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 Lou Albert-Lasard (1885–1969), 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 (born 1923), painter Pauline Auzou (1775–1835), painter
B Anna Barbara Bansi (1777–1863), painter Jeanne Bardey (1872–1954), painter, sculptor Nina Barka (1908–1986), Russian-born French painter Françoise Basseporte (1701–1780), painter Marie Adelaide Baubry-Vaillant (1829–after 1881), painter Geneviève Brossard de Beaulieu (fl. 1770–1815), 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 Lucienne Bisson (1880–1939), painter Marie Blancour (fl. 1650–1699), painter Jeanne Bonaparte (1861–1910), painter, sculptor Juliette Bonheur (1830–1891), painter Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899), painter 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 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 Yvonne Canu (1921–2008), painter Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761–1818), painter Henriette Cappelaere (fl. 1846–1859), 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 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 (born 1935), 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 Béatrice Cussol (born 1970), artist, writer
D Jeanne Bernard Dabos (1765–1842), miniature painter Augustine Dallemagne (1821–1875), miniature painter 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 Émilie Desjeux (1861–1957), painter Angèle Dubos (born 1844), 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 Natalia Dumitresco (1915–1997), Romanian-born French abstract painter Thérèse-Marthe-Françoise Dupré (1877–1920), realist painter Pierrette-Madeleine-Cécile Durand (1745–1831), painter
F Nina Fagnani (born 1860), American-born French miniature painter Hélène Feillet (1812–1889), painter and lithographer Jeanne Fichel (1849–1906), painter Clara Filleul (1822–1878), painter and children's writer Rosalie Filleul (1753–1794), 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 Annick Gendron (died 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 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 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 Andrée Lavieille (1887–1960), painter Marie Adrien Lavieille (1852–1911), painter Marie Ernestine Lavieille ( 1852–1937), painter Marie-Élisabeth Laville-Leroux (1779–1826), painter Marie Laurencin, (1883–1956) painter, printmaker Jeanne-Philiberte Ledoux (1767–1840), painter Madeleine Lemaire (1845–1928), painter Marie-Victoire Lemoine (1754–1820), painter Sonia Lewitska (1880–1937), Ukrainian-born painter, printmaker, working in France Sophie Lienard (died 1845), portrait miniaturist Marianne Loir (1715–1769), portrait painter 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 Lidiya Masterkova (1927–2008), Russian-born French painter Caroline de Maupéou (1836–1915), painter Constance Mayer (1775–1821), painter Angélique Mezzara (1793–1868), painter Victorine Meurent (1844–1927), 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 (born 1928), 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 Aurélie Nemours (1910–2005), abstract painter Marie Nicolas (1845–1903), painter Marie-Thérèse de Noireterre (1760–1823), miniuaturist
O Princess Marie of Orléans (1813–1839), sculptor, designer
P Marie Parrocel (1743–1824), painter Gabrielle-Charlotte Patin (born 1966), numismatist, writer, painter Blanche Paymal-Amouroux (1860–1910), painter Marie Petiet (1854–1893), painter Laure Pigeon (1882–1965), Spiritualist artist Alice Prin (1901–1953), painter, writer
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 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 Félicie Schneider (1831–1888), portrait painter Marie-Ernestine Serret (1812–1884), painter, pastellist Marguerite Sir (1890–1957), outsider textile artist Élisabeth Sonrel (1874–1953), painter, illustrator Anne Strésor (1651—1713), painter, nun Élisabeth Swagers (c.1775–1837), painter
T Élisabeth-Claire Tardieu (1731–1773), engraver Henriette Tirman (1875–1952), painter, printmaker 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 Louise 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
Z Jenny Zillhardt (1857–1939), painter
