Word: self-portrait
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Actually, the painting has already been done. It is a nasty self-portrait that shatters the reasonable image that the Soviets have been trying to project as part of their peace offensive to block deployment of U.S. cruise and Pershing II missiles in Europe. For a nation so profoundly insecure as the Soviet Union, the public relations debacle resulting from someone's decision to shoot to kill was a terrible setback. But that was no consolation for all those families, from 13 nations, whose loved ones vanished on Flight 007. -By William R. Doerner and Ed Magnuson. Reported...
Fairfield Porter might well go down in history as the preppy painter par excellence. It is a wealthy and confident artist who stands next to his wood-burning stove in his chinos, blue button-down Oxford and knit tie (his work clothes) in the Self-Portrait of 1968. Then there are picnics on the golf course in Lunch Under the Elm Tree, charming portraits of perfectly attired little girls (his daughters), and a relaxing backyard clay court match in dress whites in The Tennis Game of 1972. Even Bruno, the family golden retriever, makes an appearance...
...group of Dutch researchers, who scientifically analyzed the paintings' pigment, said Rembrandt's self-portrait and "Portrait of Man" may be among 44 paintings incorrectly attributed to Rembrandt...
...years that followed have been kinder than this self-portrait would suggest. He has grown comfortably into his looks. Graying hair softens features that once seemed mismatched. He is tall (a shade over 6 ft.) and broad through the shoulders and chest. His arms are longer than strictly required. He manages to appear both rawboned and delicate at the same time...
...late 1950s, he painted himself in a business suit, shirt and tie and posed, immobile, amid the crowds that passed through his pictures. In 1959 he pulled his glasses onto his forehead, and, in a rare gesture of self-revelation, put himself in the company of the masters who inspired him, entitling the improbable work Self-Portrait with Self-Portraits of Rembrandt, Corot and Degas. Returning to a busy Manhattan street for one of his most recent paintings, he once again plays the role of the bystander. Dressed in the now familiar gray suit and Chico hat, arms hanging loosely...