Self-portrait is a drawing by Charles Angrand which was uploaded on February 16th, 2017.
Self-portrait
A close friend and follower of Georges Seurat and a founding member of the Neo-Impressionist movement, Angrand was a master of Conté crayon,... more
Title
Self-portrait
Artist
Charles Angrand
Medium
Drawing - Conté Crayon (graphite Border On All Edges) On White Laid Paper Mounted On Board
Description
A close friend and follower of Georges Seurat and a founding member of the Neo-Impressionist movement, Angrand was a master of Conté crayon, preferring to work in its limited palette of black, white, and gray. Here Angrand presents himself, not at all as an artist, but as a bourgeois dandy, impeccably dressed and smoking a cigar. Angrand's technical ability in this self-portrait is stunning. In the words of an early critic, Angrand's image seems to emerge from a "luminous mist." Fellow Neo-Impressionist Paul Signac praised Angrand's crayon drawings "his drawings are masterpieces. It would be impossible to imagine a better use of white and black. These are the most beautiful drawings, poems of light, of fine composition and execution." Many of the Neo-Impressionists were friends, as evidenced by the numerous extant Conté crayon depictions they made of themselves and of one another.
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February 16th, 2017
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