PS1

During my visit to PS1 i happened to see this painting by Maria Lassnig.  When i look at this painting it reminds me a lot of Rembrandt's paintings.  The very realistic detail in the facial features, along with the positioning of the eyes make you feel the emotion as she painted this piece. The glaring look she delivers, shows her agitation at the moment. Along with the excellent use of lighting to give it that Baroque feel.  I feel this was a painting done in rebellion, at the time in 1942 she was in school in Vienna and was told to paint her self portrait in a German way, which she did not like. So instead she used more classical methods to make a self portrait. What is amazing to me is that she was able to recreate a piece from a period of art that was 200 years prior to this painting, but does it with her own flair using very little natural colors unlike Rembrandt.