Autoportrait Day 282~ Elisabetta Sirani

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

Italian Baroque artist Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665)

1. Self Portrait, c.1650-55 / Black chalk on paper / The Royal Collection Trust, UK

2. Self Portrait of the Artist Painting her Father, c.1665 / Oil on canvas / State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

3. Self Portrait as Allegory of Painting, 1658 / Oil on canvas / Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia

4. Self Portrait, c.1658 / Black and red chalk on paper / Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA

5. Self Portrait as a Saint, 1658 / Oil on canvas / National Art Gallery of Bologna, Italy

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Elisabetta Sirani: Self-Portraits: https://artherstory.net/elisabetta-sirani-self-portraits/

Autoportrait Day 281~ Chila Kumari Burman

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British multimedia artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman MBE (1957)

1. Self-portrait in Pigtails, 2017 / Mixed media / Artist’s collection

2. Auto-Portrait, 1996-2013 / Inkjet on canvas / Friends of the Huntley Archives at LMA, London, UK

3. 28 Positions in 34 years, 1992 / Color laser print on paper / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

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Autoportrait Day 280~ Mary Mabbutt

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British painter and educator Mary Mabbutt (born 1951)

1. Self Portrait with ‘Newton’, 1984 / Oil on canvas / St George’s Hospital, London, UK

2. Red Studio Portrait, 2005 / Oil on canvas / Image from Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff, UK

3. A Group of Self Portraits 1,  2017 / Oil on board / Image from artist’s website

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Autoportrait Day 279~ Virginia A. Myers

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American artist and inventor Virginia A. Myers (1927-2015)

Self Portrait with a Hat, c.1960-1970 / Drypoint / The University of Iowa, Iowa City

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Autoportrait Day 278~ Maud Sulter

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Scottish artist, photographer, writer, and
feminist activist Maud Sulter (1960-2008)

1. Calliope from Zabat series, 1989 / Dye destruction print / Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK

2. Hysteria from Hysteria installation, 1991 / Black and white
photographic print / Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK

3. Les Bijoux I from Les Bijoux series, 2002 / Polaroid print on paper / Tate, London, UK

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Autoportrait Day 278~ Eve Drewelowe

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American painter Eve Drewelowe (1899–1988)

Reincarnation, 1939 / Watercolor on paper / University of Iowa, School of Art and Art History, Iowa City

Self-portrait, 1975 / Mixed media / University of Iowa, School of Art and Art History, Iowa City

Maverick, 1984 / Oil on canvas / University of Iowa, School of Art and Art History, Iowa City

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Autoportrait Day 275~ Vanessa German

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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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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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