Self - portrait

This work is is one of the artist’s several self-portraits. Wyspiański portrayed himself as a proud creator, aware of his role, position and achievements. He showed his figure with a slim face fringed with softly falling hair and a neatly cut beard in the en trois quatres bust, in close-up, against a neutral, empty background. What attracts attention in this portrait are Wyspiański’s eyes which look at the viewer unwaveringly and piercingly.