception.
A collectible original artwork. Created by the Neoclassical Pop Art studio as an original contemporary painting.
Warm palette, searching eyes.
Made for true art lovers, it is a collectible statement piece where the old masters meet pop culture.
- Creator : Neoclassical Pop Art
- Year of Creation : 2018
- Dimensions : Available in 3 sizes, from 18"x24" (46x61 cm) to 36"x48" (91x122 cm), or a custom size on request
- Medium : Oil on Canvas
- Movement & Style : Neoclassical Pop Art
- Hand-painted in oil on stretched canvas
