Selfportrait
Imagine walking into a crowded, steamy bathhouse wearing a crisp white suit and a straw boater hat—that’s exactly the vibe Swedish artist Eugène Jansson captures in this 1910 self-portrait. He stands out starkly against the backdrop of nude men lounging and chatting, looking like a dandy who wandered into the wrong room or a colonial administrator inspecting the troops. Jansson was famous for his moody, blue-toned Symbolist paintings of Stockholm at night, but in his later years, he became obsessed with the male form and the camaraderie of public bathhouses. This painting is a bold, almost humorous clash between high-society stiffness and raw, natural vulnerability.
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