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
 * Hélène Agofroy (born 1953), contemporary artist
 * Georgette Agutte (1867–1922), painter
 * Fanny Alaux (1797–1880), painter
 * Lou Albert-Lasard (1885–1969), painter
 * Yvette Alde (1911–1967), painter
 * Jeanne Amen (1863–1923), painter.
 * Beatrice Valentine Amrhein (born 1961), painter
 * Anastasia (fl. c.1400), manuscript illuminator
 * Virginie Ancelot (1792–1875), painter, writer
 * Hélène Marie Antigna (1837–1918), painter
 * Lydie Arickx (born 1954), painter
 * Yolande Ardissone (born 1927), painter
 * Geneviève Asse (1923–2021), painter
 * Virginie Augustin (born 1973), comics and animated features artist
 * Pauline Auzou (1775–1835), painter

B

 * Anna Barbara Bansi (1777–1863), painter
 * Jeanne Bardey (1872–1954), painter, sculptor
 * Estelle de Barescut, painter and lithographer
 * Nina Barka (1908–1986), Russian-born French painter
 * Françoise Basseporte (1701–1780), painter
 * Marie-Adélaïde Baubry-Vaillant (1829–after 1881), 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
 * Augusta Bernard (1886–1946), fashion designer
 * Solange Bertrand (1913–2011), painter, sculptor, engraver
 * Adélaïde Binart (1769–1832), painter
 * Ginette Bingguely-Lejeune (1895-1969), sculptor
 * Lucienne Bisson (1880–1939), painter
 * Marie Blancour (fl. 1650–1699), painter
 * Cathryn Boch (born 1968), multi-media artist
 * Jeanne Bonaparte (1861–1910), painter, sculptor
 * Juliette Bonheur (1830–1891), painter
 * Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899), painter
 * Claire Bouilhac (born 1970), bande dessinée illustrator, scriptwriter, colorist
 * 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
 * Marthe Boyer-Breton (1879–1926), painter
 * Marie Bracquemond (1841–1916), painter
 * Elisa Breton (1906–2000), artist, writer
 * Geneviève Brossard de Beaulieu (fl. 1770–1815), painter
 * Henriette Browne (1829–1901), orientalist painter
 * Élise Bruyère (1776–1847), painter
 * Marie-Abraham Rosalbin de Buncey (1833–1891), painter
 * Berthe Burgkan (1855–1936), painter

C

 * Marcelle Cahn (1895–1981), painter
 * Joséphine Calamatta (1817–1893), painter, engraver
 * Blanche-Augustine Camus (1884–1968), painter
 * Yvonne Canu (1921–2008), painter
 * Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761–1818), painter
 * Henriette Cappelaere (fl. 1846–1859), painter
 * Annie Cardin (born 1938), 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
 * Madame Cavé (c.1809–1883), painter, teacher
 * Berthe Cazin (1872–1971), painter, potter, goldsmith
 * Marie Cazin (1845–1924), painter, sculptor
 * Camille Chantereine (1810–1847), painter
 * Angelique Charbonée (c.1740–after 1780), engraver
 * 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
 * Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet (died 1832), painter
 * Germaine Chaumel (1895–1982), illustrator
 * Aimée Julie Cheron (1821–c.1840), miniature painter
 * Li Chevalier (born 1961), painter, installation artist
 * Geneviève Claisse (1935–2018), abstract painter
 * Marie Jeanne Clemens (1755–1791), French-Danish engraver, pastel artist
 * Marie-Amélie Cogniet (1798–1869), painter
 * Héloïse Colin (1819–1873), painter, fashion illustrator
 * 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
 * Lucie Cousturier (1876–1925), painter, writer
 * Laure Coutan-Montorgueil (1855–1915), sculptor
 * Marie Courtois (c.1655–1703), miniature painter
 * Marguerite Crissay (1874–1945), painter, sculptor
 * Béatrice Cussol (born 1970), artist, writer

D

 * Jeanne Bernard Dabos (1765–1842), miniature painter
 * Augustine Dallemagne (1821–1875), miniature painter
 * Rébecca Dautremer (born 1971), illustrator
 * Hermine David (1886–1970), painter
 * Césarine Davin-Mirvault (1773–1844), painter
 * Marie-Victoire Davril (1755–1820), painter
 * Elsa Dax (born 1972), painter
 * Iphigénie Decaux-Milet-Moreau (1778–1862), flower painter
 * Herminie Déhérain (1798–1839), painter
 * Julie Delance-Feurgard (1859–1892), painter
 * Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), Ukrainian-born French painter
 * Marguerite Delorme (1876–1946), painter
 * Virginie Demont-Breton (1859–1935), painter
 * Claudie Titty Dimbeng (born 1968), Ivorian-born abstract painter
 * Émilie Desjeux (1861–1957), painter
 * Louise-Adéone Drölling (1797–1836), painter
 * Angèle Dubos (1844–1916), 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
 * Marie-Adélaïde Duvieux (1761-1799), miniature painter
 * Natalia Dumitresco (1915–1997), Romanian-born French abstract painter
 * Thérèse-Marthe-Françoise Dupré (1877–1920), realist painter
 * Pierrette-Madeleine-Cécile Durand (1745–1831), painter

E

 * Diane Esmond (1910–1981), British-born French Post-Impressionist painter
 * Hélène Elizaga (1896–1981), French Basque painter

F

 * Nina Fagnani (1856–1928), American-born French miniature painter
 * Hélène Feillet (1812–1889), painter and lithographer
 * Nathalie Ferlut (born 1968), comic book illustrator, scriptwriter, colorist
 * Jeanne Fichel (1849–1906), painter
 * Madeleine Fié-Fieux (1897–1995), painter
 * Clara Filleul (1822–1878), painter and children's writer
 * Rosalie Filleul (1752–1794), pastellist, painter
 * Fanny Fleury (1848–1920), painter
 * Marie-Anne-Julie Forestier (1782–1843), painter
 * Brigitte Lovisa Fouché (born 1958), painter
 * Pauline Fourès (1778–1869), painter, novelist
 * Consuelo Fould (1862–1927), painter
 * Marie-Anne Fragonard (1745–1823), miniature painter
 * Sophie Fremiet (1797–1867), painter
 * Charlotte Eustace Sophie de Fuligny-Damas (1741–1828), flower painter

G

 * Marie-Élisabeth Gabiou (1761–c.1811), painter
 * Beya Gille Gacha (born 1990), sculptor
 * Annick Gendron (1939–2008), 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
 * Paule Gobillard (1867–1946), painter
 * Marie-Éléonore Godefroid (1778–1849), portrait painter
 * Eva Gonzalès (1849–1883), Impressionist painter
 * Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy (1798–1869), painter
 * Anna-Geneviève Greuze (1762–1842), painter
 * Henriette Gudin (1825–1892), marine painter
 * Anne Guéret (1760–1805, painter
 * Louise Catherine Guéret (1755–1851), painter
 * Rosina Mantovani Gutti (1851–1943), painter
 * Maximilienne Guyon (1868–1903), painter

H

 * Adélaïde Victoire Hall (1772–1844), Swedish-French painter
 * Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot (1784–1845), genre painter
 * Jeanne Hébuterne (1898–1920), painter
 * Blanche Hennebutte-Feillet (1815–1886), lithographer
 * 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
 * Marie Huet (born 1859), painter
 * Julie Hugo (1797–1865), painter
 * Anne Marguerite Hyde de Neuville (1771–1849), painter

I

 * Camille Cornelie Isbert (1825–1911), painter
 * Jeanne Itasse-Broquet (1867–1941), sculptor

J

 * Marguerite Jacquelin (1850s–1941), flower painter
 * Nélie Jacquemart (1841–1912), painter, art collector
 * Jeanne Jacquemin (1863–1938), painter
 * Marie Jaffredo (born 1966), comics artist
 * Marie Victoire Jaquotot (1772–1855), painter
 * Marine Joatton (born 1972), contemporary artist

K

 * Bernadette Kanter (born 1950), sculptor

L

 * Élodie La Villette (1848–1917), painter
 * Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749–1803), miniaturist and portrait painter
 * Espérance Langlois (1805–1864), painter, printmaker
 * Oriane Lassus (born 1987), cartoonist, illustrator
 * Marie Laurencin (1883–1956), painter, printmaker
 * Suzanne Laurens, sculptor
 * Andrée Lavieille (1887–1960), painter
 * Marie Adrien Lavieille (1852–1911), painter
 * Marie Ernestine Lavieille (1852–1937), painter
 * Marie-Élisabeth Laville-Leroux (1779–1826), painter
 * Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux (1767–1840), painter
 * Amélie Legrand of Saint-Aubin (1797–1878), painter
 * Anne-Louise Le Jeuneux (died 1794), painter
 * Madeleine Lemaire (1845–1928), painter
 * Marie-Victoire Lemoine (1754–1820), painter
 * Thérèse Lemoine-Lagron (1891–1949), painter
 * Sonia Lewitska (1880–1937), Ukrainian-born painter, printmaker, working in France
 * Sophie Lienard (died 1845), portrait miniaturist
 * Marianne Loir (1715–1769), portrait painter
 * Madeleine Lommel (1923–1929), outsider artist
 * Henriette Lorimier (1775–1854), portrait painter
 * Séraphine Louis (1864–1942), painter
 * Marie Lucas Robiquet (1858–1959), Orientalist painter

M

 * Dora Maar (1907–1997), photographer, poet, painter
 * Sophie Mallebranche (born 1976), artist, textile designer
 * Julie Manet (1878–1966), painter
 * Maria Manton (1910–2003), painter
 * Marie Antoinette Marcotte (1869–1929), painter
 * Jacqueline Marval (1866–1932), painter
 * Aude Massot (born 1983), comic book artist
 * Lidiya Masterkova (1927–2008), Russian-born French painter
 * Catherine Matausch (born 1960), French journalist and painter
 * Marie-Alexandrine Mathieu (1838–1908), artist known for her etchings
 * Caroline de Maupéou (1836–1915), painter
 * Constance Mayer (1775–1821), painter
 * Caroline Mesquita (born 1989), sculptor
 * Victorine Meurent (1844–1927), painter
 * Angélique Mezzara (1793–1868), 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
 * Émilie-Sophie de Montullé (1756–1816), painter
 * Mirka Mora (1928–2018), French-born Australian visual artist
 * Blanche Moria (1858–1927), sculptor
 * Eulalie Morin (1765–1837), portrait painter
 * Berthe Morisot (1841–1895), Impressionist painter
 * Tania Mouraud (born 1942), contemporary artist
 * Euphémie Muraton (1840–1914), painter

N

 * Afi Nayo (born 1969), painter
 * Aurélie Nemours (1910–2005), abstract painter
 * Marie Nicolas (1845–1903), painter
 * Marie-Thérèse de Noireterre (1760–1823), miniaturist

O

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

P

 * Marie Parrocel (1743–1824), painter
 * Gabrielle-Charlotte Patin (1666–1751), numismatist, writer, painter
 * Odette Pauvert (1903–1966), painter
 * Blanche Paymal-Amouroux (1860–1910), painter
 * Marie Petiet (1854–1893), painter
 * Laure Pigeon (1882–1965), Spiritualist artist
 * Alice Prin (1901–1953), painter, writer

Q

 * Anna Quinquaud (1890–1984), explorer and sculptor

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
 * Sandrine Revel (born 1969), comics illustrator and author
 * Hortense Richard (1860–1939/1940), painter
 * Adèle Riché (1791–1878), painter
 * Jeanne Rij-Rousseau (1870–1956), Cubist painter
 * Cendrine Robelin (born 1983), contemporary artist
 * 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
 * Jeanne Royannez (1855–1932), sculptor

S

 * Apollonie Sabatier (1822–1890), courtesan, salon holder
 * Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002), sculptor, painter, filmmaker
 * Eugénie Salanson (1836–1912), painter
 * Louise-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont (1790–1871), painter, lithographer
 * Johanna Schipper (born 1967), comics artist
 * Félicie Schneider (1831–1888), portrait painter
 * Marie-Ernestine Serret (1812–1884), painter, pastellist
 * Marguerite Sirvins (1890–1957), outsider textile artist
 * Élisabeth Sonrel (1874–1953), painter, illustrator
 * Audrey Spiry (born 1983), animator, illustrator, and bande dessinée author
 * Anne Strésor (1651–1713), painter, nun
 * Élisabeth Swagers (c.1775–1837), painter

T

 * Élisabeth-Claire Tardieu (1731–1773), engraver
 * Béatrice Tillier (born 1972), illustrator, cartoonist
 * Henriette Tirman (1875–1952), painter, printmaker
 * Kathy Toma (born 1944), painter, installation artist
 * Sophie de Tott (1758–1848), painter

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
 * Angélique-Louise Verrier (1762–1805), painter
 * Marie-Nicole Vestier (1767–1846), painter
 * Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908–1992), Portuguese-French abstract painter
 * 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
 * Stéphanie de Virieu (1785–1873), painter, sculptor

W

 * Hermine Waterneau (1862–1916), painter
 * Emilie Jenny Weyl (1855–1934), sculptor
 * Sabine Weiss (1924–2021), photographer

Z

 * Jenny Zillhardt (1857–1939), painter