(b. 1848, Paris, d. 1903, Atuona, Hiva Oa, French Polynesia)
Self-Portrait
1896
Oil on canvas, 41 x 32 cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Gauguin tackled the topic of the self-portrait during all phases of his artistic career. The present portrait, executed in 1896 in Tahiti after he had left France for ever, shows the painter as his shaded eyes are cast down and the head is turned to the side in earnest contemplation.
