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Sally Mann

Despite a career that has been mired in controversy, Sally Mann remains one of America’s premier living photographers.

Florine Stettheimer

A pioneer artist from early twentieth-century New York, Florine Stettheimer advanced new possibilities in painting for women artists.

Hannah Ryggen

Hannah Ryggen is a vital and unique figure in the story of modern art, particularly within the Nordic countries.

Josefa de Óbidos

Josefa de Óbidos was the most celebrated female artists in 17th century Portugal.

Judy Chicago was one of the pioneers of Feminist art in the 1970s, a movement that endeavored to reflect women’s lives, call attention to women’s roles as artists, and alter the conditions under which contemporary art was produced and received.

Laura Aguilar

Using photography as a tool for the empowerment of her community, Laura Aguilar provided new possibilities for the depictions of subjects and bodies that had traditionally been excluded from art history.

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.

Lavinia Fontana

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

Louise Moillon emerged as one of the most important early 17th century French still life painters.

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

In spite of the fact she spent nearly her entire adult life living and working outside her country of birth, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva is today considered one of Portugal’s most important female artists.