List of Austrian women artists

This is a list of women artists who were born in Austria or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.

A

• Erika Abels d'Albert (1896–1975), painter and graphic designer
• Soshana Afroyim (1927–2015), painter
• Maria Anwander (born 1980), conceptual artist
• Marie von Augustin (1810–1886), painter

B

• Maria Bach (1896–1978), painter
• Maria Baumgartner (born 1952), ceramist and academic
• Luise Begas-Parmentier (1843–1920), Austrian-German painter and salonière
• Maria Biljan-Bilger (1912–1997), ceramist and sculptor
• Tina Blau (1845–1916), painter
• Emma Bormann (1887–1974), art teacher and printmaker
• Eugenie Breithut-Munk (1867–1915), painter
• Norbertine Bresslern-Roth (1891–1978), painter, print maker

C

• Eva Maria Düringer Cavalli (born 1959), fashion designer
• Katharina Cibulka (born 1975), installation artist
• Isabel Czerwenka-Wenkstetten (born 1969), visual artist

D

• Gabriele Maria Deininger-Arnhard (1855–1945), German-Austrian painter
• Gerti Deutsch (1908–1979), photographer
• Friedl Dicker-Brandeis (1898–1944), painter
• Irma von Duczynska (1869–1932), painter and sculptor

E

• Marie Egner (1850–1940), painter
• Bettina Ehrlich (1903–1985), painter and illustrator
• Ursula Endlicher, multi-media
• Marianne von Eschenburg (1856–1937), painter
• Valie Export (born 1940), video and performance artist

F

• Marina Faust (born 1950), photographer
• Emilie Louise Flöge (1874–1952), fashion designer
• Mathilde Flögl (1893–1958), artist and graphic designer
• Louise Fraenkel-Hahn (1878–1939), painter
• Gustl French (1909–2004), Austrian-American painter, printmaker and photographer
• Camilla Friedländer (1856–1928), painter
• Hedwig Friedländer(1863–1916), painter
• Hortensia Fussy (born 1954), sculptor

G

• Olga Granner (1874–1967), portrait painter who married the Swedish sculptor Carl Milles
• Hilda Goldwag (1912–2008), painter
• Herta Groves (1920–2016), Austrian-British milliner
• Eva Grubinger (born 1970), installation artist
• Nilbar Gures (born 1977), multi-media

H

• Renate Habinger (born 1957), illustrator, graphic artist
• Jasmin Hagendorfer, installation art, sculptor, performance artist
• Alice Berger Hammerschlag (1917–1969), abstract painter
• Margarete Hamerschlag (1902–1958), painter, illustrator
• Karin Hannak (born 1940), multi-media
• Fanny Harlfinger-Zakucka (1873–1954), painter and graphic artist
• Hermine Heller-Ostersetzer (1874–1909), painter and graphic artist
• Mercedes Helnwein (born 1979), creator of large-scale drawings
• Gertrud Höchsmann (1902–1990), fashion designer
• Nina Hollein (born 1971), fashion designer
• Stephanie Hollenstein (1886–1944), Expressionist painter

J

• Karin Jarl-Sakellarios (1885–1948), sculptor
• Hildegard Joos (1909–2005), painter
• Birgit Jürgenssen (1949–2003), photographer, painter, graphic artist and teacher

K

• Dora Kallmus (1881–1963), photographer
• Johanna Kampmann-Freund (1888–1940), painter
• Ernestine von Kirchsberg (1857–1924), painter
• Kiki Kogelnik (1935–1997), painter, sculptor and printmaker
• Sacha Kolin (1911–1981), painter
• Broncia Koller-Pinell (1863–1934), painter
• Irma Komlosy (1850–1919), painter
• Michaela Konrad (born 1972), contemporary artist
• Frida Konstantin (1884–1918), painter
• Brigitte Kowanz (1957–2022), contemporary artist
• Barbara Krafft (1764–1825), painter
• Grete Wolf Krakauer (1890–1970), painter
• Edith Kramer (1916–2014), painter and art therapist
• Ilona Kronstein (1897–1948), Budapest-born painter
• Elke Krystufek (born 1970), conceptual artist
• Felicitas Kuhn (1926–2022), illustrator

L

• Maria Lassnig (1919–2014), painter
• Gisela Falke von Lilienstein (1871–?), ceramicist, designer
• Lia (fl. 1990–), software artist
• Roberta Lima (born 1974), video and performance artist
• Lea von Littrow (1860–1914), painter
• Ulli Lust (born 1967), cartoonist
• Mariette Lydis (1887–1970), Austrian-Argentine painter

M

• Marianne Maderna (born 1944), sculptor and illustrator
• Anna Mahler (1904–1988), sculptor
• Nadja Maleh (born 1972), actress, singer, cabaret artist and director
• Margarete Markl (1902–1981), sculptor
• Paula Maly (1891–1974), painter
• Henriette Mankiewicz (1852-1906), art embroiderer
• Gerda Matejka-Felden (1901–1984), painter
• Ursula Mayer (born 1970), multimedia artist
• Rosa Mayreder (1858–1938), painter
• Emilie Mediz-Pelikan (1861–1908), painter
• Moje Menhardt (born 1934), painter
• Olga Milles (1874–1967), portrait painter
• Elizabeth Burger Monath (1907–1986), illustrator
• Inge Morath (1923–2002), photographer
• Marie-Louise von Motesiczky (1906–1996), painter
• Bertha Müller (1848–1925), painter
• Birgit C. Muller (fl 2000s), fashion designer
• Marie Müller (1847–1935), painter
• Ulrike Müller (born 1971), mixed-media artist
• Agnes Muthspiel (1914–1966), painter

N

• Juliana Neuhuber (born 1979), artist and filmmaker
• Gertrud Natzler (1908–1971), Austrian-American ceramist

O

• Vevean Oviette (1902–1986), painter, print maker

P

• Maria Petschnig (born 1977), video artist
• Margot Pilz (born 1936), visual artist
• Martina Pippal (born 1957), painter, sculptor and art historian
• Lisa von Pott (1888–?), sculptor
• Adrienne von Pötting (1856–1909), painter
• Teresa Präauer (born 1979), writer and visual artist

R

• Caroline Ramersdorfer (born 1960), sculptor
• Elise Ransonnet-Villez (1843–1899), painter
• Barbara Rapp (born 1972), mixed-media artist
• Lily Renée (1921–2022), illustrator and writer
• Lili Réthi (1894–1969), artist and illustrator
• Lucie Rie (1902–1995), potter
• Elli Riehl (1902–1977), painter
• Teresa Feoderovna Ries (1874–1956), sculptor

S

• Frieda Salvendy (1887–1968), painter
• Karin Schäfer (born 1963), performance artist
• Therese Schachner (1869–1950), painter
• Martina Schettina (born 1961), mixed media artist
• Emma Schlangenhausen (1882–1947), graphic artist
• Lene Schneider-Kainer (1885–1971), painter
• Gaby Schreiber (1904–1976), industrial and interior designer
• Elfriede Schuselka (born 1940), painter, printmaker
• Barbara Schurz (born 1973), performance artist and writer
• Rosa Schweninger (1849–1918), painter
• Deborah Sengl (born 1974), painter and sculptor
• Jutta Sika (1877–1964), graphic designer, ceramist, painter, fashion designer
• Susi Singer (1891–1955), Austrian-American ceramist
• Tamuna Sirbiladze (1971–2016), Georgian-Austrian painter
• Anna Stainer-Knittel (1841–1915), painter
• Edith Stauber (born 1968), film director and illustrator
• Martina Steckholzer (born 1974), artist
• Lilly Steiner (1884–1961), painter
• Evelin Stermitz (born 1972), video and performance artist
• Marguerite Stix (1904–1975), sculptor, jeweller and ceramist
• Ceija Stojka (1933–2013), painter, writer and musician
• Marianne Stokes (1855–1927), painter
• Josefine Swoboda (1861–1924), painter

T

• Ernestine Tahedl (born 1940), Austrian-Canadian painter
• Bertha von Tarnóczy (1846–1936), art teacher and painter
• Helene von Taussig (1879–1942), painter
• Ottilie Tolansky (1912–1977), painter
• Hede von Trapp (1877–1947), painter, illustrator and poet
• Edith Tudor Hart (1908–1973), photographer and spy
• Esin Turan (born 1970), sculptor and painter
• Ilse Twardowski-Conrat (1880–1942), sculptor

U

• Carola Unterberger-Probst (born 1978), new media artist and philosopher

V

• Helena Kottler Vurnik (1882–1962), Austrian-Slovenian illustrator and painter

W

• Rosina Wachtmeister (born 1939), sculptor, painter
• Trude Waehner(1900–1979), painter
• Pepi Weixlgärtner-Neutra (1886–1981), Austrian-Swedish graphic designer, painter, sculptor
• Susanne Wenger (1915–2009), painter and sculptor
• Vally Wieselthier (1895–1945), Austrian-American ceramist
• Elisabeth Wild (1922–2020), collage artist
• Grete Wilhelm (1887–1942), painter
• Olga Wisinger-Florian (1844–1926), painter
• Grete Wolf Krakauer (1890–1970), painter
• Marie Elisabeth Wrede (1898–1981), portrait painter

Z

• Franziska Zach (1900–1930), painter
• Lisbeth Zwerger (born 1954), illustrator

See also

• List of Austrian women photographers