Great Women Masters of Art

Great Women Masters of Art is a 2003 reference work assembled and edited by the art historian Jordi Vigué, on women painters through the ages.

Great Women Masters of Art
Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Foster, by Angelica Kauffman, page 142
AuthorJordi Vigué
LanguageEnglish language
GenreArt history
PublisherWatson-Guptill, New York
Publication date
2003
OCLC53282165

The preface of the book declares its motivation to fill the "lagoons of oblivion and contradicting opinions" regarding women's art. It confesses immediately the difficulties of handling such a broad subject, but after a short overview of women painters through the ages, it settles on the following list of women, where each entry includes a few illustrations:

List of women in the book

NameNationalityDate of birthDate of deathImageListed on page
Catharina van HemessenNetherlands15281600s
33
Sofonisba AnguissolaItaly1535s1625-11-16
39
Lucia AnguissolaDuchy of Milan15361565
45
Lavinia Fontana1552-08-241614-08-11
49
Barbara LonghiItaly1552-10-011638-12-23
55
Fede GaliziaDuchy of Milan15781630
59
Artemisia Gentileschi1593-07-081653
1652
65
Clara PeetersDutch Republic
Southern Netherlands
15941657
71
Giovanna Garzoni16001670
77
Michaelina WautierSpanish Netherlands16041689
91
Anna Maria van SchurmanDutch Republic
Belgium
1607-11-051678-05
81
Judith LeysterNetherlands1609-07-281660-02-10
85
Louise MoillonFrance16101696-12-20
97
Josefa de ÓbidosPortugal
Spain
1630-02-201684-07-22
103
Maria van OosterwijckDutch Republic1630-08-201693-11-12
109
Mary BealeKingdom of England1633-03-261699
115
Elisabetta Sirani1638-01-081665-08-25
119
Maria Sibylla MerianDutch Republic1647-04-021717-01-13
125
Rachel RuyschNetherlands1664-06-031750-08-12
129
Rosalba CarrieraRepublic of Venice1675-10-071757-04-15
135
Angelica KauffmanSwitzerland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1741-10-301807-11-05
141
Anne Vallayer-CosterFrance
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Great Britain
1744-12-211818-02-28
147
Adélaïde Labille-GuiardFrance1749-04-111803-04-24
153
Marie-Victoire LemoineFrance17541820-12-02
159
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le BrunFrance1755-04-161842-03-30
163
Marguerite GérardFrance1761-01-281837-05-18
173
Marie-Gabrielle CapetFrance1761-09-061818-11-01
169
Constance MayerFrance1774-03-09
1775
1821-05-26
177
Marie-Éléonore GodefroidFrance1778-06-201849-06
183
Rosa BonheurFrance1822-03-161899-05-25
187
Lilly Martin SpencerUnited States of America1822-11-261902-05-22
193
Sophie Gengembre AndersonFrance
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
18231903-03-10
197
Elizabeth SiddalUnited Kingdom1829-07-251862-02-11
203
Marianne NorthUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland1830-10-241890-08-30
209
Joanna Mary BoyceUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland1831-12-071861-07-15215
Rebecca SolomonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland1832-09-261886-11-20
219
Elizabeth Jane GardnerUnited States of America1837-10-041922-01-28
223
Marie BracquemondFrance1840-12-011916-01-17
227
Berthe MorisotFrance1841-01-141895-03-02
233
Emma SandysUnited Kingdom18431877-11
239
Lucy Madox BrownUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland1843-07-191894-04-12
243
Kitty Lange KiellandNorway1843-10-081914-10-01
247
Mary CassattUnited States of America1844-05-221926-06-14
251
Fanny ChurbergGrand Duchy of Finland1845-12-121892-05-10
257
Anna BochFrance
Belgium
1848-02-101936-02-25
263
Eva GonzalèsFrance1849-04-191883-05-05
267
Laura Theresa Alma-TademaUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland1852-04-161909-08-15
273
Cecilia BeauxUnited States of America1855-05-011942-09-17
287
Evelyn De MorganUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland1855-08-301919-05-02
277
Suze RobertsonKingdom of the Netherlands1855-12-171922-10-18
283
Elizabeth ForbesUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland1859-12-291912-03-16
299
Marianne von WerefkinRussian Empire
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1860-09-101938-02-06
305
Marie BashkirtseffRussian Empire
France
1860-11-111884-10-31
293
Mary Lizzie MacomberUnited States of America1861-08-211916-02-04311
Elin Danielson-GambogiFinland1861-09-031919-12-31
315
Suzanne ValadonFrance1865-09-231938-04-07
325
Margaret MacDonaldUnited Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1865-11-051933-01-10
1933-01-07
321
Louise De HemBelgium1866-12-101922-11-22
331
Käthe KollwitzWeimar Republic
Germany
1867-07-081945-04-22
335
Frances MacDonaldUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland1873-08-241921-12-12
341
Paula Modersohn-BeckerGerman Empire
Germany
1876-02-081907-11-30
347
Lluïsa VidalSpain1876-04-021918-10-18
353
Gabriele MünterGermany1877-02-191962-05-19
359
Helen McNicollCanada1879-12-141915-06-27
365
Natalia GoncharovaRussian Empire
France
1881-06-21
1881-06-04
1881-07-03
1962-10-17
369
Sonia DelaunayFrance1885-11-14
1885
1979-12-05
1979
381
Olga RozanovaRussian Empire
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
1886-06-211918-11-07
375
Georgia O'KeeffeUnited States of America1887-11-151986-03-06
387
Lyubov PopovaSoviet Union
Russian Empire
1889-04-241924-05-25
393
Tamara de LempickaRussian Empire
Poland
1898-05-161980-03-18
399
Alice NeelUnited States of America1900-01-281984-10-13
405
Frida KahloMexico1907-07-061954-07-13
411
Leonor FiniArgentina1908-08-301996-01-18
421
Lee KrasnerUnited States of America1908-10-271984-06-19417
Nell BlaineUnited States of America1922-07-101996-11-14427
Helen FrankenthalerUnited States of America1928-12-17
1928-12-12
2011-12-27431
Faith RinggoldUnited States of America1930-10-08
437
Montserrat GudiolSpain1933-06-09
1933-09-06
2015-12-25443
Judy ChicagoUnited States of America1939-07-20
449
Emilia Castañeda MartínezSpain1943-11-07455
Glòria MuñozSpain1949-08-12461
Jenny SavilleUnited Kingdom1970467

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