Throughout history, there have been many women painters who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great female painters such as Frida Kahlo, Mary Cassatt, Artemisia Gentileschi, Tracey Emin, Tove Jansson.The women painters featured in this list are from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & Australia and many more countries.
Rashida Jones25 February 1976, American
Actress
Frida Kahlo06 July 1907, Mexican
Painter
Jade Jagger21 October 1971, French, British
Model
Yvonne McGuinness12 October 1972, Irish
Visual Artist
Charlotte Johnson Wahl30 April 1942, British
Painter, Mother of Boris Johnson
Yayoi Kusama22 March 1929, Japanese
Contemporary Artist
Margaret Keane15 September 1927, American
Painter
Artemisia Gentileschi08 July 1593, Italian
Painter
Geneviève Castrée09 April 1981, Canadian, American
Canadian Cartoonist
Tove Jansson09 August 1914, Finnish
Novelist
Tracey Emin03 July 1963, British
Artist, Painter
Mary Cassatt22 May 1844, American
Painter
Leonora Carrington06 April 1917, Mexican
Mexican Artist & Surrealist Painter
Mary Pinchot Meyer14 October 1920, American
Painter & Journalist
Tracy Griffith19 October 1965, American
Actress
Micheline Roquebrune1929 AD, French, Moroccan
Painter, Wife of Sir Sean Connery
Faith Ringgold08 October 1930, American
Artist
Judy Chicago20 July 1939, American
American artist
Sonia Delaunay14 November 1885, French
Artist
Tarsila do Amaral01 September 1886, Brazilian
Artist
Sophie Gengembre Anderson1823 AD, British
Painter
Anna Ancher18 August 1859, Danish
Painter
Amrita Shergil30 January 1913, Indian
Indian painter
Slava Raškaj02 January 1877, Croatian
Painter
Charlotte Dean29 September 1982, American
Illustrator, Visual Artist
Lizzy Ansingh13 March 1875, Dutch
Painter
Signe Hansen19 April 1995, Danish
Digital Artist
Kim Sears10 December 1987, British
Artist
Kelsey Montague1985 AD, American
Mural Artist
Sibylle Szaggars14 April 1957, German
Artist
Mamata Banerjee05 January 1955, Indian
Politician, Painter
Ariana Richards11 September 1979, American
Actress
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Françoise Gilot26 November 1921, French, American
Painter, Choreographer, Model
Sylvia Kristel28 September 1952, Dutch
Singer, Film actor, Film director, Actor, Model,
Hilma af Klint26 October 1862, Swedish
Sculptor, Psychic
Elke Sommer05 November 1940, German
Actor, Singer, Painter, Model, Musician
Lee Krasner27 October 1908, American
Painter, Printmaker
Traudl Junge16 March 1920, German
Memoirist, Painter, Secretary, Writer
Marie Tussaud01 December 1761, French
Sculptor
Dora Maar22 November 1907, French
Photographer, Artist, Painter, Poet,
Paloma Picasso19 April 1949, Spanish, French
Entrepreneur, Choreographer, Painter, Jewellery
Rumiko Takahashi10 October 1957, Japanese
Japanese manga artist
Amanda Lear18 November 1946, French
Painter, Singer, Actor, Model, Composer
Justine Frischmann16 September 1969, British
Musician
Suze Rotolo20 November 1943, American
Author, Artist, Visual artist, Painter, Writer
Louise Bourgeois25 December 1911, French, American
Sculptor, Visual artist, Artist, Painter
Frieda Hughes01 April 1960, British
Painter, Poet, Writer, Children's writer
Amrita Sher-Gil30 January 1913, Indian
Painter
Grandma Moses07 September 1860, American
Painter, Illustrator
Berthe Morisot14 January 1841, French
Painter
Vanessa Bell30 May 1879, British
Painter
Christiane Kubrick10 May 1932, German
Actor, Singer, Painter
Soumitra Chatterjee19 January 1935, Indian, British Indian Ocean Territory
Actor
Niki de Saint Phalle29 October 1930, French
model, painter, visual artist, sculptor
Jenny Holzer29 July 1950, American
Artist, Painter, Sculptor
Elizabeth Siddal25 July 1829, British
Painter, Poet, Art model, Visual artist, Model
Emily Carr13 December 1871, Canadian
Painter, Autobiographer
Bridget Riley24 April 1931, British
Painter
Helen Frankenthaler12 December 1928, American
Painter
Tamara de Lempicka16 May 1898, Polish, American
Painter
Käthe Kollwitz08 July 1867, German
Painter, Sculptor, Lithographer, Poster artist,
Ana Mendieta18 November 1948, American
Performance artist, Artist, Painter, Visual artist
Jill Gibson18 June 1942, American
Painter, Photographer, Singer, Songwriter
Remedios Varo16 December 1908, Spanish
Painter
Eva Hesse11 January 1936, German
Sculptor, Painter
Ruth Kligman25 January 1930, American
Painter
Yelena Yemchuk22 April 1970, American
Painter, Photographer
Agnes Martin22 March 1912, Canadian, American
Painter
Carolee Schneemann12 October 1939, American
Artist, Choreographer, Painter, University
Joan Mitchell12 February 1925, American
Painter
Suzanne Valadon23 September 1865, French
Painter, Art model, Model
Natalia Goncharova03 June 1881, French, Russian
painter, choreographer
Louise Nevelson23 September 1899, American
Sculptor, Painter
Gertrude Jekyll29 November 1843, British
Horticulturist, Painter, Gardener, Non-fiction
Rosa Bonheur16 March 1822, French
Painter, Sculptor
Kiki Smith18 January 1954, American
Sculptor, Painter, Artist
Dora Carrington29 March 1893, British
Painter
Consuelo de Saint Exupéry10 April 1901, Salvadoran
Writer, Journalist, Painter, Sculptor
Sofonisba Anguissola1535 AD, Italian
painter, artist, visual artist
Jenny Saville07 May 1970, British
painter
Angelica Kauffman30 October 1741, Swiss, British
Painter
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven12 July 1874, German
Sculptor, Writer, Painter, Model, Poet, Artist
Mary Blair21 October 1911, American
Artist, animator, designer
Elizabeth Catlett15 April 1915, Mexican
Sculptor, Printmaker, Painter
Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange02 November 1709
Politician, Painter
Elizabeth Thompson03 November 1846, British
Painter
Paula Modersohn-Becker08 February 1876
Painter
Laura Knight04 August 1877, British
Painter, Autobiographer
Romaine Brooks01 May 1874, Italian, American
Painter, Sculptor
Kate Perugini29 October 1839, British
Painter
Isabelle Collin Dufresne06 September 1935, American
Writer, Artist, Actor, Painter
Evelyn De Morgan30 August 1855, British
Painter
Rachel Ruysch03 June 1664, Dutch
Botanical illustrator, Painter
Victorine Meurent18 February 1844, French
Painter, Art model
Marie Laurencin31 October 1883, French
Painter, Printmaker
Carolyn Cassady28 April 1923, American
Writer, Painter