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Self Portrait with a Palette
The self-portrait shows Édouard Manet in half-length, dressed in a brown coat and a black hat. In his left hand he holds a painter's palette with brushes, in the right a brush with red paints. The painting is loosely painted, in an impressionist style, strongly influenced by Diego Velázquez's self-portrait from 'Las Meninas'.
Portrait of the Creator
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Artist
Edouard Manet
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Date of birth and death
23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883
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Natinality
French
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Style
Early modernist, Realism to Impressionism transition, loose brushwork, flatness, photographic lighting
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Significant works
The Luncheon on the Grass, Olympia, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, The Fifer
Information about the work
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Year:
1879
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Execution technique:
oil on canvas
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Location:
Steven A. Cohen Collection, Greenwich, CT, USA
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Theme:
self-portrait, painting, impressionism
Internal Narrative and Creative Framework
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Inner Narrative
The painting presents the artist as the center of his own painting, highlighting his personality and mastery of craft while leaving a mystery about the subject of his own work.
The key to interpreting the work
Treat the portrait as a manifestation of the artist's individualism and technique, a dialogue with painting tradition and modernity.See other works by this artist
