Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/A van Gogh selfie

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Original – Self portrait (1889), by Vincent van Gogh (1853–90); this is one of 43 self portraits by van Gogh; he would often paint himself because it was cheaper then paying for a model. The Musée d'Orsay, who hold the painting, note “The model's immobility contrasts with the undulating hair and beard, echoed and amplified in the hallucinatory arabesques of the background”, but I think the secret is in the rather haunted eyes.
Reason
A great copy of a very well-known work
Articles in which this image appears
Van Gogh self-portrait (1889), Portraits of Vincent van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Vincent van Gogh
  • But does that affect the inherent notability of the works or images themselves? There may be an embarassment of riches for the late C19th at the moment, but other eras or movements will have their moments in the spotlight. - SchroCat (talk) 15:43, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
No, they remain what they are. My thinking is, they're familiar to many people, whereas less-well-known artists would be a learning experience – and perhaps intriguing as something new to viewers/readers.
In this instance, Van Gogh is arguably the most famous personality in Western art of the Modern Era (though others could be argued as well), and his late style, while often entrancing, is familiar to most culturally literate people. I'm not suggesting his works should never be FPs, only that it would be refreshing to vary the mix with talented but often ignored artists (not from France or the Low Countries), such as Baluschek, Liebermann, Corinth and various Scandinavian and Russian painters. Sca (talk) 17:15, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I agree entirely that there should also be lesser-known artists work here, but my original point still stands: that does not affect the inherent notability of the works or images themselves. - SchroCat (talk) 17:20, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • It doesn't matter how many works from a single artist we feature, so long as they all have the proper EV. Being featured per se does not affect how interesting or educational an image is; it actually has very little effect on readers. The POTD process is what draws attention, and I or whoever is in charge at the time can handle that when it comes time for it. We have 43 FPs of map projections, but no complaints yet (even after 10 or so have already been run). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:12, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I think it does matter, but I'm not going to debate the issue. Sca (talk) 01:33, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Vincent van Gogh - Self-Portrait - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:47, 2 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]