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In 1947, Jackson Pollock created an artform out of dripping and flinging paint across canvases—except a Ukrainian-American grandmother, Janet Sobel, had already been doing it for years.

Minnie Pwerle

Indigenous Australian artist

Lubaina Himid

In 2017, 63-year-old Tanzanian-British artist Lubaina Himid became the oldest artist to win the acclaimed Turner Prize, as well as the first woman of African descent.

Gloria Petyarre

Known for her beautiful “medicine leaf” motif, Petyarre first began gaining attention in the late 1970s for her batik works.