Laura Wheeler Waring
With Edmonia Lewis, Meta Vaux Warrick, and Augusta Savage, Waring is one of the foremost Black American female artists of the first half of the twentieth century.
With Edmonia Lewis, Meta Vaux Warrick, and Augusta Savage, Waring is one of the foremost Black American female artists of the first half of the twentieth century.
Lavinia Fontana belonged to the Bolognese Mannerist school and is thought by many to be the first professional female artist, working on many prestigious private commissions for Bolognese and Roman nobility, and for foreign dignitaries (including the King of Spain).
Louise Moillon emerged as one of the most important early 17th century French still life painters.
Her visual vocabulary of fluid form, allegorical iconography, and luminescence were central elements in what would become known as Transcendental Painting.
Alice Rahon is best known as a poet and painter whose work straddled modern, ancient, and pre-historic cultures.
Rising to fame after being hand-picked by former First Lady Michelle Obama to paint her official portrait, Amy Sherald is today one of the best-known Black American artists.
Débora Arango was one of Colombia’s most original and fearless 20th century artists.
Evelyn De Morgan used her oil paintings to engage with the political, social and moral issues of 19th century England including prison reform and suffrage.
Irish painter
Irish publisher and painter