How to Use self-portrait in a Sentence

self-portrait

noun
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  • The dining table is the shape of a spread-eagled body, with a self-portrait of Falapishi at the head.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
  • That’s a self-portrait that has long been fatuous in the extreme.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The artwork featured a drawing of the mom of two and a self-portrait of Stormi.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
  • This self-portrait showed up at a flea market in Vanves, a suburb of Paris, in 2010.
    — Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
  • One of Tendler’s haunting self-portraits serves as the book’s cover.
    — Eliza Brooke, Architectural Digest, 10 Aug. 2024
  • At Hitler's house, Miller stripped naked and got in the bathtub setting up a self-portrait of her washing.
    — Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 27 Sep. 2024
  • As an artist, Kusama also uses the starchy vegetable as a stand-in for self-portraits.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 July 2024
  • Her first of many self-portraits was completed that first year.
    — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Tuck the hand inside, as Ceruti also did in his own self-portrait as a Catholic pilgrim, painted around the same time.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
  • On the cover is a self-portrait of Wolfe looking possessed, with slots of empty white where her pupils should be.
    — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2024
  • There’s a self-portrait that shows Peter Hujar mid-leap.
    — Benjamin Moser, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Painted on a used canvas, the self-portrait shows Cornish in his younger years with a thoughtful gaze.
    — Niha Masih, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
  • The collection includes self-portraits, but no details have yet been shared about the sale.
    — The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 27 Sep. 2024
  • And she is credited with painting the first nude self-portrait by a woman.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
  • In other words, Freud’s portrait of his son includes a self-portrait.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
  • The class was called The Art of Self Portraiture and went into detail about how to take pro-worthy self-portraits.
    — Seventeen.com Editors, Seventeen, 10 Mar. 2023
  • There will also be pop-up events and a self-portrait studio as part of the festivities.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
  • While there are self-portraits, there’s also more abstract paintings in your work.
    — Jim Ryan, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Behind her was an oil painting of a young woman in tears, a self-portrait by her dinner partner, the artist Inès Longevial, 32.
    — Julia Sherman, New York Times, 6 July 2023
  • One of the self-portraits on view is by Anya Paintsil, a contemporary artist who draws on her Welsh and Ghanaian heritage.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Because Bar Scene and the new self-portrait are on the same canvas, gallery staffers will have to rotate the painting throughout the exhibition, per the Guardian.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024
  • And there’s more: Since her self-portrait assemblage is suspended in space, its back is as visible as the front.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The photo was taken in 2018 and is a self-portrait of Escobedo wearing the sombrero of his grandfather, Miguel López.
    — Alejandro MacIel, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
  • Children cut out magazine clippings and taped them to the mirrors, then took self-portraits with their designs.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Dealing with all of this while painting an unflattering self-portrait in the form of a TV show was grueling.
    — Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2023
  • And still, for Mandelbaum, the Nazi as much as the Jew was a possible avatar — because every drawing was a self-portrait, and art could be nothing else.
    — Jason Farago, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • There’s a watercolor of a couple arguing in a restaurant in rich reds and greens, line drawings of friends and people on the beach, and two self-portraits.
    — Zing Tsjeng, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Have your child outline a self-portrait on heavy paper, then fill in the outline with the paper scraps for a colorful mosaic.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 June 2023
  • According to Garage, 12 of her 19 studio album covers are her own paintings — most of which are self-portraits.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
  • One of Torres’ favorite parts of the classes is the photo critiques, where each student presents their work, oftentimes self-portraits, to their peers.
    — Jasely Molina, Parents, 2 July 2024

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