A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries
Artist, educator, author, and illustrator Dindga McCannon (born 1947)
Threads of the Past, Inspiration for the Future, 2000 / Mixed media quilt / Fridman Gallery, NYC
Threads of the Past, Inspiration for the Future, 2000 / Mixed media quilt / Fridman Gallery, NYC
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
From 2019:
Overlooked No More: Mihri Rassim, Feminist Artist in the Ottoman Empire
Self-portrait, c.1935 / Painting on canvas / Museu Comarcal de Manresa, Catalonia, Spain
1. Cut[1], 1998 / Cut paper / Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2. Miss Obedience[1], 2000 / Marquette for banner / Museum of Modern Art, NYC
[1] https://journals.openedition.org/lisa/810?lang=en
[2] https://schirn.de/karawalker/digitorial/en
Self Portrait, 1954 / Oil on canvas / Central Bank Museums of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
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
Self Portrait with a Hat, c.1960-1970 / Drypoint / The University of Iowa, Iowa City
“Learn about the Iowa Foil Printer & the hot stamped foil print-making process”:
https://youtu.be/QIDRjnlDP_c
1. Calliope from Zabat series, 1989 / Dye destruction print / Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
3. Les Bijoux I from Les Bijoux series, 2002 / Polaroid print on paper / Tate, London, UK
1. Self Portrait, N/D / Painting / Location?
2. Self Portrait, 1940 / Casein on board / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC
3. Under the Influence of the Masters, 1939 / Gray-wash watercolor / Front page of the Negro History Bulletin, Volume 2, issue 7
“A year later [1940], Jones produced an oil self-portrait with the same short hairstyle as the anonymous painter in the [Negro History Bulletin] watercolor, in a similar smock and collared shirt, suggesting she also had depicted herself in the earlier work.”
Self-Portrait with Tattoos, Samoa, 1928 / Watercolor and ink on paper / Private collection
More Dorr Bothwell self-portraits at the The Archive of the Mendocino Heritage Artists:
https://www.williamzacha.com/artists/dorr-bothwell/db-art/db-self-portraits/