Brand New!! Salve The Concluding Self-Portrait Of Van Dyck

Van Dyck, 1 of the most famous portrait artists of all fourth dimension painted iii self-portraits piece working inwards the UK.  One is inwards the Prado, 1 is inwards a private collection in addition to 1 is straight off the dependent champaign of a Save the Van Dyck Campaign - after the Minister suspended its export licence next its sale to a private collector for £12.5 million!

In damage of self portraits yesteryear famous in addition to skilled portrait artists this is upward at that topographic point amongst the real best inwards the World - ever!

Self Portrait (1641) yesteryear Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599 - 1641)
Sir Anthony Van Dyck died inwards Dec 1641 historic catamenia 42, a few months after the self portrait was completed.  He knew he was dying when he painted this portrait.  His moustache no longer has a jaunty air equally tin live seen inwards before portraits.  This is a painter of people who is paradigm himself for the final time. At the same fourth dimension he is actively engaging amongst the viewer of his portrait inwards years to come.

It's been seen 1 time before at a Tate Great Britain Van Dyck exhibition inwards 2009 - when it was a real pop paradigm amongst visitors.
There's straight off an chance to purchase this run in addition to thus that it remains inwards the UK in addition to - real importantly - transfers to a world collection amongst a thought to touring it all circular the UK.  If the Van Dyck self-portrait is acquired yesteryear the NPG, they possess got made a commitment that at that topographic point volition live a three-year nationwide tour to
  • Turner Contemporary, Margate, 
  • Manchester Art Gallery, 
  • Dulwich Picture Gallery, 
  • Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 
  • Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and
  • The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh.
  • and it's likely that other venues volition besides desire to sign upward to the tour if it is saved for the UK.
That agency it becomes accessible non alone to all those living inwards London in addition to the UK - only besides inwards the futurity - to all those living farther afield who learn to see London in addition to watch the paintings inwards the National Portrait Gallery.

This ship service outlines
  • details of the crusade in addition to how you lot tin donate
  • how you lot tin watch this real of import painting
  • why Van Dyck is in addition to thus of import to portraiture inwards this country
  • including
    • more virtually Van Dyck in addition to portraiture
    • more virtually Van Dyck in addition to Britain
    • more virtually Van Dyck in addition to his paint

The Campaign to salvage the world's most expensive "selfie"


Save this selfie!
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in addition to The Art Fund (the national fundraising charity for art) have combined to assist salvage the Van Dyck. The proposal is to purchase the paradigm in addition to thus that everyone tin savour it.

It's the largest crusade e'er for both the NPG in addition to the Art Fund.  The latter  has a runway tape of helping to fund Van Dycks for diverse British Institutions to a greater extent than or less the country.

If the portrait paradigm were to live acquired yesteryear the National Portrait Gallery it would real in all likelihood live the most of import inwards the Gallery's history. Opportunities to learn portraits of this character are real rare.

This crusade aims to heighten £12.5 1 one one thousand thousand inwards 3 months - or at the real to the lowest degree demonstrate that at that topographic point is a real existent guide chances of coming together the target required to learn the painting.  It has until 13th July to heighten the total sum.

In 10 days, £1.2 1 one one thousand thousand has been raised.  This comprises

  • £500,000 from the Art Fund and 
  • £700,000 from the acquisition budget of the National Portrait Gallery summation coin from their Portrait Fund which was gear upward specifically for this type of acquisition.  
The crusade volition besides live seeking funds from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

However the residuum of the funding volition demand to live stumped upward yesteryear patrons of the arts in addition to the likes of you lot in addition to me.

You tin construct a donation

How to watch the Van Dyck

The paradigm is straight off displayed side yesteryear side to the Seventeeth Century Galleries on the Second Floor of the National Portrait Gallery.  Admission is free.

It's non a portrait which reproduces good equally a photograph in addition to I would urge you lot to move in addition to watch it piece you lot can. After all, this may live your final guide chances to watch this self portrait yesteryear a real groovy portrait artist.  Do construct the endeavor to move in addition to watch it!

If you lot desire to watch to a greater extent than Van Dycks, pop next door to the National Gallery in addition to move to the Mond Room, equally I did yesterday. Here you lot tin watch a real pregnant in addition to fine collection of 8 portraits yesteryear Van Dyck - including his extremely large portrait of King Charles I on his horse.

Why Van Dyck is of import to portraiture inwards the UK


Sandy Nairne, the Director of the National Gallery, has made a video to say us all why he thinks this paradigm is in addition to thus of import to the UK.



Professor Karen Hearn
amongst the Van Dyke Self portrait
Van Dyke's behavior upon on British portraiture was revolutionary. 
Sandy Nairne, Director of the National Portrait Gallery
I besides had the chance yesterday to speak to Catharine MacLeod, the National Portrait Gallery’s Curator of Seventeenth Century Portraits in addition to Professor Karen Hearn, the curator of the 'Van Dyck in addition to Britain' exhibition at Tate Great Britain inwards 2009,  the Curator of 16th & 17th Century British Art at the Tate Galleries (1992-2012) in addition to Honorary Professor, Department of English linguistic communication Language in addition to Literature, University College London.

I asked them why precisely Van Dyke is in addition to thus of import to portraiture inwards Britain.

Along amongst other artists working betwixt 1630 in addition to 1660 (Rembrandt, Rubens, Velaquez etc), Van Dyck had a huge behavior upon on paradigm for the next few hundred years.

However Van Dyck was especially influential within Great Britain because he was invited - equally a human being who had already achieved paradigm superstar condition - to London yesteryear King Charles inwards 1632.  The King treated him equally courtier in addition to knighted him in addition to gave him rooms at Court. He besides gave him a solid in addition to studio at Blackfriars - on the river in addition to afterwards knighted him where the King used to see him for a sitting - rather than Van Dyck visiting the palace for a sitting equally happens today.  Van Dyck ended upward paradigm the courtroom in addition to other people who were people who were of import at the time.

In effect, Van Dyck changes the condition of the portrait artists forever.  They were no longer seen equally journeyman crafts people - they are straight off seen equally people amongst a professional person status.

More importantly he had a major behavior upon on the way people were painted in addition to what type of approach was taken to portraiture. He influenced amongst the groovy portrait painters who worked inwards the UK right the way through to John Singer Sargent.  The changes are summarised below.

Tudor & Jacobean portraiture
Portraiture after Van Dyck
  • Stiff formal stilted poses 
  • Fascination amongst surface details of wearing clothing in addition to accessories 
  • Status oriented 
  • Very precise amongst lots of niggling brush strokes

  • Much to a greater extent than natural poses 
  • More emphasis on the private in addition to less on their condition in addition to dress 
  • A to a greater extent than fluid mode of paradigm – to a greater extent than painterly portraits 
  • Influenced groovy portrait artists inwards the UK upto in addition to including John Singer Sargent

Tudor in addition to Jacobean portraiture
inwards the Sixteenth Century Galleries at the National Portrait Gallery
Sir Edmund Verney (1640) yesteryear Sir Anthony Van Dyke

More virtually Van Dyck in addition to his self portrait


For to a greater extent than virtually this portrait in addition to Van Dyck read the reviews inwards the newspapers

More virtually Van Dyck in addition to Britain

Links on the Tate Great Britain website

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Here are some links from the National Gallery

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