A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries
Norwegian painter Harriet Backer (1845-1932)

Self Portrait (unfinished), 1910 / Oil on canvas / The National Museum, Oslo, Norway

Self Portrait (unfinished), 1910 / Oil on canvas / The National Museum, Oslo, Norway

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

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


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



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

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

Self-Portrait in Paris, 1930 / Oil on canvas / Private collection
Greta Gerell on Artnet: https://www.artnet.com/artists/greta-gerell/

1. Self-Portrait, c.1929 / Oil on canvas / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

2. Self-Portrait, c.1929–30 / Oil and graphite on paper / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

3. Self-Portrait, c.1930 / Oil on linen / The Jewish Museum, New York, NY

4. Self-Portrait, c.1931–33 / Oil on linen / Private collection

Self-portrait, c.1935 / Painting on canvas / Museu Comarcal de Manresa, Catalonia, Spain