21. Vincent van Gogh - Self-Portrait, April - June 1887

Van Gogh is not interested in painting photographic portraits of people, because a portrait also has to capture some of the character and mood of the person. It is hard to say in which mood Vincent has portrayed himself here. What can be said is that his eyes seem somewhat restless.

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