Selbstporträt
1910-1913
Henry Lyman Sayen captures himself here not just as a painter, but as a bold modernist ready to shake up the art world. With a bright yellow brush gripped firmly in his hand and a vibrant, almost neon green and yellow background swirling behind him, he looks intensely focused. Painted around 1913, this self-portrait shows Sayen embracing the radical European styles he picked up while studying in Paris, bringing that avant-garde energy back to America. His sharp, angular features and the thick, expressive brushstrokes give the piece a raw, energetic feel that was quite daring for its time.