Self-Portrait with Felt Hat, 1888
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
Oil on Canvas, 44 X 37.5 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
(Vincent van Gogh Stichting)
F 344

Van Gogh painted this self-portrait in the winter of 1887-1888, when he had been living in Paris for nearly two years. Since his arrival in the city he had devoted much study to the dotted Pointillist technique, thereby learning how he might apply it in his own fashion. His use of brushstrokes running in a variety of directions created a self-portrait with a halo-like circle round his head. This variation and the dynamics it created were Van Gogh?s own contribution to the new style of painting.