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Autoportrait Day 311~ Mihri Müşfik Hanım

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

Abkhazian painter Mihri Rasim Müşfik Açba (1886-1954)

1. Self-portrait, ND / Oil on panel / Istanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpture

2. Self-portrait, pre-1918 / Technique and size unknown / Lost

3. To My Dear Vecih, Istanbul Memory (self-portrait), 1920 / Watercolor / Yapı Kredi Collection

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From 2019:
Overlooked No More: Mihri Rassim, Feminist Artist in the Ottoman Empire

 

Autoportrait Day 310~ Heather Agyepong

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

British Ghanaian visual artist and performer
Heather Agyepong (born 1990)

Wish You Were Here (1. Le Cake-Walk: Rob This England), 2020
C-Type color print on Hahnemühle paper / Part of a limited edition set of 10

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Autoportrait Day 308~ Lee Krasner

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

American painter and collagist Lee Krasner (1908-1984)

1. Self-Portrait, c.1929 / Oil on canvas / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

2. Self-Portrait, c.1929–30 / Oil and graphite on paper / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

3. Self-Portrait, c.1930 / Oil on linen / The Jewish Museum, New York, NY

4. Self-Portrait, c.1931–33 / Oil on linen / Private collection

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Autoportrait Day 305~ Lou Loeber

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

Dutch painter Lou Loeber (1894-1983)

1. Self-portrait, 1921 / Oil on canvas / Cultural Heritage Agency
of the Netherlands, Amersfoort/Amsterdam/Rijswijk

2. Self-portrait, 1925 / Charcoal on paper / Utrecht, Netherlands

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Autoportrait Day 304~ Doris Lee

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

American Painter and illustrator Doris Lee (1904-1983)

Self-Portrait, c.1935 / Oil on canvas / D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc, New York, NY

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Dec. 30, 2021~ Doris Lee, Unjustly Forgotten, Gets a Belated but Full Blown Tribute
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/arts/design/doris-lee-overlooked-artist-exhibition.html

Autoportrait Day 302~ Anna Maria van Schurman

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

Dutch artist, poet, and scholar
Anna Maria van Schurman (1607-1678)

1. Self Portrait, 1625-1649 / Engraving / Various collections incl. Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, Netherlands

2. Self Portrait, 1633 / Engraving / Various collections incl. RISD Museum, Providence, RI

3. Self Portrait, c.1640 / Pastel on paper / Museum Martena, Franeker, Netherlands

4. Self Portrait, 1640; / Engraving / Various collections incl. National Museum of Women in the Arts, DC

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