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Self-Portrait Oil on paper, 42 x 34 cm, by Vincent van Gogh, 1887 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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After discovering the new
French style of painting, Impressionism, by artists such as Monet,
Pissarro and Seurat, Van Gogh began experimenting with the style by
producing a number of self-portraits in which he depicted himself as
a fashionably dressed Parisian. He went on to transform his own
artistic direction, moving away from his sombre Dutch style and
adopting the vivid colours that defined his later masterpieces. |
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