Self Portrait With Seven Fingers
Oil on Canvas
1912-13 , 128cm x 107cm
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

       This is a very colorful and happy artist painting with so many fingers a scene from his childhood village. One can see the influence of Cubism, but it is a great deal of fantasy and spectacular form and color. How does one make a still portrait of oneself with so much energy and excitement?
       The artist is so excited that he looks like he is going to climb on the easel. He gestures with such enthusiasm that his hand has seven fingers. Even the pictures on the wall are bubbling up with clouds and moving onto the painting he is working on. The artist is dressed for a party and only the serious look in his eye tells you that he is concentrating and at work.

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