Biography of female artists names

This is a partial list of 20th-century women artists, sorted alphabetically by decade of birth. These artists are known for creating artworks that are primarily visual in nature, in traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics as well as in more recently developed genres, such as installation art, performance art, conceptual art, digital art and video art.

The list covers artists born from 1870 through 1969. For later births see List of 21st-century women artists.

Before 1870

• Louise Abbéma (1858–1927), painter, printmaker, sculptor
• Helen Allingham (1848–1926), painter, illustrator
• Laura Alma-Tadema (1852–1909), painter^[1]
• Ester Almqvist (1869–1934), Swedish painter
• Anna Ancher (1859–1935), Danish painter
• Sophie Anderson (1823–1903), painter
• Marie-Elmina Anger (1844–1901), nun and painter
• Helen Maitland Armstrong (1869–1948), stained glass artist
• Lucy Angeline Bacon (185