Roger Hilton. Self-Portrait , 1966, pencil on paper, 24 x 18cm

Peter Coker. Self-Portrait , 1966, oil on board, 37.5 x 14.5 cm 14 3/4 x 5 3/4 in

Alberto Morrocco. Self-Portrait , 1964, oil on canvas, 56 x 51 cm 22 1/8 x 20 1/8 in

Euan Uglow. ‘Self-Portrait’, oil on board, 1964

Roger de Grey. Self-Portrait , c.1960-3, oil on canvas, 71 x 92cm

Anthony Green. Self-Portrait , 1960, oil on board, 76 x 60.5 cm 29 7/8 x 23 7/8 in

Dorothy Mead. Self-Portrait , 1960, oil on canvas, 61 x 46cm

Peter Phillips, Self-Portrait, Dawn, Noon and Night, 1958, oil on canvas

Jean Cooke, Self-Portrait, c.1954, oil on canvas

William Gear, Self-Portrait, 1953, pen and ink on paper

Keith Vaughan. Self-Portrait , c.1951, charcoal on paper, 29 x 22 cm 11 3/8 x 8 5/8 in

Cecil Collins. Self-Portrait, 1949, pen and ink and brush on paper

Robin Guthrie. Self-Portrait , c.1947, pencil and w/c on paper, 38 x 29 cm 15 x 11 3/8 in

Leslie Marr. Self-Portrait , 1946, oil on canvas, 40.5 x 30.5 cm 16 x 12 1/8 in

Anne Redpath. Self-Portrait , 1943, oil on board, 53 x 43 cm 20 7/8 x 16 7/8 in

Ithell Colquhoun. Self-Portrait , c.1929, oil on canvas, 76.5 x 51 cm 30 1/8 x 20 1/8 in

“Ɖ raitr Rūʈ Bwčād (1910–2000) amast wn v ɖ most significnt c̣lẋnz v slfpwtrits bî Britiš ātists. Setñ hrslf a sīlñ v 21 giniz fr a picčr irispctv v ɖ ātist’s fem or repytešn, š aqîrd 100 picčrz includñ ýlpêntñz, wōtrculrz n pensl n ñc drōñz, ẇč pṛvîd a fasinetñ ôvrvy v Britiš āt jrñ ɖ twentiiʈ senčri.

Ɖ cor v ɖ xibišn fôc̣sz on ɖ pwtrits Bwčād c̣lctd jrñ ɖ lêt 1950z t ɖ mid-1960z, jrñ ẇč tîm š bgan t sīc ât imrjñ ātists at ātscūl xibišnz, ẇl olso apročñ mr istablišt ātists. Ɖ xibišn trêsz ɖ dveḷpmnt v modn Britiš āt ʈru Nio-Rmantisizm, ɖ Ystnrôd Scūl, ɖ Lundn Grūp n ɖ Popāt muvmnt, renjñ fṛm pwtrits md bî ātists practisñ in ɖ 1930z n 1940z, includñ Mîcl Ertn, Sesl Colinz n Iʈl Chūn, t ɖoz hu fând prominns in ɖ pôstwor iyra sč az Pītr Côcr, Jīn Cc, Rojr Hiltn, Pītr Filips, Dêvid Tindl n Ywn Ūglo.

Mni v ɖ picčrz ofr a dīteld lîcṇs v ɖ ātist, ẇlst uɖrz r onli sjstv v fizicl fīčrz n atribyts. In sm cêsz ɖ imij hz ḍrîvd intîrli fṛm an ātist’s imajinešn, or it hz bn pêntd fṛm ɖer rflẋn in a mirr, ocežnli drwn bac t capčr ɖ srândñz v ɖer stydio.

Bwčād wz born in a fišñvilij nir Hambrg n lêtr studid at ɖ Ynivrṣti v Hambrg. In 1938 š n hr huzbnd cem t Ñgḷnd az refyjīz fṛm Natsizm, iscepñ antīsemitizm. Ɖ xibišn rcwlz ɖ orijinl prezntešn v ɖ c̣lẋn in ɖ Bwčādz’ hom in Rîget, Suri, n z dspled in Paḷnt Hâs Gaḷri’z Grêd Wn Listd Qīn-Án tânhâs, ɖ frst tîm ɖt ɖ pwtrits hv bn sīn publicli in a dmstc setñ.”

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