Women artists competing for awards at the 1893

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submitted their work to juries at appropriate buildings. Women artists were represented in the

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, along with their fellow countrymen. Women exhibited painting and sculpture throughout the Fair. The Woman's Building did not have a juried exhibition, but lobbied to have artists of the day submit their work for the "Court of Honor". Women also contributed to the decoration and statuary throughout the Woman's Building. Palace of fine arts floor plan

Women artists in the Palace of Fine Arts

List of Women artist exhibiting at the Palace of Fine Arts, by country.

Austria

Belgium

Canada

Denmark

France

Germany

Great Britain

Holland

Italy

* Maria Martinetti – painting

Norway

Russia

;D * Maria Lvovna Dillon – sculpture ;K * Sophia Ivanovna Kramskaya – painting ;P * Helena Polienoff – painting ;W * Helena Wrangel (Elena Karlovna Vrangel) – painting

Spain

;A *

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– painting *

Fernanda Frances Arribas Fernanda Frances Arribas (1862−1939) was a Spanish painter. She is known for still lifes and flower paintings. She taught at the Escuela de Artes y Oficinos in Madrid, and at the Escuela del Hogar in Madrid. Biography Arribas was born in Vale ...

– painting ;P * Maria Pirala – painting

Sweden

United States

Women artists in the Woman's Building

List of Women artists exhibiting at the Woman's Building, by country.

Austria

Belgium

Cuba

;M * Elvira Martinez de Melero – painting

Denmark

;L * Louise (Queen of Denmark) – painting

France

Germany

Great Britain

Japan

;A * Giokushi Atomi – painting ;S *

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– painting *

Uemura Shōen was the pseudonym of an artist in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japanese painting. Her real name was Uemura Tsune. Shōen was known primarily for her ''bijin-ga,'' or paintings of beautiful women, in the ''nihonga'' style, although sh ...

– painting

Mexico

* Julia Escalante – painting

Russia

Spain

United States

Unknown

* Adelaide Manan – sculpture

Women artists elsewhere at the exposition

List of Women artists elsewhere at the exposition, by country.

France

Sweden

* Anna Palm de Rosa – painting

United States

Gallery

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References

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