A Reflection of Infinite Possibilities compiled by PEK March 2009 SELF-PORTRAITS A Reflection of Infinite Possibilities compiled by PEK March 2009

Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 – 1653 Italian) Women Artists Before 20th Century Marie-Denise Villers ( 1774 – 1821 French) Marie Bashkirtseff (1858 – 1884 Russian) Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 – 1653 Italian) Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting, circa 1630. Note the pulled-up sleeve on the arm holding the brush. Young Woman Drawing, 1801, thought to be her self-portrait, and her most famous and finest painting. Self-portrait with a Palette, 1880 was a Russian born artist who died at twenty-five. A large number of Bashkirtseff's works were destroyed by the Nazis during World War II

Vincent Van Gogh, 1889 You can't be at the pole and the equator at the same time. You must choose your own line, as I hope to do, and it will probably be colour. If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced. What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

A line is a dot that went for a walk. Paul Klee (1879 – 1940 Swiss) A line is a dot that went for a walk. Lost in Thought, 1917

Frida Kahlo (1907 – 1954 Mexican) "I paint myself because I am often alone and I am the subject I know best." 1925 Bus Accident

Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973 Spanish) Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it? 1901 Yo Picasso 1972 Facing Death 1907 Rose to African Period

Joan Miro (1893 -1983 Spanish) “My work is intended as a poem translated into music by a painter.”

mirror; glass mirrors became available in Europe in the 15th century mirror; glass mirrors became available in Europe in the 15th century. The first mirrors used were convex, introducing deformations that the artist sometimes preserved. A painting by Parmigianino in 1524 Self-portrait in a mirror, demonstrates the phenomenon. Diego Velazquez, Lax Meninas, 1656 (English: The Maids of Honour)

Triple Self-Portraits Johannes Gumpp, 1646 Norman Rockwell, 1960 Triple Self-Portraits