The gold medal-winner Self-Portrait (1887) works as a great summary of her career – her manifesto, in fact. For Bilińska-Bohdanowicz portrays herself at work, brushes and palette in hand. This is a ...

Vincent van Gogh’s self-portraits are famous, but they often depict him in a calm and introspective state, which contrasts sharply with the turbulent emotions and mental health struggles he ...

“Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror,” painted just over 500 years ago by Francesco Mazzola, the Italian artist commonly known as Parmigianino, should disabuse you of that notion. This tondo (a ...

The iconic Mexican painter known for self-portraits that delivered social commentary in a style that merged surrealism, magical realism, folk art and totems of Mexican culture has been so ...