List of 20th-century women artists
This is a partial list of 20th-century women artists, sorted alphabetically by decades and year of birth.
Before 1880
- Elenore Abbott (1875–1935), illustrator
- Lizzy Ansingh (1875–1959), painter
- Lucy Angeline Bacon (1857–1932), painter
- Alice Pike Barney (1857–1931), painter
- Alice Boughton (c. 1866 – 1943), photographer
- Marie Bracquemond (1841–1916), painter
- Romaine Brooks (1874–1970) painter
- Mary Cassatt (1844–1926), painter, printmaker
- Nellie Charlie (1867–1965), Mono Lake Paiute basket weaver
- Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877–1952), painter
- Dulah Marie Evans (1875–1951) (painter, photographer)
- Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877–1968) (sculptor, painter, poet)
- Grandma Moses (1860–1961) (painter)
- Elizabeth Shippen Green (1871–1954) (painter, illustrator)
- Elena Guro (1877–1913) (painter, writer)
- Gwen John (1876–1939) (painter)
- Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864–1952) (photographer)
- Gertrude Käsebier (1852–1934) (photographer)
- Louisa Keyser (Datsolalee) (ca. 1829/1850—1925), Washoe basket weaver
- Kitty Lange Kielland 1843–1914) (painter)
- Laura Knight (1877–1970) (painter)
- Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), printmaker, sculptor, painter
- Anna Coleman Ladd (1878–1939) (sculptor)
- Séraphine Louis (1864–1942) (painter)
- Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907) (painter)
- Blanche Hoschedé Monet (1865–1947) (painter)
- Gabriele Münter (1877–1962) (painter)
- Iris Nampeyo (c. 1860 – 1942), potter, ceramic artist
- Violet Oakley (1874–1961), muralist, stained glass
- Lilla Cabot Perry (1848–1933), painter
- Helene Schjerfbeck (1862–1946) (painter)
- Vinnie Ream (1847–1914), sculptor
- Jessie Willcox Smith (1863–1935) (painter, illustrator)
- Sr. Maria Stanisia (1878–1967) (painter)
- Juliet Thompson (1873–1956), painter
- Suzanne Valadon (1865–1938) (painter)
- Nellie Walker (1874–1973) (sculptor)
- Candace Wheeler (1827–1923), interior and textile designer
- Marianne von Werefkin (1860–1938) (painter)
1880–1889
1890–1899
- Berenice Abbott (1898–1991) (photographer)
- Karimeh Abbud (1896–1955) (photographer)
- Elsie Allen (1899–1990), Cloverdale Pomo basket weaver
- Mabel Alvarez (1891–1985) painter
- Peggy Bacon (1895–1987), printmaker, painter, illustrator
- Carrie Bethel (1898–1974), Mono Lake Paiute basket weaver
- Lucile Blanch (1895–1981), painter
- Elise Blumann (1897–1990) (painter)
- Claude Cahun (1894–1954) (photographer, author)
- Dora Carrington (1893–1932) (painter)
- Grace Crowley (1890–1979) (painter)
- Louise Dahl-Wolfe (1895–1989) (photographer)
- Florence Davidson (1896–1993), Haida basket weaver
- Eileen Forrester Agar (1899–1991) (painter, collage)
- Laura Gilpin (1891–1979) (photographer)
- Dorothea Lange (1895–1965) (photographer)
- Tamara de Lempicka (1898–1980) (painter) [1]
- Lucile Lloyd (1894–1941), muralist
- Suzanne Malherbe (1892–1972) (illustrator, designer)
- Hildreth Meiere (1892–1961) (mosaicist)
- Yevonde Middleton (1893–1975) (photographer)
- Tina Modotti (1896–1942) (photographer, actress)
- Lucia Moholy (1894–1989) (photographer)
- Louise Nevelson (1899–1988) (sculptor) [1]
- Bashka Paeff (1894–1979) (sculptor)
- Orovida Camille Pissarro (1893–1968) (painter, printmaker)
- Dod Procter (1892–1972) (painter)
- Kay Sage (1898–1963) (painter)
- Augusta Savage (1892–1962) (sculptor)
- Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973) (fashion, textiles)
- Alma Thomas (1891–1978) (painter)
- Ogura Yuki (1895–2000) (painter)
1900–1909
- Gertrude Abercrombie (1909–1977) (painter)
- Maxine Albro (1903–1966), muralist, printmaker
- Catherine Tharp Altvater (1907–1984) (painter)
- Evgenia Baykova (1907–1997) (painter)
- Dorr Bothwell (1902–2000), painter, printmaker
- Lola Álvarez Bravo (1907–1993) (photographer)
- Ruth Bernhard (1905–2006) (photographer)
- Isabel Bishop (1902–1988) (painter)
- Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971) (photographer)
- Emmy Bridgewater (1906–1999) (painter, poet)
- Margaret Brundage (1900–1976) (illustrator)
- Selma Burke (1900–1995) (sculptor)
- Marie Z. Chino (1907–1982), Acoma Pueblo ceramic artist
- Dorothy Dehner (1901–1994), sculptor, printmaker
- Claire Falkenstein (1908–1997), sculptor, painter, printmaker
- Perle Fine (1908–1988), painter
- Leonor Fini (1907–1996) (painter)
- Cornelia MacIntyre Foley (1909–2010), painter
- Gisèle Freund (1908 or 1912–2000) (photographer)
- Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975) (sculptor) [1]
- Karen Holtsmark (1907–1998) (painter)
- Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) (painter)[1]
- Maude Kegg (1904–1986), Ojibwe bead artist
- Anna Kostrova (1909–1994), painter, graphic artist
- Lee Krasner (1908–1984) (painter) [1]
- Ruth Harriet Louise (1903–1940) (photographer)
- Helen Lundeberg (1908–1999) painter
- Mabel McKay (1907–1993), Pomo-Patwin basket weaver
- Dora Maar (1907–1997), photographer, painter, poet
- Maruja Mallo (1902–1995) (painter)
- Hansel Mieth (1909–1998) (photographer)
- Lee Miller (1907–1977) (photographer)
- Lisette Model (1901–1983) (photographer)
- Barbara Morgan (1900–1992) (photographer)
- Fannie Nampeyo (1900–1987), potter, ceramic artist
- Alice Neel (1900–1984) (painter)
- Essie Parrish (1902–1979), Kashaya Pomo basket weaver
- Betty Parsons (1900–1982), painter, gallerist
- Irene Rice Pereira (1902–1971), painter, author
- Leni Riefenstahl (1902–2003) (filmmaker)
- Louise Emerson Ronnebeck (1901–1980), painter
- Ethel Schwabacher (1903–1984), painter
- Bernarda Bryson Shahn (1903–2004), painter, lithographer
- Elena Skuin (1909–1986) (painter)
- Remedios Varo (1908–1963) (painter)
- Henriette Wyeth (1907–1997), painter
- Maria Zubreeva (1900–1991), painter, graphic artist
1910–1919
- Taisia Afonina (1913–1994) (painter)
- Evgenia Antipova (1917–2009) (painter)
- Eve Arnold (born 1912) (photographer)
- Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) (sculptor) [1]
- Leonora Carrington (born 1917) (painter)
- Elizabeth Catlett (born 1915) (sculptor, printmaker)
- Helen Cordero (1915–1994), Cochiti Pueblo ceramic artist
- Elaine de Kooning (1918–1989), painter
- Maya Deren (1917–1961), Avant-garde filmmaker and theorist, photographer
- Jane Frank (1918–1986) (mixed-media painter, sculptor)
- Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999) (sculptor, assemblage)
- Nora Heysen (1911–2003) (painter)
- Tove Jansson (1914–2001) (painter, illustrator, novelist)
- Gwendolyn Knight (1914–2005) (painter)
- Jacqueline Lamba (1910–1993) (painter)
- Helen Levitt (1913–2009) (photographer)
- Ethel Magafan (born 1916), painter
- Agnes Martin (1912–2004) (painter) [1]
- Mercedes Matter née Carles (1913–2001) (painter)
- Louisa Matthíasdóttir (1917–2000) (painter)
- Hilda Grossman Morris (1911–1991), sculptor
- Meret Oppenheim (1913–1985) (sculptor) [1]
- Tuulikki Pietilä (1917–2009) (illustrator)
- Ruth Ray (1919–1977) (painter)
- Maria Rudnitskaya (1916–1983) (painter)
- Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) (painter)
- Clara Sherman (born 1915) (textile art)
- Nadezhda Shteinmiller (1915–1991) (painter, stage designer)
- Hedda Sterne (born 1910–) (painter)
- Dorothea Tanning (born 1910) (painter)
- Gerda Taro (1910–1937) (photographer)
- Anya Teixeira (1913–1992) (photographer)
- Bridget Bate Tichenor (1917–1990) (painter)
- Pablita Velarde (1918–2006) (painter)
- Marion Post Wolcott (1910–1990) (photographer)
1920–1929
- Ida Applebroog (born 1929) (painter)
- Diane Arbus (1923–1971) (photographer)
- Alice Baber (1928–1982) (painter)
- Jo Baer (born 1929) (painter)
- Irina Baldina (1922–2009) (painter)
- Hannelore Baron (1926–1987), collage artist
- Zlata Bizova (born 1927) (painter)
- Esther Bubley (1921–1998) (photographer)
- Crucita Calabaza (Blue Corn, ca. 1920–1999), San Ildefonso Pueblo ceramic artist
- Marie Cosindas (born 1925) (photographer)
- Amanda Crowe (1928–2004) Eastern Cherokee woodcarver
- Jay DeFeo (1929–1989), painter, visual artist
- Lois Dodd (born 1927) (painter)
- Mavis Doering, (1929–2007), Cherokee basket weaver
- Rosalyn Drexler (born 1926), painter
- Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011) (painter)
- Mokarrameh Ghanbari (1928–2005) (painter)
- Françoise Gilot (born 1921) (painter, writer)
- Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal (1920–2010) (painter)
- Grace Hartigan (1922–2008) (painter)
- Martha Holmes (1923–2006) (photographer)
- Mansooreh Hosseini (born 1926) (painter)
- Maya Kopitseva (1924–2005) (painter)
- Tatiana Kopnina (1921–2009) (painter)
- Elena Kostenko (born 1926) (painter)
- Marina Kozlovskaya (born 1925) (painter)
- Yayoi Kusama (born 1929) (sculpture/performance/installation)
- Valeria Larina (1926–2008) (painter)
- Joan Mitchell (1925–1992) (painter)
- Inge Morath (1923–2002) (photographer)
- Margaret Olley (1923–2011) (painter)
- Mimi Parent (1924–2005) (painter)
- Galina Rumiantseva (1927–2004) (painter)
- Kapitolina Rumiantseva (1925–2002) (painter)
- Behjat Sadr (1924–2009) (painter)
- Takako Saito (born 1929) (installation art, performance art)
- Honoré Desmond Sharrer (1920–2009), painter
- Galina Smirnova (born 1929) (painter)
- Nancy Spero (1926–2009) (painter)
- Hannah Tompkins (1920–1995) (painter, printmaker)
- Anne Truitt (1921–2004), sculptor
- Nina Veselova (1922–1960) (painter)
- Leona Wood (1921–2008) (painter)
1930–1939
- Alice Adams (born 1930) (sculptor, textile art, earthworks)
- Emma Andijewska (born 1931) (painter, writer)
- Gayleen Aiken (1934–2005) (painter, musician)
- Helene Aylon (born 1931) (sculptor)
- Hilla Becher (born 1934) (photographer)
- Lee Bontecou (born 1931) (sculptor, printmaker)
- Joan Brown (1938–1990), painter
- Judy Chicago (born 1939) (author and installation artist) [1]
- Chryssa (born 1933), sculptor
- Iran Darroudi (born 1936) (painter)
- Irina Dobrekova (born 1931) (painter)
- Marisol Escobar (born 1930) (sculptor)
- Audrey Flack (born 1931) (painter, printmaker, sculptor)
- Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993) (sculptor, printmaker)
- Irina Getmanskaya (born 1939) (painter)
- Tatiana Gorb (born 1935) (painter)
- Elena Gorokhova (born 1933) (painter)
- Nancy Graves (1939–1995), sculptor, painter, printmaker
- Eva Hesse (1936–1970) (sculptor) [1]
- Nicole Hollander (born 1939) (illustration, comics)
- Alison Knowles (born 1933) (Fluxus, performance artist)
- Lee Lozano (born 1930) (painter)
- Totte Mannes (born 1933) (painter)
- Emily Mason (born 1932) (painter)
- Valentina Monakhova (born 1932) (painter)
- Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991), (performance artist, Fluxus)
- Vera Nazina (born 1931) (painter)
- Carol Heifetz Neiman (born 1937) (xerox artist, printmaker, pastel, pencil, painter)
- Yoko Ono (born 1933) (performance art, music) [1]
- Nancy Petyarre (1934/38?-2009) (painter)
- Deborah Remington (1930–2010) (painter)
- Bridget Riley (born 1931) (painter) [1]
- Faith Ringgold (born 1930) (painter)
- Carolee Schneemann (born 1939), performance artist [1]
- Marjorie Strider (born 1930) (sculptor)
- Anita Louise Suazo (born 1937) (ceramics)
- Atsuko Tanaka (1932–2005) (painting, sculpture, performance art, installation art)
1940–1949
- Marina Abramović (born 1946) (performance artist) [1]
- Laurie Anderson (born 1947) (performance artist) [1]
- Heather Angel (born 1941) (photographer, author)
- Tina Barney (born 1945) (photographer, filmmaker)
- Lynda Benglis (born 1941) (sculptor)
- Vivienne Binns (born 1940) (painter, enamels)
- Melinda Bordelon (born 194?) (painter, illustrator)
- Rhea Carmi (born 1942) (abstract expressionist and mixed-media artist)
- Vera Chino (born 1943), Acoma Pueblo ceramic artist
- Susan Crile (born 1942) (painter)
- Lynn Davis (born 1944) (photographer)
- Bracha Ettinger (born 1948) (painter, photographer, psychoanalyst, writer)
- Valie Export 1940 (performance artist, video installations, photography)
- Carole Feuerman (born 1945) (sculptor)
- Helen Hardin (1943–1984) (painter)
- Masumi Hayashi (1945–2006) (photographer)
- Miyako Ishiuchi (born 1947) (photographer)
- Gayane Khachaturian (1942–2009) (painter)
- Barbara Kruger (born 1945) (conceptual artist) [1]
- Annie Leibovitz (born 1949) (photographer)
- Markéta Luskačová (born 1944) (photographer)
- Mary Ellen Mark (born 1940) (photographer)
- Linda McCartney (1942–1998) (photographer)
- Susan Meiselas (born 1948) (photographer)
- Ana Mendieta (1948–1985) (performance art, sculptor) [1]
- Sheila Mullen (born 1942) (painter)
- Elizabeth Murray (1940–2007) (painter, printmaker)
- Gladys Nilsson (born 1940) (painter)
- Guity Novin (born 1944) (painter)
- Orlan 1947 (performance artist) [1]
- Gloria Petyarre (born 1945) (painter)
- Adrian Piper (born 1948) (conceptual artist)
- Sylvia Plachy (born 1943) (photographer)
- Suellen Rocca (born 1943) (painter)
- Barbara Rosenthal (born 1948) (photographer)
- Barbara Rossi (born 1940) (painter)
- Ursula von Rydingsvard (born 1942) (sculptor)
- Barbara Schwartz (1949–2006) painter, sculptor
- Sandy Skoglund (born 1946) (photographer)
- Hollis Sigler (1948–2001) (painter)
- Joan Snyder (born 1940), painter
- Annegret Soltau (born 1946), graphic, performance, video, photocollage
- Pat Steir (born 1940), painter
- Carol Sutton (born 1945), painter
- Joyce Tenneson (born 1945) (photographer)
- Mym Tuma (born 1940) (painter, and mixed-media artist)
- Hannah Wilke (1940–1993) (sculptor, photographer) [1]
1950–1959
- Eija-Liisa Ahtila (born 1959) (videographer, photographer)
- Peggy Ahwesh (born 1954) (filmmaker)
- Davida Allen (born 1951) (painter, filmmaker)
- Cecilia Alvarez (born 1950) (painter, muralist)
- Annie Antone (born 1955) (Tohono O'odham basket weaver)
- Anne Appleby (born 1954) (painter)
- Lynda Barry (born 1956) (illustrator, comics)
- Sophie Calle (born 1953) (photographer, author, installation artist, conceptual artist)
- Joanne Gair (born 1958) (painter, body art)
- Anne Geddes (born 19560 (photographer)
- Nan Goldin (born 1953) (photographer) [1]
- Akiko Hatsu (born 1959) (illustrator, comics)
- Roni Horn (born 1955) (photographer)
- Mona Hatoum (born 1952) (video, installation)
- Leiko Ikemura (born 1951) (painter, sculptor)
- Vanessa Paukeigope Jennings (born 1952), Kiowa-Apache-Gila River Pima bead and textile artist
- Maya Lin (born 1959), installation artist
- Marita Liulia (born 1957) (photographer, digital and interactive media)
- Sally Mann (born 1951) (photographer)
- Shirin Neshat (born 1957) (filmmaker, videographer, photographer)
- Deborah Niland (born 1950) (painter, illustrator)
- Kilmeny Niland (1950–2009) (painter, illustrator)
- Cindy Sherman (born 1954) (photographer, filmmaker) [1]
- Li Shuang (born 1957) (painter)
- Jiang Shuo (born 1958) (sculptor)
- Renee Stout (born 1958) (photographer, installation art)
- Rumiko Takahashi (born 1957) (illustrator, author)
- Zoja Trofimiuk (born 1952) (sculptor, printmaker)
- Carrie Mae Weems (born 1953) (photographer, filmmaker)
- Emmi Whitehorse (born 1957) (painter)
- Francesca Woodman (1958–1981) (photographer)
- Zhang Xin (born 1953) (painter)
1960–1969
- Jessica Abel (born 1969) (illustrator, author)
- Margarete Bagshaw (born 1964) (painter)
- Cecily Brown (born 1969), painter
- Carolyn Cole (born 1961) (photographer)
- Inka Essenhigh (born 1969), painter
- Anna Fox (born 1961) (photographer)
- Brita Granström (born 1969) (painter, illustrator, author)
- Chantal Joffe (born 1969) (painter)
- Zoe Leonard (born 1961) (photographer, visual artist)
- Mariko Mori (born 1967) (performance, installation) [1]
- Audrey Niffenegger (born 1963) (printmaker, author)
- Catherine Opie (born 1961) (photographer)
- Lique Schoot (born 1969) (painter, photographer, installation)
- Lorna Simpson (born 1960) (photographer)
- Roxanne Swentzell (born 1962) (sculptor)
- Tomoko Takahashi (born 1966) (installation art)
- Jill Thompson (born 1966) (illustrator, author)
- Verónica Ruiz de Velasco (born 1968) (painter)
- Kara Walker (born 1969), collage artist, painter, printmaker, installation artist [1]
- Rachel Whiteread (born 1963) (sculptor) [1]
- Melanie Yazzie (born 1966) (sculptor, painter, printmaker)
1970–1979
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