# List of English women artists

This is a list of women artists who were born in England or whose works are closely associated with that country.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* See also

## A

* Evelyn Abelson (1886–1967), painter
* Ruth Abrahams (1931–2000), painter, illustrator
* Judith Ackland (1892–1971), landscape painter
* Elinor Proby Adams (1885–1945), painter
* Sarah Gough Adamson (1888–1963), painter
* Edith Helena Adie (1865–1947), painter
* Marion Adnams (1898–1995), painter, printmaker, and draughtswoman
* Mary Adshead (1904–1995), painter, illustrator, designer
* Eileen Agar (1899–1991), painter and photographer
* Sam Ainsley (born 1950), painter and tapestry artist
* Pauline Aitken (1893–1958), sculptor
* Eileen Aldridge (1916–1990), painter
* Griselda Allan (1905–1987), painter
* Rosemary Allan (1911–2008), painter
* Daphne Allen (1899–1985), painter
* Kathleen Allen (1906–1983), painter
* Helen Allingham (1848–1926), watercolourist, illustrator
* Anna Alma-Tadema (1867–1943), painter
* Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852–1909), painter
* Athene Andrade (1908–1973), painter
* Edith Alice Andrews (1873–1958), painter, illustrator
* Lilian Andrews (1878–c.1962), painter
* Marie Angel (1923–2010), painter, illustrator
* Beatrice Angle (1859–1915), sculptor
* Mabel Annesley (1881–1959), engraver, painter
* Amanda Ansell (born 1976), painter
* Norah Ansell (1906–1990), sculptor
* Mary Anne Ansley (fl. 1810–1840), painter
* Anne Margaret Coke, Viscountess Anson (1779–1843), painter
* Rachel Ara (born 1965), conceptual and data artist
* Phyllis Archibald (1880–1947), sculptor
* Janet Archer (fl. 1873–1916), painter
* Val Archer (born 1946), painter
* Ann Arnold (1936–2015), painter
* Sue Arrowsmith (1950–2014), contemporary artist
* Pamela Ascherson (1923–2010), sculptor, illustrator
* Felicity Askew (born 1899, date of death unknown), sculptor
* Sophie Aston (born 1970), painter
* Sophie Atkinson (1876–1972), painter, illustrator
* Mary Audsley (1919–2008), painter, sculptor
* Winifred Austen (1876–1964), painter
* Gillian Ayres (1930–2018), painter, printmaker

## B

* Roma Babuniak (born 1952), ceramicist
* Margaret Backhouse (1818–1888), portrait painter
* Marjorie May Bacon (1902–1988), painter, printmaker
* Blanche Baker (1844–1929), painter
* Gladys Baker (1889–1974), painter
* Barbara Banister (1895–1984), painter, silversmith
* Lesley Banks (born 1962), painter
* Fiona Banner (born 1966), contemporary artist
* Audrey Barker (1932–2002), installation artist
* Lucette Barker (1816–1905), painter
* Gwen Barnard (1912–1988), painter, printmaker
* Mary Baylis Barnard (1870–1946), painter
* Angela Barrett (born 1955), illustrator and painter
* Anna Barriball (born 1972), mixed media artist
* Lindsay Bartholomew (born 1944), watercolour painter
* Edith Bateson (1867–1938), painter, sculptor
* Pauline Baumann (1899–1977), painter, printmaker
* Margaret Beale (1886–1969), marine artist
* Mary Beale (1633–1699), portrait painter
* Sophia Beale (1837–1920), painter
* Nicola Bealing (born 1963), painter
* Celia Frances Bedford (1904–1959), painter, printmaker
* Sarah Beddington (born 1964), artist, filmmaker
* Gladys Kathleen Bell (1882–1965), miniatures painter
* Jeanne Bell (1888–1978), sculptor
* Vanessa Bell (1879–1961), painter, interior designer
* Eleanor Best (1875–1957), painter
* Joyce Bidder (1906–1999), sculptor
* Clara Billing (1881–1963), sculptor, painter
* Helen Binyon (1904–1979), illustrator
* Suzzan Blac (born 1960), surreal painter
* Mary Black (c.1737–1814), portrait painter
* Vivien Blackett (born 1955), painter
* Audrey Blackman (1907–1990), sculptor, potter
* Eileen Blake (1878–1957), painter
* Zelma Blakely (1921–1978), illustrator
* Flavia Blois (1914–1980), landscape painter
* Margaret Blundell (1907–1996), painter, illustrator
* Anna Blunden (1829–1915), painter
* Barbara Bodichon (1827–1891), artist
* Deirdre Borlase (1925–2018), painter
* Daisy Theresa Borne (1906–1998), sculptor
* Doris Boulton-Maude (1892–1961), painter and printmaker
* Georgina Bowers (1836–1912), illustrator
* Eden Box (1919–1988), painter
* Dorothea Braby (1909–1987), illustrator
* Dorothy Bradford (artist) (1918–2008), painter
* Dorothy Elizabeth Bradford (1897–1986), painter
* Constance Bradshaw (1872–1961), landscapist
* Phyllis Bray (1911–1991), artist and muralist
* Rosa Brett (1829–1882), Pre-Raphaelite painter
* Denise Broadley (1913–2007), painter
* Iris Brooke (1905–c.1967), illustrator and author
* Irene Mary Browne, (1881–1977), sculptor and potter
* Marjorie Frances Bruford (1902–1958), painter
* Olivia Mary Bryden (1883–1951), painter
* Evelyne Oughtred Buchanan (1883–1979), painter
* Eliza Mary Burgess (1878–1961), painter
* Averil Burleigh (1883–1949), painter
* Louie Burrell (1873–1971), painter
* Dorothy Burroughes (1883–1963), illustrator
* Lady Elizabeth Butler (Elizabeth Thompson) (1846–1933), painter
* Mildred Anne Butler (1858–1941), painter
* Caroline Byng Lucas (1886–1967), painter and printer
* Anne Frances Byrne (1775–1837), flower painter
* Fanny Byse (1849–?), sculptor

## C

* Florence Callcott (1866–1936), sculptor
* Helen Cammock (born 1970), photographer, poet
* Estella Campavias (1918–1990), ceramicist, sculptor
* Felicity Campbell (1909–?), painter and illustrator
* Louisa Starr Canziani (1845–1909), painter
* Nancy Carline (1909–2004), landscape painter
* Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793–1872), portrait painter
* Edith Carr (1875–1949), painter
* Joanna Carrington (1931–2003), painter
* Florence Castle (1867–1959), painter, illustrator
* Tamsyn Challenger, contemporary artist
* Eileen Chandler (1904–1993), portrait painter
* Alice Chaplin (1848–1921), sculptor
* Daphne Charlton (1909–1991), painter
* Felicity Charlton (1913–2009), painter
* Evelyn Cheston (1875–1929), landscape painter
* Milly Childers (1866–1922), painter
* Helen Clapcott (born 1952), painter
* Jean Clark (1902–1999), watercolour painter and muralist
* Bethia Clarke (1867–1959), painter
* Dora Clarke (1895–1989), sculptor
* Freda Coleborn (1911–1965), glass artist
* Shelagh Cluett (1947–2007), sculptor
* Helen Mary Coaton (1911–2005), sculptor
* Hilary Dulcie Cobbett (1885–1976), painter
* Isabel Codrington (1874–1943), painter
* Ellen Gertrude Cohen (1846–?), illustrator
* Dorothy Coke (1897–1979), painter
* Elsie Vera Cole (1885–1967), painter
* Ruth Collet (1909–2001), painter
* Susan Collier (1938–2011), textile designer
* Elisabeth Collins (1904–2000), painter and sculptor
* Ithell Colquhoun (1906–1988), painter, occultist and author
* Joanna Constantinidis (1927–2000), potter, ceramist
* Alice May Cook (1876–1960), painter, illustrator
* Beryl Cook (1926–2008), painter
* May Louise Greville Cooksey (1878–1943), painter
* Jessica Cooper (born 1967), painter and designer
* Constance Copeman (1864–1953), painter
* Teresa Copnall (1882–1972), painter
* Edith Corbet (1846–1920), painter
* Emma Cousin (born 1986), painter
* Dorothy Cox (1882–1947), painter
* Doris Crane (1911–1999), sculptor
* Frances Crawshaw (1876–1968), painter
* Emily Grace Creswell (1889–1931), painter
* Fiona Crisp (born 1966), photographer, installation artist
* Barbara Crocker (1910–1995), painter, author
* Stella Rebecca Crofts (1898–1964), sculptor and potter
* Joan Crossley-Holland (1912–2005), gallery owner, potter
* Lizzie Mary Cullen, designer
* Nora Cundell (1889–1948), painter
* Esmé Currey (1881–1973), painter, etcher
* Mary Henrietta Dering Curtois (1854–1929), painter

## D

* Edith Mary Davey (1867–1953), painter
* Mary Davis (1866–1941), painter
* Gladys Dawson (1909–1993), painter, illustrator
* Frances Sally Day (1816–1892), painter, photographer
* Evelyn De Morgan (1855–1919), painter
* Jane Mary Dealy (1856–1939), painter
* Alison Debenham (1903–1967), painter
* Elise D'Elboux (1870–1956), painter, illustrator
* Christabel Dennison (1884–1924), painter, sculptor
* Joyce Dennys (1893–1991), cartoonist, illustrator and painter.
* Brigid Derham (1943–1980), painter
* Evangeline Dickson (1922–2004), painter
* Grace Digby (1895–1964), painter
* Eve Disher (1894–1991), painter
* Mary Dobson (born 1912, date of death unknown), painter, illustrator
* Mary Donington (1909–1987), sculptor
* Barbara Dorf (1933–2016), painter
* Jane Dowling (1925–2023), painter
* Edith Downing (1857–1931), sculptor
* Marjorie Drawbell (1903–2000), sculptor, potter
* Violet Dreschfeld (1890–1975), sculptor
* Pamela Drew (1910–1989), painter of marine and aviation subjects
* Yvonne Drewry (1918–2007), painter and printmaker
* Lilian Dring (1908–1998), textile artist
* Mary Elizabeth Duffield-Rosenberg (1819–1914), painter
* Evelyn Dunbar (1906–1960), painter, illustrator
* Susan Durant (1827–1873), sculptor

## E

* Aileen Eagleton (1902–1984), painter
* Ursula Edgcumbe (1900–1985), sculptor and painter
* Edith Edmonds (1874–1951), painter
* May de Montravel Edwardes (1887–1967), painter
* Helen Edwards (1882–1963), landscape painter
* Mildred Eldridge (1909–1991), painter
* Aileen Mary Elliott (1896–1966), marine artist
* Eleanor Joan Ellis (1904–1989), painter, woodcut artist
* Rosemary Ellis (1910–1998), painter, illustrator
* Tracey Emin (born 1963), multidisciplinary artist
* Rosalie Emslie (1891–1977), painter
* Nora England (1887–1970), painter
* Cicely Englefield (1893–1970), illustrator and author
* Grace English (1891–1956), painter

## F

* Frances C. Fairman (1839–1923), painter
* Leila Faithfull (1896–1994), painter
* Julia Farrer (born 1950), abstract painter
* Daphne Fedarb (1912–1992), painter
* Mary Fedden (1915–2012), painter
* Magdalen Feline (died 1796), silversmith
* Hilda Fearon (1878–1917), painter
* Dee Ferris (born 1973), painter
* Celia Fiennes (1902–1998), printmaker, painter
* Myrta Fisher (1917–1999), painter
* Margaret Fitton (1902–1988), artist
* Victorine Foot (1920–2000), artist
* Elizabeth Forbes (1859–1912), painting
* Mollie Forestier-Walker (1912–1990), portrait painter
* Agnes Freda Forres (c. 1880–1942), sculptor
* Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872–1945), artist, illustrator
* Marcia Lane Foster (1897–1983), painter and book illustrator
* Mary Fox (1922–2005), painter
* Cherryl Fountain (born 1950), painter
* Elizabeth Bertha Fraser (1914–2006), sculptor
* Violet Fuller (1920–2006), painter

## G

* Alexandra Gallagher (born 1980), multidisciplinary artist
* Margaret Garland (1893–1976), painter
* Rose Garrard (born 1946), multidisciplinary artist, writer
* Alethea Garstin (1894–1978), painter
* Margaret Geddes (1914–1998), painter
* Kaff Gerrard (1894–1970), painter, potter
* Jean Gibson (1927–1991), sculptor
* Margaret Giles (1868–1949), sculptor
* Phyllis Ginger (1907–2005), painter, illustrator
* Edith Gittins (1845–1910), painter
* Elsie Gledstanes (1891–1982), painter
* Anne Gliddon (1807–1878), painter, illustrator
* Sybil Mullen Glover (1908–1995), landscape painter
* Maude Goodman (Matilda Scanes) (1853–1938), painter
* Hilda May Gordon (1874–1972), painter
* Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968), painter and printmaker
* Caroline Gotch (1854–1945), painter
* Mary Gow (1851–1929), painter
* Alice Kirkby Goyder (1875–1964), painter, etcher
* Mary Grant (1831–1908), sculptor
* Kate Greenaway (1846–1901), illustrator
* Barbara Greg (1900–1983), wood engraver
* Christine Gregory (1879–1963), sculptor
* Eleanor Gribble (1883–1960), painter, designer
* Mary Elizabeth Groom (1903–1958), illustrator, printmaker
* Kate Groobey (born 1979), painter
* Lucy Gunning (born 1964), filmmaker, installation artist, sculptor, video artist
* Kathleen Guthrie (1905–1981), painter, illustrator
* Edna Guy (artist) (1897–1969), painter
* Sophie Green (born 1992)

## H

* Maria C. Hakewill (died 1842), portrait painter
* Roxana Halls (born 1974), painter
* Emmeline Halse (1853–1930), sculptor
* Maggi Hambling (born 1945), painter, sculptor
* Gertrude Harvey (1879–1966), painter
* Lucy Harwood (1893–1972), painter
* Isobel Heath (1908–1989), painter
* Elsie Henderson (1880–1967), painter, sculptor
* Sarah Hengler (c.1765–1845), firework artist
* Rose Henriques (1889–1972), painter
* Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975), painter, sculptor
* Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983), engraver
* Elsie Dalton Hewland (1901–1979), painter
* Cicely Hey (1896–1980), painter, sculptor
* Eileen Hickman-Smith (1909–1970), sculptor
* Wuon-Gean Ho (born 1973), printmaker
* Mary Hoare (1744–1820), painter
* Sarah Holaday (died 1754), silversmith
* Edith Holden (1871–1920), painter, writer
* Ruth Hollingsworth (1880–1945), painter
* Gwynneth Holt (1909–1995), ivory sculptor
* Claire Hooper (born 1979), painter, video artist
* Nancy Horrocks (1900–1989), abstract painter
* Kathleen Horsman (1911–1998), potter
* Evelyn Houghton (1908–1983), painter
* Erlund Hudson (1912–2011), watercolour painter and etcher
* Georgina Hunt (1912–2012), abstract artist

## I

* Diane Ibbotson (born 1946), painter
* Marjorie Incledon (1891–1973), painter, stained glass artist
* Judy Inglis (1952–2003), painter
* Alice Instone (born 1975), painter

## J

* Muriel Amy Jackson (1902–1989), illustrator
* Kathleen Jebb (1879–1957), painter, engraver
* Blanche Jenkins (active 1872–1915), painter
* Alix Jennings (1884-1980), oil painter
* Chantal Joffe (born 1969), painter
* Vivien John (1915–1994), painter
* Esther Borough Johnson (1866–1958), painter
* Gwyneth Johnstone (1915–2010), painter
* Jean Jones (1927–2012), painter
* Lucy Jones (born 1955), painter
* Louise Jopling (1843–1933), painter
* Lily Delissa Joseph (1863–1940), painter

## K

* Marion Kalmus (born 1962), mixed media artist
* Helen Kapp (1901–1978), painter, curator
* Angelica Kauffman (1741–1807), painter
* Edith Kemp-Welch (1870–1941), painter
* Lucy Kemp-Welch (1869–1958), equine artist
* Alice Kettle (born 1961), textile artist
* Sarah Louisa Kilpack (1839–1909), painter
* Dorothy King (1907–1990), painter
* Margaret King (active 1779–87), painter
* Eve Kirk (1900–1969), painter
* Myfanwy Kitchin (1917–2002), painter, ceramicist
* Laura Knight (1877–1970), painter, printmaker
* Madge Knight (1895–1974), abstract painter
* Winifred Knights (1899–1947), painter

## L

* Jessica Landseer (1810–1880), landscape painter, miniaturist
* Edith Lawrence (1890–1973), printmaker
* Eva Leigh (1895–1981) portraitist (drawing and silhouettes)
* Sheila Lea (1901–1992), sculptor
* Molly Le Bas (1903–1996), sculptor
* Erica Lee (1888–1981), sculptor
* Eliza Anne Leslie-Melville (1829-1919), painter
* Alice Lindley-Millican (1885–1930), sculptor
* Harriet Lisle (1717–1794), painter
* Beatrice Ethel Lithiby (1889–1966), painter
* Elizabeth Jane Lloyd (1928–1995), painter and teacher
* Dorothy Lockwood (1910–1991), painter
* Marie Seymour Lucas (1855–1921), painter
* Sarah Lucas (born 1962), contemporary artist

## M

* Frances Macdonald (1914–2002), painter
* Jessie Macgregor (1847–1919), painter
* Nicolette Macnamara (1911–1987), painter, writer
* Edna Mann (1926–1985), painter
* Violet Manners (1856–1937), painter
* Kathryn Maple, (born 1989), painter
* Madeline Marrable (1833–1916), painter
* Maria Marshall (born 1966), visual artist
* Freda Marston (1895–1949), painter
* Edith Martineau (1842–1909), painter
* Mei Matsuoka (born 1981), children's illustrator and author
* Charlotte Mayer (1929–2022), sculptor
* Anna Mazzotta (born 1970), painter
* Daphne McClure (born 1930), painter
* Mary McCrossan (1865–1934), painter
* Mary McEvoy, (1870–1941), painter
* Dorothy Mead (1928–1975), painter
* Annie Russell Merrylees (1866-1959), miniaturist
* Hilary Miller (1919–1993), painter, illustrator
* Maggie Mitchell (1883–1953), sculptor
* Victoria Monkhouse (1883–1970), painter
* Clara Montalba (1840–1929), painter
* Ellen Montalba (1842–1912), painter
* Henrietta Montalba (1848–1893), sculptor
* Hilda Montalba (1846–1919), painter, sculptor
* Esther Moore (1857–1934), sculptor, designer
* Mona Moore (1917–2000), painter, illustrator
* Mary Moser (1744–1819), painter
* Marlow Moss (1889–1958), painter, sculptor
* Olive Mudie-Cooke (1890–1925), painter
* Annie Feray Mutrie (1826–1893), painter
* Martha Darley Mutrie (1824–1885), painter

## N

* Isabel Naftel (1832–1912), landscape and genre painter
* Irene Newton (1915–1992), textile designer
* Catherine Maude Nichols (1847–1923), painter
* Margaret Graeme Niven (1906–1997), painter
* Marianne North (1830–1890), flower painter
* Krysia Nowak (born 1948), painter, mixed-media artist

## O

* Emma Oliver (1819–1885), landscape painter
* Madge Oliver (1875–1924), painter
* Emily Mary Osborn (1828–1925), painter

## P

* Grace Pailthorpe (1883–1971), painter
* Kathleen Parbury (1901–1986), sculptor
* Constance-Anne Parker (1921–2016), sculptor
* Lilian Parker (1874–1947), sculptor, painter
* Janette Parris (born 1963)
* Florence Pash (1860–1951), painter
* Enid Peate (1883–1954), painter
* Jane Wallas Penfold (1820–1884), illustrator and naturalist
* Margot Perryman (born 1938)
* Kate Perugini (1839–1929), painter
* Rosemary Peto (1916–1998), painter
* Louise Pickard (1865–1928), painter
* Sarah Pickstone, painter
* Dulcie Mary Pillers (1891–1961), medical illustrator
* Pinwill sisters (born 1870s), woodcarvers
* Orovida Camille Pissarro (1893–1968), painter, etcher
* Primrose Pitman (1902–1998), painter
* Maria Pixell (died 1811) painter
* Elizabeth Polunin (1887–1950), artist, theatre designer
* Fay Pomerance (1912–2001), painter
* Melinda Camber Porter (1953–2008), painter, writer
* Beatrix Potter (1866–1943), painter, writer
* Jasmine Pradissitto (born 1966), painter, sculptor
* Margaret Fisher Prout (1875–1963), painter
* Brenda Pye (1907–2005), painter

## R

* Henrietta Rae (1859–1928), painter
* Bianca Raffaella (born 1992), painter
* Mary Ramsden (born 1984), painter
* Alma Ramsey (1907–1993), sculptor
* Lilian Rathmell (1909–2000), painter, fabric artist
* Gwen Raverat (1885–1957), engraver
* Ruth Raymond (1897–1986), calligrapher, weaver
* Louise Rayner (1832–1924), watercolourist
* Rachel Reckitt (1908–1995), sculptor, engraver
* Daphne Reynolds (1918–2002), printmaker, painter
* Flora Macdonald Reid (1861–1938), painter
* Mary Remington (1910–2003), painter
* Lady Mary Rennell (1901–1981), painter
* Harriet Riddell (born 1990), textile artist
* Anna Ridler (born 1985), artificial intelligence artist
* Bridget Riley (born 1931), painter
* Ruth Rix (born 1942), painter, multidisciplinary artist
* Phyllis Roberts (1916-?), painter, sculptor
* Ellen Mary Rope (1855–1934), sculptor
* Ellis Rowan (1848–1922), illustrator
* Anne Rushout (c.1767–1849), watercolorist
* Rosemary Rutherford (1912–1972), painter, stained glass artist
* Margaret Ryder (1908–1998), painter
* Adolfine Mary Ryland (1903–1983), sculptor

## S

* Anne Said (1914–1995), artist
* Emily Sarah, painter
* Stella Schmolle (1908–1975), painter
* Pamela Scott Wilkie (born 1937), painter, printmaker
* Dorothea Sharp (1874–1955), painter
* Alice Sheene, silversmith
* Clare Shenstone (born 1948), portrait painter
* Tai Shani (born 1976), performance artist
* Elizabeth Siddal (1829–1862), artist
* Emma Sillett (1802–1880), flower painter
* Corinne Silva (born 1976), contemporary artist
* Hilary Simon, silk painter
* Ruth Simpson (1889–1964), portrait painter
* Vikki Slowe (born 1947), printmaker and painter
* Mary Smirke (1779–1853), painter
* May Aimée Smith (1886–1962), painter
* Pamela Colman Smith (1878–1951), illustrator and painter
* Jean Spencer (1942–1998), abstract artist
* Maria Spilsbury (1776–1820), religious painter
* A. B. S. Sprigge (1906–1980), sculptor
* Zita Stead (1904–1986), medical illustrator
* Florence Steele (1857–1948), sculptor, designer
* Elsie Stevens (1907–?), painter
* Carole Steyn (born 1938), abstract painter
* Marie Spartali Stillman (1844–1927), painter
* Marianne Stokes (1855–1927), painter
* Sarah Stone (1760–1844), natural history artist
* Helen Stratton (1867–1961), book illustrator
* Linda Sutton (born 1947), painter
* Annie Swynnerton (1844–1933), painter

## T

* Emma Talbot (born 1969), painter
* Agnes Clara Tatham (1893–1972), painter
* Barbara Austin Taylor (1891–1951), sculptor
* Shirley Teed (1933–2018), painter
* Hilda Theobald (1901–1985), sculptor
* Valerie Thornton (1931–1991), etcher, printmaker
* Helen Thornycroft (1848–1937), painter
* Flora Twort (1893–1985), painter, pastellist
* Mary Fraser Tytler (1849–1938), painter, ceramicist

## V

* Gladys Vasey (1889–1981), portrait painter
* Elisabeth Vellacott (1905–2002), painter
* Dorothy Venning (1885–1942), sculptor
* Angela Verren (born 1930), painter
* Charlotte Verity, (born 1954), painter
* Stella Vine (born 1969), painter

## W

* Lillian Wade (1870–1923), sculptor
* Josephine Wall (born 1947), painter, sculptor
* Mary Lemon Waller (1851–1931), painter
* Audrey Walker (1928–2020), textile artist
* Hilda Annetta Walker (1877–1960), sculptor and painter
* Winifred Walker (1882–1965), botanical artist
* Kathleen Walne (1915–2011), watercolour painter
* Joan Warburton (1920–1996), painter
* Henrietta Ward (1832–1924), genre painter
* Billie Waters (1896–1979), painter
* Mary Spencer Watson (1913–2006), sculptor
* Maud Marian Wear (1873–1955), painter
* Cecilia Webb (1888–1957), sculptor
* Kate Westrup (1885–1928), animal painter, potter
* Edith Grace Wheatley (1888–1970), painter
* Erica White (1904–1991), sculptor
* Rachel Whiteread (born 1963), sculptor
* Mandy Wilkinson (born 1970), painter
* Caroline Fanny Williams (1836–1921), landscape painter
* Faith Winter (1927–2017), sculptor
* Ursula Wood (1868–1925), painter
* Gertrude Mary Woodward (1854–1939), scientific illustrator
* Meg Woolf (1923–2023), painter, sculptor
* Rose Wylie (born 1934), painter

## Y

* Nan Youngman (1906–1995), painter

## Z

* Georgiana Zornlin (1800–1881), painter
* Astrid Zydower (1930–2005), sculptor