William Utermohlen (December 5, 1933 – March 21, 2007) was an American
figurative artist who became known posthumously for his
self-portraits created after his diagnosis of
Alzheimer's disease. He had developed progressive
memory loss beginning about four years before his diagnosis in 1995. During that time, he began a series of self-portraits influenced in part by the figurative painter
Francis Bacon and cinematographers from the movement of
German Expressionism. Utermohlen created this self-portrait with
mixed media on paper in 1967.Illustration credit:
William Utermohlen