List of Irish women artists facts for kids

A list of women artists who were born in Ireland or whose amazing artworks are closely connected to that country. These talented women have created art in many different ways, from painting and sculpting to designing and illustrating. They have helped shape the art world in Ireland and beyond.

Artists by Last Name: A

• Anne Acheson (1882–1962), a sculptor who created beautiful figures.
• Mary Alment (1834–1908), known for her landscapes and portraits.
• Mary Arrigan (born 1943), an illustrator, artist, and writer of stories.

Artists by Last Name: B

• Ethelwyn Baker (1899–1988), a sculptor.
• Maude Mary Ball (1883–1969), a painter and sculptor.
• Ethel Gresley Ball (1886–1959), also a painter and sculptor.
• Moyra Barry (1886–1960), famous for her flower paintings.
• Rose Maynard Barton (1856–1929), a painter.
• Mary Battersby (active 1801–1841), a painter and naturalist who studied nature.
• Frances Beckett (1880–1951), a painter.
• Edith Anna Bell (1870–1929), a sculptor.
• Dorothy Blackham (1896–1975), an illustrator, painter, and teacher.
• Edith Blake (1846–1926), known for her botanical illustrations (drawings of plants) and writing.
• Norma Borthwick (1862–1934), a British artist, writer, and activist for the Irish language.
• Alicia Boyle (1908–1997), a landscape artist.
• Nicola Gordon Bowe (1948–2018), an art historian and educator.
• Gretta Bowen (1880–1981), a painter.
• Sarah Bowie (active 2010s), an illustrator, author, and cartoonist.
• Muriel Brandt (1909–1981), a painter.
• Ruth Brandt (1936–1989), a painter and teacher.
• Melanie Le Brocquy (1919–2018), a sculptor.
• Colleen Browning (1929–2003), a realist painter, meaning she painted things exactly as they looked.
• Laura Buckley (1977–2022), known for her video and installation art.
• Letitia Bushe (c. 1705/1710–1757), a water painter and miniaturist (someone who paints very small pictures).
• Mildred Anne Butler (1885–1941), a painter.

Artists by Last Name: C

• Margaret Callan (c.1817–c.1883), a teacher, nationalist, and writer.
• Maeve Clancy, a paper cut artist and illustrator.
• Ellen Creathorne Clayton (1834–1900), a painter.
• Margaret Clarke (1888–1961), a portrait painter.
• Anne Cleary (born 1965), an installation and video artist.
• Susan Connolly (artist) (born 1976), a contemporary artist.
• Amanda Coogan (born 1971), a performance artist.
• Sylvia Cooke-Collis (1900–1973), a painter.
• Catherine Teresa Cookson (active 1830s), a botanical artist.
• Kathleen Cox (1904–1972), an Irish artist, sculptor, and mystic.
• Mia Cranwill (1880–1972), a designer and metal artist.
• Dorothy Cross (born 1956), a contemporary artist.
• Amelia Curran (1775–1847), a portrait painter.
• Fanny Currey (1848–1917), a horticulturalist (garden expert) and watercolour painter.

Artists by Last Name: D

• Elinor Darwin (1879–1954), an illustrator, engraver, and portrait painter.
• Lilian Davidson (1879–1954), a painter and writer.
• Kate Dobbin (1868–1955), a watercolour artist.
• Phoebe Donovan (1902–1998), known for her flower, landscape, and portrait art.
• Anne Donnelly (born 1932), a painter.
• Susanna Drury (1698–1770), a landscape painter.

Artists by Last Name: E

• Frances Anne Edgeworth (1769–1865), a botanical artist and memoirist.
• Diana Conyngham Ellis (1813–1851), a botanical artist.
• Beatrice Elvery (1881–1970), a stained-glass artist and painter.

Artists by Last Name: F

• Marianne Fannin (1845–1938), a botanical artist.
• Genieve Figgis (born 1972), a contemporary painter.
• Kathleen Fox (1880–1963), a painter, enamellist, and stained glass artist.

Artists by Last Name: G

• Catherine Gage (1815–1892), a botanist and illustrator of plants and birds.
• Wilhelmina Geddes (1887–1955), a stained glass artist.
• Evelyn Gleeson (1855–1944), a designer of embroidery, carpets, and tapestries.
• Carol Graham (born 1951), a contemporary artist.
• Eileen Gray (1879–1976), a famous furniture designer and architect.
• Elizabeth Gray (1837–1903), a painter, etcher, and photographer.
• Beatrice Gubbins (1878–1944), a watercolour artist.
• Althea Gyles (1868–1949), a poet, painter, and illustrator.

Artists by Last Name: H

• Eva Henrietta Hamilton (1876–1960), a painter.
• Letitia Marion Hamilton (1878–1964), a landscape painter.
• Marianne-Caroline Hamilton (1777–1861), an artist and memoirist.
• Marie Hanlon (born 1948), a painter.
• Alice Hanratty (born 1939), a printmaker.
• Sarah Cecilia Harrison (1863–1941), a painter.
• Gertrude Hartland (1865–1954), an illustrator.
• Gabriel Hayes (1909–1978), a sculptor.
• Mercedes Helnwein (born 1979), a painter, writer, and video artist.
• Grace Henry (1868–1953), a Scottish landscape artist.
• Mary Balfour Herbert (1817–1893), a watercolourist.
• Katie Holten (born 1975), a contemporary artist.
• Helen Hooker (1905–1993), a sculptor and portrait painter.
• Evie Hone (1894–1955), a painter and stained glass artist.

Artists by Last Name: J

• Alice Jacob (1862–1921), a botanical illustrator, lace designer, and design teacher.
• Joan Jameson (1892–1953), known for still-life, landscape, and figure art.
• Yvonne Jammet (1900–1967), a landscape painter and sculptor.
• Mainie Jellett (1897–1944), a painter.
• Debbie Jenkinson, an illustrator and comics artist.
• Rachel Joynt (born 1966), a sculptor.

Artists by Last Name: K

• Harriet Kavanagh (1799–1885), an artist, traveler, and antiquarian (someone who studies old things).
• Frances Kelly (1908–2002), a painter.
• Martha King (c.1803–1897), a botanical artist.
• Alice Sarah Kinkead (1871–1926), a painter.

Artists by Last Name: L

• Elish Lamont (c.1800/1816–1870), a miniaturist.
• Grania Langrishe (born 1934), a botanical illustrator.
• Lady Hazel Lavery (1880–1935), an artist.
• Mary Concepta Lynch (1874–1939), an Irish nun and calligrapher (someone who creates beautiful handwriting).

Artists by Last Name: M

• Gladys Maccabe (1918–2018), a painter.
• Isa Macnie (1869–1958), a cartoonist and activist for women's rights.
• Anne Madden (born 1932), a painter.
• Anne Magill, a painter and illustrator.
• Alice Maher (born 1956), a multidisciplinary artist, meaning she works in many different art forms.
• Mary Manning (1853–1930), a landscape artist and teacher.
• Sine MacKinnon (1901–1996), a landscape artist.
• Kathleen Marescaux (1868–1944), a painter.
• Sheila McClean (1932–2016), a painter.
• Siobhan McDonald, a multidisciplinary artist.
• Norah McGuinness (1901–1980), a painter and illustrator.
• Yvonne McGuinness (born 1972), a contemporary artist.
• Eva McKee (1890–1955), a craftswoman and designer.
• Flora Mitchell (1890–1973), an American-born Irish artist.
• Dorothy Molloy (1942–2004), a poet and artist.

Artists by Last Name: O

• Catherine Amelia O'Brien (1881–1963), a stained glass artist.
• Florence Vere O'Brien (1854–1936), a diarist, philanthropist, and craftswoman.
• Geraldine O'Brien (1922–2014), a botanical illustrator.
• Kitty Wilmer O'Brien (1910–1983), a landscape artist.
• Nelly O'Brien (1864–1925), a miniaturist, landscape artist, and activist for the Irish language.
• Harriet Osborne O'Hagan (1830–1921), a portrait artist.
• Helen Sophia O'Hara (1846–1920), a watercolour artist.
• Bea Orpen (1913–1980), a landscape and portrait painter and teacher.
• Catherine Isabella Osborne (1818–1880), an artist, writer, and patron (someone who supports artists).

Artists by Last Name: P

• Aine Phillips (born 1965), a performance artist and writer.
• Ellice Pilkington (1869–1936), a women's activist and artist.
• Katherine Plunket (1820–1932), a botanical illustrator.
• Caroline Pounds (active 1840–1880), a watercolour artist.
• Rosamond Praeger (1867–1954), an artist, sculptor, poet, and writer.
• Kathy Prendergast (born 1958), an artist and sculptor.
• Sarah Purser (1848–1943), a stained glass artist.

Artists by Last Name: R

• Mary Redmond (1863–1930), a sculptor.
• Nano Reid (1900–1981), a painter.
• Ethel Rhind (1877–1952), a stained-glass and mosaic artist.
• Anne Rigney (born 1957), an abstract artist and sculptor.
• Elizabeth Rivers (1903–1964), a stained-glass artist, painter, engraver, and illustrator.
• Florence Ross (1870–1949), an artist.

Artists by Last Name: S

• Caroline Scally (1886–1973), a landscape artist.
• Susan Sex (born 1947), a botanical artist.
• Estella Solomons (1882–1968), a painter.
• Edith Somerville (1858–1949), a writer, painter, illustrator, and activist for women's voting rights.
• Elizabeth Shaw (1920–1992), an illustrator and author of children’s books.
• Everina Sinclair (1870–1966), a woodworker and teacher.
• Niamh Sharkey, an author and illustrator of children’s picturebooks.
• Camille Souter (1929–2023), a painter.
• Stella Steyn (1907–1987), a painter and illustrator.
• Sophia St John Whitty (1877–1924), a woodcarver, teacher, and cooperativist.
• Imogen Stuart (1927–2024), a German-Irish sculptor.
• Mary Swanzy (1882–1978), a landscape and genre artist.
• Mary Rankin Swan (1865–1944), a portrait artist.

Artists by Last Name: T

• Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852–1936), an illustrator, painter, and embroiderer.
• Helen Mabel Trevor (1831–1900), a painter.
• Alys Fane Trotter (1862–1961), a poet and artist.

Artists by Last Name: V

• Dairine Vanston (1903–1988), a landscape artist.
• Lilla Vanston (1870–1959), a sculptor and portrait painter.

Artists by Last Name: W

• Sophia Wellbeloved (born 1940), a sculptor.
• Sophia St John Whitty (1877–1924), a woodcarver.
• Daphne Wright (born 1963), a visual artist.
• Gladys Wynne (1876–1968), a watercolourist.

Artists by Last Name: Y

• Anne Yeats (1919–2001), a painter and stage designer.
• Lily Yeats (1866–1949), an embroiderer.
• Mabel Young (1889–1974), an artist.