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Phoebe Anna Traquair, The Progress of a Soul: Despair (1899). Silk and gold thread embroidered on linen, 184.7 x 74.9 cm. National Galleries of Scotland.

Phoebe Anna Traquair

(24/05/1852 - 04/08/1936)

Country

Period

Ireland

Nineteenth and Twentieth century

Movement

Medium

Arts and Craft

Painting, Embroidery, Textiles

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Rachel Ruysch, Still-Life with Flower Bouquet and Plums (1704). Oil on canvas, 92 x 70 cm. Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.

Rachel Ruysch

(03/06/1664 - 12/10/1750)

Country

Period

Netherlands

Seventeenth and Eighteenth century

Movement

Medium

Dutch Golden Age

Painting

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Remedios Varo, La llamada (The Call) (1961). Oil on Masonite, 106.7 x 78.7 cm. National Museum of Women in the Arts, U.S.A.

Remedios Varo

(16/12/1908 - 08/10/1963)

Country

Period

Spain

Twentieth century

Movement

Medium

Surrealism

Painting

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Rosa Bonheur, The Horse Fair (1852–55). Oil on canvas, 244.5 x 506.7 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, U.S.A.

Rosa Bonheur

(16/03/1822 - 25/05/1899)

Country

Period

France

Nineteenth century

Movement

Medium

Realism

Painting

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Růžena Zátková, Mallorca (1913). Watercolour on paper, 22 x 35 cm. Private collection.

Růžena Zátková

(15/03/1885 - 29/10/1923)

Country

Period

Czechia

Nineteenth and Twentieth century

Movement

Medium

Futurism

Painting

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Sarah Purser, Le Petit Déjeuner (1881). Oil on canvas, 35 x 27 cm. National Gallery of Ireland.

Sarah Purser

(22/03/1848 - 07/08/1943)

Country

Period

Ireland

Nineteenth and Twentieth century

Movement

Medium

Impressionism

Painting

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Sofonisba Anguissola, Self-Portrait at an Easel (1556). Oil on canvas, 66 x 57 cm. Łańcut Castle, Poland.

Sofonisba Anguissola

(02/02/1532 - 16/11/1625)

Country

Period

Italy

Sixteenth and Seventeenth century

Movement

Medium

Renaissance

Painting

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Plautilla Nelli, Our Lady of Sorrows (c.1550-60). Oil on panel, 71 x 57 cm. Museum of the Last Supper of Andrea del Sarto, Italy.

Plautilla Nelli

(1524 - 1588)

Country

Period

Italy

Sixteenth century

Movement

Medium

Renaissance

Painting

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Rachel Whiteread, House, at 193 Grove Road, London E3 (1993). Metal and concrete, dimensions unknown. Destroyed.

Rachel Whiteread

(20/04/1963 - )

Country

Period

England

Contemporary

Movement

Medium

Young British Artists

Sculpture

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Rita Angus, Self-portrait (Wanaka) (1939). Oil on canvas, 47.5 x 42.9 cm. National Gallery of Australia.

Rita Angus

(12/03/1908 - 25/01/1970)

Country

Period

New Zealand

Twentieth century

Movement

Medium

Modernism

Painting

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Rosalba Carriera, Self-portrait Holding a Portrait of Her Sister (1715). Pastel on paper, 71 x 57 cm. Uffizi Gallery, Italy.

Rosalba Carriera

(12/01/1673 - 15/04/1757)

Country

Period

Italy

Eighteenth century

Movement

Medium

Rococo

Oil pastel

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Safia Farhat, Dernière œuvre (1990). Weaving, 200 x 340 cm. Collection of the artist.

Safia Farhat

(1924 - 2004)

Country

Period

Tunisia

Twentieth and Twenty-first century

Movement

Medium

Feminist art

Textiles

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Sheila Hicks, Nowhere to Go (2022). Acrylic fibre, nylon (net), 545 x 130 x 130 cm (variable). National Gallery of Victoria, Australia.

Sheila Hicks

(24/07/1934 - )

Country

Period

United States of America

Contemporary

Movement

Medium

Contemporary art

Textiles

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Sonia Boyce, Missionary Position II (1985). Watercolour, pastel and crayon on paper, 123.8 x 183 cm. Tate, U.K.

Sonia Boyce

(1962 - )

Country

Period

England

Contemporary

Movement

Medium

Contemporary art

Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Installation

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Rachel Maclean, Feed Me (2015). Colour video installation (with sound), 60min. The National, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Rachel Maclean

(1987 - )

Country

Period

Scotland

Contemporary

Movement

Medium

Contemporary art

Film

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Ragnhild Kaarbø, Composition with a Head (c.1925). Oil on canvas, 65 x 65 cm. National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Norway.

Ragnhild Kaarbø

(26/12/1889 - 20/08/1949)

Country

Period

Norway

Nineteenth and Twentieth century

Movement

Medium

Fauvism

Painting

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Rita Mawuena Benissan, Mourned by Many (2024). Tapestry, embroidering on Velvet, 134.6 x 137.2 cm. Collection of the artist.

Rita Mawuena Benissan

(1995 - )

Country

Period

Ghana

Contemporary

Movement

Medium

Contemporary art

Painting, Textiles, Embroidery

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Rosario de Velasco, The Massacre of the Innocents (La matanza de los inocentes) (1936). Oil on canvas, 164 x 167.5 cm. Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia, Spain.

Rosario de Velasco

(20/05/1904 - 02/03/1991)

Country

Period

Spain

Twentieth century

Movement

Medium

Modernism, Figurative

Painting

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Sarah Lucas, Self-Portrait with Fried Eggs (1996). Digital IRIS print on paper, 80 x 60 cm. National Galleries Scotland: The National.

Sarah Lucas

(23/10/1962 - )

Country

Period

England

Contemporary

Movement

Medium

Feminist art

Photography, Sculpture

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Shirin Neshat, Rebellious Silence, from the Women of Allah series (1994). Ink and black and white print on RC paper, dimensions variable. Barbara Gladstone Gallery, U.S.A and Belgium.

Shirin Neshat

(26/03/1957 - )

Country

Period

Iran

Contemporary

Movement

Medium

Feminist art

Photography

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Sonia Delaunay, Triptych (1963). Oil paint on canvas, 99.7 x 200 cm. Tate, U.K.

Sonia Delaunay

(14/11/1885 - 05/12/1979)

Country

Period

Ukraine-France

Twentieth century

Movement

Medium

Abstraction

Painting

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