Women artists: women by women

Helen before 1931
Mabel Greenberg (1889–1933)
Oil & pencil on canvas
H 50.7 x W 40.7 cm
Laing Art Gallery

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Woman Ironing 2007
Maria Jirat (b.1983)
Oil & mixed media on canvas
H 70.3 x W 50.5 cm
Coventry University

Annis Bruton, née Rugman (1861–1950), the Artist's Mother c.1920
Mary Bruton (1890–1984)
Oil on canvas
H 49.5 x W 40 cm
Thornbury and District Museum

Anne Talfourd (1770–1858)
unknown artist
Oil on card
H 37 x W 32 cm
Reading Museum

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Untitled 1962
Elizabeth Ovenstone
Oil on board
H 67.4 x W 35.7 cm
Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University

Untitled 1966
Margaret Gilbert
Oil on canvas
H 40.5 x W 55.7 cm
Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University

Untitled 1975
Elizabeth Blease (b.1953)
Oil on canvas
H 58.8 x W 74.7 cm
Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University

Irene 1956
Elizabeth Lewis May (attributed to)
Oil on board
H 81.1 x W 45.5 cm
Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University

Mildred 2005
Maria Jirat (b.1983)
Oil & mixed media on canvas
H 130 x W 110 cm
Coventry University

Old Woman 1911
Beryl Fowler (1880–1963)
Oil on canvas
H 30.7 x W 28.5 cm
Laing Art Gallery

Carol 2000
Alison Mackay
Oil on muslin on board
H 43 x W 36.5 cm
NHS Tayside

Woman with a Fishing Rod 1938
Anne Harcourt (1907–1985)
Oil on board
H 45 x W 36 cm
Bushey Museum and Art Gallery

Composition in Pink and Green 1931
Cathleen Mann (1896–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 111.7 x W 82.1 cm
Sheffield Museums

Portrait of a Girl Seated
Emilie Isabel Barrington (1841–1933)
Oil on panel
H 66 x W 76 cm
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Culture Service, Leighton House Museum

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The Flautist
Dorothy Bradford (1918–2008)
Oil on hardboard
H 54.7 x W 44.6 cm
Argyll and Bute Council

The Cobbett Sisters
Ann Cobbett (b.1826)
Oil on canvas
H 35.5 x W 33 cm
Southampton City Museums

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Mother and Child Series: 'You may not live up to her dreams, which even a king cannot always do' 2005
Kate Mary Lynch (b.1949)
Oil & pastel on paper
H 65 x W 55 cm
St George's Hospital

Florence Eva Simpson (1865–1923) 1894
Katherine Ashton Simpson (1858–1951)
Oil on canvas
H 58 x W 46 cm
Rochdale Arts & Heritage Service

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Juanita 1932
Grace Frances Ward (1896–1975)
Oil on canvas
H 59.2 x W 49 cm
Sheffield Museums

Portrait of an Unknown Woman 1899
Rose Emily Stanton (1838–1908)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 51 cm
The Stroud District (Cowle) Museum Trust Collection

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Half-Portrait of a Lady
Dorothy Alicia Lawrenson (1892–1976)
Oil on board
H 32 x W 28 cm
Newlyn Art Gallery

Claire Clairmont (1798–1879) 1819
Amelia Curran (1775–1847)
Oil on canvas
H 47 x W 35 cm
Nottingham City Museums & Galleries

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Untitled 1974
Edith Bruce (b.1872)
Oil on board
H 89.3 x W 50 cm
Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University

Mendi Hands 1990
Caroline Jariwala (b.1965)
Oil on paper
H 90.5 x W 91 cm
Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection

Katherine Mary Webb Palmer (1824–1890) 1846
Fanny Geefs (1807–1883)
Oil on canvas
H 171.5 x W 130 cm
Nottingham City Museums & Galleries

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Henrietta Georgiana Marcia Lascelles Iremonger (1806–1876), Lady Chatterton (Mrs Edward Heneage Dering) c.1859
Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1830–1923)
Oil on canvas
H 132 x W 96.5 cm
National Trust, Baddesley Clinton

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Portrait of a Cantonese Woman 1912
Agnes Sutherland (active 1912–1914)
Oil on board
H 51 x W 38 cm
Poole Museum Service

The Red Handkerchief c.1952
Sheila Gertrude Mackie (1928–2010)
Oil on canvas
H 62.4 x W 87.7 cm
Shipley Art Gallery

Jane Fox, Lady Leigh as a Shepherdess c.1675
Mary Beale (1633–1699)
Oil on canvas
H 56 x W 46 cm
West Suffolk Heritage Service

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Reflection in a Mirror 1896
Helena Arsène Darmesteter (1848–1940)
Oil on canvas
H 90 x W 60 cm
Ben Uri Collection

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Mrs Issac Griffiths 1902
Margaret Elsie Bayliss (1873–1947)
Oil on canvas
H 51 x W 45.5 cm
Sandwell Museums Service Collection

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Women of the World Unite, You have Nothing to Lose but Cheese Cake 1969
Margaret Harrison (b.1940)
Acrylic on canvas
H 88 x W 53 cm
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

Girl in a Blue Dress 1951
Stella Steyn (1907–1987)
Oil on canvas
H 90.2 x W 59.7 cm
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

Molly Reading a Book c.1940
Rose Mead (1867–1946)
Oil on canvas
H 74 x W 62 cm
West Suffolk Heritage Service

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Lady Sarah Hall
Mary Beale (1633–1699)
Oil on canvas
H 72 x W 61 cm
West Suffolk Heritage Service

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Jane Twisden, née Thomlison (d.1702), Lady Twisden c.1675
Mary Beale (1633–1699)
Oil on canvas
H 76 x W 64 cm
West Suffolk Heritage Service

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Lady Mary Hay, née Maitland (1645–1702), Marchioness of Tweedale c.1675
Mary Beale (1633–1699)
Oil on canvas
H 76 x W 64 cm
West Suffolk Heritage Service

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Lady Norwich c.1675
Mary Beale (1633–1699)
Oil on canvas
H 76 x W 64 cm
West Suffolk Heritage Service

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Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Green Coat 1941
Heather Gladys Waddy (1920–1974)
Oil on canvas
H 43.2 x W 35.6 cm
UCL Culture

Alderman Mrs Farnfield 1949
Vera Colborne (1877–1952)
Oil on canvas
H 122 x W 91 cm
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery

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Self Portrait II 1966
Helen Lessore (1907–1994)
Oil on canvas
H 28 x W 23 cm
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

The 39th Week Counting 1993
Lesley Banks (b.1962)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 81.3 cm
Glasgow Life Museums

Lady Abinger 1883
Frances Elizabeth Grace (1857–1939)
Oil on canvas
H 93 x W 72.5 cm
Brighton & Hove Museums

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Miss Edith Evans in a Restoration Comedy c.1934–1935
Ethel Léontine Gabain (1883–1950)
Oil on canvas
H 101.5 x W 91.5 cm
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

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Mademoiselle Cecile Lavigne at Grandes Ventes
Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968)
Oil on canvas
H 75 x W 100.5 cm
North Yorkshire Council

Miss Thompson (Miss Patricia Thompson) 1932
Laura Knight (1877–1970)
Oil on board
H 76 x W 63.5 cm
Nottingham City Museums & Galleries

A Girl's Head 1925
Clara Klinghoffer (1900–1970)
Oil on canvas
H 45.4 x W 41.1 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

Cold Spring, the Alien 1906
Louisa Starr Canziani (1845–1909)
Oil on canvas
H 112 x W 79.9 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

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Portrait of a Woman c.1900
Ethel Walker (1861–1951)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 51 cm
Rotherham Heritage Services

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Cupid and Psyche 1890
Annie Louisa Swynnerton (1844–1933)
Oil on canvas
H 147 x W 91 cm
Gallery Oldham

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Denise c.1950
Anne Redpath (1895–1965)
Oil on plyboard
H 111.6 x W 82.4 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

Zandvoort Fishergirl 1884
Elizabeth Adela Forbes (1859–1912)
Oil on canvas
H 68 x W 53.5 cm
Penlee House Gallery & Museum

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A Newlyn Maid
Elizabeth Adela Forbes (1859–1912)
Oil on canvas
H 28 x W 23 cm
Penlee House Gallery & Museum

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Portrait 1938
Vera Morosoff (1899–1991)
Oil on canvas
H 72 x W 59 cm
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum

Nurse Ellis (?) 1943
Beryl Trist Newman (1906–1991)
Oil on canvas
H 77.5 x W 64.1 cm
York Museums Trust

Frances Rose 1973
Maggi Hambling (b.1945)
Oil on canvas
H 53 x W 42.9 cm
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

Margaret Smith, Lord Provost of Aberdeen 2002
Jennifer McRae (b.1959)
Oil on canvas
H 120.5 x W 103.5 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

Refugee 1943
Kathleen Williams (active c.1920–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 59.5 x W 49.7 cm
Museum & Art Swindon

Miss Florence Etlinger
May Lancaster Lucas (1853–1920)
Oil on canvas
H 162 x W 114 cm
Royal Institution of Cornwall

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Untitled 1986–1988
Linda Garden
Oil on canvas
H 122 x W 82 cm
Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University

Young Woman with Fruit Basket before 1906
Alice Amelia Heelas (1872–1937)
Oil on canvas
H 87 x W 66 cm
Reading Museum

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Untitled 1954–1955
Moira Maitland (1936–2004)
Oil on board
H 112.4 x W 72.9 cm
Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University

Untitled 1958
Anne McWilliam
Oil on board
H 114 x W 67.9 cm
Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University

The Gypsy Girl 1921
Margaret Maud Alexander (b.1887)
Oil on canvas
H 53.5 x W 43.9 cm
Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University

Untitled 1982
Jane Porter
Oil on canvas
H 40.4 x W 35.5 cm
Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University

The Siesta 1966
Margaret Gilbert
Oil on board
H 59.9 x W 44.4 cm
Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University

The Right Honourable Betty Boothroyd (1929–2023), Chancellor (1994–2006) 1994
June Mendoza (1924–2024)
Oil on canvas
H 87 x W 107 cm
The Open University

Draped Figure with a Glass of Flowers 1877/1881
Beatrix Whistler (1857–1896)
Oil on card
H 19.2 x W 12.2 cm
The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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Untitled 1954–1955
Moira Maitland (1936–2004)
Oil on board
H 52.8 x W 26 cm
Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University

Untitled 1974
Patricia Johnston
Oil on canvas
H 70.5 x W 49.4 cm
Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University

Mabel Rachel Trickett (1923–1999), Principal (1973–1991) 1992
Margaret Virginia Foreman (b.1951)
Oil on canvas
H 106 x W 65 cm
St Hugh's College, University of Oxford

A Young Egyptian Woman in Finery with Jewellery
Myrtle Florence Broome (1888–1978)
Oil on card
H 19 x W 10 cm
Bushey Museum and Art Gallery

The Principal Boy
Mary Mackenzie (1888–c.1937)
Oil on board
H 111.6 x W 79 cm
Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University

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Anna Maria, Countess of Shrewsbury (1642–1702) 1659
Mary Beale (1633–1699) (attributed to)
Oil on canvas
H 70 x W 55 cm
Ingestre Hall Residential Arts Centre

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Old Lady with a Baton 1977
Marie-Louise von Motesiczky (1906–1996)
Oil on canvas
H 76.4 x W 60.7 cm
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

The Dressing Room: Female Figures by a Window 1931
Elizabeth Brown (b.1910)
Oil on canvas
H 122 x W 91.5 cm
UCL Culture

Portrait of a Girl Wearing a Blue Smock 1937
Rhoda 'Dodie' Helen Glass (1918–2009)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 40.7 cm
UCL Culture

Portrait of a Woman 1991
Claudia Noel Carr (b.1965)
Oil on canvas
H 48 x W 34 cm
UCL Culture

Miss Joyce Wingate (1906–1986) 1929
Polly Hurry (1883–1963)
Oil on canvas
H 170.2 x W 59.7 cm
Paintings Collection

Roses of Youth c.1906–1907
Henrietta Rae (1859–1928)
Oil on canvas
H 175 x W 185.5 cm
Scarborough Museums and Galleries

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Shrimp Lady 1973
Dorothea Jones (b.1903)
Oil on board
H 62.9 x W 52.7 cm
St Helens Council Collection

Hunter-Gatherer c.1997
Ann Smith (b.1944)
Acrylic on board
H 80 x W 40 cm
Ely Museum

The Green Dress 1927
Dorothy E. Vicaji (1890–1945)
Oil on canvas
H 229.5 x W 140.5 cm
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Cosima in a Black Hat 1992
Sandra Fisher (1947–1994)
Oil on canvas
H 40 x W 30 cm
Pallant House Gallery

Miss C. E. Nelson (d.1954), Matron to Northampton General Hospital (1938–1954) 1955
Alice Mary Burton (1892–1973)
Oil on canvas
H 75 x W 62 cm
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

The Milkmaid c.1912
Ruth Simpson (1889–1964)
Oil on canvas
H 92 x W 61.5 cm
Penlee House Gallery & Museum

Maroon and Gold
Ruth Simpson (1889–1964)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 50.5 cm
Penlee House Gallery & Museum

The Somerset Hat 1943
Jean M. Clark (1902–1999)
Oil on canvas
H 63 x W 53 cm
Somerset County Council

Lettice Ramsey, née Baker 1915 (?)
Frances Baker (1873–1944)
Oil on canvas
H 74 x W 61.6 cm
Newnham College, University of Cambridge

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Lady Godiva 1882
Edith Arkwright
Oil on canvas
H 170 x W 120 cm
Atkinson Art Gallery Collection

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Eleonora Long, née Montagu (c.1811–1900) c.1840
Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793–1872)
Oil on canvas
H 92 x W 74 cm
Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection

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At the Window
Amy Katherine Browning (1881–1978)
Oil on canvas
H 101.5 x W 76 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage

Nurse Brown
Irene Welburn (1910–2000)
Oil on canvas
H 66 x W 56 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage

Nude Study c.1972
Helene Read Thiis (1907–1981)
Oil on canvas
H 23.5 x W 20 cm
Williamson Art Gallery & Museum

Anna, Lady Colquhoun of Colquhoun and Luss 1915
Sybilla Mary Dowie (1861–1928)
Oil on canvas
H 81.5 x W 61 cm
Argyll and Bute Council

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Grace Gardner (1920–2013)
Frances Wright Richardson (b.1903)
Oil on canvas
H 92 x W 66 cm
Falmouth Art Gallery

Sheila
Nancy Lilian Heath (1922–1995)
Oil on canvas
H 90 x W 67 cm
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

The Perspective of Mood 1996
Trine Røssevold (b.1970)
Oil & mixed media on canvas
H 134 x W 43 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection

Portrait of an Old Woman 1897
Mary Hardy (1841–1915)
Oil on canvas
H 25.5 x W 20.2 cm
Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society

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Summer's Day about 1879
Berthe Morisot (1841–1895)
Oil on canvas
H 45.7 x W 75.2 cm
The National Gallery, London

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Portrait of an Unknown Young Woman with Fair Hair in a Blue Dress 1950s
Molly Harvey (active 1930s–1990s)
Oil on canvas
H 34.9 x W 30.9 cm
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Portrait of an Unknown Asian woman in a Blue Dress 1950s
Molly Harvey (active 1930s–1990s)
Oil on paper
H 55 x W 38 cm
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Lady in Red 1985
Rosemary Gabrielle Davies (1922–2016)
Oil & aluminium foil on board
H 109 x W 70.8 cm
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Maria
Angelica Kauffmann (1741–1807) (after)
Oil on canvas
H 30.8 x W 25.4 cm
Nottingham City Museums & Galleries

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Portrait of a Burmese Woman 1930–1935
Dora Gordine (1895–1991)
Oil on canvas
H 59.9 x W 48.3 cm
Dorich House Museum, Kingston University

Burmese Woman 1949
Barbara Picton Fox (d.1990)
Oil on canvas
H 75 x W 63 cm
Healing Arts, Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Standing Figure 1959
Denise Rooum (1929–2018)
Oil on canvas
H 60 x W 24.5 cm
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, mima

Untitled 1972
Jane Metcalf
Oil on canvas
H 55.4 x W 30.2 cm
Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University

Untitled 1978
Annie MacDonald
Oil on canvas
H 71.2 x W 71.2 cm
Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University

Old Woman Knitting c.1910
Florence Engelbach (1872–1951)
Oil on canvas
H 75.3 x W 64.9 cm
Laing Art Gallery

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Supposed Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Cavendish (c.1627–1663), Countess of Bridgewater c.1670/1675
Mary Beale (1633–1699) (attributed to)
Oil on canvas
H 76 x W 63.5 cm
National Trust, Tatton Park

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After Klimt's 'Mäda Primavesi' 2009
Tina McCallan (b.1964)
Oil on canvas
H 150 x W 100 cm
Health and Social Services, Guernsey

The Fur Collar (Model at the Slade) 1947
Valerie Conway (1923–2011)
Oil on canvas
H 53.5 x W 48.4 cm
UCL Culture

Portrait Head c.1947
Angela Mary Baynes (1917–1988)
Oil on wood
H 31.8 x W 22.9 cm
UCL Culture

Portrait of a Grey-Haired Woman 1942
Norah Godfrey (b.1922)
Oil on canvas board
H 38.1 x W 30.5 cm
UCL Culture

The Old Woman c.1899
Rosetta Camrass (1876–1969)
Oil on canvas
H 70.8 x W 52.7 cm
North Yorkshire Council

Portrait of the Artist's Sister Rachel (Rachel in a Red Dress)
Clara Klinghoffer (1900–1970)
Oil on canvas
H 63.5 x W 58.5 cm
Ben Uri Collection

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