Lili Elbe
Lili Elbe was a Danish painter – successful under her birth name Einar Magnus Andreas Wegener – and transgender woman who was an early recipient of sex reassignment surgery.
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Élisabeth Sophie Chéron
Although Élisabeth-Sophie Chéron is best remembered today as a painter, she was actually a true Renaissance woman, acclaimed during her lifetime as a talented poet, musician, artist, and academicienne. In her childhood, she was trained by her father in the arts of enamelling and miniature painting. Under the sponsorship of the prominent artist Charles Le Brun, she was admitted to the Académie Royale of Paris as a portrait painter in 1672. She exhibited regularly at the Salon in Paris, while also producing poetry and translations; she was fluent in Hebrew, Greek and Latin. Chéron’s literary talent was recognized in 1694 when she was named a member of Italy’s Accademia dei Ricovrati in Padua, and given the academician name of Erato, after the muse of lyric and love poetry.
Aasta Hansteen
Norwegian feminist writer and artist
Vanessa Bell
Vanessa Bell was an English painter and interior designer, and the sister of Virginia Woolf.
Vivienne Binns
Vivienne Joyce Binns OAM is an Australian artist known for her contribution to Australia’s Women’s Art Movement and her active advocacy within community arts.
Thea Proctor
Alethea Mary Proctor was an Australian painter, print maker, designer and teacher who advocated for the ideas of ‘taste’ and ‘style’.
Rosa Bonheur
The French Realist painter is considered one of the most famous female artists of the 19th century, known for her large-format paintings featuring animals.