Self-Portrait (Selbstporträt)

Art Historical Context

Paul Gangolf’s *Self-Portrait* (1927) offers a quietly intimate glimpse into the artist’s world through the precise medium of etching. Created on a small copper plate measuring just12 by 10 centimeters, the print captures linear detail and subtle tonal variations that etching allows. The larger sheet of wove paper provides generous margins, a common presentation for works on paper that invites close viewing and highlights the delicacy of the printed image. As a self-portrait produced in 1927, the work reflects the enduring tradition of artists examining their own likenesses, a practice that g...

About the Artist

Paul Gangolf

Paul Gangolf is an artist for whom detailed biographical documentation is not readily available in the major art historical sources consulted. No confirmed birth or death dates have been established, and the details of his training, nationality, and the period during which he was primarily active remain unclear from the available record. Works attributed to Paul Gangolf have attracted enough inst...