Humania: self-portraits

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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

I've just re-read last year's Gemini self-portraits piece again and it made me smile. Take a look and enjoy how surprisingly alike s...

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (8 Jan) painted this self-portrait when he was 16. During his lifetime, he was one of the richest, most sought-after pa...

Lucien Freud, Dec 8, 1922. Not someone you'd want to take to tea with grandma. There's a darkness to Sagittarius . Often it's h...

Francis Bacon, Oct 28 Don't expect to find this an easy bunch of pictures to look at. We are in the land of Scorpio this month - and thi...

Suzanne Valadon (23 Sept 1865) Theoretically, there's nothing more revealing of character than a self-portrait , yet this month's ar...

David (30 August 1738) It will come as no surprise to see that the work of artists born under Virgo is consistently detailed, crafted, tech...

Andy Warhol - What an incredible sense of colour. This picture is reproduced under the principle of fair use. Last month, I found a huge ...

Rembrandt July 15, 1606 Rubens June 28, 1577 You know what - there seem to be more artists born in Cancer month than at any other time of ye...