Category Archives: Women Artists

Autoportrait Day 275~ Vanessa German

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

American artist, writer, and activist Vanessa German (born 1976)

Self-Portrait of the Artist with Physicalized Soul, 2013
Mixed-media assemblage / The Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC

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Autoportrait Day 274~ Helen E. Hokinson

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

American cartoonist Helen Elna Hokinson (1893-1949)

Self-caricature from the book Collier’s Collects Its Wits, 1941
Image found here: http://mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com/2021/03/colliers-collects-its-wits-66.html

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Autoportrait Day 270~ Cornelia Adèle Fassett

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

American painter Cornelia Adèle Strong Fassett (1831-1898)

The Florida Case before the Electoral Commission, 1879 / Oil on canvas / U.S. Senate Collection, DC

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The only known self-portrait of the artist is also featured, and depicts Fassett at work, with a sketchpad in hand. Fassett portrays herself as an onlooker and recorder and, perhaps more importantly, represents herself as a professional artist.

FROM Forgotten Legacy: Judicial Portraits by Cornelia Adèle Fassett
https://www.supremecourt.gov/visiting/exhibitions/ForgottenLegacy/Section4.aspx

Autoportrait Day 269~ Ethel Walker

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

Scottish painter Dame Ethel Walker DBE ARA (1861-1951)

1. Self Portrait in a Green Blouse, ND / Oil on canvas / Private collection

2. Self-Portrait, c.1925 / Oil on canvas / National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

3. Self-Portrait, c.1930 / Oil on canvas / Tate, London, UK

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Autoportrait Day 268~ Louise Nevelson

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

American sculptor and artist Louise Nevelson (1899-1988)

1. Self-Portrait, c.1935 / Oil on board / The Jewish Museum, NY, NY

2. Self-Portrait, c.1935-1940 / Pen and ink / Private collection

3. Untitled (Self-Portrait), c.1938 / Ink and watercolor on paper / National Portrait Gallery, DC

4. Self-Portrait: Silent Music IV, 1964 / Wood painted black / Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan

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