How to Use self-portrait in a Sentence

self-portrait

noun
  • Strauss’ self-portrait is on one level tongue-in-cheek.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
  • Roberts knew for many of the girls in her class, this would be their very first self-portrait.
    — Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • But at the same time, there can’t be just a self-portrait of the actor.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2025
  • This is the story of how that self-portrait is in question.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In that show, one recent self-portrait shows him at work in a garden.
    — Devorah Lauter For Artnews, Robb Report, 12 June 2026
  • Her first of many self-portraits was completed that first year.
    — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 2023
  • That’s a self-portrait that has long been fatuous in the extreme.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • One of Tendler’s haunting self-portraits serves as the book’s cover.
    — Eliza Brooke, Architectural Digest, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Some spiders are out here making self-portraits for survival.
    — New Atlas, 21 Dec. 2025
  • While there are self-portraits, there’s also more abstract paintings in your work.
    — Jim Ryan, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • And she is credited with painting the first nude self-portrait by a woman.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
  • The piece is like a self-portrait in the negative, a death foretold in his absence.
    — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Stern said the artwork will be the first self-portrait he's ever created.
    — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Raphael's drawing of a young man, believed to be a self-portrait when the artist was just 17 years old.
    — Martha Teichner, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The collection includes self-portraits, but no details have yet been shared about the sale.
    — The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 27 Sep. 2024
  • In other words, Freud’s portrait of his son includes a self-portrait.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
  • This self-portrait may be humble, but the affection is real.
    — Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 10 Mar. 2026
  • From your research, what has this self-portrait of Black San Diego looked like?
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The necklace itself is made out of hair collected from the artist by the artist, as a twist on the self-portrait.
    — Sophia Arndt, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
  • There will also be pop-up events and a self-portrait studio as part of the festivities.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
  • The artwork featured a drawing of the mom of two and a self-portrait of Stormi.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Some believe there’s a good case that the artwork is not a self-portrait, but are less convinced Opie made it.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 14 May 2026
  • Movies Yasujirō Ozu in a self-portrait.
    — Dan Stahl, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
  • Painted on a used canvas, the self-portrait shows Cornish in his younger years with a thoughtful gaze.
    — Niha Masih, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
  • On the cover is a self-portrait of Wolfe looking possessed, with slots of empty white where her pupils should be.
    — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2024
  • In the past few centuries, the mental self-portrait has become commonplace.
    — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • The album was a bid for universality; it was received as a self-portrait.
    — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
  • At Hitler's house, Miller stripped naked and got in the bathtub setting up a self-portrait of her washing.
    — Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 27 Sep. 2024
  • And while these are self-portraits, the intention wasn’t for people to recognize me in the images.
    — Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2024
  • As van Gogh’s 35 self-portraits illustrate, the artist had ginger locks.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025

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