Self-Portrait

1935

Eugen Weisz

Associated Names
Eugen Weisz

Painter, American, born Hungary, 1890 - 1954

The image depicts a man looking directly at the viewer. He has strong facial features with pronounced cheekbones and deep-set eyes. He has dark brown hair that is neatly styled. The man is wearing a white shirt with a high collar and a dark vest. The background is painted in muted, earthy tones. There are no visible jewelry or objects.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired October 1943 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington;[1] acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] The artist's painting Still Life, purchased by the Corcoran in March 1943 from their 18th Biennial exhibition, was returned to the artist in exchange.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1935

  • Fourteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 24 March - 5 May 1935, no. 179..

1939

  • American Art Today, World's Fair, New York, 1939-1940, no. 517.

1954

  • Eugen Weisz Memorial Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 8, repro.

1998

  • The Forty-Fifth Biennial: The Corcoran Collects, 1907–1998, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 July - 29 September 1998, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

2011

  • Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 324, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: E.W. 35

Wikidata ID

Q46635003

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