{"id":1598,"date":"2013-07-10T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2015-07-26T08:56:55","modified_gmt":"2015-07-26T06:56:55","slug":"theartpriest-via-from-saramago-to-bacon-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2013\/07\/10\/theartpriest-via-from-saramago-to-bacon-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Coincidences in 1976: Jos\u00e9 Saramago&#8217;s Manual and Francis Bacon&#8217;s autoportrait"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1598 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2013\/07\/10\/theartpriest-via-from-saramago-to-bacon-back\/attachment\/1599\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/tumblr_miseao871q1ro4ikeo1_1280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1599\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1599'>\n\t\t\t\tFrancis Bacon, Autoportrait (1976), oil and crayon on canvas; 34&#215;29,5 cm, Marseille, Mus\u00e9e Cantini.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2013\/07\/10\/theartpriest-via-from-saramago-to-bacon-back\/vincent_van_gogh_-_self-portrait_-_google_art_project\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"108\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Vincent_van_Gogh_-_Self-portrait_-_Google_Art_Project-347x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11122\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11122'>\n\t\t\t\tVincent van Gogh, Self-portrait, 1877.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/10\/18\/rembrandts-late-works-at-the-national-gallery-the-ultimate-exhibition\/self-portrait-with-two-circles-about-1665-69\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Rembrandt-TFY-X7942pr-399x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8480\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8480'>\n\t\t\t\tRembrandt, Self Portrait with Two Circles, about 1665-9; oil on canvas, 114.3 x 94 cm, Kenwood House, The Iveagh Bequest, English Heritage, London. \u00a9 English Heritage.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Anyone who paints portraits portrays himself. Therefore, the important thing is not the model but the painterand the portrait is worth only as much as the painter himself and not a groat more. The Dr. Gachet painted by Van Gogh is Van Gogh and not Gachet, and thousand different costumes (velvets, plumes, gold necklaces) in which Rembrandt painted himself are more expedients to give the impression that he was painting other people while painting himself in some other guise. I said I do not like my painting. That is because I do not like myself in every portrait I paint, futile, weary, disheartened and lost, because I am neither Rembrandt nor Van Gogh. Which goes without saying.<br \/>\nBut the person writing? Is he also writing himself?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From \u201cManual of painting and calligraphy\u201d, by Jos\u00e9 Saramago (1976).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Anyone who paints portraits portrays himself. 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