With a dry, long face, furrowed with wrinkles and protruding cheakbones, overgrown beard and hair, and lively and expressive eyes, Francesc Gimeno is one of the most important draughtsmen of his time. And where he confirms this mastery is in his self-portraits, in terms of quality and number, as he is one of the Catalan painters to create the most self-portraits. He is known to have made around two hundred – mostly during the latter years of his life. In the manner of a spiritual and emotional autobiography of the painter.

Charcoal drawing on paper

31x22 cm

Francesc Gimeno, 1858 - 1927