No. 21Middle Ages
Beatus illuminationEnde
Unknown – Unknown · Kingdom of León (today Spain)
Signed a 10th-century Apocalypse as its painter. Her name comes first.
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24 artists found
- Beatus illumination
- No. 01Middle Ages
Romanesque illuminationHildegard of Bingen
1098 – 1179 · Germany
Abbess, composer, scientist — and she drew her visions.
- No. 22Middle Ages
Romanesque illuminationGuda
Unknown – Unknown · Germany
Painted herself inside a letter — and signed it.
- No. 23Middle Ages
Gothic illuminationJeanne de Montbaston
Unknown – Unknown · France
Ran a Paris book business in the 1300s, under oath to the university.
- No. 24Middle Ages
Late Gothic FlemishAgnes van den Bossche
c. 1435–1440 – after 1504 · Flanders (today Belgium)
Painted flags for the city of Ghent. One may still survive.
- No. 02Renaissance
RenaissanceSofonisba Anguissola
c. 1532 – 1625 · Italy
Painted her sisters mid-game and ended up at the Spanish court.
- No. 03The 1600s
Flemish still lifeClara Peeters
Unknown – Unknown · Flanders (today Belgium)
Hid tiny self-portraits in shiny cups. Look closer.
- No. 04The 1600s
BaroqueArtemisia Gentileschi
1593 – c. 1656 · Italy
Dramatic light, fierce heroines, no apologies.
- No. 05The 1600s
Dutch Golden AgeJudith Leyster
1609 – 1660 · Netherlands
Her paintings were sold as Frans Hals for 200 years.
- No. 06The 1700s
Flower still lifeRachel Ruysch
1664 – 1750 · Netherlands
Flowers so precise a botanist could name them — and she outpriced Rembrandt.
- No. 07The 1700s
Rococo / NeoclassicismÉlisabeth Vigée Le Brun
1755 – 1842 · France
Marie Antoinette's portraitist, who fled a revolution and kept painting.
- No. 08The 1800s
Ukiyo-eKatsushika Ōi
c. 1800 – c. 1866 · Japan
Hokusai's daughter — a master of light and shadow in her own right.
- No. 09The 1800s
Cyanotype photogramsAnna Atkins
1799 – 1871 · United Kingdom
Seaweed, sunlight and blue paper: a photo book before almost anyone.
- No. 10The 1800s
Victorian portrait photographyJulia Margaret Cameron
1815 – 1879 · United Kingdom
Got her first camera at 48 and broke all the rules on purpose.
- No. 11The 1800s
ImpressionismBerthe Morisot
1841 – 1895 · France
A founding Impressionist, painting the life men weren't allowed to see.
- No. 13The 1800s
Neoclassical sculptureEdmonia Lewis
c. 1844 – 1907 · United States
Carved marble in Rome; her Cleopatra once marked a racehorse's grave.
- No. 12The 1800s
ImpressionismMary Cassatt
1844 – 1926 · United States
The American who joined the Impressionists in Paris.
- No. 14The 1800s
African American quiltingHarriet Powers
1837 – 1910 · United States
Told Bible stories and falling stars in stitched cotton.
- No. 16The 1900s
Early ExpressionismPaula Modersohn-Becker
1876 – 1907 · Germany
Bold, flat, frank — modern painting before it was cool.
- No. 15The 1900s
Abstraction / SpiritualismHilma af Klint
1862 – 1944 · Sweden
Abstract before 'abstract art' had a name. She asked us to wait.
- No. 17The 1900s
NihongaUemura Shōen
1875 – 1949 · Japan
Painted women as she saw them: graceful, strong, unhurried.
- No. 18The 1900s
Post-ImpressionismSuzanne Valadon
1865 – 1938 · France
From circus acrobat to model to the painter everyone posed for.
- No. 19The 1900s
DadaSophie Taeuber-Arp
1889 – 1943 · Switzerland
Dancer, designer, Dadaist — she refused to pick one.
- No. 20The 1900s
Indian modernismAmrita Sher-Gil
1913 – 1941 · India / Hungary
Trained in Paris, found her voice in India, gone at 28.