A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries
American artist and educator Mary E. Hutchinson (1906-1970)
Self-portrait, c.1927 / Painting / Private collection
Self-portrait, c.1927 / Painting / Private collection
February Blues, 2021 / Oil, Acrylic, and Imitation Gold Leaf on canvas
Self-portrait of a triple-talented artist (painter, sculptor, and musician), c.1815
Oil on canvas, signed lower left: D. E. Brante px / Private collection
Self-portrait, c.1801 / Oil on canvas / Bibliothèque Marmottan, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Metamorphosis II, 1939-1940, by M.C. Escher (1898-1972) / https://mcescher.com/about/biography/
Woodcut on paper / Boston Public Library / https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:ww72cb78j
metamorphosis (noun) me-tə-ˈmȯr-fə-səs
1a: change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means
the metamorphosis of humans into animals
1b: a striking alteration in appearance, character, or circumstances
The company has gone through a series of metamorphoses.
2: a typically marked and more or less abrupt developmental change in the form or structure of an animal (such as a butterfly or a frog) occurring subsequent to birth or hatching
the metamorphosis of caterpillars into butterflies
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metamorphosis
8. Metamorphosis of Narcissus, 1937, by Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)
https://www.salvador-dali.org/en/dali/bio-dali/
Oil paint on canvas / Tate, London, UK
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/dali-metamorphosis-of-narcissus-t02343
9. Metamorphosis, 1948, by Zubeida Agha (1922-1997)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zubeida_Agha
Oil on canvas / Private collection
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/zubeida-agha-metamorphosis
10. Metamorphosis, 1954, by Fay Lansner (1921–2010)
https://www.faylansner.com/about/biography
Oil on canvas / Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/69324
11. Metamorphosis, 1964, by Bridget Riley (born 1931)
https://nmwa.org/art/artists/bridget-riley/
Wood, Liquid suspension / Centro de Arte Moderna, Lisboa, Portugal
https://gulbenkian.pt/cam/en/works_cam/metamorphosis-153359/
12. Metamorphosis I, 1974, by Stella Waitzkin (1920-2003)
https://www.kohlerfoundation.org/preservation/major-collections/stella-waitzkin/
Cast polyester resin and sandstone with paint and wood / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC
https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/metamorphosis-i-25814
13. Metamorphose einer Frau, 1987, by Leonor Fini (1908-1996)
http://www.leonor-fini.com/en/biography/
Eight screenprints in colors mounted on a four panel wooden screen / Private collection
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/women-artists/metamorphosis-of-a-woman
14. Metamorphosis III, 1992, by John Thomas Biggers (1924-2001)
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/biggers-john-thomas-1924-2001/
Lithograph printed in brown on cream wove paper / Various collections
https://www.artnet.com/artists/john-thomas-biggers/metamorphosis-iii-QWzRsvjy0CJhSUtsJxZEfg2
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Monday, January 30: Metamorphosis in Art, Part 1 of 2
https://schristywolfe.com/2023/01/30/metamorphosis-in-art-part-1-of-2/
Metamorphosis III, 1967–1968, by M.C. Escher (1898-1972) / https://mcescher.com/about/biography/
Woodcut on paper mounted on canvas, partly colored by hand / Boston Public Library
https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:ww72cb78j
Self portrait, ND / Miniature watercolor on vellum / Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
2. Self-portrait, early 1940’s / Pencil on paper / Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum, Montgomery, AL
The Marginalian: Zelda Fitzgerald’s Little-Known Art
https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/04/15/zelda-fitzgerald-art/
Metamorphosis II, 1939-1940, by M.C. Escher (1898-1972) / https://mcescher.com/about/biography/
Woodcut on paper / Boston Public Library / https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:ww72cb78j
metamorphosis (noun) me-tə-ˈmȯr-fə-səs
1a: change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means
the metamorphosis of humans into animals
1b: a striking alteration in appearance, character, or circumstances
The company has gone through a series of metamorphoses.
2: a typically marked and more or less abrupt developmental change in the form or structure of an animal (such as a butterfly or a frog) occurring subsequent to birth or hatching
the metamorphosis of caterpillars into butterflies
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metamorphosis
1. The Metamorphosis of Daphne by Master of the Judgement of Paris (active mid-15th C)
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/master-of-the-judgement-of-paris
Tempera on wood / The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-metamorphosis-of-daphne-33148
2. The Metamorphosis of Hermaphrodite and Salmacis, c.1517, by Jan Gossaert (c.1478–1532)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Gossaert
Oil on panel / Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
https://www.boijmans.nl/en/collection/artworks/3731/the-metamorphosis-of-hermaphrodite-and-salmacis
3. Plate 5 from Dissertation in Insect Generations and Metamorphosis in Surinam, 1719, by Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/maria-sibylla-merian-metamorphosis-art-and-science.html
Hand-colored engraving on paper / National Museum of Women in the Arts, DC
https://nmwa.org/art/collection/plate-5-dissertation-insect-generations-and-metamorphosis-surinam/
4. Les Métamorphoses d’Ovide, before 1886, by Auguste Rodin (1840–1917)
https://rodinmuseum.org/collection/about-auguste-rodin
Plaster / Musée Rodin, Paris, France
https://collections.musee-rodin.fr/fr/museum/rodin/les-metamorphoses-d-ovide/S.02871?anneeDeCreation%5B0%5D=1886&position=91
5. Metamorphosis, 1908, by Piet Mondrian (1872-1944)
https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/piet-mondrian
Oil on canvas / Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Netherlands, gift of Sal Slijper
https://rkd.nl/en/explore/images/268881
6. Metamorphosis, 1917, by Gaganendranath Tagore (1867—1938)
https://indianhistorycollective.com/the-satirical-genius-of-gaganendranath-tagore-artistic-indianart-bengals-peasantryclass-cartoons-painting-master/
Collection of 16 lithographs bound in one volume / Various collections incl. V&A, London, UK
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1171926/metamorphosis-lithograph-tagore-gaganendranath/
7. Metamorphosis, 1936, by Herbert Bayer (1900-1985)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Bayer
Gelatin silver print / Various collections including The Met, NYC
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/265442
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Monday, February 6: Metamorphosis in Art, Part 2 of 2
https://schristywolfe.com/2023/02/06/metamorphosis-in-art-part-2-of-2/
Metamorphosis III, 1967–1968, by M.C. Escher (1898-1972) / https://mcescher.com/about/biography/
Woodcut on paper mounted on canvas, partly colored by hand / Boston Public Library
https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:ww72cb78j
Self-portrait, 1927 / Pastel on paper / Private collection
Threads of the Past, Inspiration for the Future, 2000 / Mixed media quilt / Fridman Gallery, NYC