Vincent van Gogh: Self Portrait (August 1889) Poster

Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter whose work, noteable for its rough beauty, emotional honesty, and bold colour, had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art. After years of painful anxiety and frequent bouts of mental illness, he died aged 37 from a gunshot wound, generally accepted to be self-inflicted (although no gun was ever found). His work was then known to only a handful of people and appreciated by fewer still.The dozens of self-portraits by Vincent van Gogh were an important part of his oeuvre as a painter. Vincent van Gogh created many self-portraits during his lifetime. Most probably, Van Gogh's self portraits are depicting the face as it appeared in the mirror he used to reproduce his face, i.e. his right side in the image is in reality the left side of his face. In December 1888, van Gogh cut off a portion of his left ear. A January 1889 painting shows him bandaged. Subsequent self-portraits would only show his undamaged ear. He died of a gunshot wound--under mysterious circumstances--in July 1890. This art is classic van Gogh and would be an admired addition to any home or office.