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"Autorretrato (Self-Portrait)" by Marisa Roësset (Spanish) - Oil on canvas / 1924 - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid, Spain) #WomenInArt #BlueskyArt #art #artText #Roësset #MuseoReinaSofía #selfportrait #SpanishArt #WomensArt #WomanArtist #WomenArtists #MarisaRoesset #MarisaRoësset
Painted when Marisa Roësset (María Luisa Roësset y Velasco) was about 20, this self-portrait introduces a modern Spanish artist quietly claiming space in a conservative society. The young light-skinned woman artist with short, softly waved brown hair sits side-on along a patterned sofa, turning to meet our gaze. She wears a long blue dress with a wide, ruffled white collar and cuffs, tied at the chest with a loose blue bow. Her body stretches diagonally across the canvas, one hand resting on the sofa’s edge beside a pale straw hat, the other extended to the right, fingers relaxed on her knee. A tiny spray of yellow flowers tucks into her waistband. Behind her, a bookshelf, a copper vase and a softly glowing green table lamp create a warm, shadowy interior. Her expression is calm but guarded with a slightly tilted head, steady eyes and gently set mouth which gives the portrait an introspective, almost melancholic mood. Trained in Madrid in the circle of Daniel Vázquez Díaz and other leading painters, Roësset came from a family of writers and artists, and would later found a painting school that ran for three decades, teaching younger women such as Menchu Gal. Here she stages herself as both respectable señorita and serious painter. The blue dress and flowers hint at youth and decorum, while the books, studio lamp, and confident pose speak of study, long evenings at the easel, and an emerging professional identity. Her direct gaze resists being read as merely decorative. Instead, she appears thoughtful, slightly tired, perhaps aware of the limits placed on women’s ambitions in 1920s Spain. Today, this canvas stands as an early landmark in Roësset’s career and in the recovery of women artists linked to circles like the Lyceum Club Femenino and the later “Las Sinsombrero,” reminding viewers that Spanish modernism was shaped not only by its famous men, but also by painters like Roësset whose work is only now receiving sustained attention.
December 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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March 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Reposo (Rest) aka Self-portrait by Marisa Roësset (Spanish) - Oil on canvas / 1928 - Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain) #womeninart #portrait #bighat #mariaroesset #womanartist #portraitofawoman #womensart #MuseuNacionald’ArtdeCatalunya #MarisaRoësset #art #sombrero #oilpainting
Marisa Roësset Velasco was a Spanish painter from an artsy family which greatly influenced her path as an artist. It was through her artistic lineage that Marisa developed an early interest in painting, including a self-portrait in pastel and other watercolor paintings by the time she was fourteen. She attended the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid, studying under Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor, José María López Mezquita, and Daniel Vázquez Díaz. There, Marisa worked with influential contemporaries such as Salvador Dalí, Victorina Durán, and Lucía Sánchez Saornil. This allowed her to forge a unique artistic identity which we see in this striking painting that is frequently attributed to her as a self portrait. Wearing an overly-large straw hat with fern-colored accents, she sits casually on a brown tree log with a small tan, black, and white dog at her feet, set against a vivid backdrop of blue and teal foliage. Her relaxed demeanor with her hands clasped pulling her left knee towards herself is countered by a long hunting rifle leans against the log to her left. She avoids our gaze to the right while the dog attentively stares directly at us. Marisa's neatly-styled short dark hair and the large hat frame her expression of slightly raised eyebrows, rosy cheeks, and a gentle smile, suggesting both confidence and kindness. She is dressed in a lightweight cream blouse and white trousers with a black belt plus brown knee-high hunting boots for a look that is both fashionable and suited for the outdoors. The large straw hat with a pointy top and wide up-turned brim common in a sombrero is detailed with green embellishments, provides a striking contrast to her outfit while offering a touch of rustic charm.
January 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM