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Tarsila do Amaral
(Brazil, 01/09/1886 - 17/01/1973) Anthropophagy (1929) Widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in Latin American Modern...
Bryleigh Pierce
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Sybil Craig
(Australia, 18/11/1901 - 09/09/1989) Self-Portrait (c.1934) A significant figure in twentieth-century Australian art, Craig’s career...
Bryleigh Pierce
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Tamara de Lempicka
(Poland, 16/05/1898 - 18/03/1980) La Tunique Rose (1927) Born as Maria Gorska to a wealthy family and raised in early-twentieth-century...
Bryleigh Pierce
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Sofonisba Anguissola
(Italy, 02/02/1532 - 16/11/1625) Bernardino Campi Painting Sofonisba Anguissola (1559) Regarded as one of the first prominent and most...
Bryleigh Pierce
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Rosalba Carriera
(Italy, 12/01/1673 - 15/04/1757) Self-Portrait Holding a Portrait of Her Sister (1715) As the first woman to definitively instigate a new...
Bryleigh Pierce
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Rosa Bonheur
(France, 16/03/1822 - 25/05/1899) The Horse Fair (1852-55) Financially independent, living openly as a lesbian and open about her...
Bryleigh Pierce
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Rachel Ruysch
(Netherlands, 03/06/1664 - 12/10/1750) Still-Life with Flower Bouquet and Plums (1704) Born in 1664 into a family steeped in scientific...
Bryleigh Pierce
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Paula Rego
(Portugal, 26/01/1935 - 08/06/2022) The Policeman's Daughter (1987) Born in 1935, three years into Salazar’s fascist dictatorship, Rego...
Bryleigh Pierce
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Paula Modersohn-Becker
(Germany, 08/02/1876 - 20/11/1907) Self-Portrait (Semi-Nude with Amber Necklace and Flowers II), (1906) One of the first women to work...
Bryleigh Pierce
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Olga Sacharoff
(Georgia, 28/05/1899 - 01/03/1967) Self-Portrait with Cat (1924) Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, then part of the Russian Empire, Sacharoff...
Bryleigh Pierce
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Olga Boznańska
(Poland, 15/04/1865 - 26/10/1940) Self-Portrait with Folded Hands (1893) Born in Kraków in 1865, Boznańska was first taught to draw by...
Bryleigh Pierce
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Meret Oppenheim
(Germany-Switzerland, 06/10/1913 - 15/11/1985) Self-Portrait, Skull and Ornament (1964) Best known for her surrealist creations that...
Bryleigh Pierce
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Natalia Goncharova
(Russia, 03/07/1881 - 17/10/1962) Cyclist (1913) A pioneering avant-garde artist, Goncharova is best known for her radical contributions to Modern art in the early 20th century. As a key figure in the Russian avant-garde movement, she co-founded the Rayonism movement along with the influential Jack of Diamonds and the more radical Donkey’s Tail artist groups, challenging academic conventions and championing traditional Russian styles over Western expectations, ultimately play
Bryleigh Pierce
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Mary Cassatt
(United States of America, 22/05/1844 - 14/06/1926) In the Loge (1878) As an integral member of the French Impressionist movement,...
Bryleigh Pierce
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Mary Beale
(England, 26/03/1633 - 08/10/1699) Self-Portrait, Holding an Artist's Palette (c.1675) One of the first women to work as a professional...
Bryleigh Pierce
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Marina Abramović
(Serbia, 30/11/1946 -) Rhythm 5 (1974) Born in Belgrade in 1946, Abramović began her formal training in painting and visual arts at the...
Bryleigh Pierce
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Marie Bracquemond
(France, 01/12/1840 - 17/01/1916) Self-Portrait (1870) As one of the most notable women of the Impressionist movement, Bracquemond’s...
Bryleigh Pierce
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Marie Bashkirtseff
(Ukraine, 23/11/1858 - 31/10/1884) Self-Portrait with Palette (1880) “What am I?... Nothing!” Marie Bashkirtseff’s asked to her diary at...
Bryleigh Pierce
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Maria Lassnig
(Austria, 08/09/1919 - 06/05/2014) Self-Portrait with Stick (1971) Born in Kappel am Krappfeld, Austria, Lassnig devoted her work to...
Bryleigh Pierce
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Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
(Portugal, 13/06/1908 - 06/03/1992) The Gardens No.2 (1966) Born in Lisbon, da Silva began studying drawing and painting at the Academia...
Bryleigh Pierce
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