Self-portrait Pavel Fedotov (1815-1852)

Description of Pavel Fedotov’s painting "Self-Portrait

It is known that the great Russian artist, Pavel Fedotov has many works that have become masterpieces in which he depicted himself. Each self-portrait of Fedotov is different from another, because on one canvas the artist wrote about his youth, another self-portrait contains a picture of a young officer who was awarded a medal of honor. The self-portraits of this artist attract special attention, looking through one work after another, you can see how the face of the artist changes, turning from a young beautiful young man to an old man whose hair is covered with white gray.

The most famous self-portrait of the Russian artist is a work done with a simple pencil. On this canvas you can see a man who is leaning his head on his fist. These eyes hide deep longing and sadness, a state of anxiety and mental indignation. Seemingly ordinary pencil drawing attracted such attention, it was the simplicity and lack of paint that helped to display the real feelings of the hero of the painting. The absence of colors helps to focus on the main issues and challenges one to find out what these pensive and longing eyes are really hiding.

A self-portrait is special, conveying the emotions and the real face of the artist, his rich and talented inner world, the ability to reflect his state of mind on the canvas. It is the giftedness, intelligence and talent that can be seen in this self-portrait and discover not just an artist, but a person who is as simple as a pencil drawing.