Female painters

See the powerful paintings of the women who went to Paris and refused to be silenced by the male-dominated art world.

Few art movements are as synonymous with the image of a paint-splattered male painter than abstract expressionism. Some of art history’s most radical masculine personalities emerged from the period, in which the physicality of the works echoed the…

There are so many artists out there in the world, these are the contemporary female artists that you should be aware of

This list of famous female painters is ranked by their level of prominence, with photos when available. This greatest female painters list contains the most ...

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See the powerful paintings of the women who went to Paris and refused to be silenced by the male-dominated art world.

Resting by the Easel by Emma Josepha Sparre (1890)

Artemisia Gentileschi was invited to London in 1638 by Charles I, and probably produced this sophisticated and accomplished self-portrait in England. She holds a brush in one hand and a palette in the other, cleverly identifying herself as the female personification of painting - something her male contemporaries could never do.It was probably during her brief English sojourn (1638-c.1641) that Artemisia Gentileschi produced this painting. She was invited in 1638 by Charles I to come to…

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