Van Gogh Self-Portraits

27 January 2022

Self-Portrait (detail; 1887), Vincent van Gogh. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford

Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear (1889), painted in the aftermath of Van Gogh’s infamous spat with Paul Gauguin in Arles, is among the most famous paintings held by the Courtauld Gallery, London. It forms the centrepiece of this display (3 February–8 May) of 15 self-portraits – half of those produced by Van Gogh during his short career – which span the early Self-Portrait with a Dark Felt Hat he painted in Paris in 1886, and the Self-Portrait with a Palette he completed at the asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence shortly before his death in 1890. Find out more from the Courtauld’s website.

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Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, (1889), Vincent Van Gogh.

Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear (1889), Vincent Van Gogh. The Courtauld Gallery, London

Self-Portrait with Felt Hat (1886), Vincent van Gogh.

Self-Portrait with Felt Hat (1886), Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Self-Portrait as a Painter Van Gogh

Self-Portrait as a Painter (1888), Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Self-Portrait with Palette (1889), Vincent van Gogh.

Self-Portrait with Palette (1889), Vincent van Gogh. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

(1887), Vincent van Gogh.

Self-Portrait (1887), Vincent van Gogh. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford