List of 20th-century women artists

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Louise Abbéma (1858–1927), painter, printmaker, sculptor
• Helen Allingham (1848–1926), painter, illustrator
• Laura Alma-Tadema (1852–1909), painter^[1]
• Ester Almqvist (1869–1934), Swedish painter
• Anna Ancher (1859–1935), Danish painter
• Sophie Anderson (1823–1903), painter
• Marie-Elmina Anger (1844–1901), nun and painter
• Helen Maitland Armstrong (1869–1948), stained glass artist
• Lucy Angeline Bacon (1857–1932), painter
• Alice Pike Barney (1857–1931), painter
• Susie M. Barstow (1836–1923), painter
• Jane E. Bartlett (1839–1923), painter and portraitist
• Cecilia Beaux (1855–1942), painter
• Julie Hart Beers (1835–1913), painter
• Enella Benedict (1858–1942), American painter
• Harriet Blackstone (1864–1939), figure painter
• Anna Boch (1848–1936), painter
• Alice Boughton (c. 1866–1943), photographer
• Marie Bracquemond (1841–1916), painter
• Susan Hinckley Bradley (1851–1929), American painter
• Fidelia Bridges (1834–1923), watercolorist
• Caroline Shawk Brooks (1840–1913), American sculptor
• Matilda Browne (1869–1947), American painter
• Elizabeth Eaton Burton (1869–1937), painter, printmaker, designer
• Sally Bush (1860–1946), photographer
• Evelyn Cameron (1868–1928), photographer
• Mary Cassatt (1844–1926), painter, printmaker
• Nellie Charlie (1867–1965), basket weaver
• Christabel Cockerell (1863–1951), painter
• Kate Cory (1861–1958), painter, sculptor
• Helene Cramer (1844–1916), painter
• Molly Cramer (1852–1936), painter
• Annie I. Crawford (1856–1942), painter, printmaker
• Alice Dannenberg (1861–1948), painter
• Jenny Eakin Delony (1866–1949), painter
• Cécile Douard (1866–1941), painter, sculptor
• Florence Dreyfous (1868–1950), painter
• Elisabeth von Eicken (1862–1940), German landscape painter
• Florence Esté (1860–1926), painter
• Johanna van Eybergen (1865–1950), applied artist and designer
• Frances C. Fairman (1839–1923), animal painter, illustrator
• Eva Scott Fényes (1849–1930), painter
• Olga Fialka (1848–1930), painter, illustrator
• Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (1874–1927), Dada artist, happening artist, painter, sculptor
• Laura Ann Fry (1857–1943), ceramic painter
• Norah Fulcher (1867–1945), portrait artist
• Frances Gearhart (1869–1959), printmaker and watercolorist
• Grace Woodbridge Geer (1854–1938), painter
• Anna Gerresheim (1852–1921), German painter
• Anne Goldthwaite (1869–1944), printmaker, painter
• Caroline Gotch (1854–1945), painter
• Jane Hawkins (1841–1904), portrait artist
• Wilhelmina Douglas Hawley (1860–1958), painter
• Laura Coombs Hills (1859–1952), painter
• Anna Hope (Nan) Hudson (1869–1957), painter
• Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864–1952), photographer
• Gertrude Käsebier (1852–1934), photographer
• Mina Karadžić (1828–1894), painter
• Lee Lufkin Kaula (1865-1957), painter
• Marie de Ford Keller (1860–1962), painter
• Lucy Kemp-Welch (1869–1958), painter
• Louisa Keyser (Datsolalee) (c. 1829/1850–1925), Washoe basket weaver
• Kitty Lange Kielland (1843–1914), painter
• Hilma af Klint (1862–1944), painter
• Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), printmaker, sculptor, painter
• Ida Pulis Lathrop (1859–1937), American painter
• Jessie Lipscomb (1861–1952), sculptor
• Séraphine Louis (1864–1942), painter
• Maria Magdalena Łubieńska (1833–1920), Polish painter and founder of an arts school.^[2]
• Carol Brooks MacNeil (1871–1944), American sculptor
• Bessie MacNicol (1869–1904), painter
• Jacqueline Marval (1866–1932), French painter

   

• Cornelia F. Maury (1866–1942), American pastel artist
• Blanche Hoschedé Monet (1865–1947), painter
• Grandma Moses (1860–1961), painter
• Dora Louise Murdoch (1857–1933), painter
• Iris Nampeyo (c. 1860–1942), potter, ceramic artist
• Clara Chipman Newton (1848–1936), china painter
• Clara Weaver Parrish (1861–1925) painter, stained glass
• Lilla Cabot Perry (1848–1933), painter
• Edith Mitchill Prellwitz (1865–1944), painter
• Vinnie Ream (1847–1914), sculptor
• Suze Robertson (1855–1922), painter
• Adelaïde Alsop Robineau (1865–1929), ceramic artist
• Helene Schjerfbeck (1862–1946), painter
• Anna Page Scott (1863–1925), painter
• Janet Scudder (1869–1940), sculptor
• Annie Ware Sabine Siebert (1864–1947), painter
• Martha Simkins (1866–1969), painter
• Jessie Willcox Smith (1863–1935), painter, illustrator
• Gertrude Spencer-Stanhope (1857–1944), sculptor, painter
• Eloise Harriet Stannard (1829–1915), painter
• Emily Coppin Stannard (1803–1885), painter
• Marianne Stokes (1855–1927), painter
• Eva Stort (1855–1936), painter
• Austa Densmore Sturdevant (1855–1936), painter
• Josefine Swoboda (1861–1924), Austrian portrait painter
• Annie Swynnerton (1844–1933), painter
• Emma Beach Thayer (1849–1924), painter
• Ellen Thesleff (1869–1954), painter
• Juliet Thompson (1873–1956), painter
• Minette Teichmueller (1871–1970), painter
• Suzanne Valadon (1865–1938), painter
• Marianne von Werefkin (1860–1938), painter
• Candace Wheeler (1827–1923), interior and textile designer
• Anna Lillian Winegar (1867–1941), painter and illustrator

 

 

• Zella de Milhau (1870–1954), printmaker
• Dorothea A. Dreier (1870–1923), painter
• Martha Stettler (1870–1945), painter
• Enid Yandell (1870–1934), sculptor
• Emily Carr (1871–1945), painter
• Edith Woodman Burroughs (1871–1916), sculptor
• Elizabeth Campbell Fisher Clay (1871–1959), lithographer, etcher
• Elinor Darwin (1871–1954), engraver, portrait painter
• Eliza Gardiner (1871–1955), painter and printmaker
• Elizabeth Shippen Green (1871–1954), painter, illustrator
• Emily Nichols Hatch (1871–1959), painter
• Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva (1871–1955), graphic artist, watercolorist
• Florine Stettheimer (1871–1944), painter
• Elsie Higgins (1871–1953), painter, miniaturist
• May Gearhart (1872–1951), printmaker
• Bertha Zillessen (1872–1936), photographer, painter
• Ethel Carrick (1872–1952), English painter
• Pauline Powell Burns (1872–1912), first African-American artist to exhibit in California.^[3]
• Mary Foote (1872–1968), painter
• Edna Boies Hopkins (1872–1947), woodcut prints
• Edith Maryon (1872–1924), sculptor
• Virginia Randall McLaws (1872–1967), painter
• Nadežda Petrović (1872–1922), painter
• Helena Sturtevant (1872–1946), painter
• Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872–1955), sculptor
• Beta Vukanović (1872–1972), painter
• María del Adalid (1873–1930), painter
• Augusta Curiel (1873–1930), photographer
• Ethel Sands (1873–1962), painter
• Fanny Adele Watson (1873–1947), painter, lithographer
• Gertrude Partington Albright (1874–1959), American artist
• Romaine Brooks (1874–1970), painter
• Isabel Codrington (1874–1943), English painter
• Mary Dawson Elwell (1874–1952), English painter
• Mabel Esplin (1874–1921), stained glass artist
• Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (1874–1927), Dada artist and poet
• Violet Oakley (1874–1961), muralist, stained glass
• Henrika Šantel (1874–1940), painter
• Anne Belle Stone (1874–1949), painter
• Nellie Walker (1874–1973), sculptor

• Elenore Abbott (1875–1935), painter, teacher
• Lizzy Ansingh (1875–1959), painter
• Erma Bossi (1875–1952), painter
• Nellie Augusta Knopf (1875-1962)
• Clara McDonald Williamson (1875–1976), painter
• Dulah Marie Evans (1875–1951), painter, photographer
• Delle Miller (1875–1932), painter
• Margaret Preston (1875–1963), painter, printmaker

• Alice D. Engley Beek (1876-1951), painter
• Edith Dimock (1876–1955), painter
• Christian Jane Fergusson (1876–1957), painter
• Emily Parker Groom (1876–1975), painter
• Lillian Genth (1876–1953), painter
• Fairlie Harmar (1876-1945), painter
• Gwen John (1876–1939), painter
• Maude Kerns (1876–1965), American painter and avant garde artist
• Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907), painter

• Else Berg (1877–1942), painter
• Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877–1952), painter
• Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877–1968), sculptor, painter, poet
• Elena Guro (1877–1913), painter, writer
• Kata Kalivoda (1877–1936), painter
• Laura Knight (1877–1970), painter and war artist
• Blondelle Malone (1877-1951), painter
• Gabriele Münter (1877–1962), painter
• Käte Schaller-Härlin (1877–1973), painter
• Hilda Annetta Walker (1877–1960), sculptor and painter
• Mabel May Woodward (1877–1945), painter

• Margaret Gere (1878–1965), painter
• Edith Haworth (1878–1953), painter
• Wilhelmina Weber Furlong (1878–1962), painter, teacher
• Anna Coleman Ladd (1878–1939), sculptor
• Sr. Maria Stanisia (née Monica Kurkowski; 1878–1967), painter
• Pamela Colman Smith (1878–1951), illustrator and painter
• Ellen Trotzig (1878–1949), painter
• Emmy Worringer (1878–1961), German artist
• Émilie Charmy (1878–1974), painter
• Frances Farrand Dodge (1878–1969), painter and illustrator

• Elisabeth Epstein (1879–1956), painter
• Nell Choate Jones (1879–1981), painter, teacher
• Thea Schleusner (1879–1964), painter
• Anna Heyward Taylor (1879–1956), painter, printmaker
• Ada Hill Walker (1879–1955), scientific illustrator and artist
• Bessie Davidson (1879–1965), painter
• Vanessa Bell (1879–1961), painter and interior designer

 

 

 

 

• Rowena Meeks Abdy (1887–1945), painter
• Berenice Abbott (1898–1991) photographer
• Edith Cleaves Barry (1884–1969), American painter, photographer, sculptor
• Bessie Marsh Brewer (1884–1952), sculptor
• Nessa Cohen, (1885–1976), sculptor
• Imogen Cunningham (1883–1976), photographer
• Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), painter^[4]
• Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973), Brazilian painter
• Marthe Donas (1885–1967), painter
• Aleksandra Ekster (1882–1949), painter

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  Lili Elbe (1882–1931), painter^[5]
• Ester Ellqvist (1880–1918), painter
• Beryl Fowler (1881–1963), English painter^[6]
• Myrtle Merritt French (1886-1970), ceramicist
• Ethel Léontine Gabain (1883–1950), painter
• Laura Gardin Fraser (1889–1966), sculptor
• Natalia Goncharova (1881–1962), painter
• Norah Neilson Gray (1882–1972), painter
• Madeline Emily Green (1884–1947), painter
• Tina Haim-Wentscher (1887–1974), German-Australian sculptor
• Lydia Bush-Brown Head (1887–1984) American painter and designer
• Ilse Heller-Lazard (1884–1934) French-Swiss painter
• Sigrid Hjertén (1885–1948), painter
• Hannah Höch (1889–1978), German painter, photographer, and photomontage artist^[4]
• Malvina Hoffman (1887–1966), sculptor
• Tora Vega Holmström (1880–1967), painter
• Valentine Hugo (1887–1968), illustrator
• Daisy Marguerite Hughes (1883–1968), American painter and lithographer
• Dora Koch-Stetter (1881–1968), German painter (aka Dora Stetter)
• Marie Laurencin (1883–1956), painter, printmaker
• Constance Jenkins Macky (1883–1961), painter, teacher
• Ana Marinković (1881–1973), painter
• Maria Martinez (1887–1980), potter
• Marlow Moss (1889–1958), sculptor, painter
• Geneva Mercer (1889–1984), sculptor
• Ethel Myers (1881–1960), sculptor, painter
• Ella Naper (1886–1972), jeweller & potter
• Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884–1961), painter
• Elizabeth Norton (artist) (1887–1985) printmaker, bronze sculptor, painter
• Bonita Wa Wa Calachaw Nuñez (1888–1972), Native American painter
• Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986), painter^[4]
• Olga Oppenheimer (1886–1941), German artist
• Elsie Palmer Payne (1884–1971), American painter and sculptor
• Jessie Burns Parke (1889–1964), painter, illustrator
• Ethel Paxson (1885-1982), painter
• Clara Elsene Peck (1883–1968), painter, illustrator
• Agnes Pelton (1881–1961), painter
• Gladys Reynell (1881–1956), potter
• Anne Ryan (1889–1954), painter
• Helen Saunders (1885-1963), painter
• Zinaida Serebriakova (1884–1967), painter
• Henrietta Shore (1880–1963), painter
• Zulma Steele (1881–1979), painter
• Helen Margaret Spanton (1877–1934), painter
• Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943), painter
• Lucy Telles (c. 1885–1955), Mono Lake Paiute-Yosemite Miwok basket weaver
• Nadezhda Udaltsova (1886–1961), painter
• Doris Ulmann (1882–1934), photographer
• Vukosava Velimirović (1888–1965), sculptor
• Grace Vollmer (1884–1977) American painter^[7]
• Pepi Weixlgärtner-Neutra (1886–1981), Austrian-Swedish painter, graphic designer and miniaturist
• Laura Wheeler Waring (1887–1948), painter
• Carla Witte (1889–1943), German and Uruguayan painter and sculptor
• Marta Worringer (1881–1965), German artist
• Mary Agnes Yerkes (1886–1989), painter
• Marguerite Zorach (née Thompson) (1887–1968), painter

 

 

 

• Berenice Abbott (1898–1991), photographer
• Karimeh Abbud (1896–1940), photographer
• Eileen Agar (1899–1991), painter, collage
• Elene Akhvlediani (1898–1975), painter
• Anni Albers (1899–1994), designer, weaver and graphic artist
• Elsie Allen (1899–1990), Cloverdale Pomo basket weaver
• Mabel Alvarez (1891–1985), painter
• Peggy Bacon (1895–1987), printmaker, painter, illustrator
• Eugenie Baizerman (1899–1949), painter
• Mária Barta (1897–1969), painter
• Carrie Bethel (1898–1974), Mono Lake Paiute basket weaver
• Clara Birnberg (1894–1989), illustrator, portraitist, sculptor
• Dorrit Black (1891–1951), painter
• Kathleen Blackshear (1897–1988), painter
• Lucile Blanch (1895–1981), painter
• Elise Blumann (1897–1990), painter
• Regina Cassolo Bracchi (1894-1974), sculptor
• Alice Standish Buell (1892–1960), painter, etcher
• Claude Cahun (1894–1954), photographer, author
• Dora Carrington (1893–1932), painter
• Dorothy Coke (1897–1979), painter
• Isabel Cooper (1892–1984), illustrator primarily known for depicitons of animals collected on research expeditions
• Mildred Coughlin (1892–1984), painter, printmaker, illustrator
• Trena Cox (1895–1980), stained glass artist
• Grace Crowley (1890–1979), painter
• Louise Dahl-Wolfe (1895–1989), photographer
• Florence Davidson (1896–1993), Haida basket weaver
• Margaret Firth (1898–1991), painter
• Lillian Florsheim (1896–1988), sculptor
• Helen Katharine Forbes (1891–1945), muralist
• Enid Foster (1895–1979), artist, sculptor, playwright
• Frances Foy (1890–1963), artist, muralist
• Elsa Fraenkel (1892–1975), sculptor
• Alethea Garstin (1894–1978), English painter
• Laura Gilpin (1891–1979), photographer
• Minetta Good (1895–1946), painter and printmaker, W.P.A. artist
• Laicita Gregg (1892–1975), painter
• Maija Grotell (1899–1973), ceramic artist
• Grace L. Hamilton (1894–1992), muralist
• Jennie Harbour (1893–1959), illustrator
• Nola Hatterman (1899–1984), painter
• Jeanne Hébuterne (1898–1920), painter
• Dörte Helm (1898–1941), artist, painter and graphic designer
• Marion Huse (1896–1967), painter and printmaker, W.P.A. artist
• Margaret Calkin James (1895–1985), calligrapher, graphic designer, textile printer, watercolour painter, printmaker
• Lotte Jacobi (1896–1990), photographer
• Alison Mason Kingsbury (1898–1988), painter, muralist
• Georgina Klitgard (1893–1976), muralist
• Gina Knee Brook (1898–1982), painter
• Winifred Knights (1899–1947), painter
• Katarzyna Kobro (1898–1951), sculptor
• Anka Krizmanić (1896–1987), Croatian painter and printmaker
• Dorothea Lange (1895–1965), photographer
• Dorothy P. Lathrop (1891–1980), American illustrator and writer
• Gertrude K. Lathrop (1896–1996), American sculptor
• Eva Leigh (1895–1981) English portraitist and silhouettist
• Tamara de Lempicka (1898–1980), painter^[4]
• Lucile Lloyd (1894–1941), muralist
• Lou Loeber (1894–1983), painter
• Agnes Lowrie (1892-1964), landscape artist
• Agustina González López (1891–1936), writer and artist from the Generation of '27
• Gladys M. Lux (1899–2003), painter, printmaker
• Suzanne Malherbe (1892–1972), illustrator, designer
• Hildreth Meière (1892–1961), mosaicist
• Yevonde Middleton (1893–1975), photographer
• Lilian May Miller (1895–1943), woodblock printer and painter
• Tina Modotti (1896–1942), photographer
• Lucia Moholy (1894–1989), photographer
• Olive Mudie-Cooke (1890–1925), painter
• Louise Nevelson (1899–1988), sculptor^[4]
• Marjorie Ann Nuhn (1898–1988), painter
• Bashka Paeff (1894–1979), sculptor
• Tonita Peña (1893–1949), works on paper, muralist
• Zora Petrović (1894–1962), painter
• Dulcie Mary Pillers (1891–1961), medical illustrator
• Orovida Camille Pissarro (1893–1968), painter, printmaker
• Pearlie Posey (1894–1984), textile artist
• Dod Procter (1892–1972), painter
• Jessie Beard Rickly (1895–1975), painter
• Hannah Ryggen (1894–1970), textile artist
• Kay Sage (1898–1963), painter
• Augusta Savage (1892–1962), sculptor
• Bertha Schaefer (1895–1971), furniture designer, galleryist
• Elsa Schiaparelli (1890–1973), fashion, textiles
• Martel Schwichtenberg (1896–1945), painter and designer
• Dorothy Hope Smith (1895–1955), artist
• Janet Sobel (1893–1968), painter
• Varvara Stepanova (1894–1958), painter and designer
• Vere Temple (1898–1980), wildlife illustrator
• Alma Thomas (1891–1978), painter
• Hedwig Thun (1892–1969), painter
• Charley Toorop (1891–1955), painter
• Marion Gray Traver (1892–1979), painter
• Beulah Woodard (1895–1955), sculptor^[3]
• Catharine Wharton Wright (1899–1988), painter
• Marie Elisabeth Wrede (1898–1981), painter
• Ogura Yuki (1895–2000), painter

 

 

 

• Gertrude Abercrombie (1909–1977), painter
• Mary Adshead (1904–1995), muralist, painter
• Maxine Albro (1903–1966), muralist, printmaker
• Griselda Allan (1905–1987), painter
• Catherine Tharp Altvater (1907–1984), painter
• Grace Greenwood Ames (1905–1979) artist, muralist
• Rita Angus (1908–1970), painter
• Mariam Aslamazyan (1907–2006), painter
• Eranuhi Aslamazyan (1910–1998), painter
• Evgenia Baykova (1907–1997), painter
• Celia Frances Bedford (1904–1959), painter, printmaker
• Suzanne Belperron (1900–1983), jeweler
• Ruth Bernhard (1905–2006), photographer
• Nellie Geraldine Best (1905–1990), muralist, sculptor
• Isabel Bishop (1902–1988), painter
• Frances Blakemore (1906–1997), printmaker
• Lucienne Bloch (1909–1999) painter
• Elisa Maria Boglino (1905–2002),painter
• Dorr Bothwell (1902–2000), painter, printmaker
• Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971), photographer
• Dorothea Braby (1909–1987), painter, book illustrator
• Lola Álvarez Bravo (1907–1993), photographer
• Emmy Bridgewater (1906–1999), painter, poet
• Felicia Browne (1904–1936), artist, activist
• Marjorie Frances Bruford (1902–1958), painter
• Margaret Brundage (1900–1976), illustrator
• Norma Bull (1906–1980), painter
• Selma Burke (1900–1995), sculptor
• Nancy Carline (1909–2004), painter
• Ruth Chaney (1908–1973), printmaker
• Marie Z. Chino (1907–1982), ceramic artist
• Grace Clements (1905–1969), muralist, mosaicist, art critic
• Marion Osborn Cunningham (1908–1948), printmaker
• Martina Gangle Curl (1906–1994), artist, activist
• Dorothy Dehner (1901–1994), sculptor, printmaker
• Evelyn Dunbar (1906–1960), painter
• Claire Falkenstein (1908–1997), sculptor, painter, printmaker
• Perle Fine (1905–1988), painter
• Leonor Fini (1907–1996), painter
• Cornelia MacIntyre Foley (1909–2010), painter
• Constance Edith Fowler (1907–1996), painter, printmaker, author, educator
• Gisèle Freund (1908 or 1912–2000), photographer
• Gyo Fujikawa 1908-1998), illustrator and author
• Zhenya Gay (1906–1978), illustrator
• Evelyn Gibbs (1905–1991), engraver, art teacher
• Elizabeth Ginno (1907–1991) painter, printmaker
• Marion Greenwood (1909–1970), artist, muralist
• Edith Hamlin (1902–1992), muralist, landscape and portrait painter
• Isobel Heath (1908–1989), artist, poet
• Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975), sculptor^[4]
• Josette Hébert-Coëffin (1906–1973)
• Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983), print maker and sculptor
• Elsie Dalton Hewland (1901–1979), painter
• Karen Holtsmark (1907–1998), painter
• Ray Howard-Jones (1903–1996), painter
• Lois Mailou Jones (1905–1998), painter
• Rebecca Field Jones (1905–2002), sculptor, educator
• Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) painter^[4]
• Maude Kegg (1904–1986), bead artist
• Anna Kostrova (1909–1994), painter, graphic artist
• Lee Krasner (1908–1984), painter^[4]
• Doris Lee (1905–1983), painter
• Ruth Harriet Louise (1903–1940), photographer
• Helen Lundeberg (1908–1999), painter
• Margaret Macadam (1902–1991), illustrator
• Sheila Marbain (1908–2008), master printmaker
• Tatyana Mavrina (1902–1996), painter and book illustrator
• Dorothy Meredith (1906–1986), American artist and educator, known for fiber art.^[8]
• Mabel McKay (1907–1993), basket weaver
• Miriam McKinnie (1906–1987), muralist
• Dora Maar (1907–1997), photographer, painter, poet
• Maruja Mallo (1902–1995), painter
• Leza McVey (1907–1984), ceramist
• Doris Meltzer (1908–1977), printmaker and art dealer
• Hansel Mieth (1909–1998), photographer
• Lee Miller (1907–1977), photographer
• Lisette Model (1901–1983), photographer
• Martha Mood (1908–1972), stitchery artist, ceramic artist, photographer
• Barbara Morgan (1900–1992), photographer
• Donia Nachshen (1903–1987), illustrator, poster artist
• Fannie Nampeyo (1900–1987), potter, ceramic artist
• Alice Neel (1900–1984), painter
• Loukia Nicolaidou (1909–1994), painter
• Olive Nuhfer (1901–1996), painter
• Vevean Oviette (1902–1986), printmaker
• Essie Parrish (1902–1979), Kashaya Pomo basket weaver
• Betty Parsons (1900–1982), painter, gallerist
• Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909–1945), painter
• Irene Rice Pereira (1902–1971), painter, author
• Mary Potter (1900–1981), painter
• Dorothy Wagner Puccinelli (1901–1974), muralist, painter
• Mildred Rackley (1906–1992), printmaker
• Alice Rahon (1904–1987) painter
• Margaretha Reichardt (1907–1984), textile designer
• Andrée Rexroth (1902–1940), painter
• Leni Riefenstahl (1902–2003), filmmaker
• Elizabeth Rivers (1903–1964), painter, engraver, illustrator and author
• Louise Emerson Ronnebeck (1901–1980), painter
• Stella Schmolle (1908–1975), painter
• Ethel Schwabacher (1903–1984), painter
• Bernarda Bryson Shahn (1903–2004), painter, lithographer
• Jessamine Shumate (1902–1990), painter
• Elena Skuin (1909–1986), painter
• Mary Tillman Smith (1904–1995), painter
• Virginia Snedeker (1909–2000), painter
• Ethel Spears (1903–1974), painter
• Doris Spiegel (1901–1996), illustrator, printmaker
• Sultana Suruzhon (1900–1961), painter
• Lenore Tawney (1907–2007), fiber artist, sculptor
• Remedios Varo (1908–1963), painter
• Elsa Vaudrey (1905–1990), painter
• Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908–1992), painter
• Ilse Weber (1908–1944), painter
• Thelma Frazier Winter (1903–1977), ceramic sculptor and enamelist
• Henriette Wyeth (1907–1997), painter
• Maria Zubreeva (1900–1991), painter, graphic artist

 

• Ida Abelman (1910–2002), painter
• Blanch Ackers (1914–2003), painter
• Taisia Afonina (1913–1994), painter
• Eileen Aldridge (1916–1990), painter, art restorer
• Evgenia Antipova (1917–2009), painter
• Eve Arnold (1912–2012), photographer
• Gwen Barnard (1912–1988), painter, printmaker
• Bernece Berkman (1911–1988), painter
• Semiha Berksoy (1910–2004), painter, opera singer
• Ana Bešlić (1912–2008), sculptor
• Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), sculptor^[4]
• Doris Blair (1915–2011), painter
• Harriet Bogart (1917–1988), painter
• Eden Box (1919–1988), painter
• Leonora Carrington (1917–2011), painter
• Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012) sculptor, printmaker
• Chien-Ying Chang (1913–2004), painter
• Malvina Cheek (1915–2016), painter
• Helen Cordero (1915–1994), ceramic artist
• Elaine de Kooning (1918–1989), painter
• Maya Deren (1917–1961), filmmaker and theorist, photographer
• Yvonne Drewry (1918–2007), painter and print-maker
• Louise Lawrence Foster (1944–2020), paper artist
• Jane Frank (1918–1986), mixed-media painter, sculptor
• Louise Arnstein Freedman (1915–2001), printmaker
• Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999), sculptor, assemblage
• Wilhelmina McAlpin Godfrey (1914–1994), painter
• Blanche Grambs (1916–2010), painter, printmaker
• Dorothy Grebenak (1913–1990), textile artist
• Isabelle Greenberger (1911–1997), printmaker
• Riva Helfond (1910–2002), printmaker
• Carmen Herrera (1915–2022), painter
• Nora Heysen (1911–2003), painter
• Ruth Horsting (1919–2000), sculptor, professor^[9]
• Erlund Hudson (1912–2011), painter
• Tove Jansson (1914–2001), painter, illustrator, novelist
• Shirley Julian (1914–1995), painter, printmaker
• Kali (1918–1998), painter
• Yuki Katsura (1913–1991), painter
• Corita Kent (1918–1986), printmaker
• Gwendolyn Knight (1914–2005), painter
• Gunhild Kristensen (1919–2002), stained glass artist
• Jacqueline Lamba (1910–1993), painter
• Maria Lassnig (1919–2014), painter
• Miriam Laufer (1918–1980), painter
• Helen Levitt (1913–2009), photographer
• Frances Macdonald (1914–2002), painter
• Mary Macqueen (1912–1994), printmaker, drawing and mixed media
• Ethel Magafan (1916–1993), painter
• Beatrice Mandelman (1912–1998), painter and printmaker
• Agnes Martin (1912–2004), painter^[4]
• Mercedes Matter née Carles (1913–2001), painter
• Louisa Matthíasdóttir (1917–2000), painter
• Sylvia Melland (1906–1993), painter
• Corinne Mitchell (1914–1993), painter
• Mona Moore (1917–2000), painter
• Hilda Grossman Morris (1911–1991), sculptor
• Esta Nesbitt (1918–1975), xerox artist, fashion illustrator
• Jane Ninas (1913–2005), painter
• Meret Oppenheim (1913–1985), sculptor^[4]
• Juliet Pannett (1911–2005), portrait artist
• Garnet Pavatea (1915–1981), potter
• Vita Petersen (1915–2011), painter
• Margaret Elder Philbrick (1914–1999), printmaker
• Tuulikki Pietilä (1917–2009), illustrator
• Elizabeth Carney Pope (1910–1991), muralist
• Mary M. Purser (1913–1986), painter
• Lilo Rasch-Naegele (1914–1978), painter, graphic artist, fashion designer, book illustrator
• Ruth Ray (1919–1977), painter
• Miriam C. Rice (1918–2010), sculptor and textile artist
• Britta Ringvall (1912–1987), painter
• Hulda D. Robbins (1910–2011), printmaker
• Norma Rubovits (1918–2016), paper marbler, book binder
• Maria Rudnitskaya (1916–1983), painter
• Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943), painter
• Amrita Sher-Gil (1913–1941), painter
• Clara Sherman (1914–2010), textile artist
• Nadezhda Shteinmiller (1915–1991), painter, stage designer
• Sylvia Sleigh (1916–2010), painter
• Ann Hunt Spencer (1913–1972), painter
• Thelma Johnson Streat (1911–1959), painter, dancer, educator
• Hedda Sterne (1910–2011), painter
• Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012), painter
• Domicėlė Tarabildienė (1912–1985), graphic artist, sculptor, book illustrator
• Gerda Taro (1910–1937), photographer
• Angotigolu Teevee (1910–1967), printmaker
• Anya Teixeira (1913–1992), photographer
• Elsa Thiemann (1910–1981), photographer
• Margaret Thomas (1916–2016), painter
• Bridget Bate Tichenor (1917–1990), painter
• Mary Van Blarcom (1913–1953), printmaker
• Pablita Velarde (1918–2006), painter
• Pauline Vinson (1915–1986), illustrator
• Carol Weinstock (1914–1971), painter, printmaker
• Alicia Wiencek Fiene (1918–1961), painter
• Marion Post Wolcott (1910–1990), photographer
• Joan Elizabeth Woollard (1916–2008), sculptor
• Tetyana Yablonska (1917–2005), painter

• Carla Accardi (1924–2014), painter
• Etel Adnan (1925–2021), painter, poet
• Ruthadell Anderson (1922–2018), textile and fiber artist
• Ida Applebroog (1929–2023), painter
• Diane Arbus (1923–1971), photographer
• Pamela Ascherson (1923–2010), sculptor, illustrator
• Alice Baber (1928–1982), painter
• Jo Baer (born 1929), painter
• Irina Baldina (1922–2009), painter
• Ida Cadorin Barbarigo (1925–2018), painter
• Hannelore Baron (1926–1987), collage artist
• Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikyan (1922–2005), painter
• Mona Beaumont (1927–2007), painter, printmaker
• Brenda Bettinson (born 1929), artist, muralist, radio station art editor, and professor
• Edith Birkin (1927–2018), painter
• Zlata Bizova (1927–2013), painter
• Nell Blaine (1922–1996), painter
• Sandra Blow (1925–2006), painter
• Kossa Bokchan (1925–2009), painter
• Isabel Case Borgatta (1921-2017), sculptor
• Druie Bowett (1924–1998), painter
• Geta Bratescu (1926–2018), visual artist
• Fanny Brennan (1921–2001), painter
• Esther Bubley (1921–1998), photographer
• Martha Burchfield (1924–1977), watercolorist
• Crucita Calabaza (Blue Corn, c. 1920–1999), ceramic artist
• Chinyee (1929–2023), painter
• Irene Chou (1924–2011), painter
• Delores Churchill (born 1929), basket maker
• Irene V. Clark (1927–1980), painter
• Lady Bird Cleveland (1926–2015), painter
• Jean Cooke (1927–2008), Royal Academy artist
• Marie Cosindas (1925–2017), photographer
• Amanda Crowe (1928–2004), woodcarver
• Jay DeFeo (1929–1989), painter, visual artist
• Lucia DeRespinis (born 1927), industrial designer
• Madeleine Dimond (1922–1991), painter
• Lois Dodd (born 1927), painter
• Mavis Doering (1929–2007), Cherokee basket weaver
• Rosalyn Drexler (born 1926), painter
• Sonja Eisenberg (1926–2017), abstract painter
• Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1924–2019), sculptor
• Francine Felsenthal (1922–2000), painter, printmaker
• Lilly Fenichel (1927–2016), painter
• Claire Fejes (1920–1998), sculptor
• Jackie Ferrara (born 1929), sculptor
• Marcelle Ferron (1924–2001), painter and stained glass artist
• Mary Fitzpayne (born 1928), painter
• Victorine Foot (1920–2000), painter
• Juana Francés (1924–1990), painter
• Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011), painter
• Jane Freilicher (1924–2014), painter
• Sonia Gechtoff (1926–2018), painter
• Ilka Gedő (1921–1985), painter, graphic artist
• Mokarrameh Ghanbari (1928–2005), painter
• Françoise Gilot (born 1921), painter, writer
• Vee Guthrie (1920–2012), illustrator
• Terry Haass (1923–2016), painter, printmaker, sculptor
• Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal (1920–2010), painter
• Edie McKee Harper (1922–2010), photographer, painter, lithography, sculpture
• Grace Hartigan (1922–2008), painter
• Pati Hill (1921–2014), copier artist
• Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947), painter
• Martha Holmes (1923–2006), photographer
• Mansooreh Hosseini (1926–2012), painter
• Olga Jančić (1929–2012), sculptor
• Olga Jevrić (1922–2014), sculptor
• Ynez Johnston (1920–2019), painter, printmaker, sculptor and educator
• Ljubinka Jovanović (1920–2015), painter
• Lila Katzen (1925–1998), sculptor
• Margaret Keane (1927–2022), painter
• Cynthia Kenny (1929–2021), painter
• Ruth Kerkovius (1921–2007), painter, printmaker
• Frances Kornbluth (1920–2014), painter
• Maya Kopitseva (1924–2005), painter
• Tatiana Kopnina (1921–2009), painter
• Elena Kostenko (1926–2019), painter
• Marina Kozlovskaya (1925–2019), painter
• Yayoi Kusama (born 1929), sculptor, performance art, installation art
• Valeria Larina (1926–2008), painter
• June Leaf (1929–2024), painter, sculptor
• Barbara Lekberg (1925–2018), metal sculptor^[10]
• Elizabeth Jane Lloyd (1928–1995), painter, teacher
• Bertina Lopes (1924–2012), painter
• Eleanore Mikus (1927–2017), painter
• Joan Mitchell (1925–1992), painter
• Inge Morath (1923–2002), photographer
• Aurèlia Muñoz (1926–2011), textile artist
• Emiko Nakano (1925–1990), painter, printmaker
• Barbara Neustadt (1922–1998), printmaker, book artist
• Anna-Stina Nilstoft (1928–2017), Swedish painter
• Zelda Nolte (1929–2003), sculptor/woodblock printmaker
• Margaret Olley (1923–2011), painter
• Mimi Parent (1924–2005), painter
• Pat Passlof (1928–2011), painter
• Joanna Pettway (1924–1993), quilter
• Sharni Pootoogook (1922–2003), printmaker
• Ludmiła Popiel (1928–2011), painter
• Leatrice Rose (1924–2014), painter
• Galina Rumiantseva (1927–2004), painter
• Kapitolina Rumiantseva (1925–2002), painter
• Betye Saar (born 1926), assemblage sculpture
• Ana Sacerdote (1925–2012), painter, video artist
• Behjat Sadr (1924–2009), painter
• Takako Saito (born 1929), installation art, performance art
• Honoré Desmond Sharrer (1920–2009), painter
• Alice Shaddle (1928–2017), sculptor
• Sarai Sherman (1922–2013), painter, printmaker, sculptor
• Galina Smirnova (1929–2015), painter
• Doretta Frenna Smith (1924–2012), painter
• Nancy Spero (1926–2009), painter
• Katy Stephanides (1925–2012), painter
• Dorothy Tanner (1923–2020), light sculptor
• Hannah Tompkins (1920–1995), painter, printmaker
• Anne Truitt (1921–2004), sculptor
• Draginja Vlasic (1928–2011), painter
• Nina Veselova (1922–1960), painter
• Stella Waitzkin (1920–2003), painter
• Myrtice West (1923–2010), painter
• Jane Wilson (1924–2015), painter
• Leona Wood (1921–2008), painter
• Laura Ziegler (1927–2017), sculptor

• Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930–2017), sculptor and graphic artist
• Janet Abramowicz (1930–2020), painter, printmaker
• Alice Adams (born 1930), sculptor, textile art, earthworks
• Maliheh Afnan (1935–2016), mixed media artist
• Gayleen Aiken (1934–2005), painter, musician
• Susan Allix (born 1934), book artist
• Edith Altman (1931–2020), painter, performance artist
• Emma Andijewska (born 1931), painter, writer
• Maria Anto (1936–2007), Polish painter, poet, matron of the Art Prize
• Electa Arenal (1935–1960), Mexican muralist
• Helene Aylon (1931–2020), sculptor
• Gillian Ayres (1930–2018), painter
• Audrey Barker (1932–2002), installation artist
• Mardi Barrie (1930–2004), painter
• Mária Bartuszová (1936–1996), sculptor
• Annemirl Bauer (1939–1989), painter
• Baya (artist) (1931–1998), painter, potter
• Zuleika Bazhbeuk-Melikyan (born 1939), painter
• Hilla Becher (1934–2015), photographer
• Mary Holiday Black (1934–2022), Navajo basket maker
• Karen Boccalero (1933–1997), printmaker
• Maude Boltz (1939–2017), fiber artist
• Lee Bontecou (1931–2023), sculptor, printmaker
• Pauline Boty (1938–1966), painter
• Joan Brown (1938–1990), painter
• P. Buckley Moss (1933–2024), painter
• Barbara Bullock (born 1938), painter, educator
• Judy Chicago (born 1939), installation artist^[4]
• Chryssa (1933–2013), sculptor
• Meinrad Craighead (1936–2019), painter, printmaker
• Iran Darroudi (1936–2021), painter
• Agnes Denes (born 1931), conceptual artist, multidisciplinary
• Irina Dobrekova (born 1931), painter
• Martha Edelheit (born 1931), painter
• Lillian Wolock Elliott (1930–1994), American fiber artist, textile designer
• Marisol Escobar (1930–2016), sculptor
• Janet Fish (born 1938), painter
• Audrey Flack (1931–2024), painter, printmaker, sculptor
• Eva Frankfurther (1930–1959), painter
• Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993), sculptor, printmaker
• Valerie Ganz (1936–2015), painter
• Irina Getmanskaya (born 1939), painter
• Tatiana Gorb (1935–2013), painter
• Shirley Gorelick (1936–2000), painter
• Elena Gorokhova (1933–2014), painter
• Carmen Gracia (born 1935), printmaker
• Nancy Graves (1939–1995), sculptor, painter, printmaker
• Martha Nessler Hayden (born 1936), American painter^[11]
• Mary Habsch (1931–2023), Belgian painter and printmaker
• Lee Hall (1934–2017), American abstract landscape painter, writer, university president
• Eva Hesse (1936–1970), sculptor^[4]
• Nicole Hollander (born 1939), illustration, comics
• Valerie Hollister (born 1939), painter, printmaker
• Nancy Holt (1938–2014), sculptor/ land art
• Joan Jonas (born 1936), performance artist
• Alison Knowles (born 1933), Fluxus, performance artist
• Sara Leighton (born 1937), portrait painter
• Lee Lozano (1930–1999), painter
• Joan Lyons (born 1937), photographer, book artist
• Althea McNish (c. 1933–2020), textile designer
• Totte Mannes (born 1933), painter
• Helena Markson (1934–2012), printmaker
• Emily Mason (1932–2019), painter
• Leyly Matine-Daftary (1937–2007), modernist painter^[12]
• Norma Minkowitz (born 1937), fiber artist
• Valentina Monakhova (born 1932), painter
• Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991), performance artist, Fluxus
• Lois Morrison (born 1934), book artist
• Ree Morton (1933–1977), painter
• Deborah De Moulpied (1933–2023), sculptor
• Vera Nazina (born 1931), painter
• Carol Heifetz Neiman (1937–1990), Xerox artist, printmaker, pastel, pencil, painter
• Lorraine O'Grady (born 1934), performance art, installation art
• Yoko Ono (born 1933), performance art, music^[4]
• Marilyn Pappas (born 1931), textile artist
• Fay Peck (1931–2016), American Expressionist artist^[13]
• Nancy Petyarre (1934/38–2009), painter
• Anirnik Ragee (born 1935), printmaker
• Deborah Remington (1930–2010), painter
• Bridget Riley (born 1931), painter^[4]
• Faith Ringgold (1930–2024), painter
• Dorothea Rockburne (born 1932), painter
• Carol Rosen (1933–2014), sculptor, collage and book artist
• Marilyn R. Rosenberg (born 1934), book artist
• Nadia Saikali (born 1936), painter
• Eliyakota Samualie (1939–1987), graphic artist and sculptor
• Carolee Schneemann (1939–2019), performance artist^[4]
• Joan Semmel (born 1932), painter
• Genie Shenk (1937–2018), paper artist
• Jacqueline Skiles (born 1937), printmaker, sculptor
• Anita Steckel (1930–2012), graphic artist
• Marjorie Strider (1931–2014), sculptor
• Michelle Stuart (born 1933), painter, sculptor, photographer
• Anita Louise Suazo (born 1937), ceramics
• Gilly Szego (1932–2023), painter
• Atsuko Tanaka (1932–2005), painting, sculpture, performance art, installation art
• Ana Vidjen (born 1931), sculptor
• Ann Zahn (1931–2020), printmaker
• Jiřina Žertová (born 1932), sculptor, painter, glass and art-industrial artist

• Pacita Abad (1946–2004), painter
• Marina Abramović (born 1946), performance artist^[4]
• Gretchen Albrecht (born 1943), painter^[1]
• Laurie Anderson (born 1947), performance artist^[4]
• Heather Angel (born 1941), photographer, author
• Germaine Arnaktauyok (born 1946), printmaker, painter
• Alice Aycock (born 1946), sculptor
• Tina Barney (born 1945), photographer, filmmaker
• Jennifer Bartlett (born 1941), painter
• Anne Bascove (born 1946), painter, printmaker, mixed media
• Lynda Benglis (born 1941), sculptor
• Judith Bernstein (born 1942), painter
• Vivienne Binns (born 1940), painter, enamels
• Shirley L. Bolton (1945–1984), painter
• Melinda Bordelon (1949–1995), painter, illustrator
• Fionnuala Boyd (born 1944), painter, photographer
• Dina Bursztyn (born 1948), visual artist and writer
• Deborah Butterfield (born 1949), sculptor
• Kathleen Caraccio (born 1947), printmaker
• Rhea Carmi (born 1942), abstract expressionist and mixed-media artist
• Squeak Carnwath (born 1947), painter
• Vera Chino (born 1943), Acoma Pueblo ceramic artist
• Wook-kyung Choi (1940–1985), painter
• Suzanne Klotz (born 1944), painter, sculptor
• Shelagh Cluett (1947–2007), sculptor fine art lecturer
• Susan Crile (born 1942), painter
• Lynn Davis (born 1944), photographer
• Virginia Dotson (born 1943), woodworker
• Orshi Drozdik (born 1946), photographer, sculptor, performance artist, painter, writer, conceptual artist
• Bracha Ettinger (born 1948), painter, photographer, psychoanalyst, writer
• Valie Export (born 1940), performance artist, video installations, photography
• Asma Fayoumi (born 1943), painter
• Carole Feuerman (born 1945), sculptor
• Helen C. Frederick (born 1945), printmaker
• Rose Garrard (born 1946), installation, video and performance
• Teresa Gierzyńska (born 1947), Polish conceptual artist, photographer
• Mary Giles (1944–2018), fiber artist
• Brenda Goodman (born 1943), painter
• Bonnie Gordon (born 1941), photographer, printmaker, installation artist
• Jan Groover (1943–2012), photographer
• Kathy Grove (born 1948), conceptual artist
• Graciela Gutiérrez Marx (1945–2022), mail artist
• Elisabeth Haarr (born 1945), textile artist
• Maggi Hambling (born 1945), painter, sculptor
• Helen Hardin (1943–1984), painter
• Margaret Harrison (born 1940), painter
• Masumi Hayashi (1945–2006), photographer
• Judithe Hernández (born 1948), painter, muralist
• Rebecca Horn (1944–2024), sculptor, installation art
• Miyako Ishiuchi (born 1947), photographer
• Sanja Iveković (born 1949), interdisciplinary artist
• Susan Kaprov (born 1946), multi-disciplinary artist
• Nadine Kariya (born 1947), jewelry artist
• Rita Keegan (born 1949), multii-media artist
• Mary Kelly (artist) (born 1941), installation art, interdisciplinary
• Yvonne Walker Keshick (born 1946), quill artist and basket maker
• Gayane Khachaturian (1942–2009), painter
• Barbara Kozłowska (1940–2008), installation, environment artist, photographer
• Barbara Kruger (born 1945), conceptual artist^[4]
• Karólína Lárusdóttir(1944–2019), painter
• Annie Leibovitz (born 1949), photographer
• Pat Lipsky, (born 1940), painter
• Hung Liu, (1948–2021), painter
• Kistat Lund (1944–2017), graphic artist, illustrator, painter
• Markéta Luskačová (born 1944), photographer
• Mary Ellen Mark (1940–2015), photographer
• Linda McCartney (1942–1998), photographer
• Rebecca Medel (born 1947), fiber artist
• Susan Meiselas (born 1948), photographer
• Ana Mendieta (1948–1985), performance art, sculptor^[4]
• Annette Messager (born 1943), installation art, interdisciplinary
• Tania Mouraud (born 1942), installation art, mixed media
• Sheila Mullen (born 1942), painter
• Glòria Muñoz (born 1949), painter
• Elizabeth Murray (1940–2007), painter, printmaker
• Avis Newman (born 1946), painter, sculptor
• Gladys Nilsson (born 1940), painter
• Guity Novin (born 1944), painter
• Lydia Okumura (born 1948), sculptor
• Orlan (born 1947) performance artist^[4]
• Gloria Petyarre (1945–2021), painter
• Adrian Piper (born 1948), conceptual artist
• Sylvia Plachy (born 1943), photographer
• Stephanie Pogue (1944–2002), printmaker
• Susan Mohl Powers (born 1944), sculptor, painter
• Helen Ramsaran (born 1943), sculptor
• Judy Rifka (born 1945), painter, video artist
• Elena del Rivero (born 1949), multi media artist
• Suellen Rocca (1943–2020), painter
• Barbara Rosenthal (born 1948), photographer
• Martha Rosler (born 1943), photographer, performance, video
• Barbara Rossi (born 1940), painter
• Marisa Rueda (1941–2022), sculptor
• Ursula von Rydingsvard (born 1942), sculptor
• Kakulu Saggiaktok (1940–2020), visual artist
• Barbara Schwartz (1949–2006), painter, sculptor
• Carol Schwartzott (born 1945), book artist
• Helen Shirk (born 1942), jewelry designer
• Sandy Skoglund (born 1946), photographer
• Hollis Sigler (1948–2001), painter
• Jo Smail (born 1943), mixed-media artist
• Claudia Smigrod (born 1949), photographer
• Jenny Snider (born 1944), painter, multimedia
• Joan Snyder (born 1940), painter
• Annegret Soltau (born 1946), graphic, performance, video, photocollage
• Pat Steir (born 1938), painter
• Vicki Stone (born 1949), painter
• Altoon Sultan (born 1948), painter
• Carol Sutton (born 1945), painter
• Berenice Sydney (1944–1983), paintings, drawings, prints, children's books, costume design, performance
• Joyce Tenneson (born 1945), photographer
• Gail Tremblay (born 1945), installation artist and basket weaver
• Yvonne Edwards Tucker (born 1941), American potter
• Mym Tuma (born 1940), painter and mixed-media artist
• Lauretta Vinciarelli (1943–2011), painter, architect, educator
• Judy Tuwaletstiwa (born 1941), multi-disciplinary artist and writer
• Vivian Wang (born 1945), sculptor
• Anita Lynn Wetzel (1949–2021), paper artist
• Hannah Wilke (1940–1993), sculptor, photographer^[4]
• Annie Williams (born 1942), watercolour artist
• Val Wilmer (born 1941), photographer, author
• Jackie Winsor (born 1941), sculptor
• Zena Zipporah (born 1942), mixed-media artist and poet

• Eija-Liisa Ahtila (born 1959), videographer, photographer
• Peggy Ahwesh (born 1954), filmmaker
• Davida Allen (born 1951), painter, filmmaker
• Cecilia Alvarez (born 1950), painter, muralist
• Annie Antone (born 1955), basket weaver
• Anne Appleby (born 1954), painter
• Sue Arrowsmith (1950–2014), photographic artist
• Imna Arroyo (born 1951), printmaker
• Lynda Barry (born 1956), illustrator, comics
• Jane Boyd (born 1953), installation
• Lisa Bradley (born 1951), painter
• Chrisann Brennan (born 1954), painter
• Tara Bryan (1953–2020), painter, book artist
• Chila Kumari Burman (born 1957), printmaker, painter, installation artist
• Catherine Chalmers (born 1957), photographer
• Sophie Calle (born 1953), photographer, author, installation artist, conceptual artist
• Louisa Chase (1951–2016), painter, printmaker
• Emily Cheng (born 1953), painter
• Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy (1952–2012), painter
• Victoria Civera (born 1955), interdisciplinary artist, painter
• Béatrice Coron (born 1956), multi media artist
• Sokari Douglas Camp (born 1958), sculptor
• Susan Derges (born 1955), photographic artist
• A. K. Dolven (born 1953), painting, film, and interventions in public space
• Lola Flash (born 1959), photographer
• Cherryl Fountain (born 1950), still life, landscape and botanical artist
• Joanne Gair (born 1958), painter, body art
• Anne Geddes (born 1956), photographer
• Anne Gilman (born 1953), mixed media
• Nan Goldin (born 1953), photographer
• Patricia Gonzalez (born 1958), painter
• Maïmouna Guerresi (born 1951), multimedia artist and photographer
• Jane Hammond (born 1950), painter, printmaker
• Akiko Hatsu (born 1959), illustrator, comics
• Jenny Holzer (born 1950), conceptual artist
• Roni Horn (born 1955), photographer
• Mona Hatoum (born 1952), video, installation
• Lubaina Himid (born 1954), mixed media
• Leiko Ikemura (born 1951), painter, sculptor
• Janel Jacobson (born 1950), ceramicist, wood carver
• Terrell James (born 1955), painter, sculptor
• Vanessa Paukeigope Jennings (born 1952), bead and textile artist
• Claudette Johnson (born 1959), painter
• Ann Kalmbach (born 1950), book artist and printmaker
• Beth Katleman (born 1959), sculptor
• Deborah Kennedy (born 1953), sculptor, painter, contemporary art
• Christine Kermaire (born 1953), book artist
• Sharon Kerry-Harlan (born 1951), textile artist
• Jessie Kleemann (born 1959), Greenlandic artist and writer
• Karen Kunc (born 1952), printmaker, book artist
• Maya Lin (born 1959), installation artist
• Marita Liulia (born 1957), photographer, digital and interactive media
• Cynthia Lockhart (born 1952), textile artist
• Sally Mann (born 1951), photographer
• Soraida Martinez (born 1956), artist, designer
• Michiko Matsumoto (born 1950), photographer
• Vicki Meek (born 1950), multimedia artist
• Moseka Yogo Ambake (1956–2019), painter
• Shirin Neshat (born 1957), filmmaker, videographer, photographer
• Deborah Niland (born 1950), painter, illustrator
• Kilmeny Niland (1950–2009), painter, illustrator
• Cady Noland (born 1956), sculptor
• Cornelia Parker (born 1956), sculptor, drawing, installation artist
• Yani Pecanins (1957–2019), book artist, mixed media artist
• Maria G. Pisano (born 1952), book artist
• Elisa Pritzker (born 1955), contemporary artist
• Ingrid Pollard (born 1953), portrait photographer
• Valerie Pourier (born 1959), buffalo horn carver
• Sheila Kanieson Ransom (born 1954), basket weaver
• Shani Rhys James (born 1953), painter
• Jenny Scobel (born 1955), painter
• Cindy Sherman (born 1957), photographer, filmmaker
• Noriko Shinohara (born 1953), multi-disciplinary artist
• Li Shuang (born 1957), painter
• Jiang Shuo (born 1958), sculptor
• Kiki Smith (born 1954), sculptor, printmaker, installation art
• Pamela Spitzmueller (born 1950), book artist
• Gilda Snowden (1954–2014), painter
• Renee Stout (born 1958), photographer, installation art
• Rumiko Takahashi (born 1957), illustrator, author
• Zoja Trofimiuk (born 1952), sculptor, printmaker
• Alison Turnbull (born 1956), painter, sculptor
• Barbara Tyson Mosley (born 1950), American mixed media artist
• Linda Vallejo (born 1951), painting, sculpture, ceramics
• April Vollmer (born 1951), printmaker and book artist
• Carrie Mae Weems (born 1953), photographer, filmmaker
• Debra Weier (born 1954), printmaker, book artist
• Nancy Worden (1954–2021), metalsmith
• Emmi Whitehorse (born 1957), painter
• Eva Janina Wieczorek (born 1951), painter
• Sue Williams (born 1956), British visual artist
• Francesca Woodman (1958–1981), photographer

• Jessica Abel (born 1969), illustrator, author
• Yeşim Ağaoğlu (born 1966), installation art
• Rachel Ara (born 1965), conceptual and data art
• Sofia Areal (born 1960), painter
• Cosima von Bonin (born 1962), concept art
• Margarete Bagshaw (born 1964), painter
• Fiona Banner (born 1966), wordscapes, sculpture, drawing, installation
• Vanessa Beecroft (born 1969), performance art
• Sonia Boyce (born 1962), mixed media, photography, installation, text
• Cecily Brown (born 1969), painter
• Tiffany Lee Brown (born 1969), interdisciplinary arts, performance, music, writing
• Jo Bruton (born 1967), British, painter
• Michele Burgess (born 1960), book artist
• Carolyn Cole (born 1961), photographer
• Justine Cooper (born 1968), mixed media
• Cecilie Dahl (born 1960), installation artist
• Tacita Dean (born 1965), film, drawing, photography, sound
• Simone Decker (born 1968), artist working with photography and installations
• Berlinde De Bruyckere (born 1964), painter, sculptor
• Xiomara De Oliver (born 1967), Canadian painter^[14]
• Angela Dufresne (born 1969), painter
• Inka Essenhigh (born 1969), painter
• Mary Evans (artist) (born 1963), installation, works on paper
• Abigail Fallis (born 1968), sculptor
• Ceal Floyer (born 1968)
• Anna Fox (born 1961), photographer
• Else Gabriel (born 1962), performance artist and educator
• Ellen Gallagher (born 1965), painter, mixed media artist
• Linda Geary (born 1960), painter, teacher
• Patricia Goslee (born 1970), painter, curator
• Brita Granström (born 1969), painter, illustrator, author
• Kyungah Ham (born 1966), multimedia artist
• Maya Hayuk (born 1969), painter, muralist
• Helen Hiebert (born 1965), paper artist
• Taraneh Hemami (born 1960), multidisciplinary artist, installations, craft
• Iva Honyestewa (born 1964), basket maker
• Zuzanna Janin (born 1961), mixed-media, video artist, installation, sculptor
• Chantal Joffe (born 1969), painter
• Robin Kahn (born 1961), mixed-media, book artist
• Lori Kay (born 1962), sculptor, mixed media
• Hilja Keading (born 1960), video installation artist
• Toba Khedoori (born 1964), sculptor, mixed-media, drawings, paintings
• Rachel Khedoori (born 1964), sculptor, mixed-media
• Lorena Kloosterboer (born 1962), painter, sculptor
• Mariko Kusumoto (born 1967), fabric and metal artist
• Zoe Leonard (born 1961), photographer, visual artist
• Vera Lutter (born 1960), mixed-media
• Maria Marshall (born 1966), sculptor, painter, photographer, video artist
• Chie Matsui (born 1960), installation artist
• Amanda Matthews (born 1968), sculptor, painter, public art designer
• Shari Mendelson (born 1961), American sculptor^[15]
• Julie Anne Mihalisin, (born 1965), jewelry artist
• Karin Monschauer born 1960), Luxembourg embroiderer and digital artist
• Mariko Mori (born 1967), performance, installation^[4]
• Debora Moore (born 1960), glass artist
• Eva Navarro (born 1967), painter
• Virginia Nimarkoh (born 1967), photo installations
• Audrey Niffenegger (born 1963), printmaker, author
• Catherine Opie (born 1961), photographer
• Janette Parris (born 1963), drawing
• Olivia Peguero (born 1962), painter, sculptor, author
• Priya Pereira (born 1967), book artist
• Jennifer Wynne Reeves (1963–2014), painter
• Lique Schoot (born 1969), painter, photographer, installation
• Linda Sikora (born 1960), ceramist
• Lorna Simpson (born 1960), photographer
• Jonny Star (born 1964), sculptor, installation artist, collage artist
• Maud Sulter (1960–2008), portraiture, montage
• Roxanne Swentzell (born 1962), sculptor
• Sarah Sze (born 1969), installation art
• Tomoko Takahashi (born 1966), installation art
• Vibeke Tandberg (born 1967), photographer
• Ningiukulu Teevee (born 1963), illustrator
• Bernadette Thompson (born 1969), nail artist
• Jill Thompson (born 1966), illustrator, author
• Ela To'omaga-Kaikilekofe (born 1969), visual artist and arts administrator
• Patience Torlowei (born 1964), textile artist
• Isabelle Tuchband (born 1968), plastic artist
• Verónica Ruiz de Velasco (born 1968), painter
• Kara Walker (born 1969), collage artist, painter, printmaker, installation artist^[4]
• Bettina Werner (born 1965), artist who invented the textured colorized salt crystal technique as an art medium
• Rachel Whiteread (born 1963), sculptor^[4]
• Ingrid Wildi-Merino (born 1964), Chilean-Swiss video artist
• Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen (born 1960), glass artist
• Melanie Yazzie (born 1966), sculptor, painter, printmaker
• Laurie Walker (artist) (born 1962), interdisciplinary artist
• Christine Wilks (born 1960), British digital artist
• gwendolyn yoppolo (born 1968), ceramist
• Andrea Zittel (born 1965), painter, sculptor

The list ends with artists born in 1969. For later births see List of 21st-century women artists.

• Women artists
• List of female comics creators
• List of Lulu Award winners
• Women in photography
• List of women photographers
• Photo-Secession
• Tenth Street galleries
• Beaver Hall Group
• Native American women in the arts
• List of female sculptors
• List of women artists in the Armory Show

• Orford, Emily-Jane Hills. (2008). "The Creative Spirit: Stories of 20th Century Artists". Ottawa: Baico Publishing. ISBN 978-1-897449-18-9.