self-portrait

[self-pawr-trit, -treyt, -pohr-, self-]

noun

1. a portrait of oneself done by oneself.

self-portrait

noun

1. a portrait one draws or paints of oneself

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-portrait¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

There was a buzz in the room as he stood before Mexican painter Kahlo’s sleeping self-portrait.

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The show opens with a Warhol self-portrait from 1986—an imposing nearly 7-foot-tall image of the artist in teal, his spiked hair making him seem like another New York icon, Lady Liberty.

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That self-portrait depicted the artist with a tiny portrait of her muralist husband, Diego Rivera, atop her forehead.

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He held a picture of the financial world in his head that was radically different from, and less flattering than, the financial world’s self-portrait.

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A cacophonous, wraparound self-portrait more than 40 feet tall by 70 feet long, it’s not just a visual assault, it’s too massive to be experienced in its setting.

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