•Vincent van Gogh painted a lot of self-portraits, experimenting with various techniques and approaches (and saving money on a model!).
•Many, including this one, are not finished to the same level of detail throughout, but are psychologically powerful nonetheless.
Van Gogh's style of self-portrait (the poses, the intense brushwork, the introspective expression) influenced the portraits created by Expressionist painters such as Emil Nolde, Erich Heckel, and Lovis Corinth.
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