List of 20th-century women artists

Mary Cassatt Self-portrait, c. 1878, gouache on paper, 23 5/8 × 16 3/16 in., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

This is a partial list of 20th-century women artists, sorted alphabetically by decades and year of birth.

Before 1870

Lilla Cabot Perry, Self Portrait, 1892

Käthe Kollwitz, Woman with Dead Child, 1903 etching

Suzanne Valadon, The Bath, 1908, pastel. 60×49 cm., Museum of Grenoble, France

Romaine Brooks, Miss Natalie Barney, "L'Amazone" (1920)

• Louise Abbéma (1858–1927), painter, printmaker, sculptor
• Helen Allingham (1848–1926), painter, illustrator
• Laura Alma-Tadema (1852–1909), painter
• Anna Ancher (1859–1935), Danish painter
• Sophie Anderson (1823–1903), painter
• Marie-Elmina Anger (1844–1901), nun and painter
• Helen Maitland Armstrong (1869–1948), stained glass artist
• Lucy Angeline Bacon (1857–1932), painter
• Alice Pike Barney (1857–1931), painter
• Jane E. Bartlett (1839–1923), painter and portraitist
• Cecilia Beaux (1855–1942), painter
• Harriet Blackstone (1864–1939), figure painter
• Alice Boughton (c. 1866–1943), photographer
• Marie Bracquemond (1841–1916), painter
• Fidelia Bridges (1834–1923), watercolorist
• Elizabeth Eaton Burton (1869–1937), painter, printmaker, designer
• Sally Bush (1860–1946), photographer
• Mary Cassatt (1844–1926), painter, printmaker
• Nellie Charlie (1867–1965), basket weaver
• Christabel Cockerell (1863–1951), painter
• Kate Cory (1861–1958), painter, sculptor
• Alice Dannenberg (1861–1948), painter
• Jenny Eakin Delony (1866–1949), painter
• Florence Dreyfous (1868–1950), painter
• Elisabeth von Eicken (1862–1940), German landscape painter
• Florence Esté (1860–1926), painter
• Laura Ann Fry (1857–1943), ceramic painter
• Ethel Gabain (1883–1950), painter
• Frances Gearhart (1869–1959), printmaker and watercolorist
• Anna Gerresheim (1852–1921), German painter
• Anne Goldthwaite (1869–1944), printmaker, painter
• Jane Hawkins (1841–1904), portrait artist
• Laura Coombs Hills (1859–1952), painter
• Anna Hope (Nan) Hudson (1869–1957), painter
• Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864–1952), photographer
• Gertrude Käsebier (1852–1934), photographer
• Lucy Kemp-Welch (1869–1958), painter
• Louisa Keyser (Datsolalee) (c. 1829/1850–1925), Washoe basket weaver
• Kitty Lange Kielland (1843–1914), painter
• Hilma af Klint (1862–1944), painter
• Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), printmaker, sculptor, painter
• Jessie Lipscomb (1861–1952), sculptor
• Séraphine Louis (1864–1942), painter
• Bessie MacNicol (1869–1904), painter
• Blanche Hoschedé Monet (1865–1947), painter
• Grandma Moses (1860–1961), painter
• Iris Nampeyo (c. 1860–1942), potter, ceramic artist
• Clara Chipman Newton (1848–1936), china painter
• Clara Weaver Parrish (1861–1925) painter, stained glass
• Lilla Cabot Perry (1848–1933), painter
• Vinnie Ream (1847–1914), sculptor
• Helene Schjerfbeck (1862–1946), painter
• Janet Scudder (1869–1940), sculptor
• Jessie Willcox Smith (1863–1935), painter, illustrator
• Gertrude Spencer-Stanhope (1857–1944), sculptor, painter
• Eloise Harriet Stannard (1829–1915), painter
• Emily Coppin Stannard (1803–1885), painter
• Josefine Swoboda (1861–1924), Austrian portrait painter
• Annie Swynnerton (1844–1933), painter
• Ellen Thesleff (1869–1954), painter
• Juliet Thompson (1873–1956), painter
• Suzanne Valadon (1865–1938), painter
• Marianne von Werefkin (1860–1938), painter
• Candace Wheeler (1827–1923), interior and textile designer

1870–1879

Paula Modersohn-Becker, Self-Portrait, 1906

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Gabriele Münter, Abend im Park (Nightfall in St. Cloud), 1906

Gwen John, Vase of Flowers, n.d. (ca. 1910s)

• Elenore Abbott (1875–1935), painter, teacher
• Lizzy Ansingh (1875–1959), painter
• Vanessa Bell (1879–1961), painter and interior designer
• Romaine Brooks (1874–1970), painter
• Edith Woodman Burroughs (1871–1916), sculptor
• Émilie Charmy (1878–1974), painter
• Elizabeth Campbell Fisher Clay (1871–1959), lithographer, etcher
• Elinor Darwin (1871–1954), engraver, portrait painter
• Bessie Davidson (1879–1965), painter
• Edith Dimock (1876–1955), painter
• Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877–1952), painter
• Mabel Esplin (1874–1921), stained glass artist
• Dulah Marie Evans (1875–1951), painter, photographer
• Christian Jane Fergusson (1876–1957), painter
• Mary Foote (1872–1968), painter
• Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (1874–1927), Dada artist and poet
• Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877–1968), sculptor, painter, poet
• May Gearhart (1872–1951), printmaker
• Margaret Gere (1878–1965), painter
• Elizabeth Shippen Green (1871–1954), painter, illustrator
• Elena Guro (1877–1913), painter, writer
• Edith Haworth (1878–1953), painter
• Edna Boies Hopkins (1872–1947), woodcut prints
• Gwen John (1876–1939), painter
• Wilhelmina Weber Furlong (1878–1962), painter, teacher
• Laura Knight (1877–1970), painter
• Anna Coleman Ladd (1878–1939), sculptor
• Sr. Maria Stanisia (née Monica Kurkowski; 1878–1967), painter
• Edith Maryon (1872–1924), sculptor
• Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907), painter
• Gabriele Münter (1877–1962), painter
• Violet Oakley (1874–1961), muralist, stained glass
• Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva (1871–1955), graphic artist, watercolorist
• Margaret Preston (1875–1963), painter, printmaker
• Ethel Sands (1873–1962), painter
• Martha Stettler (1870–1945), painter
• Anna Heyward Taylor (1879–1956), painter, printmaker
• Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872–1955), sculptor
• Nellie Walker (1874–1973), sculptor
• Clara McDonald Williamson (1875–1976), painter
• Enid Yandell (1870–1934), sculptor

1880–1889

Marie Laurencin, 1913, Le Bal élégant, La Danse à la campagne

Sonia Delaunay, The last section of La prose du Transsibérien et de la Petite Jehanne de France, 1913

Georgia O'Keeffe, Blue and Green Music, 1921

Natalia Goncharova, Self-portrait, 1907

• Rowena Meeks Abdy (1887–1945), painter
• Berenice Abbott (1898–1991) photographer
• Bessie Marsh Brewer (1884–1952), sculptor
• Nessa Cohen, (1885–1976), sculptor
• Imogen Cunningham (1883–1976), photographer
• Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), painter
• Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973), Brazilian painter
• Aleksandra Ekster (1882–1949), painter
• Ester Ellqvist (1880–1918), painter
• Laura Gardin Fraser (1889–1966), sculptor
• Natalia Goncharova (1881–1962), painter
• Norah Neilson Gray (1882–1972), painter
• Madeline Emily Green (1884–1947), painter
• Tina Haim-Wentscher (1887–1974), German-Australian sculptress
• Sigrid Hjertén (1885–1948), painter
• Hannah Höch (1889–1978), photographer
• Malvina Hoffman (1887–1966), sculptor
• Valentine Hugo (1887–1968), illustrator
• Dora Koch-Stetter (1881–1968), German painter (aka Dora Stetter)
• Marie Laurencin (1883–1956), painter, printmaker
• Geneva Mercer (1889–1984), sculptor
• Ethel Myers (1881–1960), sculptor, painter
• Ella Naper (1886–1972), jeweller & potter
• Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884–1961), painter
• Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986), painter
• Clara Elsene Peck (1883–1968), painter, illustrator
• Agnes Pelton (1881–1961), painter
• Gladys Reynell (1881–1956), potter
• Anne Ryan (1889–1954), painter
• Zinaida Serebriakova (1884–1967), painter
• Henrietta Shore (1880–1963), painter
• Helen Margaret Spanton (1877–1934), painter
• Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943), painter
• Lucy Telles (c. 1885–1955), Mono Lake Paiute-Yosemite Miwok basket weaver
• Nadezhda Udaltsova (1886–1961), painter
• Doris Ulmann (1882–1934), photographer
• Laura Wheeler Waring (1887–1948), painter
• Mary Agnes Yerkes (1886–1989), painter
• Marguerite Zorach (née Thompson) (1887–1968), painter

1890–1899

Amedeo Modigliani, Portrait of Jeanne Hébuterne, 1918

Jeanne Hébuterne,Self portrait, 1916

• Berenice Abbott (1898–1991), photographer
• Karimeh Abbud (1896–1955), photographer
• Eileen Agar (1899–1991), painter, collage
• Elene Akhvlediani (1898–1975), painter
• Anni Albers (1899–1994), designer, weaver and graphic artist
• 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
• Clara Birnberg (1894–1989), illustrator, portraitist, sculptor
• Dorrit Black (1891–1951), painter
• Kathleen Blackshear (1897–1988), painter
• Lucile Blanch (1895–1981), painter
• Elise Blumann (1897–1990), painter
• Claude Cahun (1894–1954), photographer, author
• Dora Carrington (1893–1932), painter
• Dorothy Coke (1897–1979), painter
• Trena Cox (1895–1980), stained glass artist
• Grace Crowley (1890–1979), painter
• Louise Dahl-Wolfe (1895–1989), photographer
• Florence Davidson (1896–1993), Haida basket weaver
• Helen Katharine Forbes (1891–1945), muralist
• Frances Foy (1890–1963), artist, muralist
• Laura Gilpin (1891–1979), photographer
• Jennie Harbour (1893–1959), illustrator
• Jeanne Hébuterne (1898–1920), painter
• Margaret Calkin James (1895–1985), calligrapher, graphic designer, textile printer, watercolour painter, printmaker
• Lotte Jacobi (1896–1990), photographer
• Georgina Klitgard (1893–1976), muralist
• Winifred Knights (1899–1947), painter
• Katarzyna Kobro (1898–1951), sculptor
• Dorothea Lange (1895–1965), photographer
• Tamara de Lempicka (1898–1980), painter
• Lucile Lloyd (1894–1941), muralist
• Suzanne Malherbe (1892–1972), illustrator, designer
• Hildreth Meiere (1892–1961), mosaicist
• Yevonde Middleton (1893–1975), photographer
• Lilian May Miller (1895–1943), woodblock printer and painter
• Tina Modotti (1896–1942), photographer
• Lucia Moholy (1894–1989), photographer
• Olive Mudie-Cooke (1890–1925), painter
• Louise Nevelson (1899–1988), sculptor
• Bashka Paeff (1894–1979), sculptor
• Tonita Peña (1893–1949), works on paper, muralist
• 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
• Dorothy Hope Smith (1895–1955), artist
• Varvara Stepanova (1894–1958), painter and designer
• Alma Thomas (1891–1978), painter
• Charley Toorop (1891–1955), painter
• Ogura Yuki (1895–2000), painter
• Margaret Firth (1898–1991), painter

1900–1909

Bernarda Bryson Shahn, Resettlement Administration poster, c. 1935–1937

Milena Pavlović-Barili, Hot Pink with Cool Grey, 1940

• Gertrude Abercrombie (1909–1977), painter
• Mary Adshead (1904–1995), muralist, painter
• Maxine Albro (1903–1966), muralist, printmaker
• Catherine Tharp Altvater (1907–1984), painter
• Grace Greenwood Ames (1905–1979) artist, muralist
• Rita Angus, (1908–1970) painter
• Evgenia Baykova (1907–1997), painter
• Suzanne Belperron (1900–1983), jeweler
• Ruth Bernhard (1905–2006), photographer
• Isabel Bishop (1902–1988), painter
• Lucienne Bloch (1909–1999) painter
• Dorr Bothwell (1902–2000), painter, printmaker
• Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971), photographer
• Lola Álvarez Bravo (1907–1993), photographer
• Emmy Bridgewater (1906–1999), painter, poet
• Felicia Browne (1904–1936), artist, activist
• Margaret Brundage (1900–1976), illustrator
• Norma Bull (1906–1980), painter
• Selma Burke (1900–1995), sculptor
• Nancy Carline (1909–2004), painter
• Marie Z. Chino (1907–1982), ceramic artist
• Grace Clements (1905–1969), muralist, mosaicist, art critic
• Dorothy Dehner (1901–1994), sculptor, printmaker
• Evelyn Dunbar (1906–1960), painter
• Claire Falkenstein (1908–1997), sculptor, painter, printmaker
• Perle Fine (1905–1988), painter
• Leonor Fini (1907–1996), painter
• Cornelia MacIntyre Foley (1909–2010), painter
• Gisèle Freund (1908 or 1912–2000), photographer
• Evelyn Gibbs (1905–1991), engraver, art teacher
• Elizabeth Ginno (1907–1991) painter, printmaker
• Marion Greenwood (1909–1970), artist, muralist
• Edith Hamlin (1902–1992), muralist, landscape and portrait painter
• Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975), sculptor
• Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983), print maker and sculptor
• Karen Holtsmark (1907–1998), painter
• Ray Howard-Jones (1903–1996), painter
• Lois Mailou Jones (1905–1998), painter
• Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) painter
• Maude Kegg (1904–1986), bead artist
• Anna Kostrova (1909–1994), painter, graphic artist
• Lee Krasner (1908–1984), painter
• Doris Lee (1905–1983), painter
• Ruth Harriet Louise (1903–1940), photographer
• Helen Lundeberg (1908–1999), painter
• Mabel McKay (1907–1993), basket weaver
• Miriam McKinnie (1906–1987), muralist
• 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
• Donia Nachshen (1903–1987), illustrator, poster artist
• 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
• Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909–1945), painter
• Irene Rice Pereira (1902–1971), painter, author
• Mary Potter (1900–1981), painter
• Dorothy Wagner Puccinelli (1901–1974), muralist, painter
• Alice Rahon (1904–1987) painter
• Margaretha Reichardt (1907–1984) textile designer
• Leni Riefenstahl (1902–2003), filmmaker
• Louise Emerson Ronnebeck (1901–1980), painter
• Stella Schmolle, (1908–1975), painter
• Ethel Schwabacher, (1903–1984), painter
• Bernarda Bryson Shahn (1903–2004), painter, lithographer
• Jessamine Shumate (1902–1990), painter
• Elena Skuin (1909–1986), painter
• Ethel Spears (1903–1974), painter
• Sultana Suruzhon (1900-1961), painter
• Lenore Tawney (1907–2007), fiber artist, sculptor
• Remedios Varo (1908–1963), painter
• Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908–1992), painter
• Ilse Weber (1908–1984), painter
• Henriette Wyeth (1907–1997), painter
• Maria Zubreeva (1900–1991), painter, graphic artist

1910–1919

Louise Bourgeois, Maman, Bilbao, Spain

• Ida Abelman (1910–2002), painter
• Taisia Afonina (1913–1994), painter
• Evgenia Antipova (1917–2009), painter
• Eve Arnold (1912–2012), photographer
• Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), sculptor
• Semiha Berksoy (1910–2004), painter, opera singer
• Leonora Carrington (1917–2011), painter
• Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012) sculptor, printmaker
• Chien-Ying Chang (1913–2004), painter
• Malvina Cheek (born 1915), painter
• Helen Cordero (1915–1994), ceramic artist
• Elaine de Kooning (1918–1989), painter
• Maya Deren (1917–1961), filmmaker and theorist, photographer
• Jane Frank (1918–1986), mixed-media painter, sculptor
• Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999), sculptor, assemblage
• Riva Helfond (1910–2002), printmaker
• Carmen Herrera (born 1915), painter
• Nora Heysen (1911–2003), painter
• Erlund Hudson (1912–2011), painter
• Tove Jansson (1914–2001), painter, illustrator, novelist
• Kali (1918–1998), painter
• Corita Kent (1918-1986), printmaker
• Gwendolyn Knight (1914–2005), painter
• Jacqueline Lamba (1910–1993), painter
• Maria Lassnig (born 1919), painter
• Helen Levitt (1913–2009), photographer
• Frances Macdonald (1914–2002), painter
• Ethel Magafan (1916–1993), painter
• Beatrice Mandelman (1912–1998), painter and printmaker
• Agnes Martin (1912–2004), painter
• Mercedes Matter née Carles (1913–2001), painter
• Louisa Matthíasdóttir (1917–2000), painter
• Mona Moore (1917–2000), painter
• Hilda Grossman Morris (1911–1991), sculptor
• Meret Oppenheim (1913–1985), sculptor
• Juliet Pannett (1911–2005), portrait artist
• Tuulikki Pietilä (1917–2009), illustrator
• Lilo Rasch-Naegele (1914–1978), painter, graphic artist, fashion designer, book illustrator
• Ruth Ray (1919–1977), painter
• Maria Rudnitskaya (1916–1983), painter
• Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943), painter
• Amrita Sher-Gil (1913–1941), painter
• Clara Sherman (born 1915), textile art
• Nadezhda Shteinmiller (1915–1991), painter, stage designer
• Hedda Sterne (1910–2011), painter
• Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012), painter
• Domicėlė Tarabildienė (1912–1985), graphic artist, sculptor, book illustrator
• Gerda Taro (1910–1937), photographer
• Anya Teixeira (1913–1992), photographer
• Elsa Thiemann (1910-1981), photographer
• Bridget Bate Tichenor (1917–1990), painter
• Pablita Velarde (1918–2006), painter
• Marion Post Wolcott (1910–1990), photographer
• Joan Elizabeth Woollard (1916–2008), sculptor

1920–1929

• Carla Accardi (1924–2014), painter
• Ida Applebroog (born 1929), painter
• Diane Arbus (1923–1971), photographer
• Etel Adnan (1925), painter, poet
• 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
• Nell Blaine (1922–1996), painter
• Fanny Brennan (1921–2001), painter
• Esther Bubley (1921–1998), photographer
• Martha Burchfield (1924-1977), watercolorist
• Crucita Calabaza (Blue Corn, c.1920–1999), ceramic artist
• Jean Cooke RA (1927–2008), artist
• Marie Cosindas (born 1925), photographer
• Amanda Crowe (1928–2004), 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
• Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (born 1924), sculptor
• Lilly Fenichel (born ca. 1927), painter
• Jackie Ferrara (born 1929), sculptor
• Mary Fitzpayne (born 1928), painter
• Victorine Foot (1920–2000), painter
• Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011), painter
• Jane Freilicher (1924–2014), painter
• Sonia Gechtoff (born 1926), painter
• Mokarrameh Ghanbari (1928–2005), painter
• Françoise Gilot (born 1921), painter, writer
• Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal (1920–2010), painter
• Grace Hartigan (1922–2008), painter
• Pati Hill (1921–2014), copier artist
• Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947), painter
• Martha Holmes (1923–2006), photographer
• Mansooreh Hosseini (born 1926), painter
• Lila Katzen (1925–1998), sculptor
• Maya Kopitseva (1924–2005), painter
• Tatiana Kopnina (1921–2009), painter
• Elena Kostenko (born 1926), painter
• Marina Kozlovskaya (born 1925), painter
• Yayoi Kusama (born 1929), sculptor/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
• Pat Passlof (1928–2011), painter
• Galina Rumiantseva (1927–2004), painter
• Kapitolina Rumiantseva (1925–2002), painter
• Betye Saar (born 1926), assemblage sculpture
• Behjat Sadr (1924–2009), painter
• Takako Saito (born 1929), installation art, performance art
• Honoré Desmond Sharrer (1920–2009), painter
• Sarai Sherman (1922–2013), painter, printmaker, sculptor
• 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
• Jane Wilson (1924–2015), painter
• Leona Wood (1921–2008), painter
• Sandra Blow (1925–2006), painter
• Druie Bowett (1924–1998), painter
• Geta Bratescu (born 1926), visual artist
• Cynthia Kenny (born 1929), painter
• Doretta Frenna Smith (born 1924), painter

1930–1939

• Magdalena Abakanowicz (born 1930), sculptor and graphic artist
• Alice Adams (born 1930), sculptor, textile art, earthworks
• Baya (artist) (1931–1998), painter, potter
• Maliheh Afnan (1935–2016), mixed media artist
• Emma Andijewska (born 1931), painter, writer
• Gayleen Aiken (1934–2005), painter, musician
• Helene Aylon (born 1931), sculptor
• Hilla Becher (born 1934), photographer
• Karen Boccalero (1933–1997), printmaker
• Lee Bontecou (born 1931), sculptor, printmaker
• Pauline Boty (1938-1966), painter
• Joan Brown (1938–1990), painter
• P. Buckley Moss (born 1933), painter
• Judy Chicago (born 1939), installation artist
• Chryssa (1933–2013), sculptor
• Iran Darroudi (born 1936), painter
• Agnes Denes (born 1931), conceptual artist, multidisciplinary
• Irina Dobrekova (born 1931), painter
• Martha Edelheit (born 1931), painter
• Marisol Escobar (1930-2016), sculptor
• Janet Fish (born 1938), painter
• Audrey Flack (born 1931), painter, printmaker, sculptor
• Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993), sculptor, printmaker
• Irina Getmanskaya (born 1939), painter
• Tatiana Gorb (born 1935), painter
• Shirley Gorelick (1936-2000), painter
• Elena Gorokhova (born 1933), painter
• Nancy Graves (1939–1995), sculptor, painter, printmaker
• Eva Hesse (1936–1970), sculptor
• Nicole Hollander (born 1939), illustration, comics
• Nancy Holt(1938–2014), sculptor/ land art
• Joan Jonas (1936), performance artist
• Alison Knowles (born 1933), Fluxus, performance artist
• Sara Leighton (born 1937), portrait painter
• Lee Lozano (born 1930), painter
• Althea McNish (born c. 1933), textile designer
• Totte Mannes (born 1933), painter
• Emily Mason (born 1932), painter
• Leyly Matine-Daftary (1937–2007), modernist painter
• Valentina Monakhova (born 1932), painter
• Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991), performance artist, Fluxus
• Ree Morton (1933–1977), painter
• Vera Nazina (born 1931), painter
• Carol Heifetz Neiman (1937–1990), xerox artist, printmaker, pastel, pencil, painter
• Lorraine O'Grady (born 1934), performance art, installation art
• Yoko Ono (born 1933), performance art, music
• Nancy Petyarre (1934/38?–2009), painter
• Deborah Remington (1930–2010), painter
• Bridget Riley (born 1931), painter
• Faith Ringgold (born 1930), painter
• Dorothea Rockburne (born 1932), painter
• Carolee Schneemann (born 1939), performance artist
• Joan Semmel (born 1932), painter
• Anita Steckel (1930–2012), graphic artist
• Pat Steir (born 1938), painter
• Marjorie Strider (1931–2014), sculptor
• Michelle Stuart (born 1933), painter, sculptor, photographer
• Anita Louise Suazo (born 1937), ceramics
• Atsuko Tanaka (1932–2005), painting, sculpture, performance art, installation art
• Gillian Ayres (born 1930), painter

1940–1949

• Pacita Abad (1946–2004), painter
• Marina Abramović (born 1946), performance artist
• Gretchen Albrecht, (born 1943), painter
• Laurie Anderson (born 1947), performance artist
• Heather Angel (born 1941), photographer, author
• Alice Aycock (born 1946), sculptor
• Tina Barney (born 1945), photographer, filmmaker
• Anne Bascove (born 1946), painter, printmaker, mixed media
• Lynda Benglis (born 1941), sculptor
• Judith Bernstein (born 1942), painter
• Vivienne Binns (born 1940), painter, enamels
• Melinda Bordelon (1949–1995), painter, illustrator
• Fionnuala Boyd (born 1944),
• Rhea Carmi (born 1942), abstract expressionist and mixed-media artist
• Squeak Carnwath (born 1947), painter
• Vera Chino (born 1943), Acoma Pueblo ceramic artist
• Shelagh Cluett (1947–2007), sculptor fine art lecturer
• Susan Crile (born 1942), painter
• Lynn Davis (born 1944), photographer
• Orshi Drozdik (born 1946), photographer, sculptor
• Bracha Ettinger (born 1948), painter, photographer, psychoanalyst, writer
• Valie Export (born 1940), performance artist, video installations, photography
• Carole Feuerman (born 1945), sculptor
• Rose Garrard (born 1946), installation, video and performance
• Jan Groover (1943–2012), photographer
• Kathy Grove (born 1948), conceptual artist
• Maggi Hambling (born 1945), painter, sculptor
• Helen Hardin (1943–1984), painter
• Margaret Harrison (born 1940), painter
• Masumi Hayashi (1945–2006), photographer
• Judithe Hernández (born 1948) painter, muralist
• Rebecca Horn (born 1944), sculptor, installation art
• Miyako Ishiuchi (born 1947), photographer
• Sanja Iveković (born 1949), interdisciplinary artist
• Rita Keegan (born 1949), multii-media artist
• Mary Kelly (artist) (born 1941), installation art, interdisciplinary
• Gayane Khachaturian (1942–2009), painter
• Barbara Kruger (born 1945), conceptual artist
• Annie Leibovitz (born 1949), photographer
• Pat Lipsky, (born 1940), painter
• Hung Liu, (born 1948), painter
• 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
• Annette Messager (born 1943), installation art, interdisciplinary
• Sheila Mullen (born 1942), painter
• Glòria Muñoz (born 1949), painter
• Elizabeth Murray (1940–2007), painter, printmaker
• Avis Newman (born 1946), painter, sculptor
• Gladys Nilsson (born 1940), painter
• Guity Novin (born 1944), painter
• Orlan 1947 performance artist
• Gloria Petyarre (born 1945), painter
• Adrian Piper (born 1948), conceptual artist
• Sylvia Plachy (born 1943), photographer
• Susan Mohl Powers (born 1944), sculptor, painter
• Judy Rifka (born 1945) painter, video artist
• Suellen Rocca (born 1943), painter
• Barbara Rosenthal (born 1948), photographer
• Martha Rosler (born 1943), photographer, performance, video
• 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
• Vicki Stone (born 1949), painter
• Altoon Sultan (born 1948), painter
• Carol Sutton (born 1945), painter
• Berenice Sydney (1944–1983), paintings, drawings, prints, children's books, costume design, performance
• Joyce Tenneson (born 1945), photographer
• Mym Tuma (born 1940), painter and mixed-media artist
• Lauretta Vinciarelli (1943–2011), painter, architect, educator
• Hannah Wilke (1940–1993), sculptor, photographer
• Annie Williams (born 1942), watercolour artist
• Val Wilmer (born 1941), photographer, author
• Jackie Winsor (born 1941), sculptor

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), basket weaver
• Anne Appleby (born 1954), painter
• Lynda Barry (born 1956), illustrator, comics
• Chrisann Brennan (born 1954) painter
• Chila Kumari Burman (born 1957), printmaker, painter, installation artist
• Sophie Calle (born 1953), photographer, author, installation artist, conceptual artist
• Louisa Chase (1951-2016), painter, printmaker
• Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy (1952–2012), painter
• Sokari Douglas Camp (born 1958), sculptor
• Susan Derges (born 1955), photographic artist
• Joanne Gair (born 1958), painter, body art
• Anne Geddes (born 1956), photographer
• Nan Goldin (born 1953), photographer
• Akiko Hatsu (born 1959), illustrator, comics
• Jenny Holzer (born 1950), conceptual artist
• Roni Horn (born 1955), photographer
• Mona Hatoum (born 1952), video, installation
• Lubaina Himid (born 1954), mixed media
• Leiko Ikemura (born 1951), painter, sculptor
• Vanessa Paukeigope Jennings (born 1952), bead and textile artist
• Claudette Johnson (born 1959), painter
• Maya Lin (born 1959), installation artist
• Marita Liulia (born 1957), photographer, digital and interactive media
• Sally Mann (born 1951), photographer
• Soraida Martinez (born 1956), artist, designer
• Michiko Matsumoto (born 1950), photographer
• Shirin Neshat (born 1957), filmmaker, videographer, photographer
• Deborah Niland (born 1950), painter, illustrator
• Kilmeny Niland (1950–2009), painter, illustrator
• Cady Noland (1956), sculptor
• Cornelia Parker (born 1956), sculptor, drawing, installation artist
• Ingrid Pollard (1953), portrait photographer
• Shani Rhys James (born 1953), painter
• Jenny Scobel (born 1955), painter
• Cindy Sherman (born 1954), photographer, filmmaker
• Li Shuang (born 1957), painter
• Jiang Shuo (born 1958), sculptor
• Kiki Smith (born 1954), sculptor, printmaker, installation art
• Renee Stout (born 1958), photographer, installation art
• Rumiko Takahashi (born 1957), illustrator, author
• Zoja Trofimiuk (born 1952), sculptor, printmaker
• Alison Turnbull (born 1956), painter, sculptor
• Linda Vallejo (born 1951), painting, sculpture, ceramics
• 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
• Yeşim Ağaoğlu (born 1966), installation art
• Margarete Bagshaw (born 1964), painter
• Fiona Banner (born 1966), wordscapes, sculpture, drawing, installation
• Vanessa Beecroft (born 1969), performance art
• Sonia Boyce (born 1962), mixed media, photography, installation, text
• Cecily Brown (born 1969), painter
• Carolyn Cole (born 1961), photographer
• Justine Cooper (born 1968), mixed media
• Tacita Dean (born 1965), film, drawing, photography, sound
• Inka Essenhigh (born 1969), painter
• Mary Evans (born 1963), mixed media
• Abigail Fallis (born 1968), sculptor
• Anna Fox (born 1961), photographer
• Ellen Gallagher (born 1965), painter, mixed media artist
• Brita Granström (born 1969), painter, illustrator, author
• Taraneh Hemami (born 1960), multidisciplinary artist, installations, craft
• Maya Hayuk (born 1969), painter, muralist
• Chantal Joffe (born 1969), painter
• Lori Kay (born 1962), sculptor, mixed media
• Hilja Keading (born 1960), video installation artist
• Toba Khedoori (1964), sculptor, mixed-media, drawings, paintings
• Rachel Khedoori (1964), sculptor, mixed-media
• Amanda Matthews (born 1968), sculptor, painter, public art designer
• Lorena Kloosterboer (born 1962), painter, sculptor
• Zoe Leonard (born 1961), photographer, visual artist
• Vera Lutter (born 1960), mixed-media
• Mariko Mori (born 1967), performance, installation
• Virginia Nimarkoh (born 1967), photo installations
• Audrey Niffenegger (born 1963), printmaker, author
• Catherine Opie (born 1961), photographer
• Janette Parris (born 1963), drawing
• Olivia Peguero (born 1962),painter, sculptor, author
• Lique Schoot (born 1969), painter, photographer, installation
• Lorna Simpson (born 1960), photographer
• Jonny Star (born 1964), sculptor, installation artist, collage artist
• Maud Sulter (1960–2008), portraiture, montage
• Roxanne Swentzell (born 1962), sculptor
• Sarah Sze (born 1969), installation art
• 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
• Bettina Werner (born 1965), a pioneer artist who invented the textured colorized salt crystal technique, in the early 80's, as an art medium- first in the History of Art
• Rachel Whiteread (born 1963), sculptor
• Melanie Yazzie (born 1966), sculptor, painter, printmaker
• Laurie Walker (artist) (born 1962), interdisciplinary artist

1970–1979

• Jumana Emil Abboud (born 1971), multidisciplinary artist
• Golnar Adili (born 1976), multidisciplinary artist
• Shereen Audi (born 1970), multidisciplinary artist
• Eva Grubinger (born 1970), installation artist
• Hiromix (born 1976), photographer
• Rachel Kneebone (born 1973), sculptor
• Sanaz Mazinani (born 1978), multidisciplinary artist
• Julie Mehretu (born 1970), painter
• Sara Rahbar (born 1976), contemporary mixed media artist
• Amanda Ross-Ho (born 1975), interdisciplinary artist
• Jenny Saville (born 1970), painter
• Taryn Simon (born 1975), conceptual artist
• Marianne Vitale, (born 1973), installation artist
• Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (born 1977), painter
• Joanna Zastróżna (born 1972), photographer

See also

• Women artists
• List of female comics creators
• List of Lulu Award winners
• Women in photography
• Photo-Secession
• Tenth Street galleries
• Beaver Hall Group
• Native American women in the arts
• List of female sculptors
• List of women artists in the Armory Show

References

• Orford, Emily-Jane Hills. (2008). "The Creative Spirit: Stories of 20th Century Artists". Ottawa: Baico Publishing. ISBN 978-1-897449-18-9.