Resumen de André Derains Autoportrait à la casquette: ein Selbstbildnis als ungenützte Strategie
André Derain's 1905 self-portrait Autoportrait à la casquette, now in a London private collection, is analyzed. In the painting, Derain wears a casquette, a type of cap favored by workers and the common people. He probably chose the cap in order to express his identification with a section of society that became increasingly repressed economically at the beginning of the century. In 1903, Derain was performing his military service in a regiment called upon to deal with striking mineworkers in Calais. His experiences during this period, his impressions of the social problems faced by workers, were processed in the portrait.
