A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries
Portrait artist and painter Ava Lagercrantz (1862-1938)
Self Portrait, 1889 / Oil on canvas / Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Self Portrait, 1889 / Oil on canvas / Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Sarah Miriam Peale (May 19, 1800-February 4, 1885) was an American portrait painter, considered the first American woman to succeed as a professional artist.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Miriam_Peale
Portrait of the Honorable Dixon Hall Lewis by Sarah Miriam Peale
c.1842 / Oil on canvas / Size? / Birmingham Museum of Art, AL
Sarah Miriam Peale on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/sarah-miriam-peale/
Further reading:
https://nmwa.org/art/artists/sarah-miriam-peale/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23428892/lengthy-article-detailing-the-life-of/
https://nbmaa.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/a-dynasty-of-artists-the-peale-family/
Painter Cecilia Beaux (May 1, 1855-September 17, 1942) “successfully negotiated the gender separatism of the late nineteenth century while she gained international renown, allowing her to become the first full-time woman instructor at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.”
Biography on the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia:
https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/art-of-cecilia-beaux/
Mother and Daughter by Cecilia Beaux
1898 / Oil on canvas / 83″x44″ / Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Cecilia Beaux on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/cecilia-beaux/
Further reading:
https://nmwa.org/art/artists/cecilia-beaux/
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/cecilia-beaux-300
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Beaux
2009 / Gold leaf and oil on wood / Private collection
Artistic and personal partners for more than fifty years, Ricketts and Shannon designed and illustrated books, established an occasional art journal, The Dial, in 1889 and founded the Vale Press in 1894. Named after their house, The Vale, in Chelsea, they published a total of about 75 books, including a complete reprint of the works of Shakespeare.
~The Fitzwilliam Museum
Mr Charles Ricketts and Mr Charles Hazelwood Shannon [Part IX]
by Sir William Rothenstein / 1897 / Tate Britain, London, UK
Don Juan challenging the Commander by Charles Ricketts
c.1928 / Oil on canvas / Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Charles de Sousy Ricketts by Charles Haslewood Shannon
1898 / Oil on canvas / National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
Exhibited 1926 / Oil on canvas / 40”x30 1/5” / Tate museums, United Kingdom
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c.18th century / Oil on canvas / 23 5/8”x21 3/4” / Brooklyn Museum, NYC
Portrait series based on a 1615 Spanish engraving from a history of the Spanish conquest of the Americas
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c.1681 / Oil on canvas / 21”x18” / Tate Britain, London, UK
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1783 / Oil on canvas / 28 1/2”x36 1/4” / Winterthur Museum, Delaware
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1887 / Oil on canvas / 51”x34 1/4” / Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
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