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Lupe Marín sits on a woven, rustic bench in a spare studio interior. She has medium-brown skin, short dark hair swept up, and small earrings. Her white dress falls in broad, heavy folds across her lap with a pale belt at the waist. Both hands are clasped firmly over one knee, the knuckles and tendons modeled with weight and warmth. Thick silver bangles circle each wrist, and a strand of turquoise beads with a carved pendant rests at her chest, paired with a closer, shell collar. Her posture is upright with shoulders set, chin slightly lifted, and mouth parted as if mid-breath. She gazes upward and away from us. Behind her, a mirror leans against a wall reflecting a red-brown window frame and her own presence in a quieter register. The floorboards almost glow honey-yellow, grounding the scene in everyday material life. Rivera’s palette keeps the whites luminous without erasing texture so the portrait feels both intimate and monumental. Painted in 1938, this portrait treats Marín not as just an accessory to Mexican artist Diego Rivera. She was one of his recurring models and an incisive cultural presence in her own right. The studio setting in San Ángel and the emphasis on “Mexican” space and adornment situate her within postrevolutionary modernity as a woman framed by national symbols yet refusing to be reduced to them. The doubled image created by the mirror turns the work into a meditation on identity and how a public figure is seen, and how she might see herself when no one is asking her to pose. That same year, Rivera produced portraits connected to Marín’s novel “La única” (published in 1938), a sharp, scandal-stirring literary portrait of her circle. Beside that context, her upward glance can feel like casual independence while her clasped hands insist on self-possession. The painting becomes less a “muse” image than a declaration that Lupe Marín as author of her own narrative, can be depicted with paint, but not contained by it.

“Retrato de Lupe Marín” by Diego Rivera (Mexican) - Oil on canvas / 1938 - Museo de Arte Moderno (Mexico City, Mexico) #WomenInArt #MuseoDeArteModerno #MAM #MexicanArt #DiegoRivera #Rivera #ModernArt #WomenPortraits #LupeMarín #LupeMarin #arte #pintura #artText #MexicanArtist #art #PortraitofaWoman

A painted portrait shows an adult Chinese woman seated against a softly mottled field of green, teal, and warm beige. She has light-to-medium skin with gentle pink shading at the cheeks and along the neck, dark eyes, and black hair gathered into a loose, rounded bob with curled strands at the temples. Her head turns slightly to her left, while her gaze looks off to the right, creating a composed, inward, observant expression. Strong, simplified features like arched brows, a long nose, and full red lips are outlined with decisive dark strokes. She wears a plain white long-sleeved blouse with a rounded neckline edged in a thin dark line; the sleeves billow softly and end in ruffled cuffs. She is modeled with thin washes and visible brushwork rather than heavy layers, so the surface feels airy and direct. Her hands rest in her lap with long fingers. A blush of pink appears near the lower edge, hinting at a skirt. In the upper left corner, the artist’s red inscription includes his name (Ding Yanyong) and a clear date, “31/12.71,” which anchors the portrait as a specific moment recorded with speed and intention. The painting’s power comes from restraint so her posture and gaze carry meaning. The calligraphic contour line acts like structure and emotion at once as it sharpens the blouse’s edges, sketches the hands, and crisply defines the face, while translucent color washes soften everything into quiet atmosphere. The sitter’s averted eyes suggest privacy and self-possession. The explicit dating (December 31, 1971) feels like a closing note to a year, turning this portrait into a kind of witness. Even if Ms. Meng Xia’s biography isn’t widely published, Ding’s economical, attentive, and unsentimental treatment frames her as unmistakably individual, with dignity held in line, silence, and steadiness.

“孟霞女士肖像 (Portrait of Ms. Meng Xia)” by 丁衍庸 / Ding Yanyong (Chinese) - Oil on canvas / 1971 - Long Museum West Bund (Shanghai, China) #WomenInArt #LongMuseum #DingYanyong #丁衍庸 #Ding #ChineseArt #WomenPortraits #art #artText #artwork #BlueskyArt #OilPainting #龙美术馆 #西岸馆 #PortraitofaWoman #ChineseArtist

Je suis super content de mon portrait de Lea Massari. J'attends toujours mon sponsoring par Caran d'Ache. #leamassari #portrait #womenportraits #carandache #neocolorI #tabouleh

Bon, j'avais sorti mes pinceaux, j'ai fait un peu de figuration libre. #figurationlibre #acrylicink #ink #womenportraits #telephone #tabouleh #jaiquequatrecouleurs

Hommage dégueulasse a Perrette Pradier que littéralement tout le monde adore #oilpastel #portrait #oilpastels #womenportraits #tabouleh