18th-century women artists â female painters, miniaturists, calligraphers, engravers and sculptors who were active in 18th century (born between 1680 and 1800).
Asia
China
- Lin Yining (1655 â <abbr>c.</abbr> 1730) â poet and painter
- Chen Shu (1660âÂÂ1735) â first female painter of Qing dynasty, painter's daughter.
- Ma Quan (18th C) - flower and bird painter
- Yun Bing (18th C) - flower and bird painter
- Fang Wanyi (1732-1779) - poet and painter
- Yun Zhu (1771-1833) - poet, painter, anthologist
India
Japan
Americas
Europe
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
France
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Born in 18th-century:
Germany
Born in 17th-century:
Born in 18th-century:
Italy
Born in 17th century:
Born in 18th century:
- Eleonora Bargili (?) â nun
- Teresa Berenice Vitelli, Suor Veronica, (active 1706 â 1729) - nun
- Celeste Tanfani (active between 1735 and 1737)
- Margarita Gabassi (active mid-18th-century)
- Luigia Maria Rosa Alboni (d. 1759) - daughter of painter Paolo Alboni
- Carlotta Amigoni - sister of Jacopo Amigoni.
- Caterina Amigoni Castellini - Italian pastellist living in Spain, daughter of painter Jacopo Amigoni. Her sister signora Belluomini was also painter.
- Marianna Carlevarijs (1703 â 1750) - daughter of painter Luca Carlevarijs.
- Maria Felice Tibaldi (1707âÂÂ1770) - portrait painter, wife of Pierre Subleyras. Her sisters, Teresa and Isabela were also artists in the same genre.
- Violante Beatrice Siries (1709âÂÂ1783) - portrait painter, teacher
- Vittoria Ligari (1713-1783) - daughter of painter Pietro Ligari.
- Anna Morandi Manzolini (1714-1774) - anatomist and anatomical wax modeler, wife of anatomist Giovanni Manzolini
- FelicitàSartori (<abbr>c.</abbr> 1714âÂÂ1760) - nephew of engraver Antonio dall'Agata, miniaturist, pastellist.
- Giovanna Tacconi Messini (1717âÂÂ1742)
- Maria Maddalena Baldacci (1718âÂÂ1782)
- Angelica Le Gru Perotti (1719-1776) - daughter of the portraitist Stefano Le Gru.
- Anna Bacherini Piattoli (Bacherini) (1720âÂÂ1788)
- Violante Ferroni (1720-?)
- Maria Giacomina Nazari (1724-?) - daughter of the painter Bartolomeo Nazari
- Maria Domenica Scanferla (1726-1763)
- Eleonora Monti (1727 â after 1760) - daughter of painter Francesco Mont
- Anna Caterina Gilli (before 1729 - before 1820)
- Maria Suppioti Ceroni (1730-?) - pastellist.
- Ortensia Poncarale Maggi (1732âÂÂ1811) - countess, member of Academias
- Anna Galeotti (1739âÂÂ1773) - engraver and painter.
- Chiara Spinelli (1744-1823) - noblewoman and pastellist.
- Vicenza Giovanna Rovisi (1750 - 1824) - daughter of painter Valentino Rovisi.
- Irene Parenti Duclos (1754âÂÂ1795) - painter and poet
- Costanza Ghilini (1754âÂÂ1775) - noble woman, amateur painter.
- Laura Piranesi (1754-1789) - engraver, daughter of Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
- Marianna Candidi Dionigi (1756-1826) - aristocrat, painter, writer and salonnière.
- Rosalba Bernini (1762/3âÂÂ1829) - pastelist
- Anna Tonelli (<abbr>c.</abbr> 1763 â 1846)
- Giuseppina Quaglia Borghese (1764-1831) - pastelist
- Maria Callani (1778-1803) - daughter of artist Gaetano Callani
- Sofia Giordano (1778 â 1829)
- Anna Mignani (1786-1846)
- Ernesta Legnani Bisi (1788-1859) - painter and engraver.
- Mary Grace (died 1799/1800)
- Caterina Cherubini (d. 1811) - miniature painter, poet.
- Teresa Boccardi Nuytz (? -1837) - pastelist
- Maria Molin (?) - pastelist, daughter of senator
- Anna Borghigiani
- Margherita Terzi and her sister Maria - pupils of Rosalba Carriera
Netherlands
Born in 17th century:
- Johanna Vergouwen (1630âÂÂ1714) â daughter of painter-decorator Louis Vergouwen.
- Catharina Oostfries (1636âÂÂ1708) â glass painter, sister of glass painter Jozef Oostfries
- Geertgen Wyntges (1636âÂÂ1712) â flower painter.
- Maria Theresa van Thielen (1640âÂÂ1706) â daughter of painter Jan Philip van Thielen.
- Sara Saftleven (1645âÂÂ1702) â flower painter, daughter of the landscape painter Herman Saftleven
- Diana Glauber (1650 â c. 1721) â daughter of the Amsterdam chemist Johann Rudolph Glauber, and the sister of the painters Jan Gotlief and Johannes Glauber
- Joanna Koerten (1650âÂÂ1715) â excelled in painting, drawing, embroidery, glass etching, and wax modeling
- Cornelia de Rijck (1653âÂÂ1726) â specialized in painting birds and insects.
- Sophia Holt (1658âÂÂ1734) â member of Holt-Greve artistic family
- Catarina Ykens (II) (1659âÂÂ1737 or later) â daughter of the painter Johannes Ykens, geestelycke dochter (spiritual daughter), semi-nun.
- Alida Withoos (c. 1661/62 âÂÂ1730) â botanical artist and painter, daughter of painter Mathias Withoos.
- Anna Ruysch (1666âÂÂ1754) â flower painter, daughter of Frederik Ruysch, a botanist and anatomist.
- Aleida Greve (1670âÂÂ1742) â member of Holt-Greve artistic family
- Maria de Wilde (1682âÂÂ1729) â engraver and playwright, daughter of collector Jacob de Wilde.
Born in 18th century:
Russian Empire & Poland
Spain & Portugal
Sweden & Finland
Switzerland
- Anna Waser (1675-1714) - Miniaturist
- Angelica Kauffman (1751âÂÂ1801) Member of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze (1762), one of only two female founding members of the British Royal Academy (1768). Daughter of painter Joseph Johann Kauffmann.
United Kingdom / British Isles
Born in 17th century:
Born in 18th century:
- Isabella Beetham - British silhouette artist
- Hester Bateman (1708 â 1794) - English silversmith
- Catherine Read (1723-1778) - noblewoman, Scottish painter
- Diana Beauclerk, Diana St John, Viscountess Bolingbroke (1734âÂÂ1808) - noblewoman, painter
- Emma Crewe (1741 - d. in or after 1795) - noblewoman, British artist known for her designs for Josiah Wedgwood, and for her botanical art.
- Mary Moser (1744âÂÂ1819). One of only two female founding members of the Royal Academy (1768). Daughter of painter George Michael Moser.
- Anne Forbes (1745âÂÂ1834) - Scottish portrait painter, granddaughter of the portraitist William Aikman
- Elizabeth Upton, Baroness Templetown (1747âÂÂ1823) - noblewoman, Wedgwood's designer.
- Anne Seymour Damer (1748-1828) - noble, sculptor
- Jane Parminter (1750âÂÂ1811) and Mary Parminter (1767âÂÂ1849) - cousins and British travellers and designers
- Frances Douglas, Lady Douglas / Frances Scott (1750-1817) - Scottish amateur artist
- Clara Pope / Clara Wheatley (1750-1838)- painter and botanical artist
- Mary Beilby (c. 1750 â 1797) â enameller and glass-painter in the Beilby glassware family.
- Ann Lee (1753 â <abbr>c.</abbr>1790) - British botanical illustrator
- Fanny Blood (1758-1785) - English illustrator and educator.
- Emma Jane Greenland (1760/61-1838) - painter, writer and singer.
- Maria Cosway (1760âÂÂ1838) - Italian-English painter, musician, and educator
- Helena Beatson (1762âÂÂ1839) - noblewoman, amateur pastellist from Scotland, niece of artist Catherine Read
- Lavinia Spencer, Countess Spencer (1762 â 1831) - noble, British illustrator.
- Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland (1765- 1839)
- Marie-Guillemine Benoist (1768-1826)
- Marie-ÃÂlisabeth Laville-Leroux (1770-1826) - sister of Marie-Guillemine Benoist
- Elizabeth Liddell (1770âÂÂ1831) - amateur British artist specialising in pastel portrait
- Amelia Long (1772-1837) â noblewoman
- Cassandra Austen (1773 - 1845) â amateur English watercolourist and the elder sister of Jane Austen.
- Rose Emma Drummond (1790âÂÂ1840) â portrait miniaturist known for her works of theatre actresses; the inspiration for Miss La Creevy in the Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby
Books
- Babette Bohn, The Antique Heroines of Elisabetta Sirani, in Renaissance Studies, vol. 16, n. 1, Wiley, 2002
- Babette Bohn, Women Artists, Their Patrons, and Their Publics in Early Modern Bologna, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University Press, 2021
- Dabbs, J (ed.), Life Stories of Women Artists, 1550âÂÂ1800. An Anthology (Farnham 2009).
- Dabbs, Julia. âÂÂSex, Lies, and Anecdotes: Gender Relations in the Life Stories of Italian Women Artists, 1550âÂÂ1800,â Aurora, VI (2005): 35.
- Fortunati, Vera, Jordana Pomeroy, and Claudio Strinati, Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque, Milan, Skira, 2007
- Harris, Anne Sutherland and Linda Nochlin, Women Artists: 1550âÂÂ1950, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Knopf, New York, 1976
- Heller, Nancy. Women Artists: An Illustrated History. New York: Abbeville Press, 1997.
- Gaetano Giordani, Notizie delle donne pittrici di Bologna, Bologna, Tipografia Nobili & C., 1832
- Fidière O. Les femmes artistes àl'Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. Paris, 1885
- Jones, Tanja L. (ed.). Women Artists in the Early Modern Courts of Europe. c. 1450 â 1700
- Lucas, Martine. Des femmes peintres: du XVe àl'aube du XIXe siècle. Paris, 2015
- Nicholson, Elizabeth S. G. "Diana Scultori." Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque: National Museum of Women in the Arts. Milano: Skira, 2007
- Rocco, Patricia. The Devout Hand: Women, Virtue, and Visual Culture in Early Modern Italy, McGill-Queen's Press â MQUP, 2017
- âÂÂSplendid Japanese Women Artists of the Edo PeriodâÂÂ. Special Exhibition on the 120th Anniversary of Jissen Women's Educational Institute, at the KÃ
Âsetsu Memorial Museum, Tokyo, April 18 â June 21, 2015
- Weidner, M.S.
- Yuho, Tseng. âÂÂWomen Painters of the Ming Dynasty.â Artibus Asiae, vol. 53, no. 1/2, 1993, pp. 249âÂÂ61.
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