This is a partial list of 20th-century women artists, sorted alphabetically by decade of birth. These artists are known for creating artworks that are primarily visual in nature, in traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics as well as in more recently developed genres, such as installation art, performance art, conceptual art, digital art and video art. Do not add entries for those without a Wikipedia article.

The list covers artists born from 1870 through 1969. For later births see List of 21st-century women artists.

List of 20th-century women artists

Before 1870

Louise Abbéma (1858–1927), painter, printmaker, sculptor

Helen Allingham (1848–1926), painter, illustrator

Laura Alma-Tadema (1852–1909), painter

Ester Almqvist (1869–1934), Swedish painter

Anna Ancher (1859–1935), Danish painter

Sophie Anderson (1823–1903), painter

Marie-Elmina Anger (1844–1901), nun and painter

Helen Maitland Armstrong (1869–1948), stained glass artist

Lucy Angeline Bacon (1857–1932), painter

Alice Pike Barney (1857–1931), painter

Susie M. Barstow (1836–1923), painter

Jane E. Bartlett (1839–1923), painter and portraitist

Cecilia Beaux (1855–1942), painter

Julie Hart Beers (1835–1913), painter

Enella Benedict (1858–1942), American painter

Harriet Blackstone (1864–1939), figure painter

Anna Boch (1848–1936), painter

Alice Boughton (c. 1866–1943), photographer

Marie Bracquemond (1841–1916), painter

Susan Hinckley Bradley (1851–1929), American painter

Fidelia Bridges (1834–1923), watercolorist

Caroline Shawk Brooks (1840–1913), American sculptor

Matilda Browne (1869–1947), American painter

Elizabeth Eaton Burton (1869–1937), painter, printmaker, designer

Sally Bush (1860–1946), photographer

Evelyn Cameron (1868–1928), photographer

Mary Cassatt (1844–1926), painter, printmaker

Nellie Charlie (1867–1965), basket weaver

Christabel Cockerell (1863–1951), painter

Kate Cory (1861–1958), painter, sculptor

Helene Cramer (1844–1916), painter

Molly Cramer (1852–1936), painter

Annie I. Crawford (1856–1942), painter, printmaker

Alice Dannenberg (1861–1948), painter

Jenny Eakin Delony (1866–1949), painter

Cécile Douard (1866–1941), painter, sculptor

Florence Dreyfous (1868–1950), painter

Elisabeth von Eicken (1862–1940), German landscape painter

Florence Esté (1860–1926), painter

Johanna van Eybergen (1865–1950), applied artist and designer

Frances C. Fairman (1839–1923), animal painter, illustrator

Eva Scott Fényes (1849–1930), painter

Olga Fialka (1848–1930), painter, illustrator

List of 20th-century women artists