Autoportrait Day 190~ Sarah Bernhardt

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

Actress, artist, and writer Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923)

1. Self-Portrait as a Chimera, c.1880 / Bronze
Various collections including Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

2. Self-Portrait as Roland’s Daughter, 1876 / Terracotta / The Jewish Museum, NYC

3. Self-Portrait, 1910 / Oil on canvas / Bemberg Foundation, Toulouse, France

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Autoportrait Day 189~ Alison Bechdel

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

Cartoonist, writer, and graphic memoirist Alison Bechdel (born 1960)

1. Self portrait as Harriet the Spy, published in New York Times July 26, 2012

2. Self portrait for The New Yorker, published April 16, 2012

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Why Alison Bechdel’s ‘Dykes to Watch Out For’ is still popular after nearly 40 years
https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2022/07/06/why-is-alison-bechdels-dykes-to-watch-out-for-still-popular-after-nearly-40-years

Read the 1985 comic strip that inspired the Bechdel Test.
https://lithub.com/read-the-1985-comic-strip-that-inspired-the-bechdel-test/

Autoportrait Day 182~ Pan Yuliang

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

Chinese painter and sculptor Pan Yuliang (1895-1977)

1. Self-Portrait, 1924 / Oil on canvas / Private collection

2. Self-Portrait, 1936 / Oil on canvas / Private collection

3. Self-Portrait in Red, c.1940 / Oil on canvas / International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, Netherlands

4. Self-Portrait, 1945 / Oil on canvas / National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China

5. Sculpted self-portrait of Yuliang, 1951 / Bronze / Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France

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Autoportrait Day 181~ Tobi Alexandra Falade

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

Nigerian-born British artist Tobi Alexandra Falade (born 1995)

1. Between Two Worlds, 2019 / Oil on canvas / Höttinger Collection, London, UK

2. My Other, 2019 / Bronze / Private collection

3. We Will Come Find You, 2020 / Oil on linen / Private collection

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