Not to be dissuaded from owning a work by Frida, he commissioned her to paint a similar self-portrait. A week later she unveiled Self-portrait With Monkey.

Yet, we do have the British artist Celia Paul, who paints portraits, a chair, one bed, the sea, a window, the tree out her ...

In fact, the self-portrait was an important weapon in the battle for recognition of painting as a liberal art. It still came easier to painters than it did to sculptors, which they frequently used in ...

as well as a terrifying self-portrait dressed as a clown. In 2001, musician Nikki Stone bought the painting, but decided it was cursed after both his dog and his mother were diagnosed with cancer ...

Renowned artist Sarah Boardman - a Brit who now resides in Colorado Springs - said her business of 41 years 'is in danger of ...