List of English women artists

This is a list of women artists who were born in England or whose works are closely associated with that country.

A

• Evelyn Abelson (1886–1967), painter
• Judith Ackland (1892–1971), landscape painter
• Elinor Proby Adams (1885–1945), painter
• Marion Adnams (1898-1995), painter, printmaker, and draughtswoman
• Mary Adshead (1904–1995), painter, illustrator, designer
• Eileen Agar (1899–1991), painter and photographer
• Sam Ainsley (born 1950), painter and tapestry artist
• Eileen Aldridge (1916–1990), painter
• Griselda Allan (1905–1987), painter
• Rosemary Allan (1911–2008), painter
• Kathleen Allen (1906–1983), painter
• Helen Allingham (1848–1926), watercolour painter, illustrator
• Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852–1909), painter
• Mabel Annesley (1881–1959), engraver, painter
• Amanda Ansell (born 1976), painter
• Anne Margaret Coke, Viscountess Anson (1779–1843), painter
• Val Archer (born 1946), painter
• Ann Arnold (1936–2015), painter
• Sue Arrowsmith (1950–2014), contemporary artist
• Pamela Ascherson (1923–2010), sculptor, illustrator
• Sophie Aston (born 1979), painter
• Sophie Atkinson (1876–1972), painter, illustrator
• Mary Audsley (1919–2008), painter, sculptor
• Winifred Austen (1876–1964), painter
• Gillian Ayres (1930–2018), painter, printmaker

B

• Roma Babuniak (born 1952), ceramic artist
• Margaret Backhouse (1818–1888), portrait painter
• Marjorie May Bacon (1902–1988), painter, printmaker
• Fiona Banner (born 1966), contemporary artist
• Audrey Barker (1932–2002), installation artist
• Gwen Barnard (1912–1988), painter, printmaker
• Anna Barriball (born 1972), mixed media artist
• Lindsay Bartholomew (born 1944), watercolour painter
• Nicola Bealing (born 1963), painter
• Celia Frances Bedford (1904–1959), painter, printmaker
• Sarah Beddington (born 1964), artist, filmmaker
• Gladys Kathleen Bell (1882–1965), miniature painter
• Vanessa Bell (1879–1961), painter, interior designer
• Eleanor Best (1875–1958), painter
• Helen Binyon (1904–1979), illustrator
• Suzzan Blac (born 1960), surreal painter
• Vivien Blackett (born 1955), painter
• Zelma Blakely (1921–1978), illustrator
• Flavia Blois (1914–1980), landscape painter
• Anna Blunden (1829–1915), painter
• Eden Box (1919–1988), painter
• Dorothea Braby (1909–1987), illustrator
• Dorothy Bradford (artist) (1918–2008), painter
• Dorothy Elizabeth Bradford (1897–1986), painter
• Phyllis Bray (1911–1991), artist and muralist
• Rosa Brett (1829–1882), Pre-Raphaelite painter
• Marjorie Frances Bruford (1902–1958), painter
• Louie Burrell (1873–1971), painter
• Anne Frances Byrne (1775–1837), flower painter

C

• Estella Campavias (1918–1990), ceramicist, sculptor
• Nancy Carline (1909–2004), landscape painter
• Tamsyn Challenger, contemporary artist
• Evelyn Cheston (1875–1929), landscape painter
• Jean Clark (1902–1999), watercolour painter and muralist
• Dora Clarke (1895–1989), sculptor
• Shelagh Cluett (1947–2007), sculptor
• Hilary Dulcie Cobbett (1885–1976), painter
• Isabel Codrington (1874–1943), painter
• Dorothy Coke (1897–1979), painter
• Elsie Vera Cole (1885–1967), painter
• Ruth Collet (1909–2001), painter
• Ithell Colquhoun (1906–1988), painter, occultist and author
• Beryl Cook (1926–2008), painter
• May Louise Greville Cooksey (1878–1943), painter
• Jessica Cooper (born 1967), painter and designer
• Constance Copeman (1864–1953), painter
• Teresa Copnall (1882–1972), painter
• Fiona Crisp (born 1966), photographer, installation artist
• Nora Cundell (1889–1948), painter

D

• Mary Davis (1866–1941), painter
• Edith Downing (1857–1931), sculptor
• Pamela Drew (1910–1989), painter of marine and aviation subjects
• Evelyn Dunbar (1906–1960), painter, illustrator

E

• Aileen Eagleton (1902–1984), painter
• Ursula Edgcumbe (1900–1985), sculptor and painter
• Edith Edmonds (1874–1951), painter
• May de Montravel Edwardes (1887-1967), painter
• Mildred Eldridge (1909–1991), painter
• Tracey Emin (born 1963), multidisciplinary artist
• Rosalie Emslie (1891–1977), painter
• Grace English (1891–1956), painter

F

• Leila Faithfull (1896–1994), painter
• Daphne Fedarb (1912–1992), painter
• Mary Fedden (1915–2012), painter
• Dee Ferris (born 1973), painter
• Victorine Foot (1920–2000), artist
• Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872–1945), artist, illustrator

G

• Molly Garnier (born 1981), painter
• Rose Garrard (born 1946), multidisciplinary artist, writer
• Alethea Garstin (1894–1978), painter
• Kaff Gerrard (1894–1970), painter, potter
• Phyllis Ginger (1907–2005), painter, illustrator
• Edith Gittins (1845–1910), painter
• Hilda May Gordon (1874–1972), painter
• Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968), painter and printmaker
• Caroline Gotch (1854–1945), painter
• Barbara Greg (1900–1983), wood engraver
• Kate Groobey (born 1979), painter
• Kathleen Guthrie (1905–1981), painter, illustrator

H

• Maria C. Hakewill (died 1842), portrait painter
• Maggi Hambling (born 1945), painter, sculptor
• Gertrude Harvey (1879–1966), painter
• Isobel Heath (1908–1989), painter
• Elsie Henderson (1880–1967), painter, sculptor
• Rose Henriques (1889–1972), painter
• Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975), painter, sculptor
• Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983), engraver
• Elsie Dalton Hewland (1901–1979), painter
• Cicely Hey (1896–1980), painter, sculptor
• Wuon-Gean Ho (born 1973), printmaker
• Mary Hoare (1753–1820), painter
• Gwynneth Holt (1909–1995), ivory sculptor
• Claire Hooper (born 1979), painter, video artist
• Erlund Hudson (1912–2011), watercolour painter and etcher
• Georgina Hunt (1912–2012), abstract artist

I

• Alice Instone (born 1975), painter

J

• Chantal Joffe (born 1969), painter
• Lucy Jones (born 1955), painter
• Lily Delissa Joseph (1863-1940), painter

K

• Marion Kalmus (born 1962), mixed media artist
• Lucy Kemp-Welch (1869–1958), equine artist
• Sarah Louisa Kilpack (1839–1909), painter
• Eve Kirk (1900–1969), painter
• Laura Knight (1877–1970), painter, etcher, engraver
• Winifred Knights (1899–1947), painter

L

• Jessica Landseer (1810–1880), landscape painter, miniaturist
• Elizabeth Jane Lloyd (1928–1995), painter and teacher
• Sarah Lucas (born 1962), contemporary artist

M

• Frances Macdonald (1914–2002), painter
• Nicolette Macnamara (1911–1987), painter, writer
• Edna Mann (1926–1985), painter
• Maria Marshall (born 1966), visual artist
• Mary McCrossan (1865–1934), painter
• Mary McEvoy, (1870-1941), painter
• Dorothy Mead (1928–1975), painter
• Victoria Monkhouse (1883–1970), painter
• Mona Moore (1917–2000), painter, illustrator
• Marlow Moss (1889–1958), painter and sculptor
• Olive Mudie-Cooke (1890–1925), painter

N

• Margaret Graeme Niven (1906–1997), painter
• Marianne North (1830–1890), flower painter

P

• Grace Pailthorpe (1883–1971), painter
• Janette Parris (born 1963)
• Margot Perryman (born 1938)
• Louise Pickard (1865–1928), painter
• Orovida Camille Pissarro (1893–1968), painter, etcher
• Elizabeth Polunin (1887–1950), artist, theatre designer
• Melinda Camber Porter (1953–2008), painter, writer
• Margaret Fisher Prout (1875–1963), painter
• Brenda Pye (1907–2005), painter

R

• Mary Ramsden (born 1984), painter
• Gwen Raverat (1885–1957), engraver
• Louise Rayner (1832–1924), watercolourist
• Lady Mary Rennell (1901–1981), painter
• Bridget Riley (born 1931), painter
• Ruth Rix (born 1942), painter, multidisciplinary artist

S

• Stella Schmolle (1908–1975), painter
• Dorothea Sharp (1874–1955), painter
• Clare Shenstone (born 1948), portrait painter
• Elizabeth Siddal (1829–1862), artist
• Corinne Silva (born 1976), contemporary artist
• Hilary Simon, silk painter
• Ruth Simpson (1889–1964), portrait painter
• Maria Spilsbury (1776–1820), religious painter
• Carole Steyn (born 1938), abstract painter
• Sarah Stone (1760–1844), natural history artist
• Helen Stratton (1867–1961), book illustrator
• Linda Sutton (born 1947), painter
• Annie Swynnerton (1844–1933), painter

T

• Valerie Thornton (1931–1991), etcher, printmaker
• Flora Twort (1893–1985), painter, pastellist

V

• Elisabeth Vellacott (1905–2002), painter
• Charlotte Verity, (born 1954), painter
• Stella Vine (born 1969), painter

W

• Josephine Wall (born 1947), painter, sculptor
• Joan Warburton (1920–1996), painter
• Henrietta Ward (1832–1924), genre painter
• Billie Waters (1896–1979), painter
• Edith Grace Wheatley (1888–1970), painter
• Rachel Whiteread (born 1963), sculptor
• Mandy Wilkinson (born 1970), painter
• Caroline Fanny Williams (1836–1921), landscape painter
• Ursula Wood (1868–1925), painter
• Gertrude Mary Woodward (1854–1939), scientific illustrator
• Rose Wylie (born 1934), painter

Y

• Nan Youngman (1906–1995), painter

Z

• Georgiana Zornlin (1800–1881), painter
• Astrid Zydower (1930–2005), sculptor