With the elections tomorrow, and so much of the talk centering around the rights of women, I thought I thought it would be nice to post a medley of portraits that showcase women’s strength, beauty, and femininity over the last century or so.

Amedeo Modigliani Young Red Head in an Evening Dress, 1918

Salvador Dalí Woman at the Window at Figueres, 1926

unidentified

Terry Richardson for Purple Magazine

Stephen Poling No Shoes, 2008

Ray Cesear Mourning Glory, 2008

Richard Diebenkorn Sleeping Woman, 1961

Ramon Casas i Carbó (1866-1932) Preparing the Bath

Tony Vevers

John Currin Rachel in Fur, 2002

Ogura Yuki Bathing Women, 1938

Jared Katz Untitled, 2009

Michael Carson

Sidney Simon (1917-1997) The Red Bathrobe

Frida Kahlo Portrait of a Woman in White, ca. 1929

Eugenia Bazarovaw Liza Kotova, 2012

Jan Sluijters Rob and Liesje in the Bathroom, 1949

Jordan Sullivan

Hope Gangloff

Mary Ellen Strom Nude No. 4, Andrea-Hendrickson, ca. 2010

Alessandro Gottardo

Milton Avery Sunday Morning, 1962

Henri Matisse The French Window at Nice, 1919

Elizabeth Peyton, L.A. (E.P.), 2004

Elizabeth Mayville Top Knot

Elisa Johns Marie at Tea, ca. 2006

Olef Hajek

Edward Hopper Morning Sun, 1952

Joyce Tenneson

Balthasar Klossowski (Balthus) Alice dans le miroir, 1933

Annie Leibovitz, Gwyneth Paltrow and Mother Blythe Danner

Derek Lam 10 Crosby Street

Inslee Haynes

Billy Nava Ming Xi for Glass Magazine, 2012

Claire Elsaesser Three

Andres Marroquin

unidentified