Oil paint on canvas
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/charles-henry-malcolm-kerr-307" aria-label="More by Charles Henry Malcolm Kerr" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Charles Henry Malcolm Kerr</a>
Myself
Presented by the artist's widow 1908
actions: postures and motions
adults
artist, painter
arts and entertainment
fine arts and music
hand / hands on hip
Kerr, Charles Henry Malcolm
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self-portraits
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<p>This self-portrait was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1899. In his left hand Kerr holds a palette and brushes, the symbols of his profession. The precise manner in which Kerr has painted this portrait is echoed in the artist’s attention to his own appearance. He is immaculately dressed and both his hair and moustache are neatly groomed.</p><p>Kerr regularly sent pictures to the Royal Academy from 1884, mainly of genre and landscape subjects. This portrait clearly reflects his growing status as both a painter and illustrator.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
3 November 2003 – 19 January 2004
2004-01-19
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2003-11-03
Portraits of Artists
Collection based display
22 March 2013 – 1 September 2013
2013-09-01
22 March 2013 – 1 September 2013
2013-09-01
2013-03-22
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2013-03-22
Image of the British School
Collection based display
Myself
support: 1372 × 914 mm
Presented by the artist's widow 1908
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<span class="text15">This self-<a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> was exhibited at the Royal Academy      in 1899. In his left hand Kerr holds a palette and brushes, the symbols of      his profession. The precise manner in which Kerr has painted this </span><span class="text0">portrait is echoed in the artist’s attention </span><span class="text14">to his own appearance. He is immaculately</span><span class="text0"> dressed and both his hair and moustache are neatly groomed.  </span>
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<span class="text0">Kerr regularly sent pictures to the Royal Academy from      1884, mainly of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/genres" title="Glossary definition for 'Genres'"><span>genre</span></a> and <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a> subjects. This portrait clearly </span><span class="text15">reflects his growing status as both a painter and      illustrator.</span><span class="text0">
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Display caption
2004-09-08T00:00:00
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<p><b>N02215</b>	SELF-PORTRAIT <i>c.</i> 1899
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Charles Kerr.’ b.l.
<br/>Canvas, 54×36 (137×91·5).
<br/>Presented by the artist's widow 1908.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1899 (629), as ‘Myself’.</p>
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-16T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: postures and motions adults artist, painter arts and entertainment fine arts and music hand / hands on hip Kerr, Charles Henry Malcolm man named individuals objects paintbrush palette people portraits self-portraits standing work and occupations