Self-Portrait
George Chinnery (1774 – 1852)
Découvrez George Chinnery (1774-1852), peintre britannique capturant la vie en Inde et Chine ! Portraits, paysages & témoignages historiques uniques.
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.).
À propos de cette œuvre
- Titre: Self-Portrait
- Artiste: George Chinnery
- Année: 1825
- Dimensions originales: 22.0 x 18.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- État du droit d'auteur: Domaine public
- Mouvement: Realism
- Palette de couleurs: Earthy
- Couleur dominante: Espresso
- Mots-clés: enigmatic self portrait , brown ochre colors , oil on canvas art


