Author Archives: Christy

Autoportrait Day 123~ Vanessa Bell

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

English painter and designer Vanessa Bell (1879-1961)

1. Self-Portrait, c.1915 / Oil on canvas laid on panel / Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

2. The Artist in her Studio, 1952 / Oil on canvas / Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

3. Self-Portrait, c.1952 / Oil on canvas / Private collection

4. Self-Portrait, c.1958 / Oil on canvas / Charleston, Lewes, East Sussex, UK

5. Last Self Portrait at Charleston, 1960 / Oil on canvas / Private collection

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Autoportrait Day 121~ Frances Hodgkins

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

New Zealand painter Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947)

1. Self Portrait (Still Life), c.1935-6 / Oil on canvas / Ravenscar Trust Collection, Christchurch, NZ

2. Self Portrait: Still Life, c.1935 / Oil on cardboard / Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, NZ

3. Still Life: Self-Portrait, c.1935 / Oil on canvas
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, NZ

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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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