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Clarice Beckett

Australian painter regarded as one of the country’s most loved artists.

Caroline Louisa Daly

For years, Canadian painter Caroline Louisa Daly’s works were misattributed to not one but two men.

1960s It Girl Edie Sedgewick was famous as Andy Warhol’s muse and actress in his films. Her untimely death at age twenty-eight of a drug overdose cut short any promise she may have shown as an artist herself, and her paintings, drawings, and sculptures as an artist in her own right weren’t made public until they went up for auction in 2022.

Jo Nivison Hopper

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

Marie Krøyer

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.