Autoportrait Day 320~ Zelda Fitzgerald

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

Writer, dancer, and painter Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald (1900-1948)

1. Self-Portrait, early 1940s / Watercolor and graphite on paper / Princeton University Libraries, NJ

2. Self-portrait, early 1940’s / Pencil on paper / Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum, Montgomery, AL

3. Paper Dolls: Zelda, Little Scottie, and two costumes, c.1932 / Watercolor and graphite on paper. / Private collection

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The Marginalian: Zelda Fitzgerald’s Little-Known Art
https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/04/15/zelda-fitzgerald-art/

Autoportrait Day 318~ Dindga McCannon

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

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Autoportrait Day 316~ Rolinda Sharples

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

English painter Rolinda Sharples (1793-1838)

1. Portrait of the Artist, c.1814 / Oil on panel / Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, UK

2. The Artist and Her Mother, 1816 / Oil on panel / Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, UK

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Autoportrait Day 315~ Ángeles Santos Torroella

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

Catalan painter, graphic artist, and illustrator
Ángeles Santos Torroella (1911-2013)

1. Autorretrato, 1928 / Oil on canvas / Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain

2. Autorretrato, 1943 / I was unable to find further information

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Autoportrait Day 314~ Erica Deeman

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

British (active in USA) interdisciplinary artist
Erica Deeman (born 1977)

1. Untitled 11 (Self Portrait), 2020 / Cassius Obsidian clay / Image: Anthony Meier Gallery, Mill Valley, CA

2. Untitled 14 (Self Portrait), 2020 / Cassius Obsidian clay / Image: Anthony Meier Gallery, Mill Valley, CA

3. Self Portrait #2, 2020 / Instax film / The Svane Family Foundation, San Francisco, CA

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Autoportrait Day 312~ Mary Cassatt

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

American painter and printmaker Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)

1. Portrait of the Artist, 1878 / Watercolor and gouache on paper / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

2. Self-Portrait, c.1880 / Gouache and watercolor over graphite on paper / National Portrait Gallery, DC

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Autoportrait Day 311~ Mihri Müşfik Hanım

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

Abkhazian painter Mihri Rasim Müşfik Açba (1886-1954)

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

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From 2019:
Overlooked No More: Mihri Rassim, Feminist Artist in the Ottoman Empire

 

Autoportrait Day 310~ Heather Agyepong

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

British Ghanaian visual artist and performer
Heather Agyepong (born 1990)

Wish You Were Here (1. Le Cake-Walk: Rob This England), 2020
C-Type color print on Hahnemühle paper / Part of a limited edition set of 10

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