墨柳贞
2021-07-28
Creatingself-portraitsincharacterorpullingafacewasatraditionalformofstudentexercise.Butthisimagewascreatedwhenthepainterwasthemostfamousartistoftheage.Insteadofanexperiment,itseemstobeamoreconsideredstatement.Reynoldsmayhavefocusedonhisownstruggletohear(hewentdeafinlateryears)asawayofexpressingtheartist’sstruggletocreateanimagefromhisrawmaterials.Inhislecturesonart,deliveredattheRoyalAcademy,Reyno