A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries
Dutch painter Wilhelmina Geertruida van Idsinga (1788–1819)

Self-Portrait, 1817 / Oil on canvas / Old Burger Orphanage, Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Self-Portrait, 1817 / Oil on canvas / Old Burger Orphanage, Leeuwarden, Netherlands


Self-Portrait, ND / Unfired clay / Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA

1. Self-Portrait with a Palette, ND / Oil on canvas laid on canvas / Private collection

2. Portrait of the Artist, c.1800 / Oil on canvas / Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

3. Presumably a Self-Portrait of the Artist and Her Husband on Their Wedding Trip
1821 / Oil on canvas / Private collection


2. Self-Portrait, c.1920 / Oil on canvas / RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Selma Hortense Burke (December 31, 1900-August 29, 1995) was an American sculptor, educator, and member of the Harlem Renaissance movement.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_Burke

Monument to the Tuskegee Airmen by Selma Burke / 1942 / Bronze / 9-1/4″x6″x6″
From The Melvin Holmes Collection of African American Art, San Francisco, CA
Selma Burke on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/selma-burke/
Further reading:
https://www.ncmaahc.org/posts/selma-burke
https://thejohnsoncollection.org/selma-burke/
https://www.villagepreservation.org/2021/03/01/groundbreaking-artist-and-educator-selma-hortense-burkes-home-at-88-east-10th-street/
Lila Pell Katzen (December 30, 1925-September 20, 1998) was an American sculptor of fluid, large-scale metal abstractions. Originally a painter, she began to focus her attention on sculpture in 1964.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lila_Katzen

Pinkney by Lila Katzen
1978 / Steel, Cor-Ten / 61″x55″x30″ / Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
Lila Katzen on Invaluable: https://www.invaluable.com/artist/katzen-lila-pell-m2pdkuhmt6/sold-at-auction-prices/
Further reading:
https://www.groundsforsculpture.org/artists/lila-katzen/
https://stanleymuseum.uiowa.edu/about/stories-from-sma/from-the-archives-2/
https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/04/nyregion/lila-katzen-72-sculptor-of-abstract-works.html
Lila Katzen Lecture, 1981, at Maryland Institute College of Art: https://archive.org/details/mma240-02/mma240-01.wav
Nadezhda Andreevna Udaltsova (December 29, 1885-January 25, 1961) was a Russian avant-garde painter and educator. Udaltsova was affiliated with Cubism and later with Suprematism.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadezhda_Udaltsova

At the Piano by Nadeshda Udaltsova
1915 / Oil on canvas / 42″x35-1/16″ / Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Nadeshda Udaltsova on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/nadezhda-andreevna-udaltsova/
Further reading:
https://www.museothyssen.org/en/collection/artists/udaltsova-nadeshda
https://monoskop.org/Nadezhda_Udaltsova
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/nadejda-andreevna-oudaltsova/
Marie van Regteren Altena (December 28, 1868-July 6, 1958) was a painter known for her still lifes. She was a member of The Amsterdam Joffers, a group of female Dutch Late Impressionists who met weekly.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_van_Regteren_Altena

Teatime by Marie van Regteren Altena
ND / Oil on canvas / 15-3/4″x13-2/5″ / Private collection
Marie van Regteren Altena on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/marie-van-regteren-altena/
Further reading:
https://www.simonis-buunk.com/artist/marie-van-regteren-altena/artworks-for-sale/3353/
https://www-stedelijkmuseumschiedam-nl.translate.goog/marie-van-regteren-altena-1868-1958/?_x_tr_sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
https://historischekringlaren-nl.translate.goog/maria-engelina-van-regteren-altena/?_x_tr_sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
Ingri d’Aulaire (December 27, 1904-October 24, 1980) was a children’s book writer and illustrator, who worked in collaboration with her husband and fellow artist, Edgar Parin d’Aulaire.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingri_and_Edgar_Parin_d%27Aulaire

Illustration from The Conquest of the Atlantic by Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
1933 / Lithograph / 55 pp, 12″x10″ / Viking Press, New York
https://archive.org/details/conquestofatlant00daul/mode/2up
Ingri d’Aulaire on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13561098.Ingri_d_Aulaire
Further reading:
https://www.nyrb.com/collections/ingri-and-edgar-parin-daulaire
https://www.nocloo.com/ingri-edgar-parin-aulaire-biography/
https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Edgar-Parin-dAulaire-and-Ingri-dAulaire/316738
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-daulaires-book-of-greek-myths-is-famous-but-what-about-their-forgotten-american-stories