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Cuno Amiet — Autoportrait en rose
Cuno Amiet

Autoportrait en rose

This commanding self portrait by Swiss painter Cuno Amiet immerses the viewer in a luminous field of pink, with the artist's bearded face rendered in warm ochre and gold tones that emerge dramatically from the surrounding impasto brushwork. Amiet applies thick gestural strokes in concentric swirls around the figure, creating a halo like aura that amplifies the psychological intensity of the composition. The work demonstrates his pioneering approach to color as compositional structure, placing him firmly within the Post Impressionist and early Expressionist traditions he helped define in Switzerland. The painting is held in a private collection.

Medium
Oil on Canvas

Notes

Instagram post by @emmanuelchaussade shared 2 days before capture. Caption: '#cunoamiet #selfportrait in #rose Autoportrait en rose Oil on Canvas - Collection privée #portrait #switzerland'. Post received 85 likes, 7 comments, 2 shares. Artist biographical data: born March 28, 1868 in Solothurn, Switzerland; died July 6, 1961 in Oschwand, Switzerland. Associated movements: Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Expressionism. Member of German expressionist group Brücke and Swiss Federal Art Commission. Estimated output over 4,000 works.

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Cuno Amiet, Autoportrait en rose

This commanding self portrait by Swiss painter Cuno Amiet immerses the viewer in a luminous field of pink, with the artist's bearded face rendered in warm ochre and gold tones that emerge dramatically from the surrounding impasto brushwork. Amiet applies thick gestural strokes in concentric swirls around the figure, creating a halo like aura that amplifies the psychological intensity of the composition. The work demonstrates his pioneering approach to color as compositional structure, placing him firmly within the Post Impressionist and early Expressionist traditions he helped define in Switzerland. The painting is held in a private collection.

Medium
Oil on Canvas

Related themes

Gold, 20th Century, Psychological, Old Master, Contemplative, Vibrant, Identity, Modernist, Expressionism, Oil On Canvas, Swiss, Post-Impressionism, Gestural, European, Portrait, Self-Portrait, Impasto, Warm Tones, Painting, Figurative

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Joshua Cohen