... from each other. These pieces, tucked away in one of the corners of the exhibition hall, were displayed in a chronological order. The first piece I chose to analyze gives us a look at one of his earlier self portraits. Delafield finished the portrait around 1945. The 18"X12" encaustic self-portrait has a background of reddish-pink color. It depicts a young Delafield with a very stern look on his face. Delafield ... It continues with the theme, of what I feel, is a very serious and cold man. The blue background definitely supports my theory of this. Finally I came to the last portrait th...

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... was purchased in 1896 from Lt. Col. Sawyer through Bernard Berenson and has dimensions of 89.7 x 73.5 centimeters . As the title implies, Rembrandt as a young man is the only figure in the portrait. He is set slightly off-center to the viewer's left and his body is angled so as to present his right shoulder to the viewer. His face is not in three-quarter view but rather is turned almost directly ... in simpler garments. Most of the clothes are in shadow, however, as the artist is clearly playing with the use of light. Half of his face and most of his body are in shadow, as if the sunlig...

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... his home in Aix. Historians think that this return was a result of the death of painter, Delacroix. Delacroix was one of Cezanne's greatest influences as an artist. From this point on, Cezanne's time was split between Paris and Aix (Venturi 164). While in Paris, he began working on one of his first self-portraits. This portrait, among many of his firsts, were drawn and painted from a photograph. I think ... 1870, he began living with a young women, Hortense Fiquet, whom he soon married. They moved to L'Estaque, a village 15 miles from Aix. This marrige was kept secret from Cezanne's fath...

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... part in his depression and growing up in general. Vincent Van Gogh loved to take walks and read. He was considered as kind of a loner. His father was a minister as was he after becoming a schoolmaster in England. He failed at getting a job as a minister therefore, moved and taught himself art. In 1869 Vincent got a job working for an art dealership, and this gave him ... . Although the artist is dead the artist's work is still cherished ( Adams, 11-32). Van Gogh only painted the last ten years of his life. He painted in the post- impressionism era. Many of his paintings had a unique auto...

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