Autoportrait Day 253~ Amelia Peláez

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

Cuban painter Amelia Peláez del Casal (1896-1968)

1. Autorretrato, 1935 / Graphite on paper on board / Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL

2. Autorretrato, 1945 / Gouache on paper on board / Private collection

3. Autorretrato, 1946 / Gouache and watercolor on paper / Private collection

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Autoportrait Day 251~ Elvira Bach

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

Postmodernist German painter Elvira Bach (born 1951)

1. Self-portrait with Shoe, 1992 / Color offset on paper / Private collection

2. All That is Me, 2013 / Oil on canvas / Private collection

3. Self, 2015 / Acrylic on canvas / Private collection

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Autoportrait Day 247~ Mary Grace

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

“Recent scholarship has determined that this is a self-portrait, the only painting we know to still exist,
by the recorded artist Mary Grace, née Hodgkiss.” ~Santa Barbara Museum of Art

British painter Mary Grace (died 1786?)

Self Portrait, 1760s / Oil on canvas / Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA

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