Self portraits in history. Since time immemorial, humans have used art, skills, and creativity to send out messages. From the early caveman who drew a boar and running humans to indicate danger, ...

While the pilot of the Balloon Shadow Selfie remains anonymous to the public, other U-2 self portrait artists have attached their names to the photos they've snapped in the high-altitude jet. In ...

Commissioned portraits, therefore, should enter the discussion, since there are far fewer historical self-portraits than portraits. Until the 18 th century, ...

Persona: Exploring Self-Portraiture will premiere at the Forest Lawn Museum in Glendale on Saturday, April 26. It will feature the work of more than 20 contemporary artists as well as historical ...

Joseph Ducreux, the Painter Who Created the Most Extravagant Self-Portraits in History by Jorge Álvarez May 6, 2024 September 27, 2024. Autoportrait en moqueur. Credit: 350z33 / Wikimedia Commons. In ...

Van Eyck, who loved to experiment and try new things, flourished. And in painting his own image, van Eyck opened the way to one of the most fascinating genres in the whole of art history.

These faces aren’t from history books – they are self-portraits of renowned photographer Samuel Fosso, and they have earned him this year’s Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize.

If you think the selfie was born as a direct result of the cellphone, “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror,” painted just over 500 years ago by Francesco Mazzola, the Italian artist commonly ...

Zangrandi’s portraits playfully take on a big swath of art history, reinterpreting famous self-portraits by women artists of the past—nearly 1,000 years’ worth.

What is the oldest portrait we have here at the National Portrait Gallery? Around 1616, 1615, we have some engravings. They're actually part of a book to document rulers from William the Conqueror ...