List of Scottish women artists

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

A Janet Macdonald Aitken (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 (1915–2012), painter, filmmaker Hazel Armour (1894–1985), sculptor, medallist Mary Nicol Neill Armour (1902–2000), painter Annie R. Merrylees Arnold (fl. 1890s–1930s), miniature painter Susan Ashworth (fl. 1860–1880), painter Joan Ayling (1907–1993), miniature painter

B 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 (1896–1985), painter Claire Barclay (born 1968), installation artist, printmaker, sculptor Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912–2004), abstract painter Mardi Barrie (1930–2004), painter Johanna Basford (born 1983), illustrator Penelope Beaton (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 (1909–1953), sculptor Ann Spence Black (1861–1947), painter Karla Black (born 1972), sculptor Elizabeth Blackadder (1931–2021), painter, printmaker Jemima Blackburn (1823–1909), painter, illustrator Elizabeth Blackwell (1707–1758), botanical illustrator Yvonne Boag (born 1954), painter Phyllis Bone (1894–1972), sculptor Christine Borland (born 1965), medical-themed contemporary artist Mary Bright (1956–2002), Scottish curtain designer Julie Brook (born 1961), sculptor, painter, installation artist Helen Paxton Brown (1876–1956), painter, embroiderer Margaret Oliver Brown (1912–1990), painter, illustrator Elizabeth York Brunton (1880–c.1960), painter, printmaker Mary Rose Hill Burton (1857–1900), painter Nancy Jane Burton (1891–1972), painter

C Joyce W. Cairns (born 1947), painter Katharine Cameron (1874–1965), landscape painter Mary Cameron (1865–1921), painter Liza Campbell (born 1959), engraver, calligrapher, writer Evelyn Carslaw (1881–1968), landscape painter Gayle Chong Kwan (born 1973), photographer, installation artist, video artist Margery Clinton (1931–2005), ceramist, glass artist Gertrude Mary Coventry (1886–1964), portrait painter Jean Hunter Cowan (1882–1967), sculptor, painter Victoria Crowe (born 1945), painter

D Claire Dalby (born 1944), painter, illustrator Anne Davidson (1937–2008), sculptor Majel Davidson (1885–1969), potter, painter Mary C. Davidson (1865–1951), painter Mabel Dawson (1887–1965), painter Stansmore Dean Stevenson (1866–1944), painter Helen Denerley (born 1956), sculptor Marion Deuchars (born 1964), illustrator, writer de Courcy Lewthwaite Dewar (1878–1959), enamelist, metalworker Jessie Alexandra Dick (1896–1976), painter, teacher Isobelle Ann Dods-Withers (1876–1939), painter Jacqueline Donachie (born 1969), photographer, sculptor, installation artist Kaye Donachie (born 1970), painter Kate Downie (born 1958), American-born painter, printmaker Lady Sophia Dunbar (1814-1909), watercolour painter Jean Duncan (1933–2018), painter, printmaker

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

F Christian Jane Fergusson (1876–1957), painter Margaret Cross Primrose Findlay (1902–1968), sculptor and modeller Anne Finlay (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, painter, sculptor, installation artist Hannah Frank (1908–2008), sculptor Jo Fraser (born 1986), painter Annie French (1873–1965), painter, engraver, illustrator, designer

G Floris Gillespie (1882–1967), painter Janetta Gillespie (1876–1956), painter Margaret Gillies (1803–1887), painter Henrietta Gilmour (1852–1926), Canadian-born photographer Constance Gordon-Cumming (1837–1924), painter, writer Mary Grant (1831–1908), sculptor Norah Neilson Gray (1882–1931), painter

H Maggie Hamilton (1867–1952), painter Gwen Hardie (born 1962), painter Claire Harrigan (born 1964), painter Josephine Haswell Miller (1890–1975), painter Mairi Hedderwick (born 1939), illustrator, writer Ann Henderson (1921–1976), sculptor Mary Balfour Herbert (1817–1893), watercolour painter Amelia Robertson Hill (1821–1904), sculptor Margaret Ross Hislop (1894–1972), oil painter Gwynneth Holt (1909–1995), sculptor Louise Hopkins (born 1965), English-born painter, printmaker Anna Hotchkis (1885–1984), painter, writer Beatrice Huntington (1889–1998), painter, sculptor, musician Moira Huntly (born 1932), painter

I Esther Inglis (1571–1624), painter, calligrapher, embroiderer, writer

J Dorothy Johnstone (1892–1980), painter

K 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 (1907–1978), painter Kathryn Kynoch (1941-2025), portrait painter

L Annie Rose Laing (1869–1946), painter Elspeth Lamb (born 1951), printmaker Eileen Lawrence (born 1946), painter, printmaker Bet Low (1924–2007), painter

M Ann Macbeth (1875–1948), English-born embroiderer Frances MacDonald (1873–1921), painter, embroiderer, illustrator, textile artist Shona Macdonald (born 1969), contemporary artist Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1865–1933), painter, designer Esther Blaikie MacKinnon (1885–1934), painter, engraver Chica Macnab (1889–1980), painter, engraver Bessie MacNicol (1869–1904), painter Jessie M. McGeehan (1872–1950), painter Alison McKenzie (1907–1982), painter, printmaker Lucy McKenzie (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 (born 1942), painter

N 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

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

P 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 Mary E. Pollitt (1873–1962), painter Ivy Gardner Proudfoot (1894–1975), sculptor Mabel Pryde (1871–1918), painter Della Purves (1945–2008), botanical artist

R 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

S 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 (fl. 1920–1935), printmaker Grace Campbell Stewart (died 1863), miniature painter Maud Sulter (1960–2008), photographer, writer Jean Sutherland (1907–2006), photographer, songwriter, poet

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

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

Y Jane Younger (1863–1955), painter

Z Anna Zinkeisen (1901–1976), painter Doris Zinkeisen (1898–1991), painter