Great Women Masters of Art is a 2003 reference work assembled and edited by the art historian Jordi Vigué, on women painters through the ages.
The preface of the book declares its motivation to fill the "lagoons of oblivion and contradicting opinions" regarding women's art. It confesses immediately the difficulties of handling such a broad subject, but after a short overview of women painters through the ages, it settles on the following list of women, where each entry includes a few illustrations:
List of women in the book
NameNationalityDate of birthDate of deathImageListed on page Catharina van Hemessen Netherlands 1528 1600s 33 Sofonisba Anguissola Italy 1535s 1625-11-16 39 Lucia Anguissola Duchy of Milan 1536 1565 45 Lavinia Fontana 1552-08-24 1614-08-11 49 Barbara Longhi Italy 1552-10-01 1638-12-23 55 Fede Galizia Duchy of Milan 1578 1630 59 Artemisia Gentileschi 1593-07-08 16531652 65 Clara Peeters Dutch RepublicSouthern Netherlands 1594 1657 71 Giovanna Garzoni 1600 1670 77 Michaelina Wautier Spanish Netherlands 1604 1689 91 Anna Maria van Schurman Dutch RepublicBelgium 1607-11-05 1678-05 81 Judith Leyster Netherlands 1609-07-28 1660-02-10 85 Louise Moillon France 1610 1696-12-20 97 Josefa de Óbidos PortugalSpain 1630-02-20 1684-07-22 103 Maria van Oosterwijck Dutch Republic 1630-08-20 1693-11-12 109 Mary Beale Kingdom of England 1633-03-26 1699 115 Elisabetta Sirani 1638-01-08 1665-08-25 119 Maria Sibylla Merian Dutch Republic 1647-04-02 1717-01-13 125 Rachel Ruysch Netherlands 1664-06-03 1750-08-12 129 Rosalba Carriera Republic of Venice 1675-10-07 1757-04-15 135 Angelica Kauffman SwitzerlandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1741-10-30 1807-11-05 141 Anne Vallayer-Coster FranceUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandGreat Britain 1744-12-21 1818-02-28 147 Adélaïde Labille-Guiard France 1749-04-11 1803-04-24 153 Marie-Victoire Lemoine France 1754 1820-12-02 159 Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun France 1755-04-16 1842-03-30 163 Marguerite Gérard France 1761-01-28 1837-05-18 173 Marie-Gabrielle Capet France 1761-09-06 1818-11-01 169 Constance Mayer France 1774-03-091775 1821-05-26 177 Marie-Éléonore Godefroid France 1778-06-20 1849-06 183 Rosa Bonheur France 1822-03-16 1899-05-25 187 Lilly Martin Spencer United States of America 1822-11-26 1902-05-22 193 Sophie Gengembre Anderson FranceUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1823 1903-03-10 197 Elizabeth Siddal United Kingdom 1829-07-25 1862-02-11 203 Marianne North United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1830-10-24 1890-08-30 209 Joanna Mary Boyce United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1831-12-07 1861-07-15 215 Rebecca Solomon United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1832-09-26 1886-11-20 219 Elizabeth Jane Gardner United States of America 1837-10-04 1922-01-28 223 Marie Bracquemond France 1840-12-01 1916-01-17 227 Berthe Morisot France 1841-01-14 1895-03-02 233 Emma Sandys United Kingdom 1843 1877-11 239 Lucy Madox Brown United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1843-07-19 1894-04-12 243 Kitty Lange Kielland Norway 1843-10-08 1914-10-01 247 Mary Cassatt United States of America 1844-05-22 1926-06-14 251 Fanny Churberg Grand Duchy of Finland 1845-12-12 1892-05-10 257 Anna Boch FranceBelgium 1848-02-10 1936-02-25 263 Eva Gonzalès France 1849-04-19 1883-05-05 267 Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1852-04-16 1909-08-15 273 Cecilia Beaux United States of America 1855-05-01 1942-09-17 287 Evelyn De Morgan United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1855-08-30 1919-05-02 277 Suze Robertson Kingdom of the Netherlands 1855-12-17 1922-10-18 283 Elizabeth Forbes United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1859-12-29 1912-03-16 299 Marianne von Werefkin Russian Empire<no value> 1860-09-10 1938-02-06 305 Marie Bashkirtseff Russian EmpireFrance 1860-11-11 1884-10-31 293 Mary Lizzie Macomber United States of America 1861-08-21 1916-02-04 311 Elin Danielson-Gambogi Finland 1861-09-03 1919-12-31 315 Suzanne Valadon France 1865-09-23 1938-04-07 325 Margaret MacDonald United KingdomUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1865-11-05 1933-01-101933-01-07 321 Louise De Hem Belgium 1866-12-10 1922-11-22 331 Käthe Kollwitz Weimar RepublicGermany 1867-07-08 1945-04-22 335 Frances MacDonald United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1873-08-24 1921-12-12 341 Paula Modersohn-Becker German EmpireGermany 1876-02-08 1907-11-30 347 Lluïsa Vidal Spain 1876-04-02 1918-10-18 353 Gabriele Münter Germany 1877-02-19 1962-05-19 359 Helen McNicoll Canada 1879-12-14 1915-06-27 365 Natalia Goncharova Russian EmpireFrance 1881-06-211881-06-041881-07-03 1962-10-17 369 Sonia Delaunay France 1885-11-141885 1979-12-051979 381 Olga Rozanova Russian EmpireRussian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic 1886-06-21 1918-11-07 375 Georgia O'Keeffe United States of America 1887-11-15 1986-03-06 387 Lyubov Popova Soviet UnionRussian Empire 1889-04-24 1924-05-25 393 Tamara de Lempicka Russian EmpirePoland 1898-05-16 1980-03-18 399 Alice Neel United States of America 1900-01-28 1984-10-13 405 Frida Kahlo Mexico 1907-07-06 1954-07-13 411 Leonor Fini Argentina 1908-08-30 1996-01-18 421 Lee Krasner United States of America 1908-10-27 1984-06-19 417 Nell Blaine United States of America 1922-07-10 1996-11-14 427 Helen Frankenthaler United States of America 1928-12-171928-12-12 2011-12-27 431 Faith Ringgold United States of America 1930-10-08 437 Montserrat Gudiol Spain 1933-06-091933-09-06 2015-12-25 443 Judy Chicago United States of America 1939-07-20 449 Emilia Castañeda Martínez Spain 1943-11-07 455 Glòria Muñoz Spain 1949-08-12 461 Jenny Saville United Kingdom 1970 467 References
2003 review on Foreword Magazine website