Self-portrait
In this intimate oil on canvas, the artist Artur Grottger gazes directly at us from a moment frozen in 1867. The subject is the man himself, captured in a bust-length view that feels deeply personal. Born in Otynevychi, Ukraine, in 1837, Grottger presents a face marked by a thin mustache and a receding hairline. He looks out from the shadows with a contemplative, somber expression that suggests a mind preoccupied…










