Artists and Illustrators

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Lavinia Fontana, Italian Artist, born 24th August 1552

Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian Painter, born 8th July 1593

Maria Merian, German naturalist and illustrator, born 2nd April 1647
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Rosalba Carriera, Italian Artist, born 12th January 1673

Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, British Artist, born 7th February 1726

Angelica Kauffmann, Swiss/Austrian Artist, born 30th October 1741

Mary Moser, English Painter, born 27th October 1744

Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French Artist, born 16th April 1755

Marie Tussaud, French Artist, born 1st December 1761

Elizabeth Simcoe, Canadian Artist and Diarist, born 22nd September 1762

Cassandra Austen, British Watercolourist, born 9th January 1773
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Amalia Lindegren, Swedish Artist, born 22nd May 1814

Rosa Bonheur, French Artist, born 16th March 1822
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Berthe Morisot, French Impressionist Painter, born 14th January 1841
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Mary Cassatt, American Impressionist Painter, born 22nd May 1844

Edmonia Lewis, African/Native American Sculptor, born 7th July 1844

Cecilia Beaux, American Artist, born 1st May 1855

Marie Bashkirtseff, Ukranian diarist, painter & sculptor, born 24th November 1858

Elsie de Wolfe, American Interior Designer, born 20th December 1859

Mary Vaux Walcott, American Artist and Naturalist, born 31st July 1860

Grandma Moses, American Folk Artist, born 7th September 1860
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Marianne Werefkin, Russian Impressionist Painter, born 10th September 1860

Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian Realist Painter, born 20th December 1861

​Camille Claudel, French Sculptor & Graphic Artist, born 8th December 1864

Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh, Scottish Artist, born 5th November 1865

Clare Atwood, British Artist, born 11th May 1866

Juliette Wytsman, Belgian Painter, born 14th July 1866

Käthe Kollwitz, German Sculptor, Printmaker & Painter, born 8th July 1867

Kate Carew, American Caricaturist and Interviewer, born 27th June 1869

Laura Adams Armer, American Artist and Writer, born 12th January 1874
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Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, American Children's Author & Illustrator, born 25th October 1875

Slava Raskaj, Croatian Watercolourist, born 2nd January1877
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Gabriele Münter, German Expressionist Painter, born 19th February 1877

Pamela Colman Smith, English American Illustrator, born 16th February 1878

Mabel Lucie Attwell, British Illustrator, born 4th June 1879

Winifred Brunton, British/South African Artist, born 6th May 1880

Natalia Goncharova, Russian Avant-garde Artist, born 16th June 1881

Aleksandra Ekster, Russian Painter and Designer, born 6th January 1882
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Ethel Anderson, Australian Poet and Artist, born 16th March 1883
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Marie Laurencin, French Painter & Printmaker, born 31st October 1883

Marie Vassilieff, Russian Artist, born 12th February 1884

Zinaida Serebryakova, Russian Painter, born 12th December 1884

Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish Modernist Painter, born 27th October 1885

Georgia O'Keeffe, American Artist, born 15th November 1887

Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss Artist, Sculptor & Dancer, born 19th January 1889

Lyubov Popova, Russian Artist, born 24th April 1889

Hannah Höch, German Dada Artist, born 1st November 1889

Nina Hamnett, Welsh Artist and Writer, born 14th February 1890

Dorothy P. Lathrop, American Writer and Illustrator, born 16th April 1891
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Augusta Savage, Black American Sculptor, born 29th February 1892
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Djuna Barnes, American Writer and Illustrator, born 12th June 1892

Wanda Gág, American Author and Illustrator, born 11th March 1893

Lois Lenski, American Writer and Illustrator, born 14th October 1893
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Katherine Milhous, American Writer & Illustrator, born 27th November 1894
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Marie Hall Ets, American Writer and Illustrator, born 16th December 1895
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Lydia Mei, Estonian Artist, born 2nd July 1896

Carolyn Haywood, American Author and Illustrator, born 3rd January 1898
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Jeanne Hébuterne, French Artist, born 6th April 1898

Tamara de Lempicka, Polish Art Deco Painter, born 16th May 1898

Clarice Cliff, British Potter, born 20th January 1899
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Mary Petty, American Illustrator, born 29th April 1899

Ruth Schaumann, German Poet, Sculptor & Illustrator, born 24th August 1899
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Louise Nevelson, American Sculptor, born 23rd September 1899

Kate Seredy, Hungarian-American Writer & Illustrator, born 10th November 1899

Alice Neel, American Painter, born 28th January 1900
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Margaret Brundage, American Illustrator and Artist, born 9th December 1900

Greta Kempton, Austrian-American Artist, born 22nd March 1901

​Marjorie Eaton, American Actress and Painter, born 5th December 1901

Júlia Báthory, Hungarian Glass Designer, born 31st December 1901

Sylvia Daoust, Canadian Sculptor, born 24th May 1902

Barbara Hepworth, British Modernist Sculptor, born ​10th January 1903

Marge Buell, American Cartoonist, born 11th December 1904

Lois Mailou Jones, Black American Artist, born 3rd November 1905

Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, Austrian Painter, born 24th October 1906

Eva Zeisel, Hungarian American Designer, born 13th November 1906

Frida Kahlo, Mexican Artist, born 6th July 1907

Fleur Cowles, American Writer & Illustrator, born 20th January 1908
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Rita Angus, New Zealand Artist, born 12th March 1908

Mary Scheier, American Ceramicist, born 9th May 1908

Rica Erickson, Australian Naturalist, Author & Artist, born 10th August 1908
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Hannah Frank, Scottish Artist and Sculptor, born 23rd August 1908

Marie Menken, American Film-maker & Painter, born 25th May 1909

Virginia Lee Burton, American Author & Illustrator, born 30th August 1909

Elizabeth Enright, American Writer and Illustrator, born 17th September 1909

Doris McCarthy, Canadian Artist, born 7th July 1910

Hedda Sterne, Romanian Artist, born 4th August 1910

Dorothea Tanning, American Artist and writer, born 25th August 1910

Nora Haysen, Australian Artist, born 11th January 1911
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Jackie Ormes, Black American Illustrator & Cartoonist, born 1st August 1911

Mary Blair, American Artist and Illustrator, born 21st October 1911

Louise Bourgeois, French American Sculptor & Artist, born 25th December 1911

​Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian born Indian Artist, born 30th January 1913

Lillian Chestney, American Illustrator and Artist, born 22nd September 1913

Thelma Hulbert, British Artist, born 9th November 1913

Winifred Lubell, American Illustrator and Activist, born 14th June 1914
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Hilda Terry, American Cartoonist, born 15th June 1914

Tove Jansson, Finnish Author and Artist, born 9th August 1914

Regina Ghazaryan, Armenian Artist, born 17th April 1915

Tasha Tudor, American Illustrator & Author, born 28th August 1915

Leonora Carrington, British born Mexican Artist, born 6th April 1917

Margaret Burroughs, African American Writer, Artist & Historian, born 1st November 1917

Elaine de Kooning, American Artist, born 12th March 1918
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Ruth Atkinson, Canadian/American Cartoonist, born 2nd June 1918

Jane Frank, American Artist, born 25th July 1918

Maria Lassnig, Austrian Artist, born 8th September 1919

Kathleen Ankers, British/American Set Designer, born 22nd October 1919
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Machiko Hasegawa, 
Japanese Manga Artist, born 30th January 1920

Betty Goodwin, Canadian Artist, born 19th March 1923

Irene Lieblich, Polish-American Artist, born 20th April 1923

Doris Burn, American Author and Illustrator, born 24th April 1923

Margaret Olley, Australian Artist, born 24th June 1923

Mimi Parent, Canadian Surrealist Artist, born 8th September 1924

Joan Mitchell, American Abstract Artist, born 12th February 1925

Gina Pellón, Cuban Artist, born 26th December 1926

Helen Frankenthaler, American Artist, born 12th December 1928

Ceija Stojka, Romani-Austrian Writer, Painter and Musician, born 23rd May 1933

Jeanne-Claude, Moroccan Environmental Artist, born 13th June 1935

Nana Meskhidze, Georgian Artist, born 13th March 1936