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The MFA assembled 14 of these, contextualized by self-portraits, Japanese prints, works by artists Van Gogh admired, and paintings by Paul Gauguin, who joined his friend in the south toward the end of 1888.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

Think of these eccentric beards as Therrien’s self-portraits.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

At some point she decided to study painting, and spent 60 years making portraits, self-portraits and still lifes.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2025

"Plus, self-portraits added an extra layer of, well, humanity."

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2025

Cheap-framed sketches, ranging from really good to great, all pencil, mostly people, lots of self-portraits, snippets of her trying to grin her way through the everyday.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin