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You can see how Van Gogh saw himself in London next yearFrom February, The Courtauld Gallery will stage the display
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Self-portrait with grey felt hat, 1887. Credit: Reuters Photo
Self-portrait with grey felt hat, 1887. Credit: Reuters Photo

Vincent van Gogh's self-portraits will go on show in London next year, in what organisers say is the first exhibition dedicated to the Dutch post-Impressionist artist's depictions of himself.

From February, The Courtauld Gallery will stage the display - from Self-Portrait with a Dark Felt Hat painted in 1886 in Paris to Self-Portrait with a Palette which van Gogh painted in an asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, southern France, in September 1889. He died the following year.

Part of The Courtauld collection, the well-known Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, which van Gogh painted in 1889 after cutting off most of his ear, will also be on show alongside loaned works.

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"This will be the first time that the full span of Van Gogh’s self-portraiture has been explored in an exhibition," the gallery, which will re-open in November after a refurbishment, said in a statement on Thursday.

"An outstanding selection of more than 15 self-portraits will be brought together to trace the evolution of Van Gogh’s self-representation ... Several works in the exhibition were last together in Van Gogh’s studio and have never been reunited, until now."

Van Gogh Self-Portraits will run at The Courtauld, which is located in central London's Somerset House, from February 3 to May 8, 2022.

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(Published 01 July 2021, 15:51 IST)