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Jo Nivison Hopper

Jo Nivison Hopper was a talented artist whose support of her husband Edward was vital to his success.

Danish painter Marie Krøyer’s first marriage was to one of the most famous painters in Danish history. It was not until after her daughter’s death in 1986 that Marie’s own art gained recognition, as her paintings were among the estate and were eventually collected by the Skagens Museum in Skagen, Denmark.

Valeria Gibson Ladd

Valeria Gibson Ladd (1892-1984) was a painter and dancer with the Noyes School of Rhythm during the 1930s

Pat Larter

Pioneering ‘femail’ artist who gave men the Playboy treatment

Barbara Warren

20th century Irish artist

Louisa Beaufort

1800s Welsh antiquarian, artist, entomologist and writer

Ende

It is well-established that, by the 13th century, women were involved in book production as scribes, illustrators, and illuminators of manuscripts, but Ende’s work makes clear that women were involved in this process as early as the 10th century.

Lilian Marguerite Medland

Lilian Medland trained and worked for many years as a nurse in England and illustrated The Birds of the British Isles between 1906 and 1911, among other books.

Helen Moloney

20th century Irish stained glass artist

Helen Trevor

1800s Irish artist