Self-Portrait
George Chinnery (1774 – 1852)
George Chinnery (1774-1852) byl britský malíř, známý svými portréty a ilustracemi z Indie a Číny. Zachytával život v koloniálních městech Macau a Kalkě, inspirovaný orientálním stylem a s unikátním využitím škrabkování.
Chinnery painted more than a dozen self-portraits, the first of which he exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, in 1798; this is the most intimate and engaging of them all. An enigmatic figure, Chinnery was eccentric and volatile, with a tendency to hypochondria, a raconteur and wit with a gift for friendship. This likeness was painted in China and must date to the years 1825–28. Its first owner was the United States consul Benjamin Chew Wilcox, a businessman in the opium trade who commissioned a full-length portrait of himself from the artist (The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd.).
O tomto díle
- Název: Self-Portrait
- Autor: George Chinnery
- Rok: 1825
- Původní rozměry: 22.0 x 18.0 cm
- Formát: Portrait
- Stav autorského práva: Právo veřejné domény
- Dynamika: Realism
- Barevná paleta: Earthy
- Hlavní barva: Espresso
- Klíčová slova: enigmatic self portrait , brown ochre colors , oil on canvas art


