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

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Name Nationality Date of birth Date of death Image Listed on page
Catharina van Hemessen Netherlands 1528 1600s
 
33
Sofonisba Anguissola Italy 1535s 1625-11-16
 
39
Lucia Anguissola Duchy of Milan 1536 1565
 
45
Lavinia Fontana 1552-08-24 1614-08-11
 
49
Barbara Longhi Italy 1552-10-01 1638-12-23
 
55
Fede Galizia Duchy of Milan 1578 1630
 
59
Artemisia Gentileschi 1593-07-08 1653
1652
 
65
Clara Peeters Dutch Republic
Southern Netherlands
1594 1657
 
71
Giovanna Garzoni 1600 1670
 
77
Michaelina Wautier Spanish Netherlands 1604 1689
 
91
Anna Maria van Schurman Dutch Republic
Belgium
1607-11-05 1678-05
 
81
Judith Leyster Netherlands 1609-07-28 1660-02-10
 
85
Louise Moillon France 1610 1696-12-20
 
97
Josefa de Óbidos Portugal
Spain
1630-02-20 1684-07-22
 
103
Maria van Oosterwijck Dutch Republic 1630-08-20 1693-11-12
 
109
Mary Beale Kingdom of England 1633-03-26 1699
 
115
Elisabetta Sirani 1638-01-08 1665-08-25
 
119
Maria Sibylla Merian Dutch Republic 1647-04-02 1717-01-13
 
125
Rachel Ruysch Netherlands 1664-06-03 1750-08-12
 
129
Rosalba Carriera Republic of Venice 1675-10-07 1757-04-15
 
135
Angelica Kauffman Switzerland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1741-10-30 1807-11-05
 
141
Anne Vallayer-Coster France
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Great Britain
1744-12-21 1818-02-28
 
147
Adélaïde Labille-Guiard France 1749-04-11 1803-04-24
 
153
Marie-Victoire Lemoine France 1754 1820-12-02
 
159
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun France 1755-04-16 1842-03-30
 
163
Marguerite Gérard France 1761-01-28 1837-05-18
 
173
Marie-Gabrielle Capet France 1761-09-06 1818-11-01
 
169
Constance Mayer France 1774-03-09
1775
1821-05-26
 
177
Marie-Éléonore Godefroid France 1778-06-20 1849-06
 
183
Rosa Bonheur France 1822-03-16 1899-05-25
 
187
Lilly Martin Spencer United States of America 1822-11-26 1902-05-22
 
193
Sophie Gengembre Anderson France
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1823 1903-03-10
 
197
Elizabeth Siddal United Kingdom 1829-07-25 1862-02-11
 
203
Marianne North United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1830-10-24 1890-08-30
 
209
Joanna Mary Boyce United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1831-12-07 1861-07-15 215
Rebecca Solomon United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1832-09-26 1886-11-20
 
219
Elizabeth Jane Gardner United States of America 1837-10-04 1922-01-28
 
223
Marie Bracquemond France 1840-12-01 1916-01-17
 
227
Berthe Morisot France 1841-01-14 1895-03-02
 
233
Emma Sandys United Kingdom 1843 1877-11
 
239
Lucy Madox Brown United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1843-07-19 1894-04-12
 
243
Kitty Lange Kielland Norway 1843-10-08 1914-10-01
 
247
Mary Cassatt United States of America 1844-05-22 1926-06-14
 
251
Fanny Churberg Grand Duchy of Finland 1845-12-12 1892-05-10
 
257
Anna Boch France
Belgium
1848-02-10 1936-02-25
 
263
Eva Gonzalès France 1849-04-19 1883-05-05
 
267
Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1852-04-16 1909-08-15
 
273
Cecilia Beaux United States of America 1855-05-01 1942-09-17
 
287
Evelyn De Morgan United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1855-08-30 1919-05-02
 
277
Suze Robertson Kingdom of the Netherlands 1855-12-17 1922-10-18
 
283
Elizabeth Forbes United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1859-12-29 1912-03-16
 
299
Marianne von Werefkin Russian Empire
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1860-09-10 1938-02-06
 
305
Marie Bashkirtseff Russian Empire
France
1860-11-11 1884-10-31
 
293
Mary Lizzie Macomber United States of America 1861-08-21 1916-02-04 311
Elin Danielson-Gambogi Finland 1861-09-03 1919-12-31
 
315
Suzanne Valadon France 1865-09-23 1938-04-07
 
325
Margaret MacDonald United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1865-11-05 1933-01-10
1933-01-07
 
321
Louise De Hem Belgium 1866-12-10 1922-11-22
 
331
Käthe Kollwitz Weimar Republic
Germany
1867-07-08 1945-04-22
 
335
Frances MacDonald United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1873-08-24 1921-12-12
 
341
Paula Modersohn-Becker German Empire
Germany
1876-02-08 1907-11-30
 
347
Lluïsa Vidal Spain 1876-04-02 1918-10-18
 
353
Gabriele Münter Germany 1877-02-19 1962-05-19
 
359
Helen McNicoll Canada 1879-12-14 1915-06-27
 
365
Natalia Goncharova Russian Empire
France
1881-06-21
1881-06-04
1881-07-03
1962-10-17
 
369
Sonia Delaunay France 1885-11-14
1885
1979-12-05
1979
 
381
Olga Rozanova Russian Empire
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
1886-06-21 1918-11-07
 
375
Georgia O'Keeffe United States of America 1887-11-15 1986-03-06
 
387
Lyubov Popova Soviet Union
Russian Empire
1889-04-24 1924-05-25
 
393
Tamara de Lempicka Russian Empire
Poland
1898-05-16 1980-03-18
 
399
Alice Neel United States of America 1900-01-28 1984-10-13
 
405
Frida Kahlo Mexico 1907-07-06 1954-07-13
 
411
Leonor Fini Argentina 1908-08-30 1996-01-18
 
421
Lee Krasner United States of America 1908-10-27 1984-06-19 417
Nell Blaine United States of America 1922-07-10 1996-11-14 427
Helen Frankenthaler United States of America 1928-12-17
1928-12-12
2011-12-27 431
Faith Ringgold United States of America 1930-10-08
 
437
Montserrat Gudiol Spain 1933-06-09
1933-09-06
2015-12-25 443
Judy Chicago United States of America 1939-07-20
 
449
Emilia Castañeda Martínez Spain 1943-11-07 455
Glòria Muñoz Spain 1949-08-12 461
Jenny Saville United Kingdom 1970 467

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