(Wales, 22/06/1876 - 18/09/1939) Self-Portrait (c.1900) Celebrated for her subtle, introspective portraits and domestic interiors, John’s...

(Egypt, 22/05/1963 - ) Colour Misbehavior (2009) Born in Cairo in 1963, Amer and her family relocated to France when she was 11 years...

(United States of America, 15/11/1887 - 06/03/1986) White Iris (1930) Nicknamed the ‘Mother of American Modernism’, O’Keeffe was raised...

(Germany, 19/02/1877 - 19/05/1962) Often starting and finishing her paintings in just one sitting, Münter’s prismatic works create new worlds wherein the artist’s subjectivity is manifested in brightly coloured abstract forms. Her kaleidoscopic and fluorescent palette, often applied with a palette knife to produce rough textures on an otherwise flat form, bring to life the vivacious character of her subjects while simultaneously revealing the speed and compulsion with which s

(Mexico, 06/07/1907 - 13/07/1954) Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940) Known for her vivid, emotionally charged...

(New Zealand, 28/04/1869 - 13/05/1947) Loveday and Ann: Two Women with a Basket of Flowers (1915) Arguably New Zealand’s leading...

(United States of America, 08/10/1930 - 13/04/2020) For the Women's House (1971) Growing up surrounded by the thriving Harlem Renaissance...

(England, 30/08/1855 - 02/05/1919) Medea (1889) As the daughter of an upper-class, aristocratic family born in the middle of the 19th...

(France, 19/04/1849 - 06/05/1883) As one of just four women involved with the original Impressionist movement as painters, Gonzalès offers a rare glimpse into the world of late-nineteenth-century Paris from the viewpoint of a woman navigating the capital of the art world. Born into an eclectic and artistic family (her father was writer Emmanuel Gonzalès and her mother, Marie-Céline Ragut, was a musician), she and her sister were well-educated and encouraged to pursue their ar

(Australia, 07/02/1872 - 17/06/1962) Esquisse en Australie (1908) Beginning her training at the Slade School of Art, Carrick painted...

(England, 25/07/1829 - 11/02/1862) Self Portrait (c.1853-54) Well aware of her position in society and how she was portrayed by the...

(United States of America, 12/03/1918 - 01/02/1989) As both artist and critic, de Kooning bridged the division between art and writing, helping to introduce the wider world to the artists of the New York School. Frequently visiting museums and galleries in New York as a child, she began to draw at 5 years old and sold portraits of her classmates at school before studying mathematics at Hunter College. Quickly realising life in academia was not for her, she soon left to pursue

(United States of America, 25/08/1910 - 31/01/2012) Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1943) Tanning’s unique path into the Surrealist unconscious...

(United States of America, 19/01/1954 -) Untitled (2008) Emerging alongside the ‘Pictures Generation’, Sherman used photography to expose...

(England, 1969 - ) Foxglove (2001) Born in London, in 1969, Bown’s family was one of creativity and intellectual vibrancy. Her mother,...

(United States of America, 20/04/1953 -) Woman and Daughter with Makeup (1990) After picking up a camera for the first time at the age of...

(England, 10/01/1903 - 20/05/1975) At seventeen years old, Hepworth began her academic studies at the Leeds School of Art in 1920 where she won a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Art the following year. Completing her studies in 1924, she travelled to Florence, coming runner-up in the prestigious Prix-de-Rome and studying Romanesque and early Renaissance art and architecture, later learning to carve marble from the master-carver Giovanni Ardini. Hepworth was the f

(08/07/1593 - 1653) Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (c.1638-39) One of the most accomplished painters of the Italian Baroque,...

(23/07/1721 - 09/11/1782) Self-Portrait with Monocle (c.1776-82) One of the few women of the 18th century to achieve recognition within...