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Autoportrait Day 258~ Maria Walpurgis

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

Princess of Bavaria and Electress of Saxony, composer, singer, harpsichordist, painter, pastellist, poet, librettist, and patron of the arts Maria Antonia Walpurgis Symphorosa (1724-1780)

1. Self-portrait, c.1767–1772 / Oil on canvas / Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

2. Engraving by Giuseppe Canale based on a pastel self-portrait, 1764 / British Museum, London, UK

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Autoportrait Day 256~ Hannah Maynard

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

Canadian photographer Hannah Maynard (1834-1918)

Self-portrait with multiple exposures, c.1893 / Modern print from original glass negative
Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC, Canada

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Hannah Maynard: “The Most Surreal Pictures in the Victorian World”
https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/hannah-maynard-photography-victoria-surreal

Autoportrait Day 253~ Amelia Peláez

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

Cuban painter Amelia Peláez del Casal (1896-1968)

1. Autorretrato, 1935 / Graphite on paper on board / Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL

2. Autorretrato, 1945 / Gouache on paper on board / Private collection

3. Autorretrato, 1946 / Gouache and watercolor on paper / Private collection

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Autoportrait Day 251~ Elvira Bach

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

Postmodernist German painter Elvira Bach (born 1951)

1. Self-portrait with Shoe, 1992 / Color offset on paper / Private collection

2. All That is Me, 2013 / Oil on canvas / Private collection

3. Self, 2015 / Acrylic on canvas / Private collection

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