This is a list of women artists who were born in or are closely associated with

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Janet Macdonald Aitken Janet Macdonald Aitken (1873–1941) was a Scottish portrait and landscape painter. She was described by Jude Burkhauser as "one of the leading women proponents of the Glasgow Style." Biography Aitken was born in Glasgow where her father, R ...

(1873–1941), painter * Ann Dunlop Alexander (1896–1969), painter, illustrator * Lena Alexander (1899–1983), painter * Jessie Algie (1859–1927), flower painter * Mary Parsons Reid Allan (1917–2002), painter * Marion Ancrum (fl. 1885–1919), painter * Anne Anderson (1874–1952), illustrator *

Louise Gibson Annand Louise Gibson Annand-MacFarquhar (27 May 1915 – 6 January 2012) was a Scottish painter and film-maker. She was a major contributor to Scottish documentary and was an influential female film-maker in a field that was dominated mostly by mal ...

(1915–2012), painter, filmmaker * Hazel Armour (1894–1985), sculptor, medallist *

Mary Nicol Neill Armour Dr Mary Nicol Neill Armour LLD, née Steel, (27 March 1902 – 5 July 2000) was a Scottish landscape and still life painter, art teacher and an Honorary President of the Glasgow School of Art and the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. B ...

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Annie R. Merrylees Arnold Annie R. Merrylees Arnold (''née'' Annie Russell Merrylees, 19 December 1866 – 5 September 1959) was a British miniature painter who worked in Scotland. Life She was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England in 1866. She studied in Edinburgh, ...

(fl. 1890s–1930s), miniature painter * Susan Ashworth (fl. 1860–1880), painter * Joan Ayling (1907–1993), miniature painter

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* Isabel Brodie Babianska (1920–2006), painter, costume designer, set designer, illustrator * Barbara Balmer (1929–2017), painter * Elizabeth Balneaves (1911–2006), painter, writer, filmmaker *

Violet Banks Violet Banks (3 March 1896 – 1985) was a Scottish artist who painted in oils and watercolours and also decorated pottery. Biography Banks was born in Kinghorn in Fife and studied at the Edinburgh College of Art. She lived in Kirkcaldy for a t ...

(1896–1985), painter *

Claire Barclay Claire Barclay (born 1968) is a Scottish artist. Her artistic practice uses a number of traditional media that include installation, sculpture and printmaking, but it also expands to encapsulate a diverse array of craft techniques. Central to h ...

(born 1968), installation artist, printmaker, sculptor *

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Order of the British Empire, CBE (8 June 1912 – 26 January 2004) was one of the foremost British Abstract art, abstract artists, a member of the influential Penwith Society of Arts. Early life Wilhelmina Barns-Graha ...

(1912–2004), abstract painter *

Mardi Barrie Mardi Barrie (1930–2004) was a Scottish artist and teacher. Biography Barrie was born in Kirkcaldy in Fife. She attended the University of Edinburgh before studying art at the Edinburgh College of Art from 1948. After graduating, in 1953, she ...

(1930–2004), painter *

Johanna Basford Johanna Basford (born 1983) is a Scottish illustrator. Her illustrations are hand-drawn, predominantly in black and white, with pencils and pens. Basford's works can be found in products such as colouring books, wallpaper, beer labels and even ...

(born 1983), illustrator *

Penelope Beaton Penelope Beaton ARSA RSW (1886-1963) was a Scottish watercolour painter influenced by the expressionism movement. A member of both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Society of Watercolour Painters, Beaton was both an alumna and a senior ...

(1886–1963), painter * Katherine Arthur Behenna (1860–1924), U.S.-based portrait artist * Christine Berrie, illustrator * Anne Bevan (born 1965), visual artist, sculptor *

Helen Biggar Helen Biggar (25 May 1909 – 28 March 1953) was a Scottish sculptor, filmmaker and theatre designer. She was politically active in the 1930s, she joined the Communist Party of Great Britain and was one of the filmmakers behind ''Hell UnLtd'', ...

(1909–1953), sculptor * Ann Spence Black (1861–1947), painter *

Karla Black Karla Black (born 1972) is a Scottish sculptor who creates abstract three-dimensional artworks that explore the physicality of materials as a way of understanding and communicating the world around us. In 2011, Black was nominated for the Turne ...

(born 1972), sculptor *

Elizabeth Blackadder Dame Elizabeth Violet Blackadder, Mrs Houston, (24 September 1931 – 23 August 2021) was a Scottish painter and printmaker. She was the first woman to be elected to both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Academy. In 1962 she began tea ...

(1931–2021), painter, printmaker *

Jemima Blackburn Jemima Wedderburn Blackburn (1 May 1823 – 9 August 1909) was a Scottish painter whose work illustrated rural life in 19th-century Scotland. One of the most popular illustrators in Victorian Britain, she illustrated 27 books. Her greatest orn ...

(1823–1909), painter, illustrator * Elizabeth Blackwell (1707–1758), botanical illustrator *

Yvonne Boag Yvonne Boag (born 13 August 1954) is an Australian painter and printmaker whose work reflects the many places where she has lived and worked. Biography and education Boag was born in Glasgow in Scotland, and emigrated with her family to Austra ...

(born 1954), painter *

Phyllis Bone Phyllis Mary Bone RSA (15 February 1894 – 12 July 1972) was a 20th-century Scottish sculptor. She has the particular claim to fame as being the first female Academician of the Royal Scottish Academy. Although primarily the creator of smal ...

(1894–1972), sculptor *

Christine Borland Christine Borland (born 1965) is a Scottish artist. Born in Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland, Borland is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) and was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1997 (won by Gillian Wearing) for her work ''From Life'' at Tra ...

(born 1965), medical-themed contemporary artist *

Mary Bright Mary Bright (11 January 1954 – 29 November 2002) was a Scottish curtain designer. She began her career doing a short apprenticeship at Paris' Lanvin fashion house. In 1979, Bright relocated to New York City and worked as a hat maker as well as ...

(1956–2002), Scottish curtain designer *

Julie Brook Julie Brook (born 1961) is a British artist. She works in a variety of mediums in each case with a strong connection with the landscape. She has lived and worked in the Orkney islands, on Jura and Mingulay and in the Libyan Desert. Life and ...

(born 1961), sculptor, painter, installation artist *

Helen Paxton Brown Helen Paxton Brown (1876 - 1956) also known as "Nell", was an artist associated with the Glasgow Girls. Born in Hillhead, Glasgow to a Scottish father and English mother and she spent most of her life in Glasgow. Best known for her paintin ...

(1876–1956), painter, embroiderer * Margaret Oliver Brown (1912–1990), painter, illustrator * Elizabeth York Brunton (1880–c.1960), painter, printmaker *

Mary Rose Hill Burton Mary Rose Hill Burton (10 July 1859 – 5 June 1900) was a British artist and conservationist. She was active in the failed protests against the location of a smelting plant at the Falls of Foyers, near Loch Ness, in Inverness-shire. Early life a ...

(1857–1900), painter * Nancy Jane Burton (1891–1972), painter

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* Joyce W. Cairns (born 1947), painter *

Katharine Cameron Katharine Cameron RWS RE (26 February 1874 – 1965) was a Scottish artist, watercolourist, and printmaker, best known for her paintings and etchings of flowers. She was associated with the group of artists known as the Glasgow Girls. Early ...

(1874–1965), landscape painter * Mary Cameron (1865–1921), painter *

Liza Campbell Lady Elizabeth Campbell (born 24 September 1959), known as Liza Campbell, is an artist, calligrapher, columnist, and writer, born in the north of Scotland and currently living in London, England. She is the second daughter of Hugh Campbell, 6 ...

(born 1959), engraver, calligrapher, writer * Evelyn Carslaw (1881–1968), landscape painter *

Gayle Chong Kwan Gayle Chong Kwan (born 1973) is a London-based artist whose large-scale photographic, installation, and video work has been exhibited and published internationally. She is known for her large-scale mise-en-scene environments and photographs, c ...

(born 1973), photographer, installation artist, video artist *

Margery Clinton Margery Clinton (1931–2005) was a Scottish ceramist and a specialist in reduction lustre glazes. She studied painting at the Glasgow School of Art between 1949 and 1953 and was part of the Young Glasgow group, whose inaugural exhibition w ...

(1931–2005), ceramist, glass artist * Gertrude Mary Coventry (1886–1964), portrait painter * Jean Hunter Cowan (1882–1967), sculptor, painter *

Victoria Crowe Victoria Elizabeth Crowe OBE, DHC, FRSE, MA (RCA) RSA, RSW (born 1945) is a Scottish artist known for her portrait and landscape paintings. She has works in several collections including the National Galleries of Scotland, the National Po ...

(born 1945), painter

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Claire Dalby Joy Claire Allison Dalby (born 20 November 1944) is a British artist and book illustrator who mainly depicts botanical subjects and who works in watercolours, gouache and wood engraving. Biography Dalby, whose father was the respected watercolo ...

(born 1944), painter, illustrator *

Anne Davidson Anne Ross Davidson, DA (3 February 1937 in Glasgow – 20 December 2008 in Aberdeen) was a Scottish sculptor and artist. Many of her commissioned works are on public view in Scotland and abroad. Early years Anne Ross was educated at the Convent ...

(1937–2008), sculptor * Majel Davidson (1885–1969), potter, painter * Mary C. Davidson (1865–1951), painter *

Mabel Dawson Mabel Dawson (13 October 1887 – 1965) was a Scottish artist who painted a wide variety of subjects, including animals and birds, in both watercolour and tempera. Biography Dawson was born in Edinburgh and studied at the Edinburgh College of A ...

(1887–1965), painter *

Stansmore Dean Stevenson Stansmore Richmond Leslie Dean Stevenson (3 June 1866 – 15 December 1944) was a Scottish artist known for her oil paintings. She was a member of a group of women artists and designers known as the Glasgow Girls. Biography Stansmore Richmo ...

(1866–1944), painter *

Helen Denerley Helen Denerley (born 1956) is a Scottish sculptor. Much of her work is made from reused scrap and is inspired by the animal world. Notable public sculpture includes ''Dreaming Spires'' (two giraffes) on Leith Walk, Edinburgh, unveiled in July 200 ...

(born 1956), sculptor *

Marion Deuchars Marion Deuchars (born 1964 in Falkirk, Stirlingshire) is a British illustrator and author. Biography Deuchars attended Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in 1983-1987 where she obtained a first class BA Honours in illustration printmaking ...

(born 1964), illustrator, writer * de Courcy Lewthwaite Dewar (1878–1959), enamelist, metalworker * Jessie Alexandra Dick (1896–1976), painter, teacher *

Isobelle Ann Dods-Withers Isobelle Ann Dods-Withers (née Dods; 5 February 1876 – 13 June 1939) was a Scottish oil and pastel artist who was known for her paintings of towns and villages in southern Europe. Biography Dods-Withers was born at Congalton Mains at North ...

(1876–1939), painter * Jacqueline Donachie (born 1969), photographer, sculptor, installation artist *

Kaye Donachie Kaye Donachie (born 1970 in Glasgow) is a contemporary British painter based in London. Her modest-sized, figurative paintings make use of figurative imagery relating to modernism, domesticity, longing, and utopian counter-cultural movements. Stac ...

(born 1970), painter * Kate Downie (born 1958), American-born painter, printmaker * Jean Duncan (1933–2018), painter, printmaker

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* Joan Eardley (1921–1963), painter * Marjorie Evans (c.1850–1907), painter

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Christian Jane Fergusson Christian Jane Fergusson, née Stark, (14 September 1876 – 5 January 1957), was a Scottish painter, who was associated with the Glasgow School and known for her landscape and still life works. Biography Fergusson, who sometimes signed her wor ...

(1876–1957), painter * Margaret Cross Primrose Findlay (1902–1968), sculptor and modeller *

Anne Finlay Anne Finlay (1898–1963) was a Scottish artist. Education and artistic career Finlay spent her early years in Edinburgh and attended school in Manor Place in the city, where she studied French. She studied at the Edinburgh College of Art fr ...

(1898–1963), painter * Beth Fisher (born 1944), American-born print artist based in Scotland * Anne Forbes (1745–1834), portrait painter * Nikki Forrest (born 1964), Canadian-based illustrator, installation artist, sound artist *

Rose Frain Rose Frain is a visual artist based in Edinburgh, Scotland,Mansfield, Susan (2009)Art reviews: Nashashibi/Skaer , Rose Frain , Andrew Ranville, ''The Scotsman'', 1 September 2009, retrieved 2010-01-25 exhibiting nationally and internationally, ...

, painter, sculptor, installation artist *

Hannah Frank Hannah Frank (23 August 1908 – 18 December 2008) was an artist and sculptor from Glasgow, Scotland. She was known for her art nouveau monochrome drawings until she decided to concentrate on sculpture in 1952. Background and education Frank's ...

(1908–2008), sculptor * Jo Fraser (born 1986), painter * Annie French (1873–1965), painter, engraver, illustrator, designer

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* Floris Gillespie (1882–1967), painter * Janetta Gillespie (1876–1956), painter * Margaret Gillies (1803–1887), painter *

Henrietta Gilmour Henrietta, Lady Gilmour (1852 – 2 January 1926) was a pioneering photographer and winter sportswoman. She is the creator of the ''Lady Henrietta Gilmour Photographic Collection'' of 1500 prints and 145 lantern slides held by the University of S ...

(1852–1926), Canadian-born photographer *

Constance Gordon-Cumming Constance Frederica “Eka” Gordon-Cumming (26 May 1837 – 4 September 1924) was a noted Scottish travel writer and painter. Born in a wealthy family, she travelled around the world and painted described scenes and life as she saw them. She w ...

(1837–1924), painter, writer * Mary Grant (1831–1908), sculptor * Norah Neilson Gray (1882–1931), painter

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Maggie Hamilton Margaret Hamilton (1 September 1867 – 31 January 1952) was a Scottish artist known for her paintings and embroidery work. Biography Hamilton was born in Glasgow and grew up in Helensburgh after her family moved there. Although she had no for ...

(1867–1952), painter *

Gwen Hardie Gwen Hardie (born 1962) is a Scottish artist. Biography Gwen Hardie was born in Fife, Scotland in 1962. She spent her childhood in Aberdeenshire and studied art at the Edinburgh College of Art. She lived in London and Berlin before moving to t ...

(born 1962), painter * Claire Harrigan (born 1964), painter *

Josephine Haswell Miller Josephine Haswell Miller (1 October 1890-1975) was a Scottish artist, who studied and later taught at the Glasgow School of Art, and exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA). Life Born Elizabeth Josephine Cameron in 1890 in Glasgow to A ...

(1890–1975), painter *

Mairi Hedderwick Mairi Hedderwick (born 2 May 1939) is a Scottish illustrator and author, known for the '' Katie Morag'' series of children's picture books set on the Isle of Struay, a fictional counterpart of the inner Hebridean island of Coll where Hedderwic ...

(born 1939), illustrator, writer *

Ann Henderson Ann Henderson may refer to: * Ann Henderson (sculptor) (1921–1976), Scottish sculptor *Ann Henderson (politician) (1941–2002), Australian politician * Ann Henderson (campaigner), Scottish labour campaigner and rector of the University of Edinbur ...

(1921–1976), sculptor *

Mary Balfour Herbert Mary Balfour Herbert (1817–1893) was a British artist. She was born Mary Balfour in 1817, the daughter of James Balfour MP and Lady Eleanor Maitland; they were grandparents of Arthur Balfour 1st Earl Balfour. She grew up in Whittingehame H ...

(1817–1893), watercolour painter *

Amelia Robertson Hill Amelia Robertson Hill (15 January 1821 – 5 July 1904), birth record Emmilia McDermaid Paton, was a prominent Scottish artist and sculptor throughout the 19th century and one of the few with public commissions. Her most noteworthy works are th ...

(1821–1904), sculptor * Margaret Ross Hislop (1894–1972), oil painter *

Gwynneth Holt Rose Gwynneth Cobden Holt (1909–1995), was a British artist known for her ivory sculptures on religious subjects. Her most famous work is a depiction of the ''Annunciation'', created circa 1946. Biography Holt was born in Wednesbury, Staff ...

(1909–1995), sculptor *

Louise Hopkins Louise Hopkins (born 1965) is a British contemporary artist and painter who lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland. Biography Hopkins was born in Hertfordshire, England and completed the Foundations Studies course at Brighton Polytechnic from ...

(born 1965), English-born painter, printmaker * Anna Hotchkis (1885–1984), painter, writer * Beatrice Huntington (1889–1998), painter, sculptor, musician * Moira Huntly (born 1932), painter

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Esther Inglis Esther Inglis ( or ) (1571–1624) was a skilled member of the artisan class, as well as a miniaturist, who possessed several skills in areas such as calligraphy, writing, and embroidering. She was born in 1571 in either LondonFrye, Susan. 201 ...

(1571–1624), painter, calligrapher, embroiderer, writer

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Dorothy Johnstone Dorothy Johnstone (1892–1980) was a Scottish painter and watercolourist. Life Johnstone was born in Edinburgh in 1892 and grew up in Napier Road, near the Gothic Mansion, Rockville. Her father, landscape artist George Whitton Johnstone RSA ...

(1892–1980), painter

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* Violet McNeish Kay (1914–1971), landscape painter * Jeka Kemp (1876–1966), painter * Jessie Keppie (1868–1951), watercolour painter * Annabel Kidston (1896–1981), etcher, painter * Anna King (born 1984), landscape painter * Jessie M. King (1875–1949), illustrator, jewellery designer, fashion designer *Lady

Caroline Kininmonth Lady Caroline Kininmonth (1907-1978) was a British artist, known for her paintings of flowers and landscapes in both oil and watercolours. Biography Kininmonth spent most of her life in Edinburgh and studied at the Edinburgh College of Art from ...

(1907–1978), painter

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* Annie Rose Laing (1869–1946), painter * Elspeth Lamb (born 1951), printmaker * Eileen Lawrence (born 1946), painter, printmaker *

Bet Low Bet Low (28 December 1924 – 2 December 2007) was a Scottish figurative and landscape painter, notable as one of the Glasgow School#The Glasgow Girls, Glasgow Girls, and as a co-founder of the Clyde Group. Life Born in Gourock, Bet Low g ...

(1924–2007), painter

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Ann Macbeth Ann Macbeth (25 September 1875 – 23 March 1948 ) was a British embroiderer, designer, teacher and author, a member of the Glasgow Movement and an associate of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. She was also an active suffragette and designed ba ...

(1875–1948), English-born embroiderer * Frances MacDonald (1873–1921), painter, embroiderer, illustrator, textile artist * Shona Macdonald (born 1969), contemporary artist *

Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (5 November 1864 – 7 January 1933) was an English-born artist who worked in Scotland, and whose design work became one of the defining features of the Glasgow Style during the 1890s - 1900s. Biography Born Marga ...

(1865–1933), painter, designer * Esther Blaikie MacKinnon (1885–1934), painter, engraver * Chica Macnab (1889–1980), painter, engraver *

Bessie MacNicol Elizabeth "Bessie" MacNicol (1869–1904) was a Scottish painter and member of the Glasgow Girls group of artists affiliated with the Glasgow School of artists. Early life and education MacNicol was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 5 July 1869, ...

(1869–1904), painter * Jessie M. McGeehan (1872–1950), painter *

Alison McKenzie Alison McKenzie (30 August 1907 – 1982) was a British artist who was both a painter and printmaker. Biography McKenzie was born in Bombay to Scottish parents and was educated in England at the Prior's Field School from 1921 to 1925. She studi ...

(1907–1982), painter, printmaker *

Lucy McKenzie Lucy McKenzie (born 1977) is a British artist based in Brussels. Biography Born in Glasgow, Scotland, McKenzie studied for her BA at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee from 1995–1999 and at Karlsruhe Kunstakademie in Germ ...

(born 1977), painter *Abigail McLellan (1969–2009), painter *Mary McMurtrie (1902–2003), botanical artist *Caroline McNairn (1955–2010), painter *Margaret Mellis (1914–2009), Chinese-born painter *Grace Wilson Melvin (c.1882–1977), artist, teacher *Catriona Millar (born 1956), painter *Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), engraver, illustrator *Lady Marianne Isobel Moncrieff (1875–1961), glass designer *Victoria Morton (born 1971), painter, sculptor *Sheila Mullen (artist), Sheila Mullen (born 1942), painter

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*Mary Nimmo Moran (1822–1899), U.S.-based landscape artist, engraver *Anne Nasmyth (1798–1874), Scottish landscape artist *Barbara Nasmyth (1790–1870), Scottish landscape artist *Charlotte Nasmyth (1804–1884), Scottish landscape artist *Jane Nasmyth (1788–1867), Scottish landscape artist *Jessie Newbery (1864–1948), embroiderer, textile artist

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*Elizabeth Ogilvie (born 1946), sculptor, environmental artist

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*Aileen Paterson (1934–2018), illustrator, writer *Emily Murray Paterson (1855–1934), painter *Katie Paterson (born 1981), mixed media artist *Viola Paterson (1899–1981), painter and woodcut printer *Deborah Phillips (born 1965), painter *Susan Philipsz (born 1965), sound artist, installation artist *Mabel Pryde (1871–1918), painter *Della Purves (1945–2008), botanical artist

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*Barbara Rae (born 1943), painter, printmaker *Arabella Rankin (1871–c.1935), printmaker *Catherine Read (1723–1778), portrait painter *Anne Redpath (1895–1965), painter *Christina Robertson (1796–1854), Russian court painter

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*Concordia Scott (1924–2014), sculptor, nun *Elaine Shemilt (born 1954), printmaker, video artist, photographer *Lucy Skaer (born 1975), sculptor, painter, filmmaker *Dorothy Carleton Smyth (1880–1933), painter, stained glass artist, costume designer *Pamela So (1947–2010), multimedia artist, photographer *Helen Stevenson (artist), Helen Stevenson (fl. 1920–1935), printmaker *Grace Campbell Stewart (died 1863), miniature painter *Maud Sulter (1960–2008), photographer, writer *Jean Sutherland (1907–2006), photographer, songwriter, poet

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*Helen Monro Turner (1901–1977), woodcut and stained glass artist

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*Ethel Walker (1861–1951), painter *Ottilie Maclaren Wallace (1875–1947), sculptor *Cecile Walton (1891–1956), painter, illustrator, sculptor *Alison Watt (Scottish painter), Alison Watt (born 1965), painter *Margaret Bruce Wells (1909–1998), printmaker *Mary Georgina Wade Wilson (1856–1939), painter *Sylvia Wishart (1936–2008), landscape artist

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*Jane Younger (1863–1955), painter

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*Anna Zinkeisen (1901–1976), painter *Doris Zinkeisen (1898–1991), painter {{Lists of women artists by nationality Scottish women artists, - Lists of women artists by nationality, Scottish Lists of Scottish women, Artists, List of Scottish women Lists of Scottish people by occupation, Artists, women Lists of British women artists, Scottish