Vincent van Gogh self-portrait Published 22 June, 2012 at 200 × 250 in the anatomy of a logo, pt. 1 self-portrait painting: Vincent van Gogh (1889) All self-portraits executed in Saint-Rémy show the artist’s head from the right, i.e. the side with the unmutilated ear, since he painted himself as he saw himself in the mirror. (description from Wikipedia.)