In a late self-portrait and a pleasant, uncharacteristically thick-surfaced rendering of his wife, he looks toward Cezanne.
I said that that late self-portrait in Los Angeles had stuck in my mind.
On his head is a white hat, similar to that worn in several other late self-portraits.
Titian also painted a late self-portrait in 1567; apparently his first.
Titian also painted a late self-portrait in 1567, from which the comparison is made.
Two of the very late self-portraits have the wartime blackout curtains pulled aside, as though Bonnard is exposed in more ways than one.
His late self-portraits are profoundly moving in part because they express full awareness of the consequences of modern individuality.
Under magnification one can see the small, fine brush strokes, almost "impressionistic," with which he painted the late self-portraits.
In his late self-portrait he treated himself more gently, and comes on like Jupiter contemplating early retirement.
The late self-portraits, in the final gallery, are vivid exceptions, testimonies from the edge of the grave.