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These two French portrait painters are considered part of the Neoclassical and Rococo art movements. They were two of the three female painters admitted to the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture at a time when there was a cap on the number of women admitted. Immediately, the two were presented as rivals, one with "feminine" painting style of "loose brushstrokes, high-toned color, and flattering renderings of her sitters" and another with "masculine" painting style of "crisp handling, muted tones, and truth to nature." Though many critics found it "immodest" that women would "boastfully parade" their artistic talents (this is now known as jealousy and being petty), both were highly sought after portrait artists and were able to support themselves on their income.

An American photographer and installation artist, this contemporary woman creates fantastic and imaginative scenes by building and filling entire, monochrome rooms with bright and colorful sculptures of one, repeating object. In one of her most famous works, a large group of neon green cats climb on every surface of a gray kitchen. In another 3D installation, whimsical gray foxes leap and bound over delicate, upscale table settings.

These two French portrait painters are considered part of the Neoclassical and Rococo art movements. They were two of the three female painters admitted to the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture at a time when there was a cap on the number of women admitted. Immediately, the two were presented as rivals, one with "feminine" painting style of "loose brushstrokes, high-toned color, and flattering renderings of her sitters" and another with "masculine" painting style of "crisp handling, muted tones, and truth to nature." Though many critics found it "immodest" that women would "boastfully parade" their artistic talents (this is now known as jealousy and being petty), both were highly sought after portrait artists and were able to support themselves on their income.

   

An American photographer and installation artist, this contemporary woman creates fantastic and imaginative scenes by building and filling entire, monochrome rooms with bright and colorful sculptures of one, repeating object. In one of her most famous works, a large group of neon green cats climb on every surface of a gray kitchen. In another 3D installation, whimsical gray foxes leap and bound over delicate, upscale table settings.

A German collage artist, her work was part of the Dada movement, an anti-establishment movement in which artists questioned the very nature of art. After the horrors of World War I, this group cried out against institutions with outlandish works that questioned who should be allowed to declare what constitutes art, when entire countries were not responsible enough to avoid war. She is known as one of the creators of photomontage and actively worked against the idea of the "new woman." She disliked the idea that women could either be dainty and demure or free-spirited and masculine, rather than treated as a range of people with different likes and emotions.

   

An American photojournalist, this artist is best know for her work under the Farm Security Administration in the Depression Era, a governmental branch set up to historically document the plight of farmers. Her portraits captured the suffering, hardship, and community of rural citizens after the stock market crash of 1929. Her lesser known work includes photography of Japanese citizens in California during the Japanese Internment. Her photos were considered so controversial that they were impounded by the American government for more than 50 years.

   

This America abstract painter is known for her "color field paintings," large canvases with giant swaths of color. Her method was not to overwork the canvas, but to use turpentine-soaked work spaces to elicit vibrant colors from her paints. She was influenced by Jackson Pollock and studied under the famous abstract expressionist, Hans Hofmann.

This American oil painter was known for her "honest" portraits of the female body. Rather than painting women as stylized or perfect, she painted all women, young and old, as they appeared. Her vibrant and expressive oil paintings culminated in her most famous body of work which includes nude portraiture of pregnant women.

   

This jack of all trades is an artist, architect, and sculptor. She, most famously, won the contest to create the Vietnam War Veteran's Memorial in 1979. Since then she has gone on to do many other public memorials and open spaces including a Civil Rights Memorial and The Woman's Table at Yale, which celebrates the entry of women into the university and their accomplishments. Her park design for Rosa Parks Circle includes LED lights embedded under an ice rink which reflect the constellations in the night sky on the night of its completion.

  

This Italian Baroque artist is most famous for her Caravaggian (meaning, in the style of the artist Caravaggio) Judith Slaying Holofernes, in which the Hebrew Judith cuts off the head of the Assyrian General Holofernes to save her people. Her depiction is one of the only from this time period which depicts Judith as strong, focused, and brave rather than demure and disgusted with her task. When questioned by nobility on the merits of her art as a woman, she stated, "My illustrious lordship, I'll show you what a woman can do."

Known for her repeating patterns of polka dots, which she refers to as her "dot obsession," this Japanese artist has been said to belong to both the Pop Art and Art Brut movements. Living in a Tokyo psychiatric hospital for the past 50 years, she makes a daily trip across the street to paint in her studio.

   

Another French painter, this 19th century artist studied under her father. She was often referred to (and ridiculed) as a "new woman" for her wearing of pants, which she claimed was necessary for her work with animals. She had received a special permit from the government to wear trousers, which were otherwise illegal for women. Her most famous painting, a group of horses completed in 1855, was admired by Queen Victoria.

   

This anonymous group of contemporary, feminist artists formed in 1985 in response to a severe lack of women's art in museums. Their works include posters, billboards and other means of communication. One of their most famous pieces asks, "Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum? Less than 5% of the artists in the Modern Arts sections are women, but 83% of the nudes are female." To keep their anonymity, the group wears gorilla masks for public interviews and performances. Each member takes on the name of a deceased female artist, in order to keep the names of those artists remembered and alive.

This French, Post-Impressionist painter was considered controversial for her painting of female nudes, an unladylike pastime in early 1900's French society. She began her career as a model for the famous painters Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec. A friend and student of Edgar Degas, in 1894 she was the first woman to be inducted into the prestigious Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, three years before it openly admitted female students.

   

This contemporary (meaning that she is still alive today), British oil painter is famous for her large paintings of large women. She discovered her subject matter while attending the University of Cincinnati, stating that she saw, "Lots of big women. Big white flesh in shorts and T-shirts. It was good to see because they had the physicality that I was interested in."

   

An American photographer, she was best known for her portraits of "freaks," as she called them, which included dwarfs, giants, transgender people, nudists, circus performers and any other persons perceived as "ugly" or "surreal." Struggling with depression, she took her own life in July of 1971 at age 48. Her life was recorded in a 2006 fictionalized drama starring Nicole Kidman, entitled Fur.