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
• Georgette Agutte (1867–1922), painter
• Lou Albert-Lasard (1885–1969), painter
• Anastasia (fl. c.1400), manuscript illuminator
• Virginie Ancelot (1792–1875), painter, writer
• Lydie Arickx (born 1954), painter
• Yolande Ardissone (born 1927), painter
• Geneviève Asse (born 1923), painter
• Pauline Auzou (1775–1835), painter

B

• Jeanne Bardey (1872–1954), painter, sculptor
• Nina Barka (1908–1986), Russian-born French painter
• Françoise Basseporte (1701–1780), painter
• Marie Adelaide Baubry-Vaillant (1829–after 1881), painter
• Geneviève Brossard de Beaulieu (fl. 1770–1815), 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
• Solange Bertrand (1913–2011), painter, sculptor, engraver
• Adélaïde Binart (1769–1832), painter
• Lucienne Bisson (1880–1939), painter
• Marie Blancour (fl. 1650–1699), painter
• Jeanne Bonaparte (1861–1910), painter, sculptor
• Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899), painter
• 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
• Marie Bracquemond (1841–1916), painter
• Elisa Breton (1906–2000), artist, writer
• Élise Bruyère (1776–1847), painter

C

• Marcelle Cahn (1895–1981), painter
• Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761–1818), 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
• Marie Cazin (1845–1924), painter, sculptor
• Amelie Chabannes (born 1974), painter
• 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
• Geneviève Claisse (born 1935), abstract painter
• Marie Jeanne Clemens (1755–1791), French-Danish engraver, pastel artist
• Marie-Amélie Cogniet (1798–1869), painter
• 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
• Marie Courtois (c.1655–1703), miniature painter
• Béatrice Cussol (born 1970), artist, writer

D

• Hermine David (1886–1970), painter
• Césarine Davin-Mirvault (1773–1844), painter
• Elsa Dax (born 1972), painter
• Iphigénie Decaux-Milet-Moreau (1778–1862), flower painter
• Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), Ukrainian-born French painter
• Émilie Desjeux (1861–1957), painter
• Angèle Dubos (born 1844), 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

F

• Jeanne Fichel (1849–1906), painter
• Rosalie Filleul (1753–1794), pastellist, painter
• Fanny Fleury (1848–1920), painter
• Brigitte Lovisa Fouché (born 1958), painter
• Consuelo Fould (1862–1927), painter
• Sophie Fremiet (1797–1867), painter
• Charlotte Eustace Sophie de Fuligny-Damas (1741–1828), flower painter

G

• Annick Gendron (died 2008), abstract painter
• Marguerite Gérard (1761–1837), painter, etcher
• Louise Germain (1874–1939), painter
• Françoise Gilot (born 1921), painter, writer
• Marie-Suzanne Giroust (1734–1772), painter
• Marie-Éléonore Godefroid (1778–1849), portrait paiter
• Eva Gonzalès (1849–1883), Impressionist painter
• Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy (1798–1869), painter
• Rosina Mantovani Gutti (1851–1943), painter

H

• Adélaïde Victoire Hall (1772–1844), Swedish-French painter
• Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot (1784–1845), genre painter
• Jeanne Hébuterne (1898–1920), painter
• 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 Houssaye (1840–1901), painter

J

• Marguerite Jacquelin (1850s–1941), flower painter
• Marie Victoire Jaquotot (1772–1855), painter
• Marine Joatton (born 1972), contemporary artist

L

• Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749–1803), miniaturist and portrait painter
• Andrée Lavieille (1887–1960), painter
• Marie Adrien Lavieille (1852–1911), painter
• Marie Ernestine Lavieille ( 1852–1937), painter
• Marie-Élisabeth Laville-Leroux (1779–1826), painter
• Marie Laurencin, (1883–1956) painter, printmaker
• Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux (1767–1840), painter
• Madeleine Lemaire (1845–1928), painter
• Marie-Victoire Lemoine (1754–1820), painter
• Sonia Lewitska (1880–1937), Ukrainian-born painter, printmaker, working in France
• Marianne Loir (1715–1769), portrait painter
• Henriette Lorimier (1775–1854), portrait painter
• Séraphine Louis (1864–1942), painter

M

• Dora Maar (1907–1997), photographer, poet, painter
• Julie Manet (1878–1966), painter
• Maria Manton (1910–2003), painter
• Marie Antoinette Marcotte (1869 – 1929), painter
• Jacqueline Marval (1866-1932), painter
• Lidiya Masterkova (1927–2008), Russian-born French painter
• Caroline de Maupéou (1836–1915), painter
• Angélique Mezzara (1793–1868), painter
• Victorine Meurent (1844–1927), 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
• Mirka Mora (born 1928), French-born Australian visual artist
• Eulalie Morin (1765–1837), portrait painter
• Berthe Morisot (1841–1895), Impressionist painter

N

• Aurélie Nemours (1910–2005), abstract painter
• Marie Nicolas (1845–1903), painter

O

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

P

• Gabrielle-Charlotte Patin (born 1966), numismatist, writer, painter
• Blanche Paymal-Amouroux (1860–1910), painter
• Laure Pigeon (1882–1965), Spiritualist artist
• Alice Prin (1901–1953), painter, writer

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
• Adèle Riché (1791–1878), painter
• Jeanne Rij-Rousseau (1870–1956), Cubist painter
• 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

S

• Niki de Saint-Phalle (1930–2002), sculptor, painter, filmmaker
• Eugénie Salanson (1836–1912), painter
• Félicie Schneider (1831–1888), portrait painter

T

• Henriette Tirman (1875–1952), painter, printmaker

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
• Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908–1992), Portuguese-French abstract painter
• Louise 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

W

• Hermine Waterneau (1862–1916), painter

Z

• Jenny Zillhardt (1857–1939), painter