50 Women Artists You Should Know

Now available in a new edition, this book offers more than 500 years of achievements in art by women. This beautifully produced, richly detailed, and comprehensive survey of fifty influential women artists from the Renaissance to the Post-Modern era details their vast contributions to the art world. From the Early Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi and the seventeenth-century illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian to Impressionist Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot, and to modern icons such as Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keeffe and Louise Bourgeois, the most important female artists are profiled in this book in chronologically arranged double-page spreads. There is a succinct biography for each artist, together with information outlining her accomplishments and influence, additional resources for further study, and, best of all, brilliant full-color reproductions of the artist’s works. Packed with information, this stunning and absorbing book showcases the remarkable artistic contributions of women throughout history.

• Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (in That Order)
• Women Artists: The National Museum of Women in the Arts (Tiny Folio)
• Women Artists: An Illustrated History
• The Guerrilla Girls' Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art
• Women, Art, and Society (Fifth Edition) (World of Art)
• Art of Feminism: Images that Shaped the Fight for Equality, 1857-2017
• A Big Important Art Book (Now with Women): Profiles of Unstoppable Female Artists--and Projects to Help You Become One
• Danger! Women Artists at Work
• 50 Art Movements You Should Know: From Impressionism to Performance Art
• 50 Modern Artists You Should Know