Colin Moss
Self-Portraits
“I was very much obsessed with Rembrandt … the fact that he did so many self-portraits from being very young influenced me in the same direction”. Colin Moss: Life Observed.
Like Rembrandt, Colin Moss produced portraits of himself throughout his life, recording what he saw in the mirror without embellishment and with a great deal of honest observation.
Art News & Review (now known as ArtReview) is the world’s leading independent magazine of contemporary art. Since its inception in 1948, it has championed contemporary art in Britain and began publishing artists’ self-portraits on its front pages in 1949. There was usually a short biography alongside the portrait, often written by a friend of the artist. Colin’s was featured on 18th August 1956. In 1982 the Tate Gallery Archive acquired 122 of these original portraits, including Colin’s ink & brush self-portrait from the August 1956 edition.
Colin Moss: Self Portraits
Student
circa 1934
As a Young Man
Soldier during wartime
Self Portrait
1960
