Portrait of the artist standing before easel

Ramsay, Hugh (1877-1906)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1901-1902

Height:

128.0 cm  (50 3/8 in.)

Width:

86.4 cm  (34 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Place of creation:

Paris (France)

Description

From Patricia Fullerton's 1998 book: [Self-] Portrait painted in Ramsay's Paris studio, 51 Boulevard St Jacques, Montparnasse. On the left is a large canvas - its content is hidden from the viewer. The artist turns to the viewer between brushstrokes. On the right is an upright piano - the keyboard lid is open and sheet music is open on its music stand. Further items are piled on top of the instrument. A chair is turned at an angle as if someone has just moved away from the instrument. The artist was a proficient pianist and organist.

People as subjects

Ramsay, Hugh (1877-1906)

Iconclass

48C513(+1) portrait, self-portrait of painter (+ artist at work)
portrait, self-portrait of painter (+ artist at work)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Upright pianoforte [2311] (with candlestick holders)

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Fullerton, Patricia. Hugh Ramsay: His life and work (Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia: Hudson Publishing, 1988) 75-76. ISBN 0949873101.

Fullerton, Patricia. Hugh Ramsay: 1877-1906 (Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 1992) 51. ISBN 0724101594.

Teniswood-Harvey, Arabella. "The artist's piano: Parisian self-portraits by Hugh Ramsay (1877-1906)", Context 43 (2018) 1-12.

RIdIM record id

4820