Distinguished Women of Past and Present

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Recommended books:

Women Artists: An Illustrated History, by Nancy G. Heller, Abbeville Press, 1991
Women, Art, and Society (World of Art) by Whitney Chadwick, Thames and Hudson, 1997

Born Before 20th Century:

Properzia de Rossi, c.1490-1530 (Italy)
Caterina van Hemessen, c.1528-c.1587 (Flanders)
Sofonisba Anguissola, ca.1535-1625 (Italy)
Another profile
Selection of her work
Sofonisba Anguissola : A Renaissance Woman by Sylvia Ferino-Pagden, Maria Kusche
Lavinia Fontana, 1552-1614 (Italy)
Barbara Longhi, 1552-1638 (Italy)
Marietta Robusti Tintoretto, 1560-1590 (Italy)
Fede Galizia, 1578-1630 (Italy)
Artemisia Gentileschi, 1593-c.1652 (Italy)
Another biography
Artemisia Gentileschi : The Image of the Female Hero in Italian Baroque Art by Mary D. Garrard
Artemisia Gentileschi and the Authority of Art : Critical Reading and Catalogue Raisonne by R. Ward Bissell
Clara Peeters, 1594-1657 (Flanders)
Giovanna Garzoni, 1600-1670 (Italy)
Florentines - Giovanna Garzoni 1600-1670 by Lorenza de' Medici
Judith Leyster, 1609-1660 (Netherlands)
Judith Leyster : A Dutch Master and Her World by Judith Leyster et al.
Josefa de Ayala, 1630-1684 (Portugal, Spain)
Elisabetta Sirani, 1638-1665 (Italy)
Maria Sibylla Merian, 1647-1717 (Germany)
Another biography
Merian Sibylla Merian; Artist and Naturalist 1647-1717 by Maria Sibylla Merian
Flowers, Butterflies, and Insects : All 154 Engravings from 'Erucarum Ortus (Dover Pictorial Archive Series) by Maria Sibylla Merian
Luisa Ignacia Roldan, 1656-1704 (Spain)
Rosalba Carriera, 1675-1757 (Italy)
CGFA- Rosalba Carriera: Felicità Sartori
Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun, 1755-1842 (France)
Another biography
Self portrait
Some of her paintings
The Exceptional Woman : Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun and the Cultural Politics of Art by Mary D. Sheriff
Madame Tussaud, 1761-1850 (Switzerland, France, Great Britain)
Another profile
Encyclopedia.com entry
Sarah Miriam Peale, 1800-1885 (U.S.A.)
Sarah M. Peale : America's First Woman Artists by Joan King
Rosa Bonheur, 1822-1899 (France)
Rosa Bonheur : All Nature's Children by Gabriel P. Weisberg
Rosa Bonheur : The Artist's (Auto)Biography by Anna Klumpke et al.
Harriet Hosmer, 1830-1908 (U.S.A.)
Harriet Hosmer American Sculptor, 1830-1908 by Dolly Sherwood
Women Inventors : Catherine Green, Harriet Hosmer, Madame C.J. Walker, Yvonne Brill, Naney Perkins by Jean F. Blashfield
Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1840-1924 (U.S.A.)
The Art of Scandal : The Life and Times of Isabella Stewart Gardner by Douglass Shand-Tucci
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum : A Companion Guide and History by Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Hilliard T. Goldfarb
Marie Bracquemond, 1841-1916 (France)
Mary Cassatt, 1844-1926 (U.S.A.)
Another biography
Mark Harden's Artchive - "Mary Cassatt"
CGFA Site - Mary Cassatt
WebMuseum Site
Mary Cassatt : A Life by Nancy Mowll Mathews
Mary Cassatt : Modern Woman by Judith A. Barter et al.
Edmonia Lewis, 1845-c.1909 (U.S.A.: NY, MA)
Edmonia Lewis : Wildfire in Marble by Rinna Evelyn Wolfe
Vinnie Ream (Hoxie), 1847-1914 (U.S.A.)
A Labor of Love - The Life and Art of Vinnie Ream by Glenn V. Sherwood
Another link
Another biography
Lilla Cabot Perry, 1848-1933 (U.S.A.)
Lilla Cabot Perry : An American Impressionist by Meredith Martindale et al.
Jennie Augusta Brownscombe, 1850-1936 (U.S.A.)
Adelaide Johnson, 1859-1955 (U.S.A.)
Grandma Moses, 1860-1961 (U.S.A.)
Encarta Online Deluxe entry
Grandma Moses : Painter of Rural America by Zibby Oneal et al.
Grandma Moses : 25 Masterworks by Jane Kallir, Grandma Moses
Camille Claudel, 1864-1943 (France)
Camille Claudel : A Sculpture of Interior Solitude by Angelo Caranfa
Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel by J.A. Schmoll Gen. Eisenwerth
Suzanne Valadon, 1865-1938 (France)
Suzanne Valadon by June Rose
Suzanne Valadon : The Complete Work by Paul Petrides
Käthe Kollwitz, 1867-1945 (Germany)
Another profile
Aanother profile
The Diary and Letters of Kaethe Kollwitz by Hans Kollwitz (Editor) et al.
Prints and Drawings of Kathe Kollwitz by Kathe Kollwitz, Carl Zigrosser (Editor)
Sally James Farnham, 1869-1943 (U.S.A.)
Emily Carr, 1871-1945 (Canada)
Emily Carr : An Introduction to Her Life and Art by Anne Newlands, Emily Carr
Shoen Uemura, 1875-1949 (Japan)
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1875-1942 (U.S.A.)
Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1876-1907 (Germany)
Paula Modersohn-Becker : The Letters and Journals by Paula Modersohn-Becker et al.
Theo Ruggles Kitson, 1876 -1932 (U.S.A.)
Mabel Lucie Atwell, 1879-1964 (Great Britain)
Clementine Hunter, 1886-1988 (U.S.A.: LA)
Another profile
Another profile
Clementine Hunter : American Folk Artist by James Wilson, Clementine Hunter
Talking With Tebe : Clementine Hunter, Memory Artist by Clementine Hunter, Mary E. Lyons
2 Black Folk Artists : Clementine Hunter and Nellie Mae Rowe by Sterling Cook
Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986 (U.S.A.)
Another biography
Portrait of an Artist : A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe by Laurie Lisle
Georgia O'Keeffe : A Portrait by Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe (Illustrator)
Georgia O'Keeffe : One Hundred Flowers by Georgia O'Keeffe, Nicolas Callaway
Hannah Höch, 1889-1978 (Germany)
Alma Thomas, 1891-1978 (U.S.A.)
Alma W. Thomas : A Retrospective of the Paintings by Alma Thomas
Augusta Savage, 1892-1962 (U.S.A.: FL, NY)
Another profile
Gamin, 1930
Gamin, description
Grace Cossington Smith, 1892-1984 (Australia)
Grace Cossington Smith by Bruce James
Anna E. Meltzer, 1896-1975 (U.S.A.)
Sybil Andrews, 1898-1992 (Great Britain)
Clarice Cliff, 1899-1972 (Great Britain)
Clarice Cliff Collectors Club
Clarice Cliff : Bizarre Affair by Leonard Griffin et al.
Clarice Cliff and Her Contemporaries : Susie Cooper, Keith Murray, Charlotte Rhead, and the Carlton Ware Designers by Helen Cunningham
Louise Nevelson, 1899-1988 (Russia, U.S.A.)
Another profile
Another profile
Creative Quotations from Louise Nevelson
Transparent Horizon, MIT campus by Louise Nevelson
Selma Burke, 1900-1995 (U.S.A.: North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania)
Another profile
Sister Gertrude Morgan, 1900-1980 (U.S.A.: AL)
Alice Neel, 1900-1984 (U.S.A.)
Alice Neel by Patricia Hills
Pictures of People : Alice Neel's American Portrait Gallery by Pamela Allara, Alice Neel
Nellie Mae Rowe, 1900-1982 (U.S.A.: GA)
Another profile
The Art of Nellie Mae Rowe by Lee Kogan
2 Black Folk Artists : Clementine Hunter and Nellie Mae Rowe by Sterling Cook

Born 20th Century:

Magdalena Abakanowicz (Poland)
Another profile
Magdalena Abakanowicz by Barbara Rose
Magadlena Abakanowicz Recent Work October 20 - November 25, 1989 by Magdalena Abakanowicz
Joy Adamson (Austria)
Frida Baranek (Brazil)
Gaye Elise Beda (U.S.A.)
Margaret Taylor Burroughs (U.S.A.: Louisiana, Illinois)
Another profile
A Shared Heritage : Art by Four African Americans by William E. Taylor et al.
Elizabeth Catlett (U.S.A.: D.C., NC, VA, LA, NY; Mexico)
Another profile
Elizabeth Catlett; Sculpture : A Fifty-Year Retrospective by Elizabeth Catlett
Judy Chicago (U.S.A.: IL, CA)
Judy Chicago web site Through the Flower
Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel (U.S.A.)
Elaine Fried De Kooning (U.S.A.)
Audrey Flack (U.S.A.)
Art and Soul : Notes on Creating by Audrey Flack
Audrey Flack : Sketchbook, 1985-1989 by Audrey Flack
Helen Frankenthaler (U.S.A.)
Another biography
Frankenthaler : Works on Paper 1949-1984 by Karen Wilkin
Frankenthaler : A Catalogue Raisonne : Prints 1961-1994 by Pegram Harrison, Suzanne Boorsch (Introduction)
Francoise Gilot (France)
Life with Picasso by Francoise Gilot, Carlton Lake (Contributor)
Stone Echoes : Original Prints by Francoise Gilot : A Catalogue Raisonne by Mel Yoakum
Betty Goodwin (Canada)
Agnes Gund (U.S.A.)
Josepha Haveman (Netherlands, U.S.A.)
Barbara Hepworth (Great Britain)
Barbara Hepworth (The World of Art) by Abraham Marie Hammacher
Barbara Hepworth (St. Ives Artists) by Penelope Curtis
Meric Hizal (Turkey)
Jenny Holzer (U.S.A.: NY)
Another profile
Jenny Holzer (Contemporary Artists) by David Joselit, Jenny Holzer, Joan Simon, Renata Salecl
Amy Jones (U.S.A.)
Frida Kahlo (Mexico)
Another biography
Another biography
Mark Harden's Artchive
Frida Kahlo: A Tribute
Womynlynks!: Frida Kahlo
Frida : A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera
The Diary of Frida Kahlo : An Intimate Self-Portrait by Carlos Fuentes (Introduction) et al.
Barbara Kruger (U.S.A.: NJ, NY, CA)
Another profile
Love for Sale : The Words and Pictures of Barbara Kruger by Barbara Kruger, Kate Linker
Maya Lin (U.S.A.)
The National Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Maya Lin : Architect and Artist by Mary Malone
Martha W. Longenecker (U.S.A.)
Folk Art of the Soviet Union : Reflections of a Rich Cultural Diversity of the 15 Republics by Martha Longenecker (Editor), Lynton Gardiner (Photographer)
Soraida Martinez (U.S.A.)
Yoko Ono (Japan; U.S.A.: NY)
Another profile
Grapefruit : A Book of Instructions and Drawings by Yoko Ono
Blanca Oraa (Spain)
Carolee Schneemann (U.S.A.: IL, NY)
Lillian Schwartz (U.S.A.)
Why Is the Mona Lisa Smiling?
Arpita Singh (India)
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith (U.S.A.)
The Submuloc Show - Columbus Whos : A Visual Commentary on the Columbus Quincentennial from the Perspective of America's First People by Jaune Quick to See Smith
Dorothea Tanning (U.S.A.)
Guardian Angels at CGFA
Dorothea Tanning by Dorothea Tanning et al.
Birthday by Dorothea Tanning
Yvonne Maree Thomas-John (Australia)
Remedios Varo (Spain)
Examples of her work
June Wayne (U.S.A.)
Beatrice Wood (U.S.A.)
I Shock Myself : The Autobiography of Beatrice Wood by Beatrice Wood, Lindsay Smith
Playing Chess With the Heart : Beatrice Wood at 100 by Beatrice Wood, Marlene Wallace (Photographer)
Henriette Wyeth (U.S.A.)
The Artifice of Blue Light : Henriette Wyeth by Paul Horgan
Lucia Wiley (Tillamook Indian, U.S.A.)
Agnes Yarnall (U.S.A.)

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