Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Rembrandt self portraits

 Rembrandt. Self-Portrait. 1640


 Self-Portrait1658

 Self-portrait in a cap, with eyes wide open, etching and burin, 1630

 my drawing in class

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born in Leiden in the Netherlands in July 15, 1606– October 4, 1669 is generally considered one of the greatest painters in Western art history, and the most important Dutch painter of the 17th century. Rembrandt was also a proficient engraver and made many drawings. he depicted himself in approximately forty to fifty extant paintings, Rembrandt's self-portraits increasingly became a means for gaining self-knowledge, just like a lonely old man communicating with himself while he painted.  It carries out its first corporately portrait: the Lesson of anatomy of Doctor Nicolaes Tulp (1632) remarkable fabric by its pictorial smoothness near to the art of Van Dyck. The other portraits of years 1630 strike by their plastic force, by the simplification of the harmonies, like the rate/rhythm symbolic system of the hands and the faces, generally painted a gray bottom, which confer on the size unit and monumental.Small etchings made before the mirror are among Rembrandt's earliest efforts at recording his own likeness. about 1627–30 he display a range of techniques and facial expressions. A boyish study shows his youthful anxiousness, emphasized by the frenzied quality of the etched line. Others depicts him in a perturbed mood, staring disapprovingly at the viewer, or with furrowed brow, appearing to be shouting. In a more finished example he employed dramatic side lighting and high contrasts of light and shadow. Here, he expresses surprise and wide-eyed wonder. One of his better ones is the Self Portrait painted in 1658. It depicts him in an outfit from the middle ages, but he looks so serious. This comedian factor juxtaposed with such solemnity is common is most of his self portraits.

reference - Rembrandt. retrieved, 22 August 2011, wikipedia, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandt

rembrandtpainting Selected Self Portraits. retrieved, 22 August 2011 from http://www.rembrandtpainting.net/slf_prtrts/frick.htm

Olga's Gallery Rembrandt. Self-Portrait. retrieved, 22 August 2011 fromhttp://www.abcgallery.com/R/rembrandt/rembrandt88.html

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