Christen Købke, 1833 - Self-Portrait - fine art print

Things you should know about the artpiece by the Romanticist painter named Christen Købke

The 19th century piece of art Self-Portrait was created by the romanticist artist Christen Købke. This artwork is part of the Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark)'s digital collection. We are happy to mention that this masterpiece, which is part of the public domain is supplied with courtesy of National Gallery of Denmark.Moreover, the artwork has the following creditline: . Besides this, the alignment is in portrait format and has a ratio of 1 : 1.2, meaning that the length is 20% shorter than the width. Christen Købke was a painter, whose art style can mainly be assigned to Romanticism. The Danish painter lived for 38 years - born in 1810 in Copenhagen and deceased in 1848 in Copenhagen.

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Købke studied himself very carefully while painting this self-portrait. He did not intend the painting to be a typical portrait of an artist, and the picture has no traces of his tools, working clothes, or studio. Quite the contrary: he is wearing an overcoat, and the background is entirely neutral so that you have no sense that he is in the middle of a working situation.

The self-portrait is not conducive to the Romantic worship of artists and genius so prevalent at the time. Subdued or dark nuances are used throughout the entire picture, lit up only by Købke’s face. Thus, all attention is focused on him.

The self-portrait of a great Danish artist During his day, Købke was known as a straightforward, good-natured and simple-minded person who did not strive to attract attention to himself. His self-portrait supports this description. Only the insistent gaze suggests that the picture shows one of the greatest Danish artists of all time.

Sense of observation and colour Købke’s keen sense of observation and sense of colour had no equal among the other Danish artists of the era. Købke painted his self-portrait around the time where he truly found his own voice as an artist. He never did, however, obtain a prominent position within the Danish art scene during his own lifetime. His art did not win true recognition until 30-40 years after his death.

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