A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries
French painter Marie Guilhelmine Benoist (1768-1826)

Self-Portrait, 1786 / Oil on canvas / Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany

Self-Portrait, 1786 / Oil on canvas / Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany

Streetcars of Desires, 2020 / Oil on canvas / Meredith Rosen Gallery, NYC

Self-Portrait of the Artist with Physicalized Soul, 2013
Mixed-media assemblage / The Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC

Self-caricature from the book Collier’s Collects Its Wits, 1941
Image found here: http://mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com/2021/03/colliers-collects-its-wits-66.html

1. Mum/me, 2014 / Plaster / Artist’s collection

2. Mum/me II, 2016 / Plaster / Artist’s collection


Autoportret, before 1920 / Oil on cardboard / Private collection

1. Self Portrait in a Green Blouse, ND / Oil on canvas / Private collection

2. Self-Portrait, c.1925 / Oil on canvas / National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

3. Self-Portrait, c.1930 / Oil on canvas / Tate, London, UK

1. Self-Portrait, c.1935 / Oil on board / The Jewish Museum, NY, NY

2. Self-Portrait, c.1935-1940 / Pen and ink / Private collection

3. Untitled (Self-Portrait), c.1938 / Ink and watercolor on paper / National Portrait Gallery, DC


Self-portrait, 1937 / Terracotta / Private collection