Self-portraits in chronological order
by Vincent van GOGH

In Nuenen van Gogh had painted no self-portraits, but in Paris he tackled the task head-on. He now saw himself as a man about town and he developed the self-confidence needed to think he merited a self-portrait.

When van Gogh was lacking models, he chose his own likeness to work from. It provided him easy access for exercise and it also gave him an opportunity for self-study that accorded with his wish to define his own persona as an artist. His Paris self-portraits serve as a useful record of his painterly experiments.

Preview Picture Data Info
Self-Portrait with Pipe
Spring 1886, Paris
Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam


Self-Portrait with Pipe
Spring 1886, Paris
Oil on canvas, 27 x 19 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam


Self-Portrait with Dark Felt Hat
Spring 1886, Paris
Oil on canvas, 42 x 33 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam


Self-Portrait
Autumn 1886, Paris
Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague


Self-Portrait as a Painter
September-November 1886, Paris
Oil on canvas, 47 x 39 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam


Self-Portrait in a Grey Felt Hat
Winter 1886/87, Paris
Oil on cardboard, 41 x 32 cm
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam


Self-Portrait with Glass
January 1887, Paris
Oil on canvas, 61 x 50 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam


Self-Portrait with Straw Hat
March-April 1887, Paris
Oil on cardboard, 19 x 14 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam


Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat
March-April 1887, Paris
Oil on cardboard, 19 x 14 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam


Self-Portrait
Spring 1887, Paris
Oil on cardboard, 42 x 34 cm
Art Institute, Chicago


Self-Portrait
Spring 1887, Paris
Oil on paper, 32 x 23 cm
Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo


Self-Portrait
Spring-Summer 1887, Paris
Oil on cardboard, 19 x 14 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam


Self-Portrait
Spring-Summer 1887, Paris
Oil on canvas, 41 x 33 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam


Self-Portrait
Summer 1887, Paris
Oil on canvas, 41 x 34 cm
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford


Self-Portrait with Straw Hat and Pipe
Summer 1887, Paris
Oil on canvas, 42 x 32 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam


Self-Portrait
Summer 1887, Paris
Oil on canvas, 41 x 33 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam


Self-Portrait
July-August 1887, Paris
Oil on canvas, 42 x 35 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam


Self-Portrait
Summer 1887, Paris
Oil on canvas on cardboard, 43 x 32 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam


Self-Portrait with Straw Hat
Summer 1887, Paris
Oil on canvas, 41 x 31 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam


Self-Portrait with Straw Hat
Summer 1887, Paris
Oil on canvas on panel, 36 x 27 cm
Institute of Arts, Detroit


Self-Portrait with Straw Hat
Summer 1887, Paris
Oil on cardboard, 41 x 33 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam


Self-Portrait with a Japanese Print
December 1887, Paris
Oil on canvas, 44 x 35 cm
Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel


Self-Portrait
Autumn 1887, Paris
Oil on canvas, 47 x 35 cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris


Self-Portrait
Winter 1887/88, Paris
Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm
Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna


Self-Portrait
Winter 1887/88, Paris
Oil on canvas, 47 x 36 cm
Private collection


Self-Portrait with Straw Hat
Winter 1887/88, Paris
Oil on canvas, 41 x 32 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat
Winter 1887/88, Paris
Oil on canvas, 44 x 38 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam


Self-Portrait in front of the Easel
January 1888, Paris
Oil on canvas, 65 x 51 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam


Self-Portrait with Pipe and Straw Hat
August 1888, Arles
Oil on canvas on cardboard, 42 x 30 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam


Self-Portrait
September 1888, Arles
Oil on canvas, 62 x 52 cm
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge


Self-Portrait
November-December 1888, Arles
Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe
January 1889, Arles
Oil on canvas, 52 x 46 cm
Private collection


Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear
January 1889, Arles
Oil on canvas, 60 x 49 cm
Courtauld Gallery, London


Self-Portrait
August 1889, Saint-Rémy
Oil on canvas, 57 x 44 cm
Private collection


Self-Portrait
September 1889, Saint-Rémy
Oil on canvas, 51 x 45 cm
Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo


Self-Portrait
September 1889, Saint-Rémy
Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris


Self-Portrait
September 1889, Saint-Rémy
Oil on canvas, 40 x 31 cm
Private collection



Summary of works by Vincent van Gogh
Early paintings (1881-85)
Etten, The Hague | Nuenen | The Potato Eaters | Antwerp
Paris (1886-87)
Flower and other still-lifes | Various
Arles (1888-89)
Orchards in Blossom | Portraits
January-August 1888 | September 1888-April 1889
Asylum in Saint-Rémy (1889-90)
Environs | Cypresses and olive groves
Copies after other artists | Miscellaneous
Auvers-sur-Oise (1890)
Last paintings (May-July 1890)
Self-portraits (1886-89)
Self-portraits in chronological order
Graphics
Lithographs | Watercolours | Drawings | 1 | 2 | 3



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