![Frieda Hughes Frieda Hughes](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/frieda-hughes.jpg)
Leonora Carrington was a Mexican artist, novelist, and surrealist painter. During the 1970s, Carrington played an important role in Mexico's women's liberation movement as she was one of the founding members of the movement. Carrington, who was fascinated by symbolism and myth, studied alchemy, Popol Vuh, post-classic Mayan mystical writings, and the kabbalah.
![Vanessa Bell Vanessa Bell](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/vanessa-bell-1.jpg)
![Gertrude Jekyll Gertrude Jekyll](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/gertrude-jekyll-25972-1.jpg)
Landscape architect Gertrude Jekyll was born into an affluent family and grew up in a refined environment, learning music and traveling. Initially interested in painting, she gave it up to focus on gardening when she developed eyesight problems. She built around 400 gardens and also collaborated with Sir Edwin Lutyens.
Artist Tracey Emin is known for incorporating subjective elements in her artwork. She experiments with media such as drawing, sculpture, and installations. She made headlines with her controversial works such as Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995 and My Bed. She has also taught at the Royal Academy.
![Lynn Bowles Lynn Bowles](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/lynn-bowles.jpg)
![Jenny Saville Jenny Saville](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/jenny-saville-1.jpg)
![Bridget Riley Bridget Riley](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/bridget-riley-9238-1.jpg)
![Elizabeth Siddal Elizabeth Siddal](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/elizabeth-siddal-1.jpg)
![Maggi Hambling Maggi Hambling](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/maggi-hambling-1.jpg)
![Paula Rego Paula Rego](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/paula-rego-98354-1.jpg)
![Kate Perugini Kate Perugini](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/kate-perugini-1.jpg)
![Rachel Whiteread Rachel Whiteread](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/rachel-whiteread.jpg)
The first female recipient of the Turner Prize, sculptor Rachel Whiteread is best known for her work House. Her signature style includes portraying the negative spaces around objects. She is also known for her use of graph paper and is part of the Young British Artists movement.
![Elizabeth Thompson Elizabeth Thompson](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/elizabeth-thompson-1.jpg)
![Laura Knight Laura Knight](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/laura-knight-1.jpg)
![Dora Carrington Dora Carrington](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/dora-carrington-1.jpg)
![Evelyn De Morgan Evelyn De Morgan](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/evelyn-de-morgan-23700-1.jpg)
![Gillian Wearing Gillian Wearing](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/gillian-wearing-1.jpeg)
![Kate Greenaway Kate Greenaway](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/kate-greenaway-1.jpg)
![Cornelia Parker Cornelia Parker](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/cornelia-parker-25008-1.jpg)
![Maria Cosway Maria Cosway](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/maria-cosway-1.jpg)
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![Mina Loy Mina Loy](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/mina-loy-1.jpg)
Born to a French father and a British mother, Sophie Gengembre Anderson was a self-taught artist. The family fled to the U.S. to escape the French Revolution. A master portraitist and a major Pre-Raphaelite figure, Sophie specialized in painting women and children, with cats and natural elements thrown in.
![Marie Spartali Stillman Marie Spartali Stillman](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/marie-spartali-stillman-1.jpg)
![Eileen Agar Eileen Agar](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/eileen-agar-58989-1.jpg)
Eileen Agar was a British-Argentinian photographer and painter best remembered for her association with the Surrealist movement. In 1936, Agar became the only woman to exhibit her works at the International Surrealist Exhibition in London after her work was recommended by Paul Nash to the organizers of the exhibition, Herbert Read and Roland Penrose.
![Lilly Martin Spencer Lilly Martin Spencer](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/lilly-martin-spencer-1.jpg)
![Magdalene Odundo Magdalene Odundo](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/magdalene-odundo-102945-1.jpg)
![Phyllis Pearsall Phyllis Pearsall](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/phyllis-pearsall-1.jpg)
![Kathleen Hale Kathleen Hale](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/kathleen-hale-1.jpg)
![Lady Sybil Grant Lady Sybil Grant](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/lady-sybil-grant-111558-1.jpg)
![Ann Macbeth Ann Macbeth](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/ann-macbeth.jpg)
![Joseph Blackburn Joseph Blackburn](http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/joseph-blackburn-1.jpg)