Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/alfred-stevens-525" aria-label="More by Alfred Stevens" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Alfred Stevens</a>
An Artist in his Studio
Purchased 1908
actions: postures and motions
adults
artist, painter
arts and entertainment
chair
easel
fine arts and music
furnishings
heating and lighting
individuals: male
interiors
man
objects
paintbrush
people
portraits
sitting
stove
studio
work and occupations
workspaces
<p>This image of a painter in his studio shows one of the new kinds of artistic identity that emerged during the 19th century. The artist is presented as an urbane young gentleman, a distinctly modern figure. His rather foppish persona contrasts with the workshop-like setting. The portrait presents the artist as a man of fashion, rather than as an artisan or labourer, or even as a sober professional, roles that had dominated the self-portrait tradition in the past.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2016</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
7 August 2014 – 24 July 2022
2022-07-24
7 August 2014
2014-08-07
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-08-07
Gallery 9
Collection based display
An Artist in his Studio
support: 600 × 476 mm
Purchased 1908
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<p>This image of a painter in his studio shows one of the new kinds of artistic identity that emerged during the 19th century. The artist is presented as an urbane young gentleman, a distinctly modern figure. His rather foppish persona contrasts with the workshop-like setting. The portrait presents the artist as a man of fashion, rather than as an artisan or labourer, or even as a sober professional, roles that had dominated the self-portrait tradition in the past.</p>
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actions: postures and motions adults artist, painter arts and entertainment chair easel fine arts and music furnishings heating and lighting individuals: male interiors man objects paintbrush people portraits sitting stove studio work and occupations workspaces