Museu Soares dos Reis, Porto
The self-portrait of Aurélia de Sousa was selected in the year 2000 by the Royal Academy of Arts in London to represent the art that was being created in 1900 all around the world. And yet, who in Portugal is familiar with the painting of the enigmatic Aurélia de Sousa? A painter from Porto who studied in Paris and surprisingly challenged the conventions of her time.