Self-Portrait

Jean Baptiste Armand Guillaumin, 1872

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Guillaumin made several self-portraits as a young artist in the early 1870s, when he worked closely with Pissarro and Cézanne. In this pastel he sets bright blue and orange beside dull, dark tones so that they mix in the eye. To support his art he worked as a laborer for the Paris department of bridges and roads.

pastel on cream laid paper mounted on cardboard · Image and Sheet: 37.8 x 31.9 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art · Impressionism

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Museum title: Self-Portrait
Artist: Armand Guillaumin (French, 1841–1927)
Date: 1872
Medium: pastel on cream laid paper mounted on cardboard
Dimensions: Image and Sheet: 37.8 x 31.9 cm (14 7/8 x 12 9/16 in.)
Credit line: Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Cleveland Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1841–1927

Impressionism c. 1860–1900

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