Vincent Van Gogh self portrait

Self-Portrait with Straw Hat by Vincent van Gogh, painted in 1887, is an oil-on-cardboard portrait from his Paris period. The image shows the artist in a bright yellow straw hat, with short directional strokes radiating across his face, jacket, and mottled background. Its lighter palette and broken brushwork show his response to Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism. The work reveals Van Gogh experimenting with color, identity, and the expressive force of self-portraiture.

Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter whose intense color and energetic brushwork helped reshape modern art. In Paris, he absorbed lessons from Impressionist painting, Japanese prints, and contemporary avant-garde circles. His self-portraits became a vital way to study character, mood, and technique. Though little celebrated in life, he later became one of the most influential artists in Western art.