Self-Portrait
1824
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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François LePage
François LePage (1796–1871) was a French artist, born in Lyon.
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Self-Portrait is a 1824 unspecified by François LePage, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
A young man in a dark coat looks straight at you, holding a paintbrush and palette. His face is lit softly, like candlelight. This is François LePage’s self-portrait, painted in Lyon, a city known for silk and flower designs. LePage came from a family of flower painters—work that takes steady hands and careful eyes. Here, he shows himself as an artist, not just a craftsman. To see how other Lyon painters worked with light and detail, look up the School of Lyon.
François LePage belonged to a family of flower painters and worked in the French city of Lyon, which was famous for producing silk, particularly fabric with flower motifs. Flower painting was a specialty associated with the Lyon school of painting, and is a subject that requires both delicacy and dexterity, both of which are highlighted in this small self-portrait.
In this self-portrait, Le Page is painting his specialty: flowers.
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François LePage (1796–1871) was a French artist, born in Lyon.
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