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.
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Gloria Petyarre
Known for her beautiful “medicine leaf” motif, Petyarre first began gaining attention in the late 1970s for her batik works.
Anne Guéret
1700s French painter
Frances Kelly
20th century Irish painter and political spouse
Flora Mitchell
20th century Irish painter
Estella Solomons
Early 20th century Irish artist
Eva Hamilton
Irish painter
Nell Choate Jones
Nell Choate Jones embarked on an artistic career when she was in her forties, and she spent the rest of her long life painting, exhibiting, and sustaining an active involvement in the arts and in women’s organizations.
Mattie Lou O’Kelley
Mattie Lou O’Kelley began to paint in 1962, at the age of fifty-four. Memory painters like O’Kelley were known for depicting scenes from their earlier lives—usually rural themes reflecting simpler times.
Lucy May Stanton
Lucy May Stanton created works in oil, pastel, and watercolor; but she is best known as a painter of portrait miniatures in watercolor on ivory, during a revival of that art form, which took place during the Arts and Crafts movement in the United States after 1890.