Royal Academy work to be housed at Gainsborough House in Sudbury

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Chantal Joffe A self-portrait by Chantal Joffe, in which she is looking out at the viewer, wearing a pink top with red stripes, with shoulder-length brown hair and holding her daughter Esme on her lap, who is wearing a dark green top with mustard yellow stripes, painted in 2016. Chantal Joffe

Chantal Joffe's self-portrait along with her daughter Esme, titled Looking Towards Bexhill, is about on the seashore at St Leonards-on-Sea in Sussex.

A group of self-portraits created by “the leading stars of contemporary art” will go on show at a museum devoted to Thomas Gainsborough.

The 18th-century artist was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, and his childhood residence is because of reopen with a gallery extension in 2022 following a £10 million redevelopment.

The museum's govt director, Calvin Viner, mentioned the exhibition was a “remarkably generous collaboration” between the London-based Royal Academy of Arts and Gainsborough House.

Gainsborough was a founding member of the Academy and the self-portraits had been made by present and up to date Royal Academicians.

Royal Academy of Arts - Self-portrait in oils by the artist Thomas Gainsborough, wearing a green coat with a white cravat called a stock around his neck, looking out at the viewer. Royal Academy of Arts

Most of the self-portraits shall be up to date, however will even embrace a portrait of Thomas Gainsborough which he didn’t full earlier than his dying in 1787.

Royal Academy of Arts A self-portrait by 18th-century artist Nathaniel Hone, wearing a black broad-brimmed hat with a lace collar over a black jacket and a purple cape over one shoulder, looking out at the viewer.Royal Academy of Arts

Other early Royal Academicians to undertake self-portraiture included Matthew Hone, who painted this model in 1768

A self-portrait taken in 1991 by Patrick Procktor (who died in 2003) exhibits him holding a paintbrush, and showing to be considering the place to put his subsequent brushstroke.

Mr Winner mentioned: “Artists' portraits and especially self-portraits have always fascinated me, whether they reveal or conceal their identity.”

Artist's picture: Picture from the Royal Academy Opens at Gainsborough House on November 16

Royal Academy of Arts Self-portrait by Patrick Procktor, wearing a white shirt and holding a paintbrush dipped in white paint in front of an orange background, painted in 1991Royal Academy of Arts

Kelvin Viner described this mortgage as “a remarkably generous collaboration with the Royal Academy”.

With inputs from BBC

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