As we all know, modern people play selfies, in addition to selfies, the most enjoyable should be to publish love packs, funny, stupid, improper memes, do not need a text, can express thousands of meanings. Don't think that modern people have a good time taking selfies, the pioneers of real hipster selfies can be traced back to the 18th century.
If you have a study of the history of painting, you must know that many painting masters are keen on painting self-portraits, just like modern people love selfies, if you close your eyes and feel, the self-portraits of Picasso, Van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci will flash out at once, and their serious and restrained expressions will also appear.
In our cognition, the self-portraits of great artists are all serious, at least, we must not have seen any self-portraits of great artists with their mouths open. But there are exceptions, with the French painter Joseph Duqueler, who was active in the late 18th century, known for his unique self-portraits.
If anyone is the originator of selfies in the painting world, then Joseph Duqueler must be unyielding, he painted many self-portraits in his lifetime, most of which are very "free", rich and exaggerated facial expressions, and large body movements, in the era in which he lived, was very rebellious, even shocking.
A self-portrait of him yawning, with his mouth wide open, one arm outcropped over his head, his back slightly bent, placed in modern times, has no sense of violation.
Portrait of the court depicted by Joseph Duqueler
People who don't know the truth will mistakenly think that these photos are the result of digital art transformation by modern artists. The reason why Joseph Duqueler created such an immodest self-portrait of himself is actually for the reason of decompression. At that time, as a court painter during the reign of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, he was constantly creating formal-style portraits for many royal nobles, and self-portraits became a way for him to relax and entertain.
In short, the portraits he painted for others have a strong contrast with the self-portraits, the works created for others are dignified and elegant, but the self-portraits he paints for himself are very naughty, and from his self-portraits, we can feel that this artist is a lovely person. Next, let's take a look at the self-portrait of the "originator of the emoji".