Artwork Title: Self Portrait with a Rifle

Self Portrait with a Rifle, 1912

Nasta Rojc

Artwork Title: Self Portrait with a RifleArtwork Title: Self Portrait with a Rifle
A special part of Nasta Rojc’s opus belongs to her self-portraits. With that emphasized introspective approach, “a frequent case of the disguised artist playing with her figure, enabled her to show her alter-ego” (Đurđa Petravić-Klaić). So, in her anthological painting Self-portrait – hunter this woman painter emphasized the strong androgenic features of her own figure, in order to point out the traditionally “male” character features that are hidden in every woman. The subtle tones of light, yellowish and bluish tonalities of the landscape behind the figure are a perfect frame for the personal and proud posture of the painter. With her look defiantly directed at the observer and her left hand in the pocket, all this results in a nonchalant gesture that slightly softens the general strong impression of the figure in the picture. (http://www.rutars.net/sr_01_stefan_rutar/sr_2400_kultzadeve/sr_2405_anton_rojc/sr_2405_nasta_rojc/index2.htm)
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