Josefa de Óbidos
Josefa de Óbidos was the most celebrated female artists in 17th century Portugal.
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Judy Chicago
Judy Chicago was one of the pioneers of Feminist art in the 1970s, a movement that endeavored to reflect women’s lives, call attention to women’s roles as artists, and alter the conditions under which contemporary art was produced and received.
Laura Wheeler Waring
With Edmonia Lewis, Meta Vaux Warrick, and Augusta Savage, Waring is one of the foremost Black American female artists of the first half of the twentieth century.
Lavinia Fontana
Lavinia Fontana belonged to the Bolognese Mannerist school and is thought by many to be the first professional female artist, working on many prestigious private commissions for Bolognese and Roman nobility, and for foreign dignitaries (including the King of Spain).
Louise Moillon
Louise Moillon emerged as one of the most important early 17th century French still life painters.
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
In spite of the fact she spent nearly her entire adult life living and working outside her country of birth, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva is today considered one of Portugal’s most important female artists.
Agnes Lawrence Pelton
Her visual vocabulary of fluid form, allegorical iconography, and luminescence were central elements in what would become known as Transcendental Painting.
Alice Rahon
Alice Rahon is best known as a poet and painter whose work straddled modern, ancient, and pre-historic cultures.
Amy Sherald
Rising to fame after being hand-picked by former First Lady Michelle Obama to paint her official portrait, Amy Sherald is today one of the best-known Black American artists.
Débora Arango
Débora Arango was one of Colombia’s most original and fearless 20th century artists.