Van Gogh Self Portraits

This week an amazing art exhibition opened at the Courtauld in Somerset House. Incredible selection of Van Gogh’s self portraits selected from collections from all around the world has been gathered in two rooms on the top floor of the gallery. Most of the paintings were created in year 1887, 13 of them! This shows how dedicated and hard working Vincent was, how profoundly devoted to his art and becoming better in painting people. One of the reasons Van Gogh made self-portraits was to practice the art of portraiture itself, which he considered to be the highest ambition of a painter. Painting himself was cheaper and more reliable than hiring a model. Van Gogh wrote to his brother, Theo that he felt that the painter’s role was

“to show people that there is something else in human beings besides what the photographer is able to get out of them with his machine… Painted portraits have a life of their own that comes from deep in the soul of the painter and where the machine can’t go.”

I do highly recommend to see this wonderful display of human achievement towards mastering his art form, as it is very moving and has a great content of beauty.

Fascynujaca wystawa autoportretow Vincenta Van Gogha, malarza, ktorego tworczosc inspiruje mnie od ponad 30 lat. Choc zawarta w tylko dwoch pokojach, pelna niespodziewanych prac, ktorych jeszcze nie mialam okazji zobaczyc na zywo. W roku 2019 odwiedzialm wiele muzow w Holandii podazajac tropem Vincenta, przygotowujac sie do napisania ksiazki dla dzieci o tym autorze. Pozniej powstala seria 5 godzinnych filmow opowiadajacych o jego tworczosci z zadaniami plastycznymi do wykonania. Ta seria nadal jest do zakienia na mojej platformie Etsy

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1074327824/creating-with-vincent-van-gogh-online?click_key=25265a9257400be6ab9845975e6f4d2dbac4d588%3A1074327824&click_sum=e95977b5&ref=shop_home_active_14

Zapraszam serdecznie Was do obejrzenia tych filmow, a takze do odkrycia bardzo szczegolnego czasu w tworczosci Vincenta Van Gogha, 1887, kiedy zdobywal mistrzowstwo w malowaniu portretow, a co sie z tym wiaze, ludzkich historii, emocji i charakterow. Zapraszam na strone courtauld.ac.uk by zarezerwowac bilety na ta mala, a jednak wyjatkowa wystawe.