PICTURING THE ARTIST, PART II

In this second iteration Picturing the Artist, which we launched originally in April 2024, Colnaghi Elliott explores the importance of the portrait and self-portrait of the artist. Since the Renaissance, the artist has become in European culture a symbol of human genius and creativity, gradually replacing in preeminence the philosopher and the poet. The way the artist is portrayed — by themselves or by their peers — has therefore, over the centuries, constituted an essential statement about their role in society and their place in creative history.

Picturing the Artist, Part II brings together a selection of works on paper highlighting the ever-constant theme of identity in art, this time with works exclusively by women artists.