Category Archives: Self Portraits

Autoportrait Day 132~ Eva Schulze-Knabe

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

German artist Eva Schulze-Knabe (1907-1976)

1. Self-portrait, 1929 / Oil on cardboard / Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

2. Self-portrait, 1931 / Oil on plywood / Private collection

3. Montage of self-portraits, various dates / B&W photographs / Various locations

4. Self-portrait with helmet, 1971 / Painting / Dresden State Art Collections, Germany

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Autoportrait Day 131~ Anna Francisca de Bruyns

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

Flemish Baroque painter Anna Francisca de Bruyns
(1604/05-1656 or 1675)

1. Self-Portrait from sketchbook, ND / Black ink on paper / Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium

2. Richly Dressed Woman (possibly a self-portrait), 1633 / Painting on canvas / Location unknown

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Autoportrait Day 128~ Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

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

French portrait painter Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842)

1. Self-Portrait with Her Daughter Julie, 1786 / Oil on wood / Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

2. Self-Portrait with Her Daughter Julie, 1789 / Oil on wood / Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

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Autoportrait Day 126~ Sonia Boyce

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

British artist and educator Sonia Boyce, OBE RA (born 1962)

1. Rice n Peas, 1982 / Oil on canvas / Private collection

2. Missionary Position II, 1985 / Watercolor, pastel, and crayon on paper / Tate, UK

3. She Ain’t Holding Them Up, She’s Holding On (Some English Rose), 1986
Oil and pastel on paper / Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, UK

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In Pictures: See Inside Sonia Boyce’s Golden Lion-Winning U.K. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale~
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sonia-boyce-venice-biennale-2104044

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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