Explore women artists, patrons, critics, and collectors from the 1800s. [Illustrated timeline coming soon!]

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Eunice Pinney

American watercolorist | Simsbury, 1770—1849

Mother and Child, c. 1815. Pen and black ink and watercolor on wove paper, 25.2 x 25.3 cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Marie-Éléonore Godefroid

French painter | Paris, 1778—1849

The Sons of Marshal Ney, 1810. Oil on canvas, 162 x 173 cm. Staatlichen Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Gemäldegalerie

Henriëtte Geertruida Knip

Dutch painter | Tilburg, 1783—Haarlem, 1842 

A Bouquet, c. 1820. Watercolor on paper, 462 x 338 mm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Antoinette Cecile Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot

French painter | Paris, 1784—1845

Self-Portrait, 1825. Oil on canvas, 74 x 60 cm. Musée du Louvre, Paris

Ann Hall

American painter and miniaturist | Pomfret, 1792—New York City, 1863

Ann Hall, Mrs. Henry Ward and Henry Hall Ward, 1828. Watercolor on ivory, 4 x 4 in. New-York Historical Society, New York

Rolinda Sharples 

English painter | Bath, 1794—Bristol, 1838

Self-Portrait with her mother Ellen Sharples, 1816. Oil on panel, 36.8 x 29.2 cm. Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol, England

Margaretta Angelica Peale

American painter | Philadelphia, 1795—1882

Still Life of Strawberries and Cherries, 1865. Oil on canvas, 23.5 × 31.1 cm. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy

French painter | Tonnerre, 1798—Paris, 1869

The Studio of Abel Pujol, 1822. Oil on canvas, 96 x 129 cm. Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris

Sarah Miriam Peale

American painter | Philadelphia, 1800—1885

Self-Portrait, c. 1818. Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 45.7 cm. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Emma Stebbins

American sculptor | New York City, 1815—1882

Angel of the Waters, 1873. Central Park, New York City, NY

Anne Whitney

American sculptor | Watertown, 1821—Boston, 1915

Lady Godiva, 1864. Marble, 67 x 28 x 24 in. Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

Rosa Bonheur

French painter | Bordeaux, 1822—Thomery, 1899

Rosa Bonheur (1898) by Anna Klumpke. Oil on canvas, 46 1/8 x 38 5/8 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 

Lilly Martin Spencer

American painter | Exeter, 1822—New York City, 1902

We Both Must Fade (Mrs. Fithian), 1869. Oil on canvas, 71 5/8 x 53 3/4 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

Sophie Gengembre Anderson

French-born British painter | Paris, 1823—Falmouth, 1898

Take the Fair Face of Woman, 1869

Emily Mary Osborn

British painter | Kentish Town, 1828—St. John’s Wood, 1925

Nameless and Friendless, “The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty” (Proverbs: 10:15), 1857. Oil on canvas, 82 x 104 cm. Tate Britain, London

Harriet Goodhue Hosmer

American sculptor | Watertown, 1830—1908

Medusa, c. 1854, marble, 27 1/4 x 21 x 9 1/2 in. Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN

Elisabet Ney

German-American sculptor | Münster, 1833—Austin, 1907

Lady Macbeth, 1905. Marble, 73 3/4 x 25 3/4 x 29 1/2 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

Elizabeth Rossetti (née Siddal)

British painter | London, 1834—1862

Sir Patrick Spens, 1856. Watercolor on paper, 241 x 229 mm. Tate Britain, London

Emma Sandys

British painter | Norwhich, 1834—1877

Portrait of Mary Emma Jones, 1874. Oil on board, 20 x 15 ¼ in. 

Empress Dowager Cixi

Chinese patron | November 29, 1835—November 15, 1908

Marcello 

Adèle d’Affry, Duchess of Castiglione Colonna

Swiss painter and sculptor | Fribourg, 1837—Castellamare, Naples, 1879

Bust of Bianca Capello, 1874, marble. Musée National du Château de Fontainebleau

Harriet Powers

American textile artist | Clarke County, October 29, 1837—January 1, 1910

Bible Quilt, 1885-1886. Mixed media, 75 in x 89 in. National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.

Edma Morisot

French painter | Valenciennes, 1839—Paris, 1921

Paysage animé, oil on canvas, 65 x 54 in. 

Isabella Stewart Gardner

American patron | April 14, 1840—July 17, 1924

Georgiana Macdonald

Lady Burne-Jones

British painter | Birmingham, 1840—1920

Dead Bird, 1857. Watercolor on paper, 99 x 178 mm. Tate Britain, London

Marie Bracquemond

French painter | Argenton, 1840—Sèvres, 1916

Self-Portrait, 1870

Victoria Dubourg

French painter | Paris, 1840—1926

Flowers, oil on canvas, 42.7 x 47.8 cm. The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

Berthe Morisot

French painter | Bourges, 1841—Paris, 1895

Self-Portrait, 1885. Oil on canvas, 24 x 19 11/16 in. American Federation of Arts

Mary Nimmo Moran

American printmaker | Strathaven, 1842—East Hampton, 1899

Across the Water, c. 1880-1890. Etching on paper. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

Louise Jopling

English painter | Manchester, 1843—1933

Self-Portrait, 1877. Oil on panel, 20.3 x 15 cm. Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK

Marie Spartali Stillman

British painter | London, 1844—1927

Self-Portrait, 1871. Charcoal and white chalk on paper, 25 3/8 x 20 5/8 in. Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington 

Edmonia Lewis

American sculptor | Greenbush, 1845—London, 1907

The Death of Cleopatra, 1876. Marble, 63 x 31 ¹⁄₄ x 46 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

Mary Cassatt

American painter | Allegheny, 1845—Le Mesnil-Théribus, 1926

Self-Portrait, c. 1880. Gouache and watercolor over graphite on paper, 32.7 x 24.6 cm. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Vinnie Ream

American sculptor | Madison, 1847—Washington, D.C., 1914

Ream at work on her Lincoln bust, between 1865 and 1870. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Anna Boch

Belgian painter | Saint-Vaast, 1848—Ixelles, 1936

Les roses trémières, oil on canvas, 130 x 90 cm. (51.2 x 35.4 in.)

Amelie Beaury-Saurel

French painter | Barcelona, 1848—Paris, 1924

Dans le Bleu, 1894. Pastel on canvas, 75 x 82 cm. Musée des Augustins de Toulouse, Toulouse, France

Lilla Cabot Perry

American painter | Boston, 1848—Hancock, 1933

Self-Portrait, c. 1889–96. Oil on canvas, 81.0 x 65.1 cm. Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, Illinios

Eva Gonzalès

French painter | Paris, 1849—1883

Morning Awakening, 1876. Oil on canvas, 81 x 100 cm. Kunsthalle, Bremen

Elizabeth Thompson (Lady Butler)

British painter | Lausanne, 1850—Meath, 1933

Self-Portrait, 1869. Oil and pencil on card, 8 5/8 in. x 7 1/8 in. National Portrait Gallery, London

Susan Macdowell Eakins

American painter | Philadelphia, 1851—1938

Self-Portrait, c. 1925. Oil on canvas mounted to panel, 30 x 25 in. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Thérèse Schwartze

Dutch painter | Amsterdam, 1851—1918

Self-portrait with Palette, 1888, oil on canvas. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Gertrude Käsebier

American photographer | Des Moines, 1852—New York City, 1934

“Portrait of the Photographer,” Manipulated self-portrait, c. 1899

Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (Lady Alma-Tadema)

British painter | London, 1852—1909

A Knock at the Door, 1897. Oil on panel, 63.8 x 44.8 cm. Currier Museum of Art, Manchester

Louise Abbéma

French painter, sculptor, and designer | Étampes, 1853—Paris, 1927

Self-Portrait, 1876

Cecilia Beaux

American painter | Philadelphia, 1855—Gloucester, 1942

Self-Portrait, 1894. Oil on canvas, 25 x 30 in. National Academy of Design, New York

Evelyn De Morgan (née Pickering)

English painter | London, 1855—1919

Flora, 1894. Oil on canvas, 198.1 x 86.4 cm. De Morgan Foundation

Anna Elizabeth Klumpke

American painter | San Francisco, 1856—1942

Among the Lilies, 1909. Oil on canvas. Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, SF

Louise Catherine Breslau

German-born Swiss painter and printmaker | Munich, 1856—Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1927

Self-Portrait, 1891. Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Strasbourg, France

Nampeyo

Hopi-Tewa ceramic artist | Hano, 1856—1942

Photograph of Nampeyo by A. C. Vroman (1901)

Mina Carlson-Bredberg

Swedish painter | Stockholm, 1857—1943

Self-Portrait, 1889. Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm

Alice Barber Stephens

American painter and engraver | Salem, 1858—Rose Valley, 1932

Women in the Home from Ladies Home Journal, May 1897. Gouache on paper, 25 x 17 in. The Kelly Collection of American Illustration Art, Great Falls, VA

Helen Maria Turner

American painter | Louisville, 1858—New Orleans, 1958

A Song of Summer, c. 1915. Oil on canvas, 30 1/8 x 40 1/8 in. The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, SC

Marie Bashkirtseff

Ukrainian painter | Gavrontsi, 1858—Paris, 1884

Self-Portrait, 1882. Oil on canvas. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nice

Anna Ancher

Danish painter | Skagen, 1859-1935

Self-Portrait, c. 1878-9

Elizabeth Adela Forbes (née Armstrong)

Canadian painter | Kingston, 1859—Newlyn, 1912

Will-O’-the-Wisp, c. 1900. Oil on canvas, 27 x 44 in. National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.

Elizabeth Nourse

American painter | Mount Healthy, 1859—Paris, 1938

Self-Portrait, 1892

Ottilie Roederstein

Swiss painter | Zürich, 1859—Hofheim am Taunus, 1937

Self-Portrait, 1894. Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Edith Hayllar

British painter | 1860—1948

Five o’clock tea, 1895. Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 35.5 cm. Christie’s

Elin Danielson-Gambogi

Finnish painter | Noormarkku, 1861—Antignano, 1919

Self-Portrait, 1900. Oil on canvas, 96 x 65.5 cm. Ateneum Art Museum, The Finnish National Art Gallery, Helsinki

Helene Schjerfbeck

Finnish painter | Helsinki, 1862—Saltsjöbaden, 1946

Self-Portrait, Black Background, 1915. Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 36 cm. Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki

Camille Claudel

French sculptor | Fère-en-Tardenois, 1864—Avignon, 1943

La Valse, 1889–before 1895. Musée Camille Claudel, Nogent-sur-Seine

Suzanne Valadon

French painter | Bessines-sur-Gartempe, 1865—Paris, 1938

The Blue Room, 1923. Oil on canvas, 90 x 116 cm. Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris

Emily (Milly) Childers

British painter | 1866—1922

Self-Portrait, 1889. Oil on canvas, 92 x 68 cm. (36.22 x 26.77 in.). Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds Museums and Galleries, Leeds, UK

Anne Goldthwaite

American painter and etcher | Montgomery, 1869—New York, 1944

Self-Portrait, c. 1906-1913. Oil on wood mounted on fiberboard, 39.3 x 31.5 cm. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

Ellen Thesleff

Finnish painter | Helsinki, 1869—1954

Echo, 1891. Oil on canvas, 61 x 43.5 cm. American Federation of Arts

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (R.W.S.)

British painter | Upper Norwood, 1871—1945

Kate Barlass from her Golden Book of Famous Women, 1919 

Elizabeth Shippen Green

American illustrator | Philadelphia, 1871—1954

Miguela, kneeling still, put it to her lip, from Harper’s magazine, 1906

Florine Stettheimer

American painter | Rochester, 1871—New York, 1944

A Model (Nude Self-Portrait), 1915–16. Oil on canvas, 48.2 x 68.2 in. Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York

Olive Rush

American painter and illustrator | Fairmount, 1873—Santa Fe, 1966

St. Francis and the Birds, watercolor on paper, 24 x 18 in. 

Evelyn Beatrice Longman

American sculptor | Winchester, 1874—Osterville, 1954

Spirit of Victory, 1926. Bushnell Park, Hartford, Connecticut

Violet Oakley

American painter, muralist, illustrator, portraitist, architectural and industrial designer | Bergen Heights, 1874—Philadelphia, 1961

Self-Portrait, 1920. Oil on canvas, mounted on panel, 30 x 25 in. National Academy Museum, New York

Lizzy Ansingh

Dutch painter | Utrecht, 1875—Amsterdam, 1959

Portrait of Lizzy Ansingh (1902) by Thérèse Schwartze. Oil on canvas, 78 x 62 cm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam