Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Would you dare to show the world how you see yourself?
A self-portrait is a window into an artist’s mind. It can reveal so many unspoken truths: how an artist wrestles with who they are, how they think about their place in the world, how they hope to be remembered.
🖼️ Vincent van Gogh. “Self-Portrait,” 1889, oil on canvas. 22 3/4 × 17 1/2 in. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney.
🖼️ Käthe Kollwitz. “Self-Portrait (Selbstbildnis),” 1924, woodcut. 5 15/16 × 4 5/16 in. Rosenwald Collection.
🖼️ Gordon Parks. “Self-Portrait,” 1941, gelatin silver print. 19 13/16 × 16 1/16 in. Purchased as the Gift of Alan and Marsha Paller, Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen and Marc Andreessen via the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Raj and Indra Nooyi, Mitchell P. Rales, David M. Rubenstein, and Darren Walker in honor of Sharon Percy Rockefeller.
🖼️ Shikō Munakata. “Self-Portrait with Boat on the Hudson River,” 1959, woodcut on Japanese paper. 15 3/4 × 11 3/4 in. Rosenwald Collection.
🖼️ Paul Gauguin. “Self-Portrait,” 1889, oil on wood. 31 3/16 × 20 3/16 in. Chester Dale Collection.
🖼️ Kyra Markham. “Lady Macbeth (Self-Portrait),” 1935, lithograph. 282 × 214 mm. Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams.
🖼️ Egon Schiele. “Self-Portrait,” c. 1917, cast c. 1925–1928, bronze. 10 7/8 x 7 1/4 x 10 in. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lauder, in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art.
Would you dare to show the world how you see yourself?
A self-portrait is a window into an artist’s mind. It can reveal so many unspoken truths: how an artist wrestles with who they are, how they think about their place in the world, how they hope to be remembered.
🖼️ Vincent van Gogh. “Self-Portrait,” 1889, oil on canvas. 22 3/4 × 17 1/2 in. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney.
🖼️ Käthe Kollwitz. “Self-Portrait (Selbstbildnis),” 1924, woodcut. 5 15/16 × 4 5/16 in. Rosenwald Collection.
🖼️ Gordon Parks. “Self-Portrait,” 1941, gelatin silver print. 19 13/16 × 16 1/16 in. Purchased as the Gift of Alan and Marsha Paller, Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen and Marc Andreessen via the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Raj and Indra Nooyi, Mitchell P. Rales, David M. Rubenstein, and Darren Walker in honor of Sharon Percy Rockefeller.
🖼️ Shikō Munakata. “Self-Portrait with Boat on the Hudson River,” 1959, woodcut on Japanese paper. 15 3/4 × 11 3/4 in. Rosenwald Collection.
🖼️ Paul Gauguin. “Self-Portrait,” 1889, oil on wood. 31 3/16 × 20 3/16 in. Chester Dale Collection.
🖼️ Kyra Markham. “Lady Macbeth (Self-Portrait),” 1935, lithograph. 282 × 214 mm. Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams.
🖼️ Egon Schiele. “Self-Portrait,” c. 1917, cast c. 1925–1928, bronze. 10 7/8 x 7 1/4 x 10 in. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lauder, in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art.
