Wakako Yamauchi
Distinguished playwright, short-story writer, poet and painter.
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Toshiko Takaezu
One of America’s foremost ceramic artists and a highly regarded teacher of ceramics. She was credited with being one of the key figures in the mid-century transformation of ceramics from craft to fine art.
Wanda Gág
Wanda Gág was determined to be an artist from an early age, and ultimately she succeeded. Her talent steered her through family hardship and hesitant early artistic efforts until she created Millions of Cats, her 1928 children’s book. It has never been out of print.
Monyee Chau
Monyee Chau is a queer second generation immigrant artist
Gwen John
Welsh artist Gwen John is known for her paintings and drawings of quiet interiors, often featuring women.
Caterina Pierozzi
1600s Italian painter
Fede Galizia
1600s Italian painter
Gesina ter Borch
Almost all her works are drawings and watercolors—lively portraits of family, scenes of everyday life, and sophisticated allegories.
Gretta Bowen
Irish artist
Mitsu Yashima
Japanese-American artist, children’s book author, and civic activist who worked with the OSS (predecessor to the CIA)