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Tag: Self Portraits

Postcards in Isolation 10: Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, 1940

28th June 202028th June 2020  Isabel Radford

Isabel Radford reflects on one of Frida Kahlo’s best known works, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, 1940, and sees the artist as a source of empowerment for our current times.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: art, Covid-19, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up, Isabel Radford, Lockdown Living, painting, Postcards in Isolation, Rochelle Roberts, Self Portraits, self-portrait, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird

Lucian Freud, Portrait of the Artist

19th December 201929th December 2019  Julia Bagguley

Julia Bagguley reflects on the life and work of Lucian Freud in light of the current Royal Academy exhibition of his self portraits.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: Albrecht Dürer, Celia Paul, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Jennifer Scott, Lucian Freud, painting, Rembrandt, Royal Academy, Self Portraits, Victoria Miro, Vincent van Gogh
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    By Rebecca Clark
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    By JP Seabright
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