List of English women artists

This is a list of women artists who were born in England or whose works are closely associated with that country.

Contents: 

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z
• See also

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A

• Evelyn Abelson (1886–1967), painter
• Ruth Abrahams (born 1931), painter, illustrator
• Judith Ackland (1892–1971), landscape painter
• Elinor Proby Adams (1885–1945), painter
• Sarah Gough Adamson (1888–1963), painter
• Marion Adnams (1898–1995), painter, printmaker, and draughtswoman
• Mary Adshead (1904–1995), painter, illustrator, designer
• Eileen Agar (1899–1991), painter and photographer
• Sam Ainsley (born 1950), painter and tapestry artist
• Pauline Aitken (1893–1958), sculptor
• Eileen Aldridge (1916–1990), painter
• Griselda Allan (1905–1987), painter
• Rosemary Allan (1911–2008), painter
• Daphne Allen (1899–1985), painter
• Kathleen Allen (1906–1983), painter
• Helen Allingham (1848–1926), watercolour painter, illustrator
• Anna Alma-Tadema (1867–1943), painter
• Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852–1909), painter
• Athene Andrade (1908–1973), painter
• Edith Alice Andrews (1873–1958), painter, illustrator
• Lilian Andrews (1878–c.1962), painter
• Marie Angel (1923–2010), painter, illustrator
• Beatrice Angle (1859–1915), sculptor
• Mabel Annesley (1881–1959), engraver, painter
• Amanda Ansell (born 1976), painter
• Norah Ansell (1906–1990), sculptor
• Mary Anne Ansley (fl. 1810–1840), painter
• Anne Margaret Coke, Viscountess Anson (1779–1843), painter
• Rachel Ara (born 1965), conceptual and data artist
• Phyllis Archibald (1880–1947), sculptor
• Janet Archer (fl. 1873–1916), painter
• Val Archer (born 1946), painter
• Ann Arnold (1936–2015), painter
• Sue Arrowsmith (1950–2014), contemporary artist
• Pamela Ascherson (1923–2010), sculptor, illustrator
• Sophie Aston (born 1979), painter
• Sophie Atkinson (1876–1972), painter, illustrator
• Mary Audsley (1919–2008), painter, sculptor
• Winifred Austen (1876–1964), painter
• Gillian Ayres (1930–2018), painter, printmaker

B

• Roma Babuniak (born 1952), ceramic artist
• Margaret Backhouse (1818–1888), portrait painter
• Marjorie May Bacon (1902–1988), painter, printmaker
• Blanche Baker (1844–1929), painter
• Gladys Baker (1889–1974), painter
• Barbara Banister (1895–1984), painter, silversmith
• Fiona Banner (born 1966), contemporary artist
• Audrey Barker (1932–2002), installation artist
• Lucette Barker (1816–1905), painter
• Gwen Barnard (1912–1988), painter, printmaker
• Mary Baylis Barnard (1870–1946), painter
• Anna Barriball (born 1972), mixed media artist
• Lindsay Bartholomew (born 1944), watercolour painter
• Edith Bateson (1867–1938), painter, sculptor
• Margaret Beale (1886–1969), marine artist
• Mary Beale (1633–1699), portrait painter
• Sophia Beale (1837–1920), painter
• Nicola Bealing (born 1963), painter
• Celia Frances Bedford (1904–1959), painter, printmaker
• Sarah Beddington (born 1964), artist, filmmaker
• Gladys Kathleen Bell (1882–1965), miniature painter
• Vanessa Bell (1879–1961), painter, interior designer
• Eleanor Best (1875–1958), painter
• Clara Billing (1881–1963), sculptor, painter
• Helen Binyon (1904–1979), illustrator
• Suzzan Blac (born 1960), surreal painter
• Mary Black (c.1737–1814), portrait painter
• Vivien Blackett (born 1955), painter
• Audrey Blackman (1907–1990), sculptor, potter
• Zelma Blakely (1921–1978), illustrator
• Flavia Blois (1914–1980), landscape painter
• Anna Blunden (1829–1915), painter
• Barbara Bodichon (1827–1891), artist
• Deirdre Borlase (1925–2018), painter
• Daisy Theresa Borne (1906–1998), sculptor
• Doris Boulton-Maude (1892–1961), painter and prıntmaker
• Eden Box (1919–1988), painter
• Dorothea Braby (1909–1987), illustrator
• Dorothy Bradford (artist) (1918–2008), painter
• Dorothy Elizabeth Bradford (1897–1986), painter
• Phyllis Bray (1911–1991), artist and muralist
• Rosa Brett (1829–1882), Pre-Raphaelite painter
• Denise Broadley (1913–2007), painter
• Iris Brooke (1905–c.1967), illustrator and author
• Irene Mary Browne, (1881–1977), sculptor and potter
• Marjorie Frances Bruford (1902–1958), painter
• Olivia Mary Bryden (1883–1951), painter
• Evelyne Oughtred Buchanan (1883–1979), painter
• Averil Burleigh (1883–1949), painter
• Louie Burrell (1873–1971), painter
• Dorothy Burroughes (1883–1963), illustrator
• Lady Elizabeth Butler (Elizabeth Thompson) (1846–1933), painter
• Mildred Anne Butler (1858–1941), painter
• Caroline Byng Lucas (1886–1967), painter and printer
• Anne Frances Byrne (1775–1837), flower painter
• Fanny Byse (born 1849), sculptor

C

• Florence Callcott (1866–1936), sculptor
• Helen Cammock (born 1970), photographer, poet
• Estella Campavias (1918–1990), ceramicist, sculptor
• Felicity Campbell (born 1909), painter and illustrator
• Louisa Starr Canziani (1845–1909), painter
• Nancy Carline (1909–2004), landscape painter
• Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793–1872), portrait painter
• Edith Carr (1875–1949), painter
• Joanna Carrington (1931–2003), painter
• Florence Castle (1867–1959), painter, illustrator
• Tamsyn Challenger, contemporary artist
• Eileen Chandler (1904–1993), portrait painter
• Alice Chaplin (1848–1921), sculptor
• Daphne Charlton (1909–1991), painter
• Felicity Charlton (1913–2009), painter
• Evelyn Cheston (1875–1929), landscape painter
• Milly Childers (1866–1922), painter
• Helen Clapcott (born 1952), painter
• Jean Clark (1902–1999), watercolour painter and muralist
• Bethia Clarke (1867–1959), painter
• Dora Clarke (1895–1989), sculptor
• Freda Coleborn (1911–1965), glass artist
• Shelagh Cluett (1947–2007), sculptor
• Helen Mary Coaton (1911–2005), sculptor
• Hilary Dulcie Cobbett (1885–1976), painter
• Isabel Codrington (1874–1943), painter
• Ellen Gertrude Cohen (1846–?), illustrator
• Dorothy Coke (1897–1979), painter
• Elsie Vera Cole (1885–1967), painter
• Ruth Collet (1909–2001), painter
• Elisabeth Collins (1904–2000), painter and sculptor
• Ithell Colquhoun (1906–1988), painter, occultist and author
• Joanna Constantinidis (1927–2000), potter, ceramist
• Beryl Cook (1926–2008), painter
• May Louise Greville Cooksey (1878–1943), painter
• Jessica Cooper (born 1967), painter and designer
• Constance Copeman (1864–1953), painter
• Teresa Copnall (1882–1972), painter
• Edith Corbet (1846–1920), painter
• Emma Cousin (born 1986), painter
• Dorothy Cox (1882–1947), painter
• Doris Crane (1911–1999), sculptor
• Frances Crawshaw (1876–1968), painter
• Emily Grace Creswell (1889–1931), painter
• Fiona Crisp (born 1966), photographer, installation artist
• Barbara Crocker (1910–1995), painter, author
• Stella Rebecca Crofts (1898–1964), sculptor and potter
• Nora Cundell (1889–1948), painter
• Esmé Currey (1881–1973), painter, etcher
• Mary Henrietta Dering Curtois (1854–1929), painter

D

• Mary Davis (1866–1941), painter
• Gladys Dawson (1909–1993), painter, illustrator
• Frances Sally Day (1816–1892), painter, photographer
• Jane Mary Dealy (1856–1939), painter
• Alison Debenham (1903–1967), painter
• Elise D'Elboux (1870–1956), painter, illustrator
• Christabel Dennison (1884–1924), painter, sculptor
• Brigid Derham (1943–1980), painter
• Eve Disher (1894–1991), painter
• Mary Dobson (born 1912), painter, illustrator
• Barbara Dorf (1933–2016), painter
• Edith Downing (1857–1931), sculptor
• Violet Dreschfeld (1890–1975), sculptor
• Pamela Drew (1910–1989), painter of marine and aviation subjects
• Yvonne Drewry (1918–2007), painter and printmaker
• Lilian Dring (1908–1998), textile artist
• Mary Elizabeth Duffield-Rosenberg (1819–1914), painter
• Evelyn Dunbar (1906–1960), painter, illustrator
• Susan Durant (1827–1873), sculptor

E

• Aileen Eagleton (1902–1984), painter
• Ursula Edgcumbe (1900–1985), sculptor and painter
• Edith Edmonds (1874–1951), painter
• May de Montravel Edwardes (1887–1967), painter
• Helen Edwards (1882–1963), landscape painter
• Mildred Eldridge (1909–1991), painter
• Aileen Mary Elliott (1896–1966), marine artist
• Eleanor Joan Ellis (1904–1989), painter, woodcut artist
• Tracey Emin (born 1963), multidisciplinary artist
• Rosalie Emslie (1891–1977), painter
• Nora England (1887–1970), painter
• Grace English (1891–1956), painter

F

• Leila Faithfull (1896–1994), painter
• Julia Farrer (born 1950), abstract painter
• Daphne Fedarb (1912–1992), painter
• Mary Fedden (1915–2012), painter
• Dee Ferris (born 1973), painter
• Celia Fiennes (1902–1998), printmaker, painter
• Victorine Foot (1920–2000), artist
• Elizabeth Forbes (1859–1912), painting
• Mollie Forestier-Walker (1912–1990), portrait painter
• Agnes Freda Forres (c.1880–1942), sculptor
• Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872–1945), artist, illustrator
• Elizabeth Bertha Fraser (born 1914), sculptor
• Violet Fuller (1920–2006), painter

G

• Margaret Garland (1893–1976), painter
• Rose Garrard (born 1946), multidisciplinary artist, writer
• Alethea Garstin (1894–1978), painter
• Margaret Geddes (1914–1998), painter
• Kaff Gerrard (1894–1970), painter, potter
• Jean Gibson (1927–1991), sculptor
• Phyllis Ginger (1907–2005), painter, illustrator
• Edith Gittins (1845–1910), painter
• Sybil Mullen Glover (1908–1995), landscape painter
• Maude Goodman (Matilda Scanes) (1853–1938), painter
• Hilda May Gordon (1874–1972), painter
• Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968), painter and printmaker
• Caroline Gotch (1854–1945), painter
• Mary Gow (1851–1929), painter
• Mary Grant (1831–1908), sculptor
• Kate Greenaway (1846–1901), illustrator
• Barbara Greg (1900–1983), wood engraver
• Christine Gregory (1879–1963), sculptor
• Mary Elizabeth Groom (1903–1958), illustrator, printmaker
• Kate Groobey (born 1979), painter
• Kathleen Guthrie (1905–1981), painter, illustrator
• Edna Guy (artist) (1897–1969), painter

H

• Maria C. Hakewill (died 1842), portrait painter
• Emmeline Halse (1853–1930), sculptor
• Maggi Hambling (born 1945), painter, sculptor
• Gertrude Harvey (1879–1966), painter
• Isobel Heath (1908–1989), painter
• Elsie Henderson (1880–1967), painter, sculptor
• Sarah Hengler (c.1765–1845), firework artist
• Rose Henriques (1889–1972), painter
• Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975), painter, sculptor
• Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983), engraver
• Elsie Dalton Hewland (1901–1979), painter
• Cicely Hey (1896–1980), painter, sculptor
• Wuon-Gean Ho (born 1973), printmaker
• Mary Hoare (1753–1820), painter
• Edith Holden (1871–1920), painter, writer
• Ruth Hollingsworth (1880–1945), painter
• Gwynneth Holt (1909–1995), ivory sculptor
• Claire Hooper (born 1979), painter, video artist
• Erlund Hudson (1912–2011), watercolour painter and etcher
• Georgina Hunt (1912–2012), abstract artist

I

• Alice Instone (born 1975), painter

J

• Helen Jackson (1855–1911), painter
• Blanche Jenkins (active 1872–1915), painter
• Chantal Joffe (born 1969), painter
• Vivien John (1915–1994), painter
• Esther Borough Johnson (1866–1958), painter
• Jean Jones (1927–2012), painter
• Lucy Jones (born 1955), painter
• Louise Jopling (1843–1933), painter
• Lily Delissa Joseph (1863–1940), painter

K

• Marion Kalmus (born 1962), mixed media artist
• Helen Kapp (1901–1978), painter, curator
• Lucy Kemp-Welch (1869–1958), equine artist
• Sarah Louisa Kilpack (1839–1909), painter
• Dorothy King (1907–1990), painter
• Eve Kirk (1900–1969), painter
• Myfanwy Kitchin (1917–2002), painter, ceramicist
• Laura Knight (1877–1970), painter, etcher, engraver
• Madge Knight (1895–1974), abstract painter
• Winifred Knights (1899–1947), painter

L

• Jessica Landseer (1810–1880), landscape painter, miniaturist
• Edith Lawrence (1890–1973), printmaker
• Sheila Lea (1901–1992), sculptor
• Harriet Lisle (1717–1794), painter
• Beatrice Ethel Lithiby (1889–1966), painter
• Elizabeth Jane Lloyd (1928–1995), painter and teacher
• Dorothy Lockwood (1910–1991), painter
• Marie Seymour Lucas (1855–1921), painter
• Sarah Lucas (born 1962), contemporary artist

M

• Frances Macdonald (1914–2002), painter
• Jessie Macgregor (1847–1919), painter
• Nicolette Macnamara (1911–1987), painter, writer
• Edna Mann (1926–1985), painter
• Violet Manners (1856–1937), painter
• Madeline Marrable (1833–1916), painter
• Maria Marshall (born 1966), visual artist
• Edith Martineau (1842–1909), painter
• Daphne McClure (born 1930), painter
• Mary McCrossan (1865–1934), painter
• Mary McEvoy, (1870–1941), painter
• Dorothy Mead (1928–1975), painter
• Victoria Monkhouse (1883–1970), painter
• Clara Montalba (1840–1929), painter
• Ellen Montalba (1842–1912), painter
• Henrietta Montalba (1848–1893), sculptor
• Hilda Montalba (1846–1919), painter and sculptor
• Mona Moore (1917–2000), painter, illustrator
• Marlow Moss (1889–1958), painter and sculptor
• Olive Mudie-Cooke (1890–1925), painter

N

• Isabel Naftel (1832–1912), landscape and genre painter
• Catherine Maude Nichols (1847–1923), painter
• Margaret Graeme Niven (1906–1997), painter
• Marianne North (1830–1890), flower painter

O

• Emma Oliver (1819–1885), landscape painter
• Madge Oliver (1875–1924), painter
• Emily Mary Osborn (1828–1925), painter

P

• Grace Pailthorpe (1883–1971), painter
• Constance-Anne Parker (1921–2016), sculptor
• Janette Parris (born 1963)
• Florence Pash (1860–1951), painter
• Margot Perryman (born 1938)
• Kate Perugini (1839–1929), painter
• Louise Pickard (1865–1928), painter
• Orovida Camille Pissarro (1893–1968), painter, etcher
• Primrose Pitman (1902–1998), painter
• Maria Pixell (died 1811) painter
• Elizabeth Polunin (1887–1950), artist, theatre designer
• Fay Pomerance (1912–2001), painter
• Melinda Camber Porter (1953–2008), painter, writer
• Beatrix Potter (1866–1943), painter, writer
• Margaret Fisher Prout (1875–1963), painter
• Brenda Pye (1907–2005), painter

R

• Henrietta Rae (1859–1928), painter
• Mary Ramsden (born 1984), painter
• Lilian Rathmell (1909–2000), painter, fabric artist
• Gwen Raverat (1885–1957), engraver
• Louise Rayner (1832–1924), watercolourist
• Rachel Reckitt (1908–1995), sculptor, engraver
• Flora Macdonald Reid (1861–1938), painter
• Lady Mary Rennell (1901–1981), painter
• Harriet Riddell (born 1990), textile artist
• Bridget Riley (born 1931), painter
• Ruth Rix (born 1942), painter, multidisciplinary artist
• Ellen Mary Rope (1855–1934), sculptor
• Ellis Rowan (1848–1922), illustrator
• Adolfine Mary Ryland (1903–1983), sculptor

S

• Anne Said (1914–1995), artist
• Stella Schmolle (1908–1975), painter
• Dorothea Sharp (1874–1955), painter
• Alice Sheene, silversmith
• Clare Shenstone (born 1948), portrait painter
• Elizabeth Siddal (1829–1862), artist
• Emma Sillett (1802–1880), flower painter
• Corinne Silva (born 1976), contemporary artist
• Hilary Simon, silk painter
• Ruth Simpson (1889–1964), portrait painter
• Vikki Slowe (born 1947), printmaker and painter
• Mary Smirke (1779–1853), painter
• Jean Spencer (1942–1998), abstract artist
• Maria Spilsbury (1776–1820), religious painter
• A.B.S. Sprigge (1906–1980), sculptor
• Carole Steyn (born 1938), abstract painter
• Marie Spartali Stillman (1844–1927), painter
• Marianne Stokes (1855–1927), painter
• Sarah Stone (1760–1844), natural history artist
• Helen Stratton (1867–1961), book illustrator
• Linda Sutton (born 1947), painter
• Annie Swynnerton (1844–1933), painter

T

• Shirley Teed (1933–2018), painter
• Valerie Thornton (1931–1991), etcher, printmaker
• Helen Thornycroft (1848–1937), painter
• Flora Twort (1893–1985), painter, pastellist
• Mary Fraser Tytler (1849–1938), painter, ceramicist

V

• Gladys Vasey (1889–1981), portrait painter
• Elisabeth Vellacott (1905–2002), painter
• Angela Verren (born 1930), painter
• Charlotte Verity, (born 1954), painter
• Stella Vine (born 1969), painter

W

• Josephine Wall (born 1947), painter, sculptor
• Mary Lemon Waller (1851–1931), painter
• Kathleen Walne (1915–2011), watercolour painter
• Joan Warburton (1920–1996), painter
• Henrietta Ward (1832–1924), genre painter
• Billie Waters (1896–1979), painter
• Mary Spencer Watson (1913–2006), sculptor
• Edith Grace Wheatley (1888–1970), painter
• Rachel Whiteread (born 1963), sculptor
• Mandy Wilkinson (born 1970), painter
• Caroline Fanny Williams (1836–1921), landscape painter
• Ursula Wood (1868–1925), painter
• Gertrude Mary Woodward (1854–1939), scientific illustrator
• Rose Wylie (born 1934), painter

Y

• Nan Youngman (1906–1995), painter

Z

• Georgiana Zornlin (1800–1881), painter
• Astrid Zydower (1930–2005), sculptor