Self-Portrait as a Painter by Vincent Van Gogh Notebook

Van Gogh presented himself in this self-portrait as a painter, holding a palette and paintbrushes behind his easel. He showed that he was a modern artist by using a new painting style, with bright, almost unblended colours. The palette contains the complementary colour pairs red/green, yellow/purple and blue/orange – precisely the colours Van Gogh used for this painting. He laid these pairs downside by side to intensify one another: the blue of his smock, for instance, and the orange red of his beard. Self-Portrait as a Painter was the last work Van Gogh produced in Paris; the city had exhausted him both mentally and physically. Customize it with your own details. For further customization, please click the "Personalize” link and using Zazzle's advanced design tools, you can personalize each piece to make a one-of-a-kind gift for any occasion.