Monthly Archives: April 2022

Autoportrait Day 120~ Maria Margaretha la Fargue

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Dutch artist Maria Margaretha la Fargue (1743-1813)

1. Self-Portrait of the Artist, c.1765-1770 / Pencil, brush in brown ink, brown wash
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2. “Portrait of a young lady standing by a garden ornament, said to be a portrait of the artist”
1771 / Oil on panel / Private collection

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Autoportrait Day 115~ Kenturah Davis

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

American contemporary artist Kenturah Davis (born 1984)

1. Narrative IV, 2014 / Pencil on paper / Private collection

2. All Water Has Perfect Memory, 2018 / Oil paint applied with rubber stamp letters
and graphite grid on embossed paper / Private collection

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Autoportrait Day 114~ Alice Rahon

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

French/Mexican artist and poet Alice Rahon (1904-1987)

1. Self-Portrait and Autobiography, 1948 / Oil and sand on canvas / Art Institute of Chicago, IL

2. Self-portrait (Autorretrato), 1951 / Oil on canvas / Private collection

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Autoportrait Day 113~ Hedda Sterne

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Romanian-born eclectic artist Hedda Sterne (1910-2011)

1. Self-portrait, c.1938 / Crayon on paper / Postmodernism Museum

2. Self-portrait, c.1938–40 / Ink and graphite on paper / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

3. Self-portrait, ND / Collage, china-ink, and pencil on paper / Private collection

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Autoportrait Day 111~ Elena Luksch-Makowsky

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Russian painter and sculptor Elena Luksch-Makowsky (1878-1967)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Luksch-Makowsky
https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/elena-luksch-makowsky/

Something a little different today. I’m presenting her work as a slide show since I was unable to dig up much information regarding the various self-portraits I found online.

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