# 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.

## 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