Restriction most certainly offers freedom. For his self-portraits, Philip Akkerman makes several expressive tronies (face, or mug), choosing a different style in the process for each one. Here he confined himself to a very limited palette. A viridian green painter’s smock, a turquoise hat above his
...ruddy frowning face. Dark brown for his T-shirt, eyes and mouth. Refreshing lemon yellow as background. His face creased like a leather bag, Akkerman, looks like an incarnation of the 16th-century painter Matthias Grünewald.
Text: Chris Reinewald
From: Museum MORE: 100 jaar realisme, 2020, GorsselRestriction most certainly offers freedom. For his self-portraits, Philip Akkerman makes several expressive tronies (face, or mug), choosing a different style in the process for each one. Here he confined himself to a very limited palette. A viridian green painter’s smock, a turquoise hat above his ruddy frowning face. Dark brown for his T-shirt, eyes and mouth. Refreshing lemon yellow as background. His face creased like a leather bag, Akkerman, looks like an incarnation of the 16th-century painter Matthias Grünewald.
Text: Chris Reinewald
From: Museum MORE: 100 jaar realisme, 2020, Gorssel
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Artist
Philip Akkerman
Title
Self-Portrait, 2002 (nr. / no. 28
Year
2002
Technique
Oil on panel
Size
50 x 43 cm (h x w)
Type of object
Painting
Copyright
Uknown
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