Portraits Modern and
Contemporary
Vincent van Gogh
Self-Portrait
1889
Henri Matisse
Green Stripe (Madame Matisse)
1905
Henri Matisse
The Red Madras Headress
(Mme Matisse: Madras
Rouge)1907
Pablo Picasso. Self-Portrait.
1907.
Pablo Picasso.
Portrait of Ambroise Vollard.
1910
Pierre Bonnard
Woman with
Cat.1912
Pierre Bonnard
Self Portrait 1947
Egon Schiele
Self-Portrait with
Outstretched Arms
1911
Max Beckmann
Self-Portrait in a Tuxedo
1927
Jackson Pollock Portrait and a Dream 1953
Frank Auerbach,
Head of Julia, 1960
Lucian Freud, Reflection with two children (self portrait) 1965
Lucian Freud
Self Portrait
(Reflection) 1965
Source photograph
by John Deakin
Francis Bacon Portrait of
Muriel Belcher
John Deakin 'Francis Bacon‘ 1952
Bill Brandt Francis Bacon 1963
Francis Bacon worked from photographs rather than with drawings. John Deakin
produced many photographs for Bacon, which wound up trampled in the mess on
his floor. The next slide shows what he did with these photos
Self Portrait 1971
Francis Bacon
Self Portrait 1975
Chuck Close Frank 1969
Chuck Close
Robert 1969
Australian
Arthur Boyd (1920-1999)
Self portrait, 1934
Australian
Fred Williams
Self-Portrait at Easel
1960-1961
Australian
Brett Whiteley
Self portrait after three bottles of wine 1971
Here Brett Whiteley works in a spontaneous
style based upon Japanese calligraphy.
Australian
Brett Whiteley Self portrait in the Studio 1976
Australian
Sir Sidney Nolan
Self Portrait (1952)
Australian
Tracey Moffatt The Movie Star (David Gulpilil) 1985
Craig Ruddy "David
Gulpilil, two worlds".
Craig Ruddy won the
$35,000 Archibald
Prize in 2004 for
portraiture with his oil
on linen portrait.
Australian
William Robinson
Self portrait with
stunned mullet
1994