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.
A
- Evelyn Abelson, painter
- Ruth Abrahams, painter, illustrator
- Judith Ackland, landscape painter
- Elinor Proby Adams, painter
- Sarah Gough Adamson, painter
- Edith Helena Adie, painter
- Marion Adnams, painter, printmaker, and draughtswoman
- Mary Adshead, painter, illustrator, designer
- Eileen Agar, painter and photographer
- Sam Ainsley, painter and tapestry artist
- Pauline Aitken, sculptor
- Eileen Aldridge, painter
- Griselda Allan, painter
- Rosemary Allan, painter
- Daphne Allen, painter
- Kathleen Allen, painter
- Helen Allingham, watercolourist, illustrator
- Anna Alma-Tadema, painter
- Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema, painter
- Athene Andrade, painter
- Edith Alice Andrews, painter, illustrator
- Lilian Andrews, painter
- Marie Angel, painter, illustrator
- Beatrice Angle, sculptor
- Mabel Annesley, engraver, painter
- Amanda Ansell, painter
- Norah Ansell, sculptor
- Mary Anne Ansley, painter
- Anne Margaret Coke, Viscountess Anson, painter
- Rachel Ara, conceptual and data artist
- Phyllis Archibald, sculptor
- Janet Archer, painter
- Val Archer, painter
- Ann Arnold, painter
- Sue Arrowsmith, contemporary artist
- Pamela Ascherson, sculptor, illustrator
- Felicity Askew, sculptor
- Sophie Aston, painter
- Sophie Atkinson, painter, illustrator
- Mary Audsley, painter, sculptor
- Winifred Austen, painter
- Gillian Ayres, painter, printmaker
B
- Roma Babuniak, ceramicist
- Margaret Backhouse, portrait painter
- Marjorie May Bacon, painter, printmaker
- Blanche Baker, painter
- Gladys Baker, painter
- Barbara Banister, painter, silversmith
- Lesley Banks, painter
- Fiona Banner, contemporary artist
- Audrey Barker, installation artist
- Lucette Barker, painter
- Gwen Barnard, painter, printmaker
- Mary Baylis Barnard, painter
- Angela Barrett, illustrator and painter
- Anna Barriball, mixed media artist
- Lindsay Bartholomew, watercolour painter
- Edith Bateson, painter, sculptor
- Pauline Baumann, painter, printmaker
- Margaret Beale, marine artist
- Mary Beale, portrait painter
- Sophia Beale, painter
- Nicola Bealing, painter
- Celia Frances Bedford, painter, printmaker
- Sarah Beddington, artist, filmmaker
- Gladys Kathleen Bell, miniatures painter
- Jeanne Bell, sculptor
- Vanessa Bell, painter, interior designer
- Eleanor Best, painter
- Joyce Bidder, sculptor
- Clara Billing, sculptor, painter
- Helen Binyon, illustrator
- Suzzan Blac, surreal painter
- Mary Black, portrait painter
- Vivien Blackett, painter
- Audrey Blackman, sculptor, potter
- Eileen Blake, painter
- Zelma Blakely, illustrator
- Flavia Blois, landscape painter
- Margaret Blundell, painter, illustrator
- Anna Blunden, painter
- Barbara Bodichon, artist
- Deirdre Borlase, painter
- Daisy Theresa Borne, sculptor
- Doris Boulton-Maude, painter and printmaker
- Georgina Bowers, illustrator
- Eden Box, painter
- Dorothea Braby, illustrator
- Dorothy Bradford (artist), painter
- Dorothy Elizabeth Bradford, painter
- Constance Bradshaw, landscapist
- Phyllis Bray, artist and muralist
- Rosa Brett, Pre-Raphaelite painter
- Denise Broadley, painter
- Iris Brooke, illustrator and author
- Irene Mary Browne,, sculptor and potter
- Marjorie Frances Bruford, painter
- Olivia Mary Bryden, painter
- Evelyne Oughtred Buchanan, painter
- Jo Budd, textile artist
- Eliza Mary Burgess, painter
- Averil Burleigh, painter
- Louie Burrell, painter
- Dorothy Burroughes, illustrator
- Lady Elizabeth Butler, painter
- Mildred Anne Butler, painter
- Caroline Byng Lucas, painter and printer
- Anne Frances Byrne, flower painter
- Fanny Byse, sculptor
C
- Florence Callcott, sculptor
- Helen Cammock, photographer, poet
- Estella Campavias, ceramicist, sculptor
- Felicity Campbell, painter and illustrator
- Louisa Starr Canziani, painter
- Nancy Carline, landscape painter
- Margaret Sarah Carpenter, portrait painter
- Edith Carr, painter
- Joanna Carrington, painter
- Jessie Case Vesel, painter
- Florence Castle, painter, illustrator
- Tamsyn Challenger, contemporary artist
- Eileen Chandler, portrait painter
- Alice Chaplin, sculptor
- Daphne Charlton, painter
- Felicity Charlton, painter
- Evelyn Cheston, landscape painter
- Milly Childers, painter
- Helen Clapcott, painter
- Jean Clark, watercolour painter and muralist
- Bethia Clarke, painter
- Dora Clarke, sculptor
- Freda Coleborn, glass artist
- Shelagh Cluett, sculptor
- Helen Mary Coaton, sculptor
- Hilary Dulcie Cobbett, painter
- Isabel Codrington, painter
- Ellen Gertrude Cohen, illustrator
- Dorothy Coke, painter
- Elsie Vera Cole, painter
- Ruth Collet, painter
- Susan Collier, textile designer
- Elisabeth Collins, painter and sculptor
- Ithell Colquhoun, painter, occultist and author
- Joanna Constantinidis, potter, ceramist
- Alice May Cook, painter, illustrator
- Beryl Cook, painter
- May Louise Greville Cooksey, painter
- Jessica Cooper, painter and designer
- Constance Copeman, painter
- Teresa Copnall, painter
- Edith Corbet, painter
- Emma Cousin, painter
- Dorothy Cox, painter
- Doris Crane, sculptor
- Frances Crawshaw, painter
- Emily Grace Creswell, painter
- Fiona Crisp, photographer, installation artist
- Barbara Crocker, painter, author
- Stella Rebecca Crofts, sculptor and potter
- Joan Crossley-Holland, gallery owner, potter
- Lizzie Mary Cullen, designer
- Nora Cundell, painter
- Esmé Currey, painter, etcher
- Mary Henrietta Dering Curtois, painter
D
- Edith Mary Davey, painter
- Mary Davis, painter
- Gladys Dawson, painter, illustrator
- Frances Sally Day, painter, photographer
- Evelyn De Morgan, painter
- Jane Mary Dealy, painter
- Alison Debenham, painter
- Elise D'Elboux, painter, illustrator
- Christabel Dennison, painter, sculptor
- Joyce Dennys, cartoonist, illustrator and painter.
- Brigid Derham, painter
- Evangeline Dickson, painter
- Grace Digby, painter
- Eve Disher, painter
- Mary Dobson, painter, illustrator
- Mary Donington, sculptor
- Barbara Dorf, painter
- Jane Dowling, painter
- Edith Downing, sculptor
- Marjorie Drawbell, sculptor, potter
- Violet Dreschfeld, sculptor
- Pamela Drew, painter of marine and aviation subjects
- Yvonne Drewry, painter and printmaker
- Lilian Dring, textile artist
- Mary Elizabeth Duffield-Rosenberg, painter
- Evelyn Dunbar, painter, illustrator
- Susan Durant, sculptor
E
- Aileen Eagleton, painter
- Ursula Edgcumbe, sculptor and painter
- Edith Edmonds, painter
- May de Montravel Edwardes, painter
- Helen Edwards, landscape painter
- Mildred Eldridge, painter
- Aileen Mary Elliott, marine artist
- Eleanor Joan Ellis, painter, woodcut artist
- Rosemary Ellis, painter, illustrator
- Tracey Emin, multidisciplinary artist
- Rosalie Emslie, painter
- Nora England, painter
- Cicely Englefield, illustrator and author
- Grace English, painter
F
- Frances C. Fairman, painter
- Leila Faithfull, painter
- Julia Farrer, abstract painter
- Daphne Fedarb, painter
- Mary Fedden, painter
- Magdalen Feline, silversmith
- Hilda Fearon, painter
- Dee Ferris, painter
- Celia Fiennes, printmaker, painter
- Myrta Fisher, painter
- Margaret Fitton, artist
- Victorine Foot, artist
- Elizabeth Forbes, painting
- Mollie Forestier-Walker, portrait painter
- Agnes Freda Forres, sculptor
- Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, artist, illustrator
- Marcia Lane Foster, painter and book illustrator
- Mary Fox, painter
- Cherryl Fountain, painter
- Elizabeth Bertha Fraser, sculptor
- Violet Fuller, painter
G
- Alexandra Gallagher, multidisciplinary artist
- Margaret Garland, painter
- Rose Garrard, multidisciplinary artist, writer
- Alethea Garstin, painter
- Margaret Geddes, painter
- Kaff Gerrard, painter, potter
- Jean Gibson, sculptor
- Margaret Giles, sculptor
- Phyllis Ginger, painter, illustrator
- Edith Gittins, painter
- Elsie Gledstanes, painter
- Anne Gliddon, painter, illustrator
- Sybil Mullen Glover, landscape painter
- Maude Goodman, painter
- Hilda May Gordon, painter
- Sylvia Gosse, painter and printmaker
- Caroline Gotch, painter
- Mary Gow, painter
- Alice Kirkby Goyder, painter, etcher
- Mary Grant, sculptor
- Kate Greenaway, illustrator
- Barbara Greg, wood engraver
- Christine Gregory, sculptor
- Eleanor Gribble, painter, designer
- Mary Elizabeth Groom, illustrator, printmaker
- Kate Groobey, painter
- Lucy Gunning, filmmaker, installation artist, sculptor, video artist
- Kathleen Guthrie, painter, illustrator
- Edna Guy (artist), painter
- Sophie Green
H
- Maria C. Hakewill, portrait painter
- Roxana Halls, painter
- Emmeline Halse, sculptor
- Maggi Hambling, painter, sculptor
- Gertrude Harvey, painter
- Lucy Harwood, painter
- Alice la Haubergere, blacksmith
- Mary Headlam, watercolour painter, printmaker and illustrator
- Isobel Heath, painter
- Elsie Henderson, painter, sculptor
- Sarah Hengler, firework artist
- Rose Henriques, painter
- Barbara Hepworth, painter, sculptor
- Gertrude Hermes, engraver
- Elsie Dalton Hewland, painter
- Cicely Hey, painter, sculptor
- Eileen Hickman-Smith, sculptor
- Wuon-Gean Ho, printmaker
- Mary Hoare, painter
- Janet Hodgson, sculptor, public artist, filmmaker
- Sarah Holaday, silversmith
- Edith Holden, painter, writer
- Ruth Hollingsworth, painter
- Gwynneth Holt, ivory sculptor
- Claire Hooper, painter, video artist
- Nancy Horrocks, abstract painter
- Kathleen Horsman, potter
- Evelyn Houghton, painter
- Erlund Hudson, watercolour painter and etcher
- Georgina Hunt, abstract artist
I
- Diane Ibbotson, painter
- Marjorie Incledon, painter, stained glass artist
- Judy Inglis, painter
- Alice Instone, painter
J
- Muriel Amy Jackson, illustrator
- Kathleen Jebb, painter, engraver
- Blanche Jenkins, painter
- Alix Jennings, oil painter
- Chantal Joffe, painter
- Vivien John, painter
- Esther Borough Johnson, painter
- Gwyneth Johnstone, painter
- Jean Jones, painter
- Lucy Jones, painter
- Louise Jopling, painter
- Lily Delissa Joseph, painter
K
- Marion Kalmus, mixed media artist
- Helen Kapp, painter, curator
- Angelica Kauffman, painter
- Edith Kemp-Welch, painter
- Lucy Kemp-Welch, equine artist
- Alice Kettle, textile artist
- Sarah Louisa Kilpack, painter
- Dorothy King, painter
- Margaret King, painter
- Eve Kirk, painter
- Myfanwy Kitchin, painter, ceramicist
- Laura Knight, painter, printmaker
- Madge Knight, abstract painter
- Winifred Knights, painter
L
- Jessica Landseer, landscape painter, miniaturist
- Edith Lawrence, printmaker
- Eva Leigh portraitist
- Sheila Lea, sculptor
- Molly Le Bas, sculptor
- Erica Lee, sculptor
- Eliza Anne Leslie-Melville, painter
- Alice Lindley-Millican, sculptor
- Harriet Lisle, painter
- Beatrice Ethel Lithiby, painter
- Elizabeth Jane Lloyd, painter and teacher
- Dorothy Lockwood, painter
- Marie Seymour Lucas, painter
- Sarah Lucas, contemporary artist
M
- Frances Macdonald, painter
- Jessie Macgregor, painter
- Nicolette Macnamara, painter, writer
- Edna Mann, painter
- Violet Manners, painter
- Kathryn Maple,, painter
- Madeline Marrable, painter
- Maria Marshall, visual artist
- Freda Marston, painter
- Edith Martineau, painter
- Mei Matsuoka, children's illustrator and author
- Charlotte Mayer, sculptor
- Anna Mazzotta, painter
- Daphne McClure, painter
- Mary McCrossan, painter
- Mary McEvoy,, painter
- Dorothy Mead, painter
- Annie Russell Merrylees, miniaturist
- Hilary Miller, painter, illustrator
- Maggie Mitchell, sculptor
- Victoria Monkhouse, painter
- Clara Montalba, painter
- Ellen Montalba, painter
- Henrietta Montalba, sculptor
- Hilda Montalba, painter, sculptor
- Esther Moore, sculptor, designer
- Mona Moore, painter, illustrator
- Mary Moser, painter
- Marlow Moss, painter, sculptor
- Olive Mudie-Cooke, painter
- Annie Feray Mutrie, painter
- Martha Darley Mutrie, painter
N
- Isabel Naftel, landscape and genre painter
- Irene Newton, textile designer
- Catherine Maude Nichols, painter
- Margaret Graeme Niven, painter
- Marianne North, flower painter
- Krysia Nowak, painter, mixed-media artist
O
- Emma Oliver, landscape painter
- Madge Oliver, painter
- Catherine Ouless painter and geologist
- Emily Mary Osborn, painter
P
- Grace Pailthorpe, painter
- Kathleen Parbury, sculptor
- Constance-Anne Parker, sculptor
- Lilian Parker, sculptor, painter
- Janette Parris
- Florence Pash, painter
- Enid Peate, painter
- Jane Wallas Penfold, illustrator and naturalist
- Margot Perryman
- Kate Perugini, painter
- Rosemary Peto, painter
- Louise Pickard, painter
- Sarah Pickstone, painter
- Dulcie Mary Pillers, medical illustrator
- Pinwill sisters, woodcarvers
- Orovida Camille Pissarro, painter, etcher
- Primrose Pitman, painter
- Maria Pixell painter
- Elizabeth Polunin, artist, theatre designer
- Fay Pomerance, painter
- Melinda Camber Porter, painter, writer
- Beatrix Potter, painter, writer
- Emily Powell, painter
- Jasmine Pradissitto, painter, sculptor
- Margaret Fisher Prout, painter
- Brenda Pye, painter
R
- Henrietta Rae, painter
- Bianca Raffaella, painter
- Mary Ramsden, painter
- Alma Ramsey, sculptor
- Lilian Rathmell, painter, fabric artist
- Gwen Raverat, engraver
- Ruth Raymond, calligrapher, weaver
- Louise Rayner, watercolourist
- Rachel Reckitt, sculptor, engraver
- Daphne Reynolds, printmaker, painter
- Flora Macdonald Reid, painter
- Mary Remington, painter
- Lady Mary Rennell, painter
- Harriet Riddell, textile artist
- Anna Ridler, artificial intelligence artist
- Bridget Riley, painter
- Ruth Rix, painter, multidisciplinary artist
- Phyllis Roberts, painter, sculptor
- Ellen Mary Rope, sculptor
- Ellis Rowan, illustrator
- Anne Rushout, watercolorist
- Rosemary Rutherford, painter, stained glass artist
- Margaret Ryder, painter
- Adolfine Mary Ryland, sculptor
S
- Anne Said, artist
- Emily Sarah, painter
- Stella Schmolle, painter
- Pamela Scott Wilkie, painter, printmaker
- Dorothea Sharp, painter
- Alice Sheene, silversmith
- Clare Shenstone, portrait painter
- Tai Shani, performance artist
- Elizabeth Siddal, artist
- Emma Sillett, flower painter
- Corinne Silva, contemporary artist
- Hilary Simon, silk painter
- Ruth Simpson, portrait painter
- Vikki Slowe, printmaker and painter
- Mary Smirke, painter
- May Aimée Smith, painter
- Pamela Colman Smith, illustrator and painter
- Jean Spencer, abstract artist
- Maria Spilsbury, religious painter
- A. B. S. Sprigge, sculptor
- Zita Stead, medical illustrator
- Florence Steele, sculptor, designer
- Elsie Stevens, painter
- Carole Steyn, abstract painter
- Marie Spartali Stillman, painter
- Marianne Stokes, painter
- Sarah Stone, natural history artist
- Helen Stratton, book illustrator
- Linda Sutton, painter
- Annie Swynnerton, painter
T
- Emma Talbot, painter
- Agnes Clara Tatham, painter
- Barbara Austin Taylor, sculptor
- Shirley Teed, painter
- Hilda Theobald, sculptor
- Valerie Thornton, etcher, printmaker
- Helen Thornycroft, painter
- Flora Twort, painter, pastellist
- Mary Fraser Tytler, painter, ceramicist
V
- Gladys Vasey, portrait painter
- Elisabeth Vellacott, painter
- Dorothy Venning, sculptor
- Angela Verren, painter
- Charlotte Verity,, painter
- Stella Vine, painter
W
- Lillian Wade, sculptor
- Josephine Wall, painter, sculptor
- Mary Lemon Waller, painter
- Audrey Walker, textile artist
- Hilda Annetta Walker, sculptor and painter
- Winifred Walker, botanical artist
- Kathleen Walne, watercolour painter
- Joan Warburton, painter
- Henrietta Ward, genre painter
- Billie Waters, painter
- Mary Spencer Watson, sculptor
- Maud Marian Wear, painter
- Cecilia Webb, sculptor
- Kate Westrup, animal painter, potter
- Edith Grace Wheatley, painter
- Erica White, sculptor
- Rachel Whiteread, sculptor
- Mandy Wilkinson, painter
- Caroline Fanny Williams, landscape painter
- Faith Winter, sculptor
- Ursula Wood, painter
- Gertrude Mary Woodward, scientific illustrator
- Meg Woolf, painter, sculptor
- Rose Wylie, painter
Y
- Nan Youngman, painter
Z
- Georgiana Zornlin, painter
- Astrid Zydower, sculptor