Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat

Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh painted this self-portrait during the winter of 1887-1888 in Paris. The work shows the artist wearing a grey felt hat, his red beard neatly trimmed, against a background of energetic, radiating brushstrokes. The painting belongs to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

This portrait demonstrates Van Gogh's absorption of Post-Impressionist and Pointillist techniques he learned in Paris. The short, directional brushstrokes create movement across the entire canvas, with the background strokes seeming to emanate outward from the figure. The color palette combines complementary oranges and blues, showing Van Gogh's growing mastery of color theory.