Self Portraits in Art - By: Charlie Reese, 2009-07-30

Artists have painted their own image for as long as art has existed. Self portrait art probably started when the first crude pictures of a man hunting appeared on the cave wall. There are many reasons for painting oneself. Sheer vanity may be one of them or it may be an opportunity for an artist to capture their emotional state at the time. It may simply be a matter of economics as a suffering painter may not be able to afford a model to draw.

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