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MCallanan

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Jun 15, 2002, 11:36:22 PM6/15/02
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I doubt I will get any luck on this one but thought it would be worth asking.

Years ago in an art book I saw a very dark self portrait of an artist. I am
not sure who it was or even what time period. I was told that he was a very
dark indivual who was said to have some mental problems which would explain the
darkness he used in his self portrait.

I know it isn't Van Gogh or Picasso.

If anyone knows of a stange self portrait and could send me in the right
direction of a website that may have a picture or if you know what painting I
am talking about please e-mail me.


Nik Maack

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Jun 16, 2002, 8:03:48 AM6/16/02
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MCallanan wrote:
> Years ago in an art book I saw a very dark self portrait of an artist. I am
> not sure who it was or even what time period. I was told that he was a very
> dark indivual who was said to have some mental problems which would explain the
> darkness he used in his self portrait.

I did a search on Google for "dark self portrait" and found the following:

http://www.davidoleski.com/gallery/darkshirt.htm

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cezanne/portraits/self/self/cezanne.self-portrait.jpg

http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~tarn/courses/429-pix/shev-nude.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Easel/8291/reading.html

None of these are what you're looking for. Ha ha.

Nik
http://www.nikart.com

Gary Morrow

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Jun 17, 2002, 6:11:30 AM6/17/02
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"MCallanan" <mcal...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Goya perhaps?


Tina Mammoser

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Jun 17, 2002, 7:28:58 AM6/17/02
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Or Francis Bacon maybe?

Tina.
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fungi

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Jun 19, 2002, 5:33:52 PM6/19/02
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L.S.Lowry???

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