This is a list of women artists who were born in Ireland or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.

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Anne Acheson Anne Crawford Acheson (5 August 1882 – 13 March 1962) was a British-Irish sculptor. She and Elinor Hallé invented plaster casts for soldier's broken limbs. Acheson exhibited at the Royal Academy and internationally. She was awarded the CB ...

(1882–1962), sculptor * Mary Alment (1834–1908), landscape, portrait artist *

Mary Arrigan Mary Arrigan (born 15 February 1943) is an Irish illustrator, artist and novelist, focusing on children's books. Life Arrigan was born Mary Nolan in Newbridge, County Kildare on 5 February 1943 to Brendan Nolan and Marian Maher. She had one b ...

(born 1943), illustrator, artist and novelist

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* Ethelwyn Baker (1899–1988), sculptor * Maude Mary Ball (1883–1969), painter and sculptor * Ethel Gresley Ball (1886–1959), painter and sculptor *

Moyra Barry Moyra Barry (1886 – 2 February 1960) was an Irish artist, most noted for her paintings of flowers. Early life and education Moyra Aloysius Barry was born in 1886 in Dublin, the eldest of eleven children of Bernard and Jane Barry. Her father w ...

(1886–1960), flower painter *

Rose Maynard Barton Rose Mary Barton (Dublin 21 April 1856 – 1929) was an Anglo-Irish artist; a watercolourist who painted landscape, street scenes, gardens, child portraiture and illustrations of the townscape of Britain and Ireland. Barton exhibited with ...

(1856–1929), painter * Mary Battersby (fl. 1801–1841), painter, naturalist * Frances Beckett (1880–1951), painter * Edith Anna Bell (1870–1929), sculptor *

Dorothy Blackham Dorothy Blackham (1 March 1896 – 4 September 1975) was an Irish illustrator, artist, and teacher. Early life and education Dorothy Isabel Blackham was born at 4 Beechwood Rd, Rathmines, Dublin, on 1 March 1896. Her parents were Charles H. Bl ...

(1896–1975), illustrator, painter, educator *

Edith Blake Edith Bernal, Lady Blake ( Osborne; 7 February 1846 – 18 April 1926) was an Irish botanical illustrator and writer, noted for her work on the flora and fauna of countries such as The Bahamas, Jamaica and Ceylon. Early life Blake was born on ...

(1846–1926), botanical illustrator, writer *

Norma Borthwick Mariella Norma Borthwick (25 July 1862 – 13 June 1934) was a British artist and writer and an Irish language activist. Early life Mariella Norma Borthwick was born in Highfield, Higher Bebington, Chester, on 25 July 1862. She was one of fiv ...

(1862–1934), British artist, writer, Irish language activist *

Alicia Boyle Alicia Louisa Letitia Boyle ''RBA, RHA, RUA'' (1 August 1908 – 11 January 1997) was an Irish abstract marine and landscape artist. Early life and education Alicia Boyle was born on 1 August 1908 to Brudenell P Boyle, an engineer, and his wife ...

(1908–1997), landscape artist *

Nicola Gordon Bowe Nicola (Nikki) Gordon Bowe (1948 – 4 January 2018) was an art historian, author and educator. She was a leading author on the Arts and Crafts movement in Ireland, most notably the revival of stained glass as an art form. She was also known f ...

(1948–2018), art historian, educator *

Gretta Bowen Margretta Bowen, best known as Gretta Bowen (1 January 1880 – 8 April 1981) was a self-taught Irish artist. She only started painting late in life, after her sons Arthur and George Campbell were already established as artists. Early life Altho ...

(1880–1981), painter * Sarah Bowie (fl. 2010s), illustrator, author, cartoonist *

Muriel Brandt Muriel Brandt (16 January 1909 – 10 June 1981) was an Irish artist known for her portraiture and murals. Early life and family Muriel Brandt was born Muriel McKinley in Colenso Parade, Belfast on 16 January 1909. Her parents were Florence A ...

(1909–1981), painter *

Ruth Brandt Ruth Brandt (22 June 1936 – 13 August 1989) was an Irish artist and teacher, who was known for drawing inspiration from nature for her work. Early life and education Ruth Brandt was born in Dublin on 22 June 1936. She was the eldest child of ...

(1936–1989), painter, educator * Melanie Le Brocquy (1919–2018), sculptor *

Colleen Browning Colleen Browning (16 May 1918 – 22 August 2003) was an Anglo-American realist and magical realist painter. Early life Colleen Browning was born 16 May 1918 in Shoeburyness, Essex, England.Laura Buckley (1977–2022), video and installation artist * Letitia Bushe (c. 1705/1710–1757), water painter, miniaturist *

Mildred Anne Butler Mildred Anne Butler (11 January 1858 – 11 October 1941) was an Irish artist, who worked in watercolour and oil of landscape, genre and animal subjects. Butler was born and spent most of her life in Kilmurry, Thomastown, County Kilkenny an ...

(1885–1941), painter

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* Margaret Callan (c.1817–c.1883), teacher, nationalist, writer, used the pseudonym Thornton MacMahon *

Maeve Clancy Maeve Clancy is an Irish illustrator and artist working on stage design and graphic novels based out of Dublin. Life Clancy worked as a set designer for film and tv. She has also written and illustrated webcomics and theatre plays using paper ...

, paper cut artist, illustrator *

Ellen Creathorne Clayton Ellen Creathorne Clayton, Mrs Needham (15 February 1834 – 19 July 1900), born Eleanor Creathorne Clayton, was an author and artist. She wrote and illustrated novels, stories, and collections of historical biographies for young readers. Early ...

(1834–1900), painter * Margaret Clarke (1888–1961), portrait painter * Anne Cleary (born 1965), installation and video artist * Susan Connolly (artist) (born 1976), contemporary artist *

Amanda Coogan Amanda Coogan (born 1971) is an Irish performance artist, living and working in Dublin. She studied under the performance artist Marina Abramović at the HBK Hochschule für Bildende Kunste, Braunschweig, Germany. In her performance art, she p ...

(born 1971), performance artist *

Sylvia Cooke-Collis Sylvia Cooke-Collis (1900 – 7 February 1973) was an Irish painter who worked mainly in oils, gouache, and watercolour. Life Sylvia Margaret Phillips was born at Glanmire, County Cork to Hilda Margaret Workman-Macnaghten (1868-1961) and Captai ...

(1900–1973), painter * Catherine Teresa Cookson (fl. 1830s), botanical artist * Kathleen Cox (1904–1972), Irish artist, sculptor, mystic *

Mia Cranwill Mia Cranwill (born Maria Cranwill; 1 March 1880 – 20 October 1972) was an Irish designer and metal artist, and was one of the leading artists of the Irish Celtic Revival. Early life and education Mia Cranwill at 3 Charlotte Place, Drumcondra ...

(1880–1972), designer, metal artist *

Dorothy Cross Dorothy Cross (born 1956) is an Irish artist. Working with differing media, including sculpture, photography, video and installation art, installation, she represented Republic of Ireland, Ireland at the 1993 Venice Biennale. Central to her work ...

(born 1956), contemporary artist * Amelia Curran (1775–1847), portrait painter * Fanny Currey (1848–1917), horticulturalist and watercolour painter

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Elinor Darwin Elinor Mary Darwin (née Monsell; 1879–1954) was an Irish born illustrator, engraver and portrait painter. Her illustrations were included in several of her husband, Bernard Darwin's books for children. Personal life Elinor Mary Monsell was ...

(1879–1954), illustrator, engraver, portrait painter *

Lilian Davidson Lilian Davidson ARHA (26 January 1879 – 29 March 1954) was an Irish landscape and portrait artist, teacher and writer. Early life and education Lilian Lucy Davidson was born at Castle Terrace, Bray, County Wicklow, on 26 January 1879. She w ...

(1879–1954), painter, writer * Kate Dobbin (1868–1955), watercolour artist *

Phoebe Donovan Phoebe Donovan (1902 – May 1998) was an Irish flower, landscape and portrait artist. Biography Phoebe Donovan was born in Wexford in 1902. She was educated privately before being sent to a French school in Wexford. Donovan began painting as p ...

(1902–1998), flower, landscape and portrait artist *

Anne Donnelly Anne Donnelly (born 1932) is an Irish artist living in Italy. Life Born in Belfast, Donnelly grew up in County Carlow. She studied in the National College of Art in Dublin graduating in 1953 and then went on to the Escuela de Bellas Artes i ...

(born 1932), painter * Susanna Drury (1698–1770), landscape painter

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Frances Anne Edgeworth Frances Anne Edgeworth (née Beaufort) (1769–1865), known as Fanny, was an Irish botanical artist and memoirist. She was the stepmother and confidant of the author Maria Edgeworth. Early life Frances Anne Beaufort was born at ''Flower Hill'' ...

(1769–1865), botanical artist, memoirist *

Diana Conyngham Ellis Diana Conyngham Ellis (née Monsell) (1813 - 4 May 1851) was a botanical artist from Ireland. Life Diana Monsell was born, most probably in County Londonderry, in 1813. She was the eldest daughter of the four children of the Archdeacon of Derry ...

(1813–1851), botanical artist *

Beatrice Elvery Beatrice Moss Elvery, RHA (1881, Dublin – 1970, Rockall, Sandycove) was an Irish painter, stained-glass artist and sculptor. Early life Beatrice Moss Elvery was born in 1881, the second daughter of the Dublin businessman, William Elvery, ...

(1881–1970), stained-glass artist, painter

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Marianne Fannin Marianne or Edda Fannin (2 March 1845 – 18 November 1938) was an Irish botanical artist, known for her work painting the flora of South Africa. She was regarded as one of the principle South African botanical artists of her time. Life Marian ...

(1845–1938), botanical artist * Genieve Figgis (born 1972), contemporary painter *

Kathleen Fox Kathleen Fox (12 September 1880 – 17 August 1963) was an Irish painter, enamellist, and stained-glass artist. Life Kathleen Fox was born in Glenageary, County Dublin, on 12 September 1880. Her father was Captain Henry Charles Fox of the K ...

(1880–1963), painter, enamellist, stained glass artist

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Catherine Gage Catherine Gage (18 May 1815 – 16 February 1892) was an Irish botany, botanist, botanical and Ornithology, ornithological illustrator. As a botanist, she was known for her drawings and collections of Rathlin Island plants. She also painted ove ...

(1815–1892), botanist, botanical and ornithological illustrator *

Wilhelmina Geddes Wilhelmina Geddes HRUA (25 May 1887 – 10 August 1955) was an Irish stained glass artist who was an important figure within the Irish Arts and Crafts movement and also the twentieth-century British stained glass revival. Notable works include wi ...

(1887–1955), stained glass artist *

Evelyn Gleeson Evelyn Gleeson (15 May 1855 – 20 February 1944) was an English embroidery, carpet, and tapestry designer, who along with Elizabeth and Lily Yeats established the Dun Emer Press. Early life and education Evelyn Gleeson was born in Knutsford, ...

(1855–1944), embroidery, carpet, and tapestry designer *

Carol Graham Carol Graham (born January 29, 1962) is the Leo Pasvolsky Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, a College Park professor at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of La ...

(born 1951), contemporary artist. *

Eileen Gray Eileen Gray (born Kathleen Eileen Moray Smith; 9 August 187831 October 1976) was an Irish interior designer, furniture designer and architect who became a pioneer of the Modern architecture, Modern Movement in architecture. Over her career, s ...

(1879–1976), furniture designer, architect * Elizabeth Gray (1837–1903), painter, etcher, photographer * Beatrice Gubbins (1878–1944), watercolour artist *

Althea Gyles Althea Gyles (January 1867 – 23 January 1949) was an Irish poet and artist. She is known for her book cover designs, for writers who included W. B. Yeats. Early life Margaret Alithea Gyles was born in Bath, Somerset, and christened there at ...

(1868–1949), poet, painter, illustrator

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* Eva Henrietta Hamilton (1876–1960), painter * Letitia Marion Hamilton (1878–1964), landscape painter * Marianne-Caroline Hamilton (1777–1861), artist, memoirist * Marie Hanlon (born 1948), painter * Alice Hanratty (born 1939), printmaker *

Elayne Harrington Elayne Adamczyk Harrington, also known as Temper-Mental MissElayneous, is an Irish hip hop musician, poet and visual artist. Early life Harrington (born ) is from Finglas, a suburb of Dublin. Her mother was a union activist and her father a mu ...

(born 1987 or 1988), visual artist *

Sarah Cecilia Harrison Sarah Cecilia Harrison (21 June 1863 – 23 July 1941) was an Irish artist and the first woman to serve on Dublin City Council. Early life and education Harrison, who went by the name Cecilia, was born to an affluent family in Holywood House, i ...

(1863–1941), painter *

Gertrude Hartland Gertrude Hartland (1865–1954) was an Irish illustrator and landscape painter. From County Cork, other members of the Hartland family were involved in horticulture and art, and she was primarily known for illustrations and paintings of flowers. ...

(1865–1954), illustrator *

Gabriel Hayes Gabriel Hayes (25 August 1909 – 28 October 1978) was an Irish artist born in Dublin. She was a sculptor and medallist who studied in Dublin, France, and Italy and was also an accomplished painter. Early life and family Mary Gabriel Hayes ...

(1909–1978), sculptor *

Mercedes Helnwein Mercedes Helnwein (born November 12, 1979) is an artist, writer and filmmaker. She was born in Vienna, Austria and primarily lives and works in Los Angeles. Early life Helnwein was born in Vienna, Austria. Her father is Austro-Irish artist Gottfri ...

(born 1979), painter, writer, video artist *

Grace Henry Grace Henry HRHA (10 February 1868 – 11 August 1953) was a Scottish landscape artist, who spent a large part of her career painting in Ireland. Early life and education Grace Henry was born Emily Grace Mitchell at Kirktown St. Fergus, near ...

(1868–1953), Scottish landscape artist *

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 ...

(1817–1893), watercolourist *

Katie Holten Katie Holten is a contemporary Irish artist whose artwork focuses on humans' impact on the natural environment.

(born 1975), contemporary artist *

Helen Hooker Helen Huntington Hooker or Helen Hooker O'Malley Roelefs (1 January 1905 – 2 April 1993) was an American sculptor and portrait painter who spent a considerable part of her career in Ireland. Early life Helen Huntington Hooker was born in Gree ...

(1905–1993), sculptor, portrait painter *

Evie Hone Eva Sydney Hone RHA (22 April 1894 – 13 March 1955), usually known as Evie, was an Irish painter and stained glass artist.Nicola Gordon Bowe (May 2009)Hone, Eva Sydney (1894–1955) ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', online editi ...

(1894–1955), painter, stained glass artist

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Alice Jacob Alice Jacob (26 January 1862 – 31 July 1921) was an Ireland, Irish botany, botanical illustrator, lace designer, and design teacher. Life Alice Jacob was born in 1862 in New Zealand, to Irish parents. The family returned to Ireland in 1871 t ...

(1862–1921), botanical illustrator, lace designer, design teacher * Joan Jameson (1892–1953), still-life, landscape and figure artist *

Yvonne Jammet Yvonne Jammet (1900 – 30 August 1967) was a French landscape painter and sculptor, who spent her career in Ireland. With her husband, Louis Jammet, she ran the well-known Dublin-based French restaurant, Restaurant Jammet. Life Yvonne Jammet w ...

(1900–1967), landscape painter, sculptor *

Mainie Jellett Mary Harriet Jellett (29 April 1897 – 16 February 1944) was an Irish painter whose ''Decoration'' (1923) was among the first abstract paintings shown in Ireland when it was exhibited at the Society of Dublin Painters Group Show in 1923. She w ...

(1897–1944), painter * Debbie Jenkinson, illustrator and comics artist *

Rachel Joynt Rachel Joynt (born 1966 in Caherciveen, County Kerry) is an Irish sculpture, sculptor who creates public art. She graduated from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin in 1989 with a degree in sculpture. Her father, Dick Joynt, was ...

(born 1966), sculptor

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Harriet Kavanagh Lady Harriet Kavanagh (13 October 1799 – 14 July 1885) was an Irish artist, traveller, and antiquarian, described as a "woman of high culture and of unusual artistic power." She is thought to be the first Irish female traveller to Egypt. Ear ...

(1799–1885), artist, traveller, antiquarian * Frances Kelly (1908–2002), painter * Martha King (c.1803–1897), botanical artist *

Alice Sarah Kinkead Alice Sarah "Kinkie" Kinkead (1871–1926) was an Irish artist, she known as a painter and later in life a silversmith. Life Kinkead was born in Tuam in Galway in 1871. Her father, Dr. Richard John Kinkead, GP (1844–1928), was appointed pro ...

(1871–1926), painter

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* Elish Lamont (c.1800/1816–1870), miniaturist * Grania Langrishe (born 1934), botanical illustrator *Lady

Hazel Lavery Hazel Lavery, Lady Lavery (née Martyn; 1880–1935) was an American painter and the second wife of portrait artist Sir John Lavery. Famed for her beauty, Lavery's likeness appeared on banknotes of Ireland for much of the 20th century.Sinead Mc ...

(1880–1935), artist * Mary Concepta Lynch (1874–1939), Irish nun and calligrapher

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* Gladys Maccabe (1918–2018), painter * Isa Macnie (1869–1958), croquet champion, cartoonist, suffragist and activist * Anne Madden (born 1932), painter * Anne Magill, painter, illustrator *

Alice Maher Alice Maher (born 1956) is a contemporary Irish artist working in a variety of media, including sculpture, photography and installation. Education Maher was born in Kilmoyler, near Bansha, County Tipperary and received her early education at ...

(born 1956), multidisciplinary artist * Mary Manning (1853–1930), landscape artist, teacher * Sine MacKinnon (1901–1996), landscape artist * Kathleen Marescaux (1868–1944), painter * Sheila McClean (1932–2016), painter * Siobhan McDonald, multidisciplinary artist *

Norah McGuinness Norah Allison McGuinness (7 November 1901 – 22 November 1980) was an Irish painter and illustrator. Early life Norah McGuinness was born in County Londonderry. She attended life classes at Derry Technical School and from 1921 studied at ...

(1901–1980), painter, illustrator * Yvonne McGuinness (born 1972), contemporary artist *

Eva McKee Eva McKee (28 July 1890 – 1955) was an Irish craftswoman and designer, known for her involvement with the Irish Decorative Art Association. She was known for producing objects decorated with Celtic designs in a variety of media including le ...

(1890–1955), craftswoman and designer *

Flora Mitchell Flora Mitchell (1890 - 1973) was an American-born Irish artist, remembered in particular for her mid-20th-century paintings of old Dublin architecture that has since disappeared. Early life and family Florina Hippisley Mitchell was born on 23 ...

(1890–1973), American-born Irish artist * Dorothy Molloy (1942–2004), poet and artist

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Catherine Amelia O'Brien Catherine Amelia "Kitty" O'Brien (19 June 1881 – 18 July 1963) was an Irish stained glass artist, and a member and director of An Túr Gloine. Early life and education Catherine Amelia O'Brien was born in Durra House, Spancill Hill, County Cl ...

(1881–1963), stained glass artist *

Florence Vere O'Brien Florence Vere O'Brien born Florence Mary Arnold became Florence Arnold-Forster (3 July 1854 – 8 July 1936) was a British diarist, philanthropist, and craftswoman. She set up The Limerick Lace School and Clare Embroidery. Early life Florence ...

(1854–1936), diarist, philanthropist, craftswoman * Geraldine O'Brien (1922–2014), botanical illustrator * Kitty Wilmer O'Brien (1910–1983), landscape artist * Nelly O'Brien (1864–1925), miniaturist, landscape artist, Gaelic League activist *

Harriet Osborne O'Hagan Harriet Osborne O'Hagan (1830–1921) was an Irish portrait artist. Life Harriet Osborne was born in Dublin in 1830. She initially studied with George Sharp RHA. At least one Dublin address can be discerned from her exhibited works, 195 Great B ...

(1830–1921), portrait artist * Helen Sophia O'Hara (1846–1920), watercolour artist *

Bea Orpen Bea Orpen HRHA (7 March 1913 – 12 July 1980) was an Irish landscape and portrait painter and teacher. She aided in the establishment of the Drogheda Municipal Gallery of Art. Early life and education Beatrice Esther Orpen was born at Lishee ...

(1913–1980), landscape and portrait painter, teacher *

Catherine Isabella Osborne Catherine Isabella Osborne (30 June 1818 – 21 June 1880) was an Irish artist, writer and patron. Life Catherine Isabella Osborne was born at Newtown Anner House, near Clonmel, County Tipperary on 30 June 1818. The second child, she was the on ...

(1818–1880), artist, writer, patron

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* Aine Phillips (born 1965), performance artist, writer * Ellice Pilkington (1869–1936), women's activist and artist *

Katherine Plunket Katherine Plunket (born Catherine Plunket; 22 November 182014 October 1932) was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and Botanical illustration, botanical illustrator from Ballymascanlan, County Louth. She holds the distinction of being List of Irish super ...

(1820–1932), botanical illustrator * Caroline Pounds (fl. 1840–1880), watercolour artist *

Rosamond Praeger Sophia Rosamond Praeger, MBE, HRHA, MA (17 April 1867 – 16 April 1954) was an Irish artist, sculptor, illustrator, poet and writer. Early life and education Praeger was born in Holywood, County Down, Ireland on 17 April 1867. Her parents ...

(1867–1954), artist, sculptor, poet, writer *

Kathy Prendergast Kathy Prendergast (born 1958), is an Irish sculptor, draftsman, and painter. Life Prendergast was born in 1958 in Dublin. She studied at Manor House School, Raheny, and pursued third-level studies at the National College of Art & Design, gr ...

(born 1958), artist, sculptor *

Sarah Purser Sarah Henrietta Purser RHA (22 March 1848 – 7 August 1943) was an Irish artist mainly noted for her portraiture. She was the first woman to become a full member of the Royal Hibernian Academy. She also founded and financially supported An T� ...

(1848–1943), stained glass artist

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Mary Redmond Mary Redmond (1863 – 16 January 1930) was an Ireland, Irish sculptor born in Nenagh, County Tipperary, in 1863, and raised in Ardclough, County Kildare, where her father went to work in the limestone quarries. Early life At school in Ardclo ...

(1863–1930), sculptor *

Nano Reid Nano Reid (1 March 1900 – 17 November 1981) was an Irish painter who specialised in landscape, figure painting and portraits. Early life and education Nano Reid was born Anne Margaret Reid on 1 March 1900, in Drogheda, County Louth. She w ...

(1900–1981), painter *

Ethel Rhind Ethel Rhind (1 December 1877 – 6 March 1952) was an Irish stained-glass and mosaic artist, who was associated with An Túr Gloine. Life and education Rhind was born on 1 December 1877 in Arrah, Bihar, India. Her father was Robert Hunter Rhind ...

(1877–1952), stained-glass and mosaic artist *

Anne Rigney Anne Rigney is a contemporary Irish visual artist and sculptor. Biography Born to parents Rita and Vincent, Anne Rigney is originally from Mount Temple, County Westmeath, but has made her home in Knockcroghery, County Roscommon. Rigney stud ...

(born 1957), abstract artist, sculptor *

Elizabeth Rivers Elizabeth Joyce Rivers (5 August 1903 – 20 July 1964) was an English painter, engraver, illustrator and author, based in Ireland for most of her life. Life Born in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire in England on 5 August 1903, she was a member of ...

(1903–1964), stained-glass, painter, engraver, illustrator * Florence Ross (1870–1949), artist

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* Caroline Scally (1886–1973), landscape artist * Susan Sex (born 1947), botanical artist * Estella Solomons (1882–1968), painter *

Edith Somerville Edith Anna Œnone Somerville (; 2 May 1858 – 8 October 1949) was an Irish novelist who habitually signed herself as "E. Œ. Somerville". She wrote in collaboration with her cousin "Martin Ross" ( Violet Martin) under the pseudonym "Somervill ...

(1858–1949), writer, painter, illustrator, suffragist * Elizabeth Shaw (1920–1992), illustrator, children's book author * Everina Sinclair (1870–1966), woodworker and teacher *

Niamh Sharkey Niamh Sharkey is an author and illustrator of children’s picture books. Life Sharkey was interested in reading and illustration at a young age. Sharkey was a freelance illustrator and designer in Dublin after graduating with a degree in visua ...

, author and illustrator of children’s picturebooks *

Camille Souter Camille Souter (born Betty Pamela Holmes; 22 October 1929 – 3 March 2023) was a British-born Irish abstract and landscape artist. She lived and worked on Achill Island and was a Saoi of Aosdána. Early life Souter was born Betty Pamela H ...

(1929–2023), painter *

Stella Steyn Stella Steyn (26 December 1907 – 21 July 1987) was an Irish artist. Early life Steyn was born in Dublin in 1907 to William Steyn (a dentist) and Bertha Jaffe, who met and married in Limerick, having moved to Ireland from Akmenė, Lithuania. S ...

(1907–1987), painter, illustrator * Sophia St John Whitty (1877–1924), woodcarver, teacher, cooperativist *

Imogen Stuart Imogen Stuart (née Werner; 1927 – 24 March 2024) was a German-Irish sculptor, influenced by 19th-century Expressionism and early Irish Christian art. She mainly produced wood and stone for settings for churches but also created many secular ...

(1927–2024), German-Irish sculptor * Mary Swanzy (1882–1978), landscape and genre artist * Mary Rankin Swan (1865–1944), portrait artist

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Phoebe Anna Traquair Phoebe Anna Traquair (; 24 May 1852 – 4 August 1936) was an Irish-born artist, who achieved international recognition for her role in the Arts and Crafts movement in Scotland, as an illustrator, painter and embroiderer. Her works included larg ...

(1852–1936), illustrator, painter, embroiderer * Helen Mabel Trevor (1831–1900), painter *

Alys Fane Trotter Alys Fane Trotter (''née'' Keatinge; 16 December 1863''1939 England and Wales Register''21 December 1961) was an Irish poet and artist. She was born in Dublin, the daughter of Ella Flora Mayne (18281907) and Maurice Keatinge (18161896). Maurice ...

(1862–1961), poet, artist

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* Dairine Vanston (1903–1988), landscape artist * Lilla Vanston (1870–1959), sculptor, portrait painter

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Sophia Wellbeloved Sophia Wellbeloved was born in Dublin, Ireland, and is a historian of Western Esotericism, with special reference to 1920s and 1930s Paris, focusing on the life and writings of G. I. Gurdjieff (1866? – 1949). Education She received her educa ...

(born 1940), sculptor * Sophia St John Whitty (1877–1924), woodcarver *

Daphne Wright Daphne Wright (born 1963) is an Irish people, Irish visual artist, who makes sculptural installations using a variety of techniques and media to explore how a range of languages and materials can be used to probe unspoken human preoccupations. ...

(born 1963), visual artist * Gladys Wynne (1876–1968), watercolourist

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Anne Yeats Anne Butler Yeats (26 February 1919 – 4 July 2001) was an Irish painter, costume and stage designer. Early and family life She was the daughter of the poet William Butler Yeats and Georgie Hyde-Lees, a niece of the painter Jack Butler ...

(1919–2001), painter, stage designer * Lily Yeats (1866–1949), embroiderer *

Mabel Young Mabel Young (18 August 1889 – 8 February 1974) was a British artist, who spent her career painting in Ireland. Early life Mabel Florence Young was born in Ryde, Isle of Wight, on 18 August 1889. She was the youngest of seven children of Emma ...

(1889–1974), artist {{DEFAULTSORT:Irish women artists - Irish women artists, List of Artists, List of Irish women

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