List of French women artists

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

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A

• Louise Abbéma (1853–1927), painter, sculptor, designer
• Georges Achille-Fould (1868–1951), painter
• Françoise Adnet (1924–2014), figurative painter
• Hélène Agofroy (born 1953), contemporary artist
• Georgette Agutte (1867–1922), painter
• Fanny Alaux (1797–1880), painter
• Lou Albert-Lasard (1885–1969), painter
• Yvette Alde (1911–1967), painter
• Jeanne Amen (1863–1923), painter.
• Beatrice Valentine Amrhein (born 1961), painter
• Anastasia (fl. c.1400), manuscript illuminator
• Virginie Ancelot (1792–1875), painter, writer
• Hélène Marie Antigna (1837–1918), painter
• Lydie Arickx (born 1954), painter
• Yolande Ardissone (born 1927), painter
• Geneviève Asse (1923–2021), painter
• Virginie Augustin (born 1973), comics and animated features artist
• Pauline Auzou (1775–1835), painter

B

• Anna Barbara Bansi (1777–1863), painter
• Jeanne Bardey (1872–1954), painter, sculptor
• Estelle de Barescut, painter and lithographer
• Nina Barka (1908–1986), Russian-born French painter
• Françoise Basseporte (1701–1780), painter
• Marie-Adélaïde Baubry-Vaillant (1829–after 1881), painter
• Amélie Beaury-Saurel (1849–1924), painter
• Hélène de Beauvoir (1910–2001), painter
• Gabrielle Bellocq (1920–1999), painter, artist in pastels
• Denise Bellon (1902–1999), photographer associated with Surrealism
• Marie-Guillemine Benoist (1768–1826), painter
• Marcelle Bergerol (1900–1989), painter
• Augusta Bernard (1886–1946), fashion designer
• Solange Bertrand (1913–2011), painter, sculptor, engraver
• Adélaïde Binart (1769–1832), painter
• Ginette Bingguely-Lejeune (1895–1969), sculptor
• Lucienne Bisson (1880–1939), painter
• Marie Blancour (fl. 1650–1699), painter
• Cathryn Boch (born 1968), multi-media artist
• Jeanne Bonaparte (1861–1910), painter, sculptor
• Juliette Bonheur (1830–1891), painter
• Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899), painter
• Claire Bouilhac (born 1970), bande dessinée illustrator, scriptwriter, colorist
• Marie Bouliard (1763–1825), portrait painter
• Madeleine Boullogne (1646–1710), still life painter
• Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), sculptor
• Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella (1641–1676), engraver
• Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella (1636–1697), engraver
• Marthe Boyer-Breton (1879–1926), painter
• Marie Bracquemond (1841–1916), painter
• Elisa Breton (1906–2000), artist, writer
• Geneviève Brossard de Beaulieu (fl. 1770–1815), painter
• Henriette Browne (1829–1901), orientalist painter
• Élise Bruyère (1776–1847), painter
• Marie-Abraham Rosalbin de Buncey (1833–1891), painter
• Berthe Burgkan (1855–1936), painter

C

• Marcelle Cahn (1895–1981), painter
• Joséphine Calamatta (1817–1893), painter, engraver
• Blanche-Augustine Camus (1884–1968), painter
• Yvonne Canu (1921–2008), painter
• Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761–1818), painter
• Henriette Cappelaere (fl. 1846–1859), painter
• Annie Cardin (born 1938), painter
• Madeleine Carpentier (1865–1940), painter
• Marguerite Jeanne Carpentier (1886–1965), painter, sculptor
• Renée Carpentier-Wintz (1913–2003), painter
• Béatrice Casadesus (born 1942), painter, educator
• Madeleine Caudel (1879–1962), landscape painter
• Madame Cavé (c.1809–1883), painter, teacher
• Berthe Cazin (1872–1971), painter, potter, goldsmith
• Marie Cazin (1845–1924), painter, sculptor
• Camille Chantereine (1810–1847), painter
• Angelique Charbonée (c.1740–after 1780), engraver
• Eugénie Charen (1786–1824), painter
• Émilie Charmy (1878–1974), avant-garde painter
• Constance Marie Charpentier (1767–1849), painter
• Zoé-Laure de Chatillon (1826–1908), painter
• Francine Charderon (1861–1928), portrait painter
• Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet (died 1832), painter
• Germaine Chaumel (1895–1982), illustrator
• Aimée Julie Cheron (1821–c.1840), miniature painter
• Li Chevalier (born 1961), painter, installation artist
• Geneviève Claisse (1935–2018), abstract painter
• Marie Jeanne Clemens (1755–1791), French-Danish engraver, pastel artist
• Marie-Amélie Cogniet (1798–1869), painter
• Héloïse Colin (1819–1873), painter, fashion illustrator
• Uranie Alphonsine Colin-Libour (1833–1916), painter
• Jacqueline Comerre-Paton (1859–1955), painter
• Delphine Arnould de Cool-Fortin (1830–1921), painter, writer
• Louise Zoé Coste (1805–after 1861), painter
• Lucie Cousturier (1876–1925), painter, writer
• Laure Coutan-Montorgueil (1855–1915), sculptor
• Marie Courtois (c.1655–1703), miniature painter
• Marguerite Crissay (1874–1945), painter, sculptor
• Béatrice Cussol (born 1970), artist, writer

D

• Jeanne Bernard Dabos (1765–1842), miniature painter
• Augustine Dallemagne (1821–1875), miniature painter
• Rébecca Dautremer (born 1971), illustrator
• Hermine David (1886–1970), painter
• Césarine Davin-Mirvault (1773–1844), painter
• Marie-Victoire Davril (1755–1820), painter
• Elsa Dax (born 1972), painter
• Iphigénie Decaux-Milet-Moreau (1778–1862), flower painter
• Herminie Déhérain (1798–1839), painter
• Julie Delance-Feurgard (1859–1892), painter
• Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), Ukrainian-born French painter
• Marguerite Delorme (1876–1946), painter
• Virginie Demont-Breton (1859–1935), painter
• Claudie Titty Dimbeng (born 1968), Ivorian-born abstract painter
• Émilie Desjeux (1861–1957), painter
• Louise-Adéone Drölling (1797–1836), painter
• Angèle Dubos (1844–1916), painter
• Victoria Dubourg (1840–1926), flower painter
• Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti (1889–1963), painter
• Catherine Duchemin (1630–1698), flower and fruit painter
• Rose-Adélaïde Ducreux (1761–1802), painter, musician
• Clémentine-Hélène Dufau (1869–1937), painter
• Adélaïde Dufrénoy (1765–1825), poet, painter
• Natalia Dumitresco (1915–1997), Romanian-born French abstract painter
• Thérèse-Marthe-Françoise Dupré (1877–1920), realist painter
• Pierrette-Madeleine-Cécile Durand (1745–1831), painter

E

• Diane Esmond (1910–1981), British-born French Post-Impressionist painter
• Hélène Elizaga (1896–1981), French Basque painter

F

• Nina Fagnani (1856–1928), American-born French miniature painter
• Hélène Feillet (1812–1889), painter and lithographer
• Nathalie Ferlut (born 1968), comic book illustrator, scriptwriter, colorist
• Jeanne Fichel (1849–1906), painter
• Madeleine Fié-Fieux (1897–1995), painter
• Clara Filleul (1822–1878), painter and children's writer
• Rosalie Filleul (1752–1794), pastellist, painter
• Fanny Fleury (1848–1920), painter
• Marie-Anne-Julie Forestier (1782–1843), painter
• Brigitte Lovisa Fouché (born 1958), painter
• Pauline Fourès (1778–1869), painter, novelist
• Consuelo Fould (1862–1927), painter
• Marie-Anne Fragonard (1745–1823), miniature painter
• Sophie Fremiet (1797–1867), painter
• Charlotte Eustace Sophie de Fuligny-Damas (1741–1828), flower painter

G

• Marie-Élisabeth Gabiou (1761–c.1811), painter
• Beya Gille Gacha (born 1990), sculptor
• Daria Gamsaragan (1907–1986), Egyptian-born Armenian sculptor and novelist
• Annick Gendron (1939–2008), abstract painter
• Marguerite Gérard (1761–1837), painter, etcher
• Louise Germain (1874–1939), painter
• Françoise Gilot (1921–2023), painter, writer
• Marie-Suzanne Giroust (1734–1772), painter
• Paule Gobillard (1867–1946), painter
• Marie-Éléonore Godefroid (1778–1849), portrait painter
• Eva Gonzalès (1849–1883), Impressionist painter
• Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy (1798–1869), painter
• Anna-Geneviève Greuze (1762–1842), painter
• Henriette Gudin (1825–1892), marine painter
• Anne Guéret (1760–1805, painter
• Louise Catherine Guéret (1755–1851), painter
• Rosina Mantovani Gutti (1851–1943), painter
• Maximilienne Guyon (1868–1903), painter

H

• Adélaïde Victoire Hall (1772–1844), Swedish-French painter
• Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot (1784–1845), genre painter
• Jeanne Hébuterne (1898–1920), painter
• Blanche Hennebutte-Feillet (1815–1886), lithographer
• Emma Herland (1856–1947), painter
• Louise Marie-Jeanne Hersent-Mauduit (1784–1862), painter
• I.J. Berthe Hess (1925–1996), painter
• Marie-Anne Horthemels (1682–1727), engraver
• Louise-Magdeleine Horthemels (1686–1767), engraver
• Marguerite J. A. Houdon (1771–1795), painter
• Joséphine Houssay (1840–1901), painter
• Marie Huet (born 1859), painter
• Julie Hugo (1797–1865), painter
• Anne Marguerite Hyde de Neuville (1771–1849), painter

I

• Camille Cornelie Isbert (1825–1911), painter
• Jeanne Itasse-Broquet (1867–1941), sculptor

J

• Marguerite Jacquelin (1850s–1941), flower painter
• Nélie Jacquemart (1841–1912), painter, art collector
• Jeanne Jacquemin (1863–1938), painter
• Marie Jaffredo (born 1966), comics artist
• Marie Victoire Jaquotot (1772–1855), painter
• Marine Joatton (born 1972), contemporary artist

K

• Bernadette Kanter (born 1950), sculptor
• Pauline Knip (née Pauline Rifer de Courcelles) (1781–1851), bird painter, illustrator

L

• Élodie La Villette (1848–1917), painter
• Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749–1803), miniaturist and portrait painter
• Espérance Langlois (1805–1864), painter, printmaker
• Oriane Lassus (born 1987), cartoonist, illustrator
• Marie Laurencin (1883–1956), painter, printmaker
• Pauline Laurens (1850–1941), painter, printmaker
• Suzanne Laurens, sculptor
• Andrée Lavieille (1887–1960), painter
• Marie Adrien Lavieille (1852–1911), painter
• Marie Ernestine Lavieille (1852–1937), painter
• Marie-Élisabeth Laville-Leroux (1779–1826), painter
• Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux (1767–1840), painter
• Silviane Léger (1935–2012), French sculptor
• Amélie Legrand of Saint-Aubin (1797–1878), painter
• Anne-Louise Le Jeuneux (died 1794), painter
• Madeleine Lemaire (1845–1928), painter
• Marie-Victoire Lemoine (1754–1820), painter
• Thérèse Lemoine-Lagron (1891–1949), painter
• Sonia Lewitska (1880–1937), Ukrainian-born painter, printmaker, working in France
• Sophie Lienard (1800–1875), portrait miniaturist
• Marianne Loir (1715–1769), portrait painter
• Madeleine Lommel (1923–1929), outsider artist
• Henriette Lorimier (1775–1854), portrait painter
• Séraphine Louis (1864–1942), painter
• Marie Lucas Robiquet (1858–1959), Orientalist painter

M

• Dora Maar (1907–1997), photographer, poet, painter
• Sophie Mallebranche (born 1976), artist, textile designer
• Julie Manet (1878–1966), painter
• Maria Manton (1910–2003), painter
• Marie Antoinette Marcotte (1869–1929), painter
• Jacqueline Marval (1866–1932), painter
• Aude Massot (born 1983), comic book artist
• Lidiya Masterkova (1927–2008), Russian-born French painter
• Catherine Matausch (born 1960), French journalist and painter
• Marie-Alexandrine Mathieu (1838–1908), artist known for her etchings
• Caroline de Maupéou (1836–1915), painter
• Constance Mayer (1775–1821), painter
• Caroline Mesquita (born 1989), sculptor
• Victorine Meurent (1844–1927), painter
• Angélique Mezzara (1793–1868), painter
• Ksenia Milicevic (born 1942), painter, architect
• Miss Van (born 1973), graffiti artist
• Miss.Tic (born 1956), street wall artist, poet
• Louise Moillon (1610–1696), Baroque painter
• Blanche Hoschedé Monet (1865–1947), painter
• Angélique Mongez (1775–1855), painter
• Émilie-Sophie de Montullé (1756–1816), painter
• Mirka Mora (1928–2018), French-born Australian visual artist
• Blanche Moria (1858–1927), sculptor
• Eulalie Morin (1765–1837), portrait painter
• Berthe Morisot (1841–1895), Impressionist painter
• Tania Mouraud (born 1942), contemporary artist
• Euphémie Muraton (1840–1914), painter

N

• Afi Nayo (born 1969), painter
• Aurélie Nemours (1910–2005), abstract painter
• Marie Nicolas (1845–1903), painter
• Marie-Thérèse de Noireterre (1760–1823), miniaturist

O

• Princess Marie of Orléans (1813–1839), sculptor, designer

P

• Marie Parrocel (1743–1824), painter
• Gabrielle-Charlotte Patin (1666–1751), numismatist, writer, painter
• Odette Pauvert (1903–1966), painter
• Blanche Paymal-Amouroux (1860–1910), painter
• Marie Petiet (1854–1893), painter
• Laure Pigeon (1882–1965), Spiritualist artist
• Alice Prin (1901–1953), painter, writer

Q

• Anna Quinquaud (1890–1984), explorer and sculptor

R

• Alice Rahon (1904–1987), French-Mexican Surrealist artist, poet
• Marie Raymond (1908–1988), abstract painter
• Marie Magdeleine Real del Sarte (1853–1927), painter
• Marie-Thérèse Reboul (1728–1805), still life painter
• Sandrine Revel (born 1969), comics illustrator and author
• Hortense Richard (1860–1939/1940), painter
• Adèle Riché (1791–1878), painter
• Jeanne Rij-Rousseau (1870–1956), Cubist painter
• Cendrine Robelin (born 1983), contemporary artist
• Juliette Roche (1884–1980), Cubist painter
• Michèle Van de Roer (born 1956), Dutch-born painter, photographer, engraver
• Adèle Romany (1769–1846), miniature painter
• Jeanne Rongier (1852–1929), painter
• Charlotte de Rothschild (1825–1899), socialite, painter
• Jeanne Royannez (1855–1932), sculptor

S

• Apollonie Sabatier (1822–1890), courtesan, salon holder
• Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002), sculptor, painter, filmmaker
• Eugénie Salanson (1836–1912), painter
• Louise-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont (1790–1871), painter, lithographer
• Johanna Schipper (born 1967), comics artist
• Félicie Schneider (1831–1888), portrait painter
• Marie-Ernestine Serret (1812–1884), painter, pastellist
• Marguerite Sirvins (1890–1957), outsider textile artist
• Élisabeth Sonrel (1874–1953), painter, illustrator
• Audrey Spiry (born 1983), animator, illustrator, and bande dessinée author
• Anne Strésor (1651–1713), painter, nun
• Élisabeth Swagers (c.1775–1837), painter

T

• Élisabeth-Claire Tardieu (1731–1773), engraver
• Béatrice Tillier (born 1972), illustrator, cartoonist
• Henriette Tirman (1875–1952), painter, printmaker
• Kathy Toma (born 1944), painter, installation artist
• Sophie de Tott (1758–1848), painter

V

• Suzanne Valadon (1865–1938), painter
• Frédérique Vallet-Bisson (1862–1949), painter
• Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744–1818), painter
• Caroline de Valory (born 1790), painter, engraver
• Angélique-Louise Verrier (1762–1805), painter
• Marie-Nicole Vestier (1767–1846), painter
• Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908–1992), Portuguese-French abstract painter
• Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842), painter
• Marie-Denise Villers (1774–1821), portrait painter
• Élodie La Villette, (1848–1917), landscape painter
• Henriette Vincent (1786–1834), botanical painter
• Stéphanie de Virieu (1785–1873), painter, sculptor

W

• Hermine Waterneau (1862–1916), painter
• Emilie Jenny Weyl (1855–1934), sculptor
• Sabine Weiss (1924–2021), photographer

Z

• Jenny Zillhardt (1857–1939), painter