Self-Portrait
1912
Fernand Cormon sketched this intimate self-portrait in 1912, capturing his distinguished beard and thoughtful gaze with delicate, shading strokes. While he spent his career creating massive, dramatic historical paintings for the French government, this quiet drawing reveals a much more personal side of the aging artist. Interestingly, Cormon was a legendary art teacher in Paris whose studio hosted rebellious young geniuses like Vincent van Gogh and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. These famous students would eventually clash with him and help overthrow the very traditional academic style that Cormon spent his life championing!
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