# List of Italian women artists

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

## A

* Carla Accardi (1924–2014), abstractionist painter
* Eleonora Aguiari (born 1973), installation artist
* Angelica Veronica Airola (c.1590–1670), Baroque painter
* Quirina Alippi-Fabretti (1849–1919), painter
* Topazia Alliata (1913–2015), painter, writer
* Edina Altara (1898–1983), illustrator, decorator and fashion designer
* Giulia Andreani (born 1985), history painter
* Amalia de Angelis (fl. 1851–1871), painter
* Elena Anguissola (c.1532–1584), painter and nun
* Lucia Anguissola (c.1538–c.1565), painter
* Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1532–1625), Renaissance painter
* Anna Maria Arduino (1633–1700), 17th century painter and writer and the Princess of Piombino from Messina, Sicily
* Simona Atzori (born 1974), painter and dancer born without arms

## B

* Pippa Bacca (1974–2008), artist
* Bianca Bagnarelli (born 1988), Italian-French illustrator, writer
* Maria Maddalena Baldacci (1718–1782), painter
* Rosa Barba (born 1972), installation artist
* Helena Barbagelata (born 1991), artist
* Eleonora Bargili (18th century), pastellist
* Letizia Battaglia (1935–2022), photographer
* Vanessa Beecroft (born 1969), contemporary artist
* Aniella di Beltrano (1613–1649), Baroque painter
* Elisabetta Benato-Beltrami (1813–1888), painter, sculptor
* Daniela Benedini (born 1972), contemporary painter
* Mirella Bentivoglio (1922–2017), sculptor, poet, performance artist
* Laura Bernasconi (fl.1674), Baroque painter
* Rosalba Bernini (1762–1829), pastellist
* Antonia Bertucci-Pinelli (died c.1640), Baroque painter
* Carlotta de Bevilacqua (born 1957), lighting designer
* Rossella Biscotti (born 1978), visual artist, video maker
* Ernesta Legnani Bisi (1788–1859), painter and engraver
* Fulvia Bisi (1818–1911), painter
* Rita Boley Bolaffio (1898–1995), collage artist
* Clelia Bompiani (1848–1927), painter
* Monica Bonvicini (born 1965), sculptor, photographer, video artist, educator
* Giuseppina Quaglia Borghese (1765–1831), painter and pastellist
* Erma Bossi (1875–1952), painter
* Luigia Bozzini (19th century), religious painter
* Faustina Bracci Armellini (1785–1857), pastellist
* Antonietta Brandeis (1848–1926), painter
* Nina Breeder (born 1982), contemporary artist
* Plautilla Bricci (1616–1690), architect, painter
* Fatma Bucak (born 1984), contemporary artist
* Eufrasia Burlamacchi (1482–1548), manuscript illuminator
* Angiola Guglielma Butteri (died 1676), nun, painter

## C

* Orsola Maddalena Caccia (1596–1676), nun, religious painter
* Margherita Caffi (1650–1710), flower painter
* Maria Callani (1778–1803), 18th century portrait painter, active in Parma.
* Suor Prudenza Cambi (died 1601), painter and nun
* Milena Canonero (born 1946), costume designer
* Ginevra Cantofoli (1618–1672), Baroque painter
* Sister Luisa Capomazza (c.1600–1646), painter
* Benedetta Cappa (1897–1977), futurist artist
* Antonella Cappuccio (born 1944), costume designer
* Ghitta Carell (1899–1972), Hungarian-born Italian photographer
* Shola Carletti (fl. 21st century), painter and sculptor, active in India
* Marianna Carlevarijs (1703–1750), painter and pastellist
* Rosalba Carriera (1673–1757), painter
* Maria Vittoria Cassana (died 1711), painter
* Caterina Amigoni Castellini (18th century), pastellist
* Beatrice Catanzaro (born 1975), conceptual artist
* Catherine of Bologna (1413–1463), nun, artist, saint
* Nicoletta Ceccoli (born 1973), Sammarinese illustrator
* Giulia Centurelli (1832–1872), painter and poet
* Maria Suppioti Ceroni (1730–c.1773), pastellist
* Vittoria Chierici (born 1955), painter
* Caterina Cherubini (died 1811), miniaturist
* Amalia Ciardi Dupré (1934–2024), sculptor and painter
* Emma Ciardi (1879–1933), painter
* Barbara Ciardo (born 1983), comic book colorist
* Vittoria Cocito (1891–1971), painter and illustrator
* Marina Cicogna (1934–2023), film producer and photographer
* Maria Giovanna Clementi (1692–1761), portrait painter
* Daniela Comani (born 1965), multimedia artist
* Theresa Maria Coriolano (1620–1671), engraver
* Maddalena Corvina (1607–1664), painter and engraver
* Liliana Cossovel (1924–1984), painter, collagist
* Maria Cosway (1760–1838), Italian-English painter
* Mariangiola Criscuolo (c.1548–1630), Renaissance painter
* Maria Eufrasia della Croce (1597–1676), nun, painter

## D

* Dadamaino (1930–2004), painter
* Isabella Maria dal Pozzo (fl. 1660s), painter
* Teodora Danti (c.1498–c.1573), painter, writer
* Caterina Davinio (born 1957), poet, novelist, new media artist
* Elena de' Grimani (born 1975), comic book artist and illustrator
* Lotus de Païni (1862–1953) painter, writer, sculptor, and occultist
* Yvonne De Rosa (born 1975), photographer
* Marianna Candidi Dionigi (1756–1826), painter and writer
* Anna Vittoria Dolara (1754–1827), nun, poet, painter
* Agnese Dolci (1635–1686), painter
* Valentina D'Urbano (born 1985), writer and illustrator
* Irene Parenti Duclos (1754–1795), painter, poet
* Amalia Ciardi Dupré (1934–2024), sculptor, painter

## F

* Adriana Bisi Fabbri (1881–1918), painter
* Orsola Faccioli (1823–1906), painter
* Lucrina Fetti (c.1590–1651), painter
* Teresa Fioroni-Voigt (1799–1880), painter of miniatures
* Eva Fischer (1920–2015), Croatian-born Italian painter and engraver
* Lavinia Fontana (1552–1614), early professional painter
* Giovanna Fratellini (1666–1731), Baroque painter
* Chiara Fumai (1979–2017)
* Virginia von Fürstenberg (1974–2023), fashion designer

## G

* Margarita Gabassi (mid-18th century), painter
* Anna Galeotti (1739–1773), engraver, painter
* Fede Galizia (1578–1630), pioneering still life Renaissance painter
* Federica Galli (1932–2009), printmaker
* Giola Gandini (1906–1941), painter
* Giovanna Garzoni (1600–1670), Baroque painter
* Francesca Genna (born 1967), printmaker
* Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–c.1656), Baroque painter
* Costanza Ghilini (1754–1775), amateur painter and pastellist
* Caterina Ginnasi (1590–1660), Baroque painter
* Domiziana Giordano (born 1959), painter, actress, photographer and video artist
* Sofia Giordano (1778–1829), painter
* Gisella Giovenco (born 1946), painter and stylist
* Francesca Grilli (born 1978), visual artist, video maker
* Beatrice Ancillotti Goretti (1879–1937), painter
* Camilla Guerrieri (1628–after 1693), court painter
* Rosina Mantovani Gutti (1851–1943), painter, especially of children

## H

* Domitilla Harding (fl. late 20th, early 21st century), furniture and fashion designer, also works with glass
* Adelita Husni-Bey (born 1985), visual artist, video maker

## I

* Iaia (116–27 BC), Roman painter, engraver

## K

* Elisabetta Keller (1891–1969), Italian-born Swiss painter and pastellist
* Kiyohara Tama (1861–1939), Japanese painter active in Sicily
* Elisa Koch (1833–1914), painter, pastellist

## L

* Giulia Lama (1681–1747), painter
* Luisa Lambri (born 1969), photographer
* Ketty La Rocca (1938–1976), poet, visual artist
* Carla Lavatelli (1928–2006), portrait painter, abstract sculptor
* Bice Lazzari (1900–1981), painter
* Angelica Le Gru Perotti (1719–1776), painter
* Vittoria Ligari (1713–1783), painter
* Maria Cattarina Locatelli (died 1723), painter
* Barbara Longhi (1552–1638), painter

## M

* Ortensia Poncarale Maggi (1732–1811), painter
* Francesca Magliani (born 1845), painter
* Lilla Maldura (fl. 1876–1887), painter
* Matilde Malenchini (1779–1858), portrait and genre painter
* Ada Mangilli (1863–1935), painter
* Anna Morandi Manzolini (1714–1774), anatomist, wax modeler
* Faustina Maratti (c.1679–1745), Baroque poet, painter
* Elisabetta Marchioni (fl. 1700), Venetian painter
* Clementina Marcovigi (1863–1887), painter
* Virginia Mariani (1824–1898), painter, ceramist
* Maria Martinetti (1864–1921), painter
* Luigia Massari (1810–1898), painter, embroiderer
* Giulia Masucci Fava (born 1858), painter
* Isabella Discalzi Mazzoni (fl. late 15th century), sculptor
* Margherita Pavesi Mazzoni (1930–2010), painter, sculptor and poet
* Carla Carli Mazzucato (born 1935), contemporary artist
* Marisa Merz (1931–2019), sculptor
* Giovanna Tacconi Messini (1717–1742), painter
* Madonna Fitta de Milano (17th century), painter
* Ottonella Mocellin (born 1966), photographer and video artist
* Tina Modotti (1896–1942), photographer, model and actress
* Maria Molin (18th century), pastellist
* Eleonora Monti (1727–1760), painter
* Sandra Moreschi (born 1946), designer of Jewish ceremonial art
* Emma Moretto (19th century), painter
* Marisa Mori (1900–1985), Futurist painter and printmaker
* Valentina Murabito (born 1981), photographer, visual artist

## N

* Olga Napoli (1903–1955), painter
* Maria Giacomina Nazari (born 1724), painter
* Plautilla Nelli (1524–1588), nun, early female Renaissance painter
* Dianora Niccolini (born 1936), photographer
* Elena Nobili (1833–1900), figure painter
* Lila De Nobili (1916–2002), stage designer, costume designer and fashion illustrator
* Teresa Boccardi Nuytz (died 1837), pastellist

## O

* Virginia Oldoini (1837–1899), photographer
* Maria Ormani (1428–c.1470), manuscript illustrator and nun
* Giuseppina Osenga (19th-century), painter
* Valentina Guidi Ottobri (artist) (born 1988), artist, curator

## P

* Arcangela Paladini (1599–1622), painter
* Isabella Parasole (c.1570–c.1620), wood engraver
* Luigia Pascoli (1805–1882), painter
* Francesca Pasquali (born 1980), painter
* Rosalba Pedrina (born 1944), painter and teacher
* Itala Pellegrino (born 1865), painter
* Cinzia Pellin (born 1973), artist
* Lida Persili (19th century), painter
* Anna Bacherini Piattoli (1720–1788), painter
* Fanny Pieroni-Davenport (late 19th century), painter
* Isabella Piccini (1664–1732), engraver
* Sara Pichelli (born 1983), comics artist
* Margherita Pillini (late 19th century), painter
* Ida Pinto-Sezzi (born 1852), painter
* Laura Piranesi (1755–1785), engraver
* Paola Pivi (born 1971), multimedia artist
* Teresa del Po (1649–1716), painter
* Amalia Del Ponte (born 1936), multidisciplinary artist
* Carlotta Ida Popert (1848–1923), German-Italian painter, etcher
* Isabella Maria dal Pozzo (died 1700), painter

## R

* Rabarama (born 1969), contemporary artist
* Baroness Annetta Radovska (19th century), painter
* Suor Barbara Ragnoni (1448–1533), nun, painter
* Elvira Raimondi (1866–1920), painter
* Carol Rama (1918–2015), painter
* Maria Angelica Razzi (16th century), nun, sculptor
* Emma Gaggiotti Richards (1825–1912), painter
* Elisa Rigutini Bulle (born 1859), painter
* Marietta Robusti (c.1560–1590), Renaissance painter
* Linda Rocchi (born 1857), painter
* Francesca Rognoni-Gratognini (1850–1938), landscape painter
* Juana Romani (1869–1924), painter
* Lalla Romano (1906–2001), novelist, poet, painter and journalist
* Paola Romano (1951–2021), painter and sculptor
* Valentina Romeo (born 1977), cartoonist, illustrator
* Diana de Rosa (1602–1643), painter
* Vicenza Giovanna Rovisi (1750–1824), late Baroque and Neoclassical painter

## S

* Marina Sagona (born 1967), Italian-American artist
* Chiara Samugheo (1935–2022), photographer
* Felicità Sartori (c.1714–1760), painter and pastellist
* Beatrice Scaccia (born 1978), painter
* Maria Domenica Scanferla (1726–1763), painter and pastellist
* Teresa Scannabecchi (1662–1708), Baroque painter
* Lucrezia Scarfaglia (fl. 1677), painter
* Ida Botti Scifoni (1812–1844), painter, sculptor and designer
* Diana Scultori (1535–1612), engraver
* Marinella Senatore (born 1977), visual artist
* Floria Sigismondi (born 1965), Italian-Canadian photographer
* Luisa Silei (1825–1898), landscape painter
* Roberta Silva (born 1971), Trinidad and Tobago-born contemporary artist
* Nerina Simi (1890–1987), painter, art teacher
* Elisabetta Sirani (1638–1665), Baroque painter
* Violante Beatrice Siries (1709–1783), painter
* Maria Spanò (born 1843), painter
* Irene di Spilimbergo (1540–1559), Renaissance painter
* Chiara Spinelli (1744–1823), pastellist
* Francesca Stuart Sindici (1858–c.1929), Spanish-Italian painter

## T

* Patrizia Taddei (born 1948), Italian-born Sammarinese contemporary artist
* Celeste Tanfani (fl. 1735), pastellist
* Margherita Terzi (18th century), pastellist
* Caterina Tarabotti (active 1659), Baroque painter
* Maria Felice Tibaldi (1707–1770), painter
* Grazia Toderi (born 1963), video artist and photographer
* Lucia Casalini Torelli (1677–1762), painter
* Tatiana Trouvé (born 1968), contemporary artist

## V

* Anna Maria Vaiani (died c.1655), engraver
* Grazia Varisco (born 1937), visual artist
* Chiara Varotari (1584–1663), Baroque painter
* Virginia Vezzi (1601–1638), painter
* Lella Vignelli (1934–2016), designer
* Lauretta Vinciarelli (1943–2011), artist, architect, educator
* Teresa Berenice Vitelli (fl. 1706–1729), painter

## W

* Bettina Werner (born 1965), artist working with salt

## Z

* Maria Zacchè (born 1933), artist specializing in pen and ink drawings
* Gentile Zanardi (late 17th century), Baroque painter
* Silvia Ziche (born 1967), comic book artist and writer
* Laura Zuccheri (born 1971), comic artist, illustrator, and painter