List of English women artists

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

A

• Mary Adshead (1904–1995), painter, illustrator, designer
• Helen Allingham (1848–1926), watercolour painter, illustrator
• Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852–1909), painter
• Mabel Annesley (1881–1959), engraver, painter
• Anne Margaret Coke, Viscountess Anson (1779–1843), painter
• Ann Arnold (1936–2015), painter
• Sophie Atkinson (1876–1972), painter, illustrator
• Gillian Ayres (born 1930), painter, printmaker

B

• Fiona Banner (born 1966), contemporary artist
• Anna Barriball (born 1972), mixed media artist
• Vanessa Bell (1879–1961), painter, interior designer
• Suzzan Blac (born 1960), surreal painter
• Lizz Brady (born 1988), installation, visual artist
• Anne Frances Byrne (1775–1837), flower painter

C

• Lynn Chadwick (1914–2003), sculptor
• Shelagh Cluett (1947–2007), sculptor
• Beryl Cook (1926–2008), painter
• Fiona Crisp (born 1966), photographer, installation artist

D

• Evelyn Dunbar (1906–1960), painter, illustrator

E

• Tracey Emin (born 1963), multidisciplinary artist

F

• Dee Ferris (born 1973), painter
• Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872–1945), artist, illustrator

G

• Molly Garnier (born 1981), painter
• Rose Garrard (born 1946), multidisciplinary artist, writer
• Alethea Garstin (1894–1978), painter
• Kathleen Guthrie (1905–1981), painter, illustrator

H

• Maggi Hambling (born 1945), painter, sculptor
• Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975), painter, sculptor
• Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983), engraver
• Gwynneth Holt (1909–1995), ivory sculptor
• Claire Hooper (born 1979), painter, video artist

J

• Chantal Joffe (born 1969), painter

K

• Marion Kalmus (born 1962), mixed media artist
• Lucy Kemp-Welch (1869–1958), equine artist
• Laura Knight (1877–1970), painter, etcher, engraver

L

• Sarah Lucas (born 1962), contemporary artist

M

• Frances Macdonald (1914–2002), painter
• Nicolette Macnamara (1911–1987), painter, writer
• Edna Mann (1926–1985), painter
• Dorothy Mead (1928–1975), painter
• Mona Moore (1917–2000), painter, illustrator
• Justin Mortimer (born 1970), painter
• Olive Mudie-Cooke (1890–1925), painter

N

• Marianne North (1830–1890), flower painter

P

• Janette Parris (born 1963)
• Orovida Camille Pissarro (1893–1968), painter, etcher
• Elizabeth Polunin (1887–1950), artist, theatre designer
• Melinda Camber Porter (1953–2008), painter, writer
• Brenda Pye (1907–2005), painter

R

• Gwen Raverat (1885–1957), engraver
• Louise Rayner (1832–1924), watercolourist
• Bridget Riley (born 1931), painter
• Ruth Rix (born 1942), painter, multidisciplinary artist

S

• Stella Schmolle (1908–1975), painter
• Dorothea Sharp (1874–1955), painter
• Corinne Silva (born 1976), contemporary artist
• Maria Spilsbury (1776–1820), religious painter
• Sarah Stone (1760–1844), natural history artist
• Linda Sutton (born 1947), painter

T

• Flora Twort (1893–1985), painter, pastellist

V

• Elisabeth Vellacott (1905–2002), painter
• Stella Vine (born 1969), painter

W

• Josephine Wall (born 1947), painter, sculptor
• Henrietta Ward (1832–1924), genre 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