Self-Portraits byVincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)

If I might be allowed to stress my personality in a portrait, I have done so in trying to convey in my portrait not only myself, but an Impressionist in general, and have conceived it as a portrait of a simple 'bonze,' a worshiper of the eternal Buddha.--Vincent Van Gogh, in a letter to his brother Theo in 1888, about a self-portrait he was sending to the artist Paul Gauguin.

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Click on the labels next to the following thumbnail pictures to see a larger version of each self-portrait. They are presented in chronological order. Note: I have chosen from among many Van Gogh self-portraits just those from three years, 1887-1889, as a way of illustrating not only how he kept experimenting with the materials of painting,but also how he kept re-imagining himself.

Van Gogh, 1887a Van Gogh, 1887b

Van Gogh, 1888a Van Gogh, 1888b

Van Gogh, 1889a Van Gogh, 1889b Van Gogh, 1889c