Artists featured in this Curation:
Catharina van Hemessen (1528–after 1587),
Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1535–1625),
Catherine Read (1723–1778),
Angelica Kauffmann (1741–1807),
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842),
Amelia Curran (1775–1847),
Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793–1872),
Fanny Geefs (1807–1883),
Berthe Morisot (1841–1895),
Mary Cassatt (1844–1926),
and 40 more
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Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson (1847–1906), Mary Henrietta Dering Curtois (1854–1929), Helena Arsène Darmesteter (1848–1940), Evelyn De Morgan (1855–1919), Flora Macdonald Reid (1860–1945), Ethel Walker (1861–1951), Ada Elma Alberta Paterson (c.1868–1948), Gwen John (1876–1939), Laura Knight (1877–1970), Vanessa Bell (1879–1961), Clementine Hunter (1887–1988), Georgina Agnes Brackenbury (1865–1949), Clare Atwood (1866–1962), Bessie MacNicol (1869–1904), Gabriele Münter (1877–1962), Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968), Amy Katherine Browning (1881–1978), Beryl Fowler (1880–1963), Natalia Goncharova (1881–1962), Thérèse Lessore (1884–1945), Margaret Lindsay Williams (1888–1960), Hilda Anne Carline (1889–1950), Ruth Simpson (1889–1964), Rose Henriques (1889–1972), Jill Garnier (1890–1966), Cecile Walton (1891–1956), Dorothy Alicia Lawrenson (1892–1976), Dorothy Johnstone (1892–1980), Doris Boulton-Maude (1893–1961), Patricia Preece (1894–1966), Dorothy Hepworth (1894–1978), Anne Redpath (1895–1965), Cathleen Mann (1896–1959), Lotte Laserstein (1898–1993), Gladys Cooper (1899–1975), Dorothy E. Wrycroft (1899–1956), Vera Morosoff (1899–1991), Phyllis Dodd (1899–1995), Eileen Agar (1899–1991) and
Dora Carrington (1893–1932)
50 artworks
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A Lady in Sixteenth-Century Costume c.1548–1549
Catharina van Hemessen (1528–after 1587)
Oil on panel
H 40.9 x W 30.1 cm
The Bowes Museum
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The Artist's Sister in the Garb of a Nun 1551
Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1535–1625)
Oil on canvas
H 68.5 x W 53.3 cm
Southampton City Art Gallery
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Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806) 1765
Catherine Read (1723–1778)
Oil on canvas
H 66 x W 54 cm
Dr Johnson's House
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The Artist in the Character of Design Listening to the Inspiration of Poetry 1782
Angelica Kauffmann (1741–1807)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 61 cm
English Heritage, Kenwood
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Lady Hamilton (1761–1815), as a Bacchante
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842)
Oil on canvas
H 132.5 x W 105.5 cm
Lady Lever Art Gallery
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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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Maria Stella Petronilla (1773–1843) c.1830
Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793–1872)
Oil on canvas
H 75.5 x W 62.5 cm
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales
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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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Portrait of a Woman 1872–1875
Berthe Morisot (1841–1895)
Oil on canvas
H 56 x W 46.1 cm
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
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Portrait of a Woman 1881–1883
Mary Cassatt (1844–1926)
Oil on canvas
H 99.1 x W 72.4 cm
Birmingham Museums Trust
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Head of a Woman in A Red Cap
Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson (1847–1906)
Oil on canvas
H 19.4 x W 25.3 cm
Brighton & Hove Museums
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Young Girl Sitting in a Deck Chair 1880
Mary Henrietta Dering Curtois (1854–1929)
Oil on canvas
H 45 x W 22 cm
The Collection: Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire (Usher Gallery)
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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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Luna (Moon) 1885
Evelyn De Morgan (1855–1919)
Oil on canvas
H 99 x W 84.4 cm
De Morgan Collection
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A Cornish Fishwife 1904
Flora Macdonald Reid (1860–1945)
Oil on canvas
H 61.4 x W 46.2 cm
Manchester Art Gallery
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Annie Theodosia Wilson (1867/1868–1950), Mrs Charles Francis Benthall 1940
Ethel Walker (1861–1951)
Oil on canvas
H 60 x W 50 cm
National Trust, Benthall Hall
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Johanna Hogarth
Ada Elma Alberta Paterson (c.1868–1948)
Oil on canvas
H 71 x W 58 cm
University of Aberdeen
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Chloë Boughton-Leigh (1868–1947) 1904–8
Gwen John (1876–1939)
Oil on canvas
H 58.4 x W 38.1 cm
Tate
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Gypsies on Epsom Downs
Laura Knight (1877–1970)
Oil on canvas
H 75.4 x W 62.8 cm
Dumfries and Galloway Council
© reproduced with permission of the estate of Dame Laura Knight, DBE, RA / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Dumfries and Galloway Council
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The Red Dress 1930
Vanessa Bell (1879–1961)
Oil on canvas
H 73.3 x W 60.5 cm
Brighton & Hove Museums
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Cotton Picking c.1960
Clementine Hunter (1887–1988)
Oil on drawing board
H 40.1 x W 60.3 cm
American Museum & Gardens
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Emmeline Pankhurst 1927
Georgina Agnes Brackenbury (1865–1949)
Oil on canvas
H 78.7 x W 61.6 cm
National Portrait Gallery, London
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The Terrace outside the Priest's House 1919
Clare Atwood (1866–1962)
Oil on canvas
H 59.5 x W 49.5 cm
National Trust, Smallhythe Place
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Under the Apple Tree 1896–1898
Bessie MacNicol (1869–1904)
Oil on canvas
H 75.2 x W 64.1 cm
Glasgow Life Museums
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Anna Roslund (1891–1941) 1917
Gabriele Münter (1877–1962)
Oil on canvas
H 94 x W 68 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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The Printer c.1915
Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968)
Oil on canvas
H 100 x W 74.8 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Museum & Art Swindon
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Alone c.1947
Amy Katherine Browning (1881–1978)
Oil on canvas
H 91.8 x W 71.2 cm
Royal Academy of Arts
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The Nurse
Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968)
Oil on canvas
H 156.2 x W 74.6 cm
The Box, Plymouth
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: The Box, Plymouth
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The White Shawl 1925
Beryl Fowler (1880–1963)
Oil on board
H 176.6 x W 67 cm
Laing Art Gallery
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Gardening 1908
Natalia Goncharova (1881–1962)
Oil on canvas
H 102.9 x W 123.2 cm
Tate
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Greta
Thérèse Lessore (1884–1945)
Oil on canvas
H 74 x W 61.5 cm
Salford Museum & Art Gallery
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Martha, the Artist's Mother
Margaret Lindsay Williams (1888–1960)
Oil on canvas
H 195 x W 80 cm
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
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Self-Portrait 1923
Hilda Anne Carline (1889–1950)
Oil on canvas
H 74.9 x W 57.8 cm
Tate
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Maroon and Gold
Ruth Simpson (1889–1964)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 50.5 cm
Penlee House Gallery & Museum
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Hessel Street: Sabbath Cakes to the Baker mid-20th C
Rose Henriques (1889–1972)
Watercolour on paper
H 43.5 x W 60.5 cm
Jewish Museum London
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Portrait of a Young Lady with a Plait
Jill Garnier (1890–1966)
Oil on canvas
H 51 x W 46 cm
Falmouth Art Gallery
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Vienna at Night 1923
Cecile Walton (1891–1956)
Oil on canvas board
H 40 x W 50.4 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
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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
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The Black Coat 1920
Dorothy Johnstone (1892–1980)
Watercolour on paper
H 35.5 x W 23.5 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
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Louise Maude, née Shanks (1855–1939)
Doris Boulton-Maude (1893–1961)
Oil on canvas
H 60.2 x W 50.2 cm
Chelmsford Museums
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Miss M. Steele 1942
Patricia Preece (1894–1966) or Dorothy Hepworth (1894–1978)
Oil on canvas
H 68.5 x W 50.8 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
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Eileen in a White Chair 1953
Anne Redpath (1895–1965)
Oil on board
H 92.7 x W 73.7 cm
Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)
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Portrait of a Woman 1942
Cathleen Mann (1896–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 74.5 x W 61.6 cm
CW+
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Frau Im Café (Woman in a Café: Lotte Fischler) 1939
Lotte Laserstein (1898–1993)
Oil on paper on board
H 81.5 x W 53.5 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
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A Day among the Crocuses
Gladys Cooper (1899–1975)
Oil on board
H 52 x W 60 cm
The Whitworth, The University of Manchester
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Woman in a Boat on the River at St Neots, Cambridgeshire 1950s
Dorothy E. Wrycroft (1899–1956)
Oil on hardboard
H 38 x W 51 cm
St Neots 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
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Profile
Phyllis Dodd (1899–1995)
Oil on canvas
H 60 x W 49.2 cm
Newport Museum and Art Gallery
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Eileen Agar 1927
Eileen Agar (1899–1991)
Oil on canvas
H 76.5 x W 64.1 cm
National Portrait Gallery, London
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: National Portrait Gallery, London
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Jane Maria Grant (1840–1928), Lady Strachey, Writer 1920
Dora Carrington (1893–1932)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 61 cm
National Galleries of Scotland