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.
Frida Kahlo06 July 1907, Mexican
Painter
Charlotte Johnson Wahl30 April 1942, British
Painter, Mother of Boris Johnson
Yvonne McGuinness12 October 1972, Irish
Visual Artist
Effie Gray07 May 1828, Scottish
Artist
Artemisia Gentileschi08 July 1593, Italian
Painter
Jade Jagger21 October 1971, French, British
Model
Yayoi Kusama22 March 1929, Japanese
Contemporary Artist
Margaret Keane15 September 1927, American
Painter
Naoko Takeuchi15 March 1967, Japanese
Manga Artist
Mary Cassatt22 May 1844, American
Painter
Tove Jansson09 August 1914, Finnish
Novelist
Tracy Griffith19 October 1965, American
Actress
Hiromu Arakawa08 May 1973, Japanese
Manga Artist
Mary Pinchot Meyer14 October 1920, American
Painter & Journalist
Tracey Emin03 July 1963, British
Artist, Painter
Justine Frischmann16 September 1969, British
Musician
Hilma af Klint26 October 1862, Swedish
Painter
Marie Tussaud01 December 1761, Swiss, French
Artist
Micheline Roquebrune1929 AD, French, Moroccan
Wife of Sir Sean Connery
Louise Bourgeois25 December 1911, French, American
Artist
Leonora Carrington06 April 1917, Mexican
Mexican Artist & Surrealist Painter
Lee Krasner27 October 1908, American
Artist
Lisa Hanawalt19 June 1983, American
Cartoonists
Geneviève Castrée09 April 1981, Canadian, American
Canadian Cartoonist
Niki de Saint Phalle29 October 1930, French
Sculptor
Judy Chicago20 July 1939, American
American artist
Sonia Delaunay14 November 1885, French
Artist
Faith Ringgold08 October 1930, American
Artist
Tarsila do Amaral01 September 1886, Brazilian
Artist
Anna Ancher18 August 1859, Danish
Painter
Sophie Gengembre Anderson1823 AD, French, British
Artist
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Sibylle Szaggars14 April 1957, German
Artist
Amrita Shergil30 January 1913, Indian
Indian painter
Slava Raškaj02 January 1877, Croatian
Painter
Charlotte Dean29 September 1982, American
Illustrator, Visual Artist
Kim Sears10 December 1987, British
Artist
Lizzy Ansingh13 March 1875, Dutch
Painter
Kelsey Montague1985 AD, American
Mural Artist
Signe Hansen19 April 1995, Danish
Digital Artist
Lauren Lapkus06 September 1985, American
Actress
Melissa Villaseñor09 October 1987, American
Actress
Soumitra Chatterjee19 January 1935, Indian, British Indian Ocean Territory
Actor
Ariana Richards11 September 1979, American
Actress
Jemima Kirke26 April 1985, British
Artist
Traudl Junge16 March 1920, German
Memoirist, Painter, Secretary, Writer
Rumiko Takahashi10 October 1957, Japanese
Japanese manga artist
Beatrice Wood03 March 1893, American
Artist
Françoise Gilot26 November 1921, French, American
Painter, Choreographer, Model
Heather Hunter01 October 1969, American
Actress
Elke Sommer05 November 1940, German
Actor, Singer, Painter, Model, Musician
Sylvia Kristel28 September 1952, Dutch
Singer, Film actor, Film director, Actor, Model,
Dora Maar22 November 1907, French
Photographer, Artist, Painter, Poet,
Alice Liddell04 May 1852, British
Artist
Amanda Lear18 November 1946, French
Painter, Singer, Actor, Model, Composer
Vivian Maier01 February 1926, American
Photographer
Paloma Picasso19 April 1949, Spanish, French
Entrepreneur, Choreographer, Painter, Jewellery
Lisa Frank21 April 1955, American
Businesswoman
Sandra Knight01 January 1940, American
Actress
Diva Zappa30 July 1979, American
Actress
Miranda July15 February 1974, American
Actress
Kate Millett14 September 1934, American
Writer
Frieda Hughes01 April 1960, British
Painter, Poet, Writer, Children's writer
Tamara de Lempicka16 May 1898, Polish, American
Painter
Vanessa Bell30 May 1879, British
Painter
Maggi Hambling23 October 1945, British
Painter
Käthe Kollwitz08 July 1867, German
Painter, Sculptor, Lithographer, Poster artist,
Berthe Morisot14 January 1841, French
Painter
Christiane Kubrick10 May 1932, German
Actor, Singer, Painter
Suze Rotolo20 November 1943, American
Author, Artist, Visual artist, Painter, Writer
Grandma Moses07 September 1860, American
Painter, Illustrator
Jill Gibson18 June 1942, American
Painter, Photographer, Singer, Songwriter
Elizabeth Siddal25 July 1829, British
Painter, Poet, Art model, Visual artist, Model
Ana Mendieta18 November 1948, American
Performance artist, Artist, Painter, Visual artist
Helen Frankenthaler12 December 1928, American
Painter
Bridget Riley24 April 1931, British
Painter
Djuna Barnes12 June 1892, American
Artist
Hannah Höch01 November 1889, German
Artist
Remedios Varo16 December 1908, Spanish
Painter
Emily Carr13 December 1871, Canadian
Painter, Autobiographer
Charlotte Salomon16 April 1917, German
Artist, Painter
Tasha Tudor28 August 1915, American
Illustrator
Agnes Martin22 March 1912, Canadian, American
Painter
Sofonisba Anguissola1535 AD, Italian
painter, artist, visual artist
Jenny Holzer29 July 1950, American
Artist, Painter, Sculptor
Louise Nevelson23 September 1899, American
Sculptor, Painter
Sarah Sze1969 AD, American
Sculptor
Mary Blair21 October 1911, American
Artist, animator, designer
Eva Hesse11 January 1936, German
Sculptor, Painter
Rosa Bonheur16 March 1822, French
Painter, Sculptor
Suzanne Valadon23 September 1865, French
Painter, Art model, Model
Yelena Yemchuk22 April 1970, American
Painter, Photographer
Angelica Kauffman30 October 1741, Austrian, Swiss, British
Painter
Ruth Asawa24 January 1926, American
Sculptor
Alison Lapper07 April 1965, British
Painter, Photographer