En utmanad bildtradition - En formalestetisk undersökning och analys av Ellen Trotzigs Självporträtt från 1906
Abstract
This thesis examines the self-portrait made the year 1906 by the Swedish artist Ellen
Trotzig. Bought by the Gothenburg Museum of Art in 1908, it remains one out of five
contemporary oil paintings made by female artists that the museum purchased during
the years between 1900 - 1910. The discussion in this essay stems from what is known
about the circumstances of the acquisition and additionally from the art critics of its
time. After examining this self-portrait by the formal aesthetics and studying the visual
elements from a gender perspective, the result of this essay points to the painting as a
rare piece in relation to the female self-portrait genre of the early twentieth century.
Furthermore, it becomes a reminder of how the self-portrait tradition, as well as gender
roles, is constructed and can be changed. The study also deliberates how a self-portrait
can be a way to maintain and create the role as a working artist.
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Date
2023-06-07Author
Bråliden, Amanda
Keywords
Ellen Trotzig, women self-portrait in the early 20th century, self-portrait traditions, identity
Language
swe