Well-Known Women Artists

This list is of well-known women in all fields of art such as painting, sculpture, photography, crafts, and architecture.

AMERICA Abakanowicz, Magdalena, 1930 Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991 Albers, Anni, 1899-1994 Arbus, Diane, 1923-1971 Attie, Dotty, 1938 Aycock, Alice, 1946 Baca, Judith Francisca, 1946 Bacon, Peggy, 1895-1987 Bartlett, Jennifer, 1941 Beaux, Cecilia, 1855-1942 Benglis, Linda, 1941 Bishop, Isabel, 1902-1988 Bontecou, Lee, 1931 Bouguereau, Elizabeth Jane Gardner, 1837-1922 Bourgeois, Louise, 1911, b. France Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971 Brown, Joan, 1938-1990 Brownscombe, Jennie Augusta, 1850-1936 Butterfield, Deborah, 1949 Butterworth, Elizabeth, 1949 Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926 Catlett, Elizabeth, 1915 Chicago, Judy, 1939 Chryssa, 1933 Cordero, Helen, 1915-1994 Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976 Dahl-Wolfe, Louise, 1895-1989 Daw, Leila, 1940 de Kooning, Elaine, 1920-1989 Duckworth, Ruth, 1919 Edelson, Mary Beth, 1934 Eiosenman, Nicole, 1963 Falkenstein, Claire, 1908 Fish, Janet, 1938 Flack, Audrey, 1931 Forrester, Patricia Tobacco, 1940 Frank, Mary, 1933 Frankenthaler, Helen, 1928 Frey, Viola, 1933 Friedlander, Lee, 1934 Fuller, Meta Vaux Warrick, 1877-1968 Gillespie, Dorothy, 1920 Gilpin, Laura, 1891-1979 Goldin, Nan, 1953 Goodacre, Glenna, 1939 Graves, Nancy, 1940-1995 Hale, Ellen Day, 1855-1940 Hamilton, Ann, 1956 Hardin, Helen, 1943-1984 Hartigan, Grace, 1922 Hesse, Eva, 1936-1970, b. Germany Hoffman, Malvina, 1887-1966 Holt, Nancy, 1938 Holzer, Jenny, 1950 Hosmer, Harriet, 1830-1908 Hu, Mary Lee, 1943 Huntington, Anna Hyatt, 1876-1973 Hurd, Henriette Wyeth, 1907-1997 Jacobi, Lotte, 1896-1990 Jaudon, Valeric, 1945 Jessup, Georgia Mills, 1926 Jones, Lois Mailou, 1905 Kasebier, Gertrude, 1852-1934 Kelly, Mary, 1941 Kent, Corita, 1918-1986 Kozloff, Joyce, 1942 Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984 Kruger, Barbara, 1945 Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965 Lavenson, Alma, 1897-1989 Leibovitz, Annie, 1949 Levine, Sherrie, 1947 Levitt, Helen, 1918 Lewis, Edmonia, 1845-c. 1909 Lewis, Lucy, 1897-1992 Lewis, Samella, 1924 Lin, Maya, 1959 Linhares, Judith, 1940 Longman, Evelyn Beatrice, 1874-1954 Low, Mary F. MacMonnies, 1858-1946 Mangold, Sylvia Plimack, 1938 Marisol (Escobar), 1930, b. Colombia Mark, Mary Ellen, 1940 Martin, Agnes, 1912 Martinez, Maria Montoya, 1887-1980 Matthiasdottir, Louisa, 1917 Mears, Helen Farnsworth, 1872-1916 Mitchell, Joan, 1926-1992 Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957 Moses, Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma), 1860-1961 Murphy, Catherine, 1946 Murray, Elizabeth, 1940 Natzier, Gertrud Amon, 1908-1971 Neel, Alice, 1900-1984 Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988 Nilsson, Gladys, 1940 O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986 Peale, Anna Claypoole, 1791-1878 Peale, Sarah Miriam, 1800-1885 Pepper, Beverly, 1924 Perry, Lilla Cabot, 1848-1933 Pfaff, Judy, 1946 Pindell, Howardena, 1943 Pinney, Eunice, 1770-1849 Prophet, Nancy Elizabeth, 1890-1960 Ringgold, Faith, 1930 Rothenberg, Susan, 1945 Saar, Alison, 1956 Saar, Betye, 1926 Sauer, Jane, 1937 Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962 Schapiro, Miriam, 1923 Sherman, Cindy, 1954 Skoglund, Sandy, 1946 Sleigh, Sylvia, 1935 Smith, Jaune Quick-to-See, 1940 Smith, Kiki, 1954 Spencer, Lilly Martin, 1822-1902 Spero, Nancy, 1926

Stephens, Alice Barber, 1858-1932 Tafoya, Margaret, 1904 Tanning, Dorothea, 1913 Thomas, Alma, 1891-1978 Truitt, Anne, 1921 Van Ness, Beatrice Whitney, 1888-1981 von Wiegand, Charmion, 1900-1983 Vonnoh, Bessie Potter, 1872-1955 Walking Stick, Kay, 1935 Warashina, Patti, 1940 Weems, Katherine Lane, 1899-1990 Whitney, Anne, 1821-1915 Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt, 1877-1942 Wildenhain, Marguerite, 1896-1985 Wilke, Hannah, 1940-1993 Willson, Mary Ann, 1810-c. 1840 Wood, Beatrice, 1893 Wright, Patience Lovell, 1725-1786 Zorach, Marguerite Thompson, 1887-1968 BELGIUM Peeters, Clara, 1594-after 1657 CANADA Rockburne, Dorothea, 1934 ENGLAND Beauclerk, Diana, 1734-1808 Butler, Elizabeth Thompson, 1846-1933 Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 Carrington, Leonora, 1917 Hepworth, Barbara, 1903-1975 John, Gwendolen, 1876-1939 Osborn, Emily, 1834-c. 1909 Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943 Riley, Bridget, 1931 Siddall, Elizabeth, 1829-1862 Whiteread, Rachel, 1963 FRANCE Abbema, Louise, 1858-1927 Bashkirtseff, Marie, 1859-1884, b. Russia Bonheur, Rosa, 1822-1899 Claudel, Camille, 1864-1943 Gerard, Marguerite, 1761-1837 Haudebourt-Lescot, Antoinette Cecile Hortense, 1784-1845 Labille-Guiard, Adelaide, 1749-1803 Laurencin, Marie, 1885-1956 Loir, Marie Anne, c. 1715-1769 Messager, Annette, 1943 Morisot, Berthe, 1841-1895 Navarre, Marie-Genevieve, 1737-1795 Saint-Phalle, Niki de, 1930 Valadon, Suzanne, 1865-1938 Vallayer-Coster, Ann, 1744-1818 Vigee-Lubrun, Marie Louise Elizabeth, 1755-1842 GERMANY Hoch, Hannah, 1889-1978 Kollwitz, Kathe, 1867-1945 Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717 Modersohn-Becker, Paula, 1876-1907 Munter, Gabriele, 1877-1962 Stolzl, Gunta, 1897-1983 Van Schurman, Anna Maria, 1607-1678 THE NETHERLANDS Leyster, Judith, 1609-1660 Ruysch, Rachel, 1666-1750 ITALY Brooks, Romaine, 1894-1970 Anguisciola, Sofonisba, 1528-1625 Carriera, Rosalba, 1675-1752 Gentileschi, Artemisia, 1593-C.1652/3 Fontana, Lavinia, 1552-1614 Sirani, Elisabetta, 1638-1665 MEXICO Kahlo, Frida. 1907-1954 PORTUGAL Rego, Paula, 1935 RUSSIA Delaunay, Sonia Terk, 1885-1979 Exter, Alexandra, 1882-1949 Goncharova, Natalia, 1881-1962 Popova, Lyubov, 1889-1924 Stepanova, Varvara, 1894-1958 SCOTLAND Blackadder, Elizabeth, 1931 Redpath, Anne, 1895-1965 SWITZERLAND Bailly, Alice, 1872-1938 Kauffman, Angelica, 1741-1807 Oppenheim, Meret, 1913-1985, b. Germany Taeuber-Arp, Sophie, 1889-1943

Excerpt from The Art Teacher's Book of Lists .