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Agnes (Hrosvitha group)
Flourished circa 1200, Quedlinburg, GermanyAgnes was the abbess of a convent in Quedlinburg, Germany, from 1184 to 1203. During that time, she was known as a great patron of paintings, reliquaries, and reliefs and... Read more
Anasandra
Flourished 3rd century B.C., Sicyon, ancient GreeceThe correct spelling of this name is ANAXANDRA. Anaxandra was a Greek painter working in the 220s B.C., the daughter and disciple of Nealkes, a painter of mythological... Read more
Anastasia (Christine de Pisan group)
Flourished circa 1400, ParisAnastasia, an artist known for her skill in manuscript illumination, is described by the medieval feminist writer Christine de Pisan in her famous work, The Book of the City... Read more
Sophonisba Anguisciola
b. circa 1532, Cremona, Italy; d. 1625, Palermo, ItalyThe common spelling of this name is SOFONISBA ANGUISSOLA.
Sofonisba Anguissola was born into a noble but relatively impoverished family of Cremona and, along with her five sisters and... Read more
Marie Bashkirtsev
b. 1859/60, Gavrontsy, Ukraine; d. 1884, ParisThe common spelling of this name is MARIE BASHKIRTSEFF.
Marie Bashkirtseff exhibited her work in the 1880 Paris Salon before dying an early death from tuberculosis. Born in Russia... Read more
Sarah Bernhardt
b. 1844/45, Paris; d. 1923, ParisSarah Bernhardt, known as the "divine Sarah," was widely considered the most significant French actress of the nineteenth century. Bernhardt débuted at the Comédie Française in 1862, where she became... Read more
Barbara Bodichon
b. 1827, Watlington, Norfolk, England; d. 1891, Robertsbridge, Sussex (now East Sussex), EnglandArtist, writer, feminist, and activist Barbara Bodichon is rumored to have been the model for the eponymous character of George Eliot's Romola (1863). She proved herself a meticulous researcher and... Read more
Rosa Bonheur
b. 1822, Bordeaux, France; d. 1899, Melun, FranceRosa Bonheur was a celebrated painter who exhibited work at the Paris Salon and was known for her detailed depictions of animals. She was trained by her father, Raymond Bonheur... Read more
Bourgot
Flourished circa 1350, FranceBourgot was the daughter of Jean le Noir, a manuscript illuminator whose clients included King John II of France (ruled 1350–64). Bourgot learned the art from her father and was... Read more
Julia Cameron
b. 1815, Calcutta; d. 1879, Kalutara, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]Julia Margaret Cameron is now considered one of the most significant portrait and genre photographers of the nineteenth century, though during her lifetime she was often criticized for lacking technical... Read more
Emily Carr
b. 1871, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; d. 1945, Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaEmily Carr painted scenes Native American villages on the western coast of Canada after studying art in San Francisco, England, and Paris. She struggled to support herself financially, even though... Read more
Rosalba Carriera
b. 1675, Venice; d. 1757, VeniceThe portraitist Rosalba Carriera revolutionized the use of pastel as a medium. Raised in Venice, a mercantile crossroads of Europe, she acquired an international clientele of British, German, and French... Read more
Mary Cassatt
b. 1844, Pittsburgh; d. 1926, Château de Beaufresne, near ParisMary Cassatt was a famous American expatriate artist who was an active member of the French Impressionist circle. The daughter of an affluent Pittsburgh businessman, she studied art at the... Read more
Elizabeth Cheron
b. 1648, Paris; d. 1711, ParisAlthough Élisabeth-Sophie Chéron is remembered today as a painter, she was in fact a true Renaissance woman, acclaimed in her lifetime as a gifted poet, musician, artist, and academicienne. As... Read more
Imogen Cunningham
b. 1883, Portland, Oregon; d. 1976, San FranciscoImogen Cunningham was an American modernist photographer who became known for her botanical studies, particularly of calla lilies. Early on, her photographs were influenced by the Pictorialist Gertrude Käsebier... Read more
Maria de Abarca
Flourished circa 1640–56, MadridMaría de Abarca, a well-known painter based in Madrid, specialized in portrait miniatures.... Read more
Properzia de Rossi
b. circa 1490, Bologna, Italy; d. 1527/30, Bologna, ItalyThe sculptor Properzia de' Rossi trained with the master engraver Marcantonio Raimondi. She began her career by carving peach stones with figures of saints (used for jewelry); the astonishing detail... Read more
Sonia Delaunay
b. 1885, Gradizhsk, Ukraine; d. 1979, ParisSonia Delaunay was a painter, printmaker, and textile designer whose work was influenced by the color theories of her day. Delaunay grew up in Saint Petersburg and moved to Paris... Read more
Isadora Duncan
b. 1877 or 1878, San Francisco; d. 1927, Nice, FranceIsadora Duncan was a dancer and choreographer who advocated movement inspired by natural forms and rhythms. As a pioneer of modern dance, she was opposed to the rigid and formal... Read more
Edith
b. circa 1029, Wessex, England; d. 1075, Winchester, EnglandEdith of Wessex married Edward the Confessor, king of England, in 1045. A contemporary art historian, Carola Hicks, has proposed Queen Edith as the artist who created the Bayeux Tapestry... Read more
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