Portrait: A painting, drawing, photograph, engraving, or sculpture of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head and shoulders.
Self-portrait: A portrait of an artist produced or created by that artist.
Portaits can also be of groups of people or animals.
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Mexican, Born 1907. Best known for her self portraits that she completed after being confined to bed for three months following a bus accident.
Work 1: Self Portrait with Necklace of Thorns, 1940
Work 2: Thinking About Death, 1943
Work 3: Diego in My Thoughts, 1940
Work 4: Self Portrait Along the Boarder Line Between Mexico and the United States, 1932
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American, born 1977. Best known for his large oil paintings depicting African American Men in classical poses.
Work 1: Saint Adrian, 2006
Work 2: Ice T, 2005
Work 3: President Barack Obama, 2018
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American, Born 1926. She worked as a nanny in Chicago for 40 years and took thousands of photographs of daily life. Her work only became publicly known after she died.
Work 1: Untitled
Work 2: 1959. Los Angeles, CA
Work 3: 1955. New York, NY
Work 4: Chicago, IL
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Dutch, born 1632. Known for hyper realistic interior scenes with rich color schemes.
Work 1: Girl with a Pearl Earring
Work 2: The Love Letter
Work 3: The Milkmaid
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Take 10 minutes to draw a self portrait. Afterwards you will have the opportunity to share what you drew.