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DiaporamaSelf-portrait in white jacket
- 1902
- 92.0 x 73.0 cm
- National Gallery of Victoria
Hugh Ramsay (1877 – 1906)
Discover Hugh Ramsay (1877-1906), a pioneering Australian artist known for evocative portraits & self-portraits. Explore his legacy at the NGV & beyond.
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Throughout his career Ramsay often used himself as a model - there are in fact twenty recorded oil self-portraits. This painting is, however, considered to be his most accomplished. In this three-quarter-length, full-frontal self portrait, the artist, wearing a high-buttoned white jacket, stands with his left hand on his hip and in his lowered right hand holds a brush. With its stylish hand-on-hip pose it fits with the tradition of the ‘swagger portrait’ – a tradition that had its origins in the Renaissance but that was also evident in the work of the celebrated portrait painter John Singer Sargent, an influential contemporary of Ramsay’s.Text © National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
About this artwork
- Title: Self-portrait in white jacket
- Artist: Hugh Ramsay
- Year: 1902
- Original dimensions: 92.0 x 73.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: National Gallery of Victoria
- Color hue: Blue-Violet to Rose
- Perceived brightness: deep_shadow
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