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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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Autoportrait Day 121~ Frances Hodgkins

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

New Zealand painter Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947)

1. Self Portrait (Still Life), c.1935-6 / Oil on canvas / Ravenscar Trust Collection, Christchurch, NZ

2. Self Portrait: Still Life, c.1935 / Oil on cardboard / Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, NZ

3. Still Life: Self-Portrait, c.1935 / Oil on canvas
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, NZ

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Autoportrait Day 120~ Maria Margaretha la Fargue

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

Dutch artist Maria Margaretha la Fargue (1743-1813)

1. Self-Portrait of the Artist, c.1765-1770 / Pencil, brush in brown ink, brown wash
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2. “Portrait of a young lady standing by a garden ornament, said to be a portrait of the artist”
1771 / Oil on panel / Private collection

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