A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries
Artist and calligrapher Esther Inglis (1571-1624)
Tag Archives: Watercolor
Autoportrait Day 17~ Bess Norriss Tait
A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries
Watercolor and miniature painter Bess Norriss Tait (1878-1939)
1. Self Portrait, 1909 / watercolor and bodycolor / National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2. Probable self portrait, c.1900-1910 / watercolor / National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
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Born on October 18~ Fanny Y. Cory
Fanny Young Cory (October 18, 1877-July 28, 1972) was an illustrator for magazines and books, a watercolorist, and one of America’s first female syndicated cartoonists.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Cory
Illustration for The Fanny Cory Mother Goose by Fanny Y. Cory
1913 / 11″x9″, 73 pages / Bobs-Merrill Company Publishers, NY
Fanny Y. Cory on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/fanny-y-cory/
Further reading:
https://fycory.com/
https://www.dbdowd.com/illustration-history/2015/11/13/fanny-young-cory
http://montanawomenshistory.org/drawing-on-motherhood-the-cartoons-and-illustrations-of-fanny-cory-cooney/
https://library.osu.edu/site/cartoons/2019/01/10/student-post-the-life-of-cartoonist-and-illustrator-fanny-y-cory/
Born September 27~ Mary Grierson
Mary Anderson Grierson (September 27, 1912-January 30, 2012) was a Welsh-born Scottish illustrator and longtime staff artist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Grierson
Epigeneium Coelogyne by Mary Grierson
ND / Watercolor on paper / 15-3/4″x11-2/5″ / Shirley Sherwood Gallery at Kew, London, UK
Mary Grierson on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/mary-grierson/
Further reading:
https://www.huntbotanical.org/exhibitions/show.php?85
https://suffolkartists.co.uk/index.cgi?choice=painter&pid=4222
https://www.botanicalartandartists.com/about-mary-grierson.html
Born August 2~ Käte Steinitz
Käte Traumann Steinitz (August 2, 1889-April 7, 1975) was a German-American artist, photographer, collector, writer, librarian, and expert on Leonardo da Vinci.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Steinitz
Young Girl by Käte Steinitz / 1939 / Watercolor and chalk / Sheet: 17-1/2″x12-1/2″
UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Käte Steinitz on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/k%C3%A4te-steinitz/
Further reading:
https://arthistorians.info/steinitzk
https://www.ma-g.org/artists/kate-steinitz/
https://collections.lacma.org/node/178972
https://www.fembio.org/english/biography.php/woman/biography/kate-steinitz/
Born May 6~ Gladys Nilsson
Gladys Nilsson (born May 6, 1940) is a contemporary American artist known for watercolors and collages.
Biography on National Gallery of Art:
https://www.nga.gov/features/exhibitions/outliers-and-american-vanguard-artist-biographies/gladys-nilsson.html
Pink Suit #2 by Gladys Nilsson
1966 / Watercolor, over graphite on paper / 16-1/10″x10-1/10″ / Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Gladys Nilsson on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/gladys-nilsson/
Further reading:
https://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/gladys-nilsson-retrospective-honk-matthew-marks-garth-greenan-hairy-who
https://www.frieze.com/article/gladys-nilsson-older-i-get-bigger-i-want-these-women-be
https://interactive.wttw.com/art-design-chicago/hairy-who
Born May 5~ Sarah Choate Sears
Sarah Choate Sears (May 5, 1858-September 25, 1935) was an American art collector, art patron, cultural entrepreneur, artist, and photographer.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Choate_Sears
1896 / Watercolor, gouache, and ink on paper / 13-3/4″x21-1/4″ / Private collection
c.1892-c.1905 / Gelatin silver print / 6″x8″ / Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
Sarah Choate Sears on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/sarah-choate-sears/
More links:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/267677
https://archive.artic.edu/stieglitz/sarah-choate-sears/
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/mrs-joshua-montgomery-sears-sarah-choate-sears-john-singer-sargent/mgEnevNyoIuktA?hl=en
Born January 2~ Slava Raškaj
Slava Raškaj (January 2, 1877-March 29, 1906) was a Croatian watercolorist.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slava_Ra%C5%A1kaj
Yellow Cock and White Hen / 1899 / Watercolor
Moderna Galerija, Zagreb, Croatia
Water Lilies I / 1899 / Watercolor
Moderna Galerija, Zagreb, Croatia
Partage Plus online visual database: http://partage.muo.hr/?object=list&find=Slava+Ra%C5%A1kaj
Further reading:
http://hirc.botanic.hr/vrt/english/new/Slava_raskaj.htm
https://www.pragmaprojects.com/deafhistory/index.php/component/zoo/item/slava-raskaj
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/slava-raskaj/
Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month~ December 12
Indian Squirrel and Tamarind by William Hooker after James Forbes
1769 / Hand-colored aquatint engraving / 11 3/4″x8 7/8″ approx.
Various collections, including the British Library, London, UK
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The Art & Science of Indian Botanicals
https://sarmaya.in/spotlight/the-art-science-of-indian-botanicals/
Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month~ December 9
Fantastic Hairdress with Fruit and Vegetable Motif
by anonymous artist, based on an etching by Matthew Darly
18th century / Watercolor on canvas laid down on board
17 1/4″x22″ / The Met, NY, NY
The Misty Miss Christy 