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In the 1970s a debate was ignited by Linda Nochlin’s essay entitled Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? This was followed by a raft of exhibitions that sought to redirect the focus on female artists. But only a select few names appear in standard art histories.
So, ultcult.com seeks here to remedy this by featuring the works of 44 female artists, sculptors …
 Anni Albers (1899-1984) German-American, Bauhaus |  Wall Hanging 1926 |
 Still Life On Corner of A Mantlepiece 1914 |  Vanessa Bell (1879-1961) English, Post-Impressionism/Arts & Crafts/ Bloomsbury Group |
 Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899) French, Romanticism/Realism |  The Horse Fair 1852-1855 |
 Maman 1999 |  Louise Bourgeois (1911-2020) French-American, Sculpture Art/Installation Art |
 Olga Boznańska (1865-1940) Polish, Young Poland |  Self-portrait with folded hands 1893 |
 Expansion 2012 |  Paige Bradley (1974- ) American, Sculpture Art |
 Cecily Brown (1969- ) English-American, Abstract Art |  1000 Thread Count 2004 |
 Smoke Spheres 2-4 2006-2007 |  Angela Bulloch (1966- ) Canadian English, Young British Artist |
 Dora Carrington 1893-1932 English, Bloomsbury Group |  Portrait of Lytton Strachey 1917 |
 Self Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse) 1937-1938 | Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) Anglo-Mexican, Surrealism |
 Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) American, Japonism/Impressionism/ Post-Impressionism |  The Child’s Bath 1893 |
 Venice 1918 |  Aleksandra Ekster (Алекса́ндра Алекса́ндровна Эксте́р) (1882-1949) Russian-Ukranian |
 Tracey Emin (1963- ) English, Conceptual Art/Installation Art/ Young British Artist |  My Bed 1998 |
 Banana Split Sundae 1980 |  Audrey Flack (1931- ) American, Abstract Expressionism/Pop Art/ Photo Realism |
 Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) Italian, Mannerism/Bolognese School |  Minerva Dressing, 1613 |
 Preserve ‘beauty’ 1991-2003 |  Anya Gallaccio (1963- ) English, Young British Artist |
 Artemisia Gentileschi (self-portrait) (1593-1653) Italian, Baroque |  Judith Slaying Holofernes 1612-1613 |
 The Cyclist 1913 |  Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962) Russian, Avant-garde/Der Blaue Reiter |
 Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) English, Sculpture Art |  Monolith (Empyrean) 1953 |
 Le Cavalier 1996 |  Danielle Jacqui French, Art Brut-Outsider Art |
 Joan Jonas (1936- ) American, Performance Artist, Video Art |  Mirage 1970s |
 Self-Portrait in a Velvet Dress 1925 |  Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) Mexican, Naïve Art/Primitivism/Surrealism |
 Susan Kare (1954- ) American, Artist and Graphic Designer |  Apple Macintosh Fonts 1982 |
 Portrait of David Garrick 1764 |  Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807) Swiss, Rococo/Neoclassicism |
 Lee Krasner (1908-1984) American, Abstract Art/ Abstract Expressionism |  Composition, 1943 1943 |
 Marie Antoinette in a Court Dress 1778 |  Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (self-portrait with straw hat) (1755-1842) French, Rococo |
 Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980) Polish, Art Deco |  Young Lady with Gloves 1930 |
 Three Black Cats 1955 |  Maud Lewis (1903-1970) Canadian, Abstract Art/Modern Art |
 Séraphine Louis (1864-1932) French, Naïve Art/Primitivism/ Art Brut-Outsider Art |  The Tree of Life 1928 |
 With my Back to the World 1997 |  Agnes Martin (1912-2004) Canadian-American, Minimalism/Abstract Art |
 Joan Mitchell (1925-1992) American, Abstract Art/ Abstract Expressionism/Action-Kinetic |  Straw 1960 |
 The Cradle 1872 |  Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) French, Impressionism |
 Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) American, Abstract Expressionism/Sculpture Art |  Atmosphere and Environment XII 1970-1973 |
 Cow’s Skull: Red, White and Blue 1931 |  Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) American, Abstract Art |
 Salomé Perignan (1977- ) French, Art Brut-Outsider Art |  Patience 2018 |
 Untitled (grey and brown) 1991 |  Fiona Rae (1970- ) Hong Kongese/English, Young British Artist |
 Dame Maria Paula Figueiroa Rego (1935-2022) Portuguese, Expressionism/ Abstract Expressionism |  The Family 1988 |
 Blaze 1 1964 |  Bridget Riley (1931- ) English, Op Art |
 Ángeles Santos Torroella (self-portrait) (1911-2013) Spanish (Catalan), Surrealism |  A world 1929 |
 Untitled – two girls sculpture Year? |  Judith Scott (1943-2005) American, Art Brut-Outsider Art |
 Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (self-portrait) (1908-1992) Portuguese, Abstract Art |  Theatre de Gerard Philipe 1975 |
 Self Portrait 1910 |  Marianne von Werefkin (self-portrait 1910) (1860-1938) Russian-German-Swiss, Expressionism/ Der Blaue Reiter |
 Dame Rachel Whiteread (1963- ) English, Young British Artist |  Ghost 1990 |
 Bread (aka Grain) 1949 |  Tatiana Yablonskaya (Self-portrait 1945) (1917-2005) Ukranian, Propaganda-Socialist Realism/ Social Realism |
Just in case you were wondering the artists featured in the 9-person header block are:
Vanessa Bell, Georgia O’Keeffe, Salomé Perignan
Olga Boznańska, Angela Bullock, Dora Carrington
Paige Bradley, Tracey Emin, Cecily Brown
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