List of Italian women artists

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

A

• Carla Accardi (1924–2014), abstractionist painter
• Eleonora Aguiari (born 1969), installation artist
• Angelica Veronica Airola (c.1590–1670), Baroque painter
• Quirina Alippi-Fabretti (1849–1919), painter
• Topazia Alliata (1913–2015), painter, writer
• Lucia Anguissola (c.1538–c.1565), painter
• Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1532–1625), Renaissance painter

B

• Pippa Bacca (1974–2008), artist
• Bianca Bagnarelli (born 1988), Italian-French illustrator, writer
• Maria Maddalena Baldacci (1718–1782), painter
• Rosa Barba (born 1972), installation artist
• Vanessa Beecroft (born 1969), contemporary artist
• Aniella di Beltrano (1613–1649), Baroque painter
• Elisabetta Benato-Beltrami (1813–1888), painter, sculptor
• Daniela Benedini (born 1972), contemporary painter
• Mirella Bentivoglio (born 1922), sculptor, poet, performance artist
• Laura Bernasconi (fl.1674), Baroque painter
• Antonia Bertucci-Pinelli (died c.1640), Baroque painter
• Fulvia Bisi (1818–1911), painter
• Rita Boley Bolaffio (1898–1995), collage artist
• Monica Bonvicini (born 1965), sculptor, photographer, video artist, educator
• Luigia Bozzini (19th century), religious painter
• Antonietta Brandeis (1848–1926), painter
• Nina Breeder (born 1892), contemporary artist
• Plautilla Bricci (1616–1690), architect, painter
• Eufrasia Burlamacchi (1482–1548), manuscript illuminator
• Angiola Guglielma Butteri (17th century), nun, painter

C

• Orsola Maddalena Caccia (1596–1676), nun, religious painter
• Margherita Caffi (1650–1710), flower painter
• Ginevra Cantofoli (1618–1672), Baroque painter
• Benedetta Cappa (1897–1977), futurist artist
• Rosalba Carriera (1673–1757), painter
• Maria Vittoria Cassana (died 1711), painter
• Catherine of Bologna (1413–1463), nun, artist, saint
• Nicoletta Ceccoli (born 1973), San Marinian illustrator
• Vittoria Chierici (born 1955), painter
• Emma Ciardi (1879–1933), painter
• Maria Giovanna Clementi (1692–1761), portrait painter
• Theresa Maria Coriolano (1620–1671), engraver
• Liliana Cossovel (1924–1984), painter, collagist
• Maria Cosway (1760–1838), Italian-English painter
• Mariangiola Criscuolo (c.1548–1630), Renaissance painter

D

• Dadamaino (1930–2004), painter
• Teodora Danti (c.1498–c.1573), painter, writer
• Caterina Davinio (born 1957), poet, novelist, new media artist
• Anna Vittoria Dolara (1754–1827), nun, poet, painter
• Agnese Dolci (1635–1686), painter
• Irene Parenti Duclos (1754–1795), painter, poet
• Amalia Ciardi Duprè (born 1934), sculptor, painter

F

• Adriana Bisi Fabbri (1881–1918), painter
• Orsola Faccioli (1823–1906), painter
• Lucrina Fetti (c.1590–1651), painter
• Lavinia Fontana (1552–1614), early professional female painter
• Giovanna Fratellini (1666–1731), Baroque painter

G

• Margarita Gabassi (mid-18th century), painter
• Anna Galeotti (1739–1773), engraver, painter
• Fede Galizia (1578–1630), pioneering still life Renaissance painter
• Giola Gandini (1906–1941), painter
• Giovanna Garzoni (1600–1670), Baroque painter
• Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–c.1656), Baroque painter
• Caterina Ginnasi (1590–1660), Baroque painter
• Beatrice Ancillotti Goretti (1879–1937), painter

I

• Iaia (116–27 BC), Roman painter, engraver

K

• Kiyohara Tama (1861–1939), Japanese painter active in Sicily
• Elisa Koch (1833–1914), painter, pastellist

L

• Giulia Lama (born 1681), painter
• Ketty La Rocca (1938–1976), poet, visual artist
• Carla Lavatelli (1928–2006), portrait painter, abstract sculptor
• Bice Lazzari (1900–1981), painter
• Angelica Le Gru Perotti (1719–1776), painter
• Maria Cattarina Locatelli (died 1723), painter
• Barbara Longhi (1552–1638), painter

M

• Francesca Magliani (born 1845), painter
• Lilla Maldura (fl. 1876–1887), painter
• Ada Mangilli (born 1863), painter
• Faustina Maratti (c.1679–1745), Baroque poet, painter
• Clementina Marcovigi (born 1863), painter
• Anna Morandi Manzolini (1714–1774), anatomist, wax modeler
• Virginia Mariani ((1824–1898), painter, ceramist
• Luigia Massari (1810–1898), painter, embroiderer
• Giulia Masucci Fava (born 1858), painter
• Isabella Discalzi Mazzoni (fl. late 15th century), sculptor
• Marisa Merz (born 1931), sculptor
• Emma Moretto (19th century), painter

N

• Plautilla Nelli (1524–1588), nun, early female Renaissance painter
• Elena Nobili (1833–1900), figure painter

O

• Giuseppina Osenga (19th-century), painter

P

• Isabella Parasole (c.1570–c.1620), wood engraver
• Luigia Pascoli (1805–1882), painter
• Itala Pellegrino (born 1865), painter
• Lida Persili (19th century), painter
• Fanny Pieroni-Davenport (late 19th century), painter
• Margherita Pillini (late 19th century), painter
• Ida Pinto-Sezzi (born 1852), painter
• Paola Pivi (born 1971), multimedia artist
• Teresa del Po (1649–1716), painter
• Amalia Del Ponte (born 1936), multidisciplinary artist
• Carlotta Ida Popert (1848–1923), German-Italian painter, etcher

Q

• Lucrezia Quistelli della Mairandola (1541–1594), painter

R

• Rabarama (born 1969), contemporary artist
• Baroness Annetta Radovska (19th century), painter
• Suor Barbara Ragnoni (15th century), nun, painter
• Carol Rama (1918–2015), painter
• Maria Angelica Razzi (16th century), nun, sculptor
• Elisa Rigutini Bulle (born 1859), painter
• Marietta Robusti (c.1560–1590), Renaissance painter
• Linda Rocchi (born 1857), painter
• Francesca Rognoni-Gratognini (born 1850), landscape painter
• Juana Romani (1869–1924), painter

S

• Teresa Scannabecchi (1662–1708), Baroque painter
• Diana Scultori (born 1535), engraver
• Marinella Senatore (born 1977), visual artist
• Luisa Silei (1825–1898), landscape painter
• Nerina Simi (1890–1987), painter, art teacher
• Elisabetta Sirani (1638–1665), Baroque painter
• Violante Beatrice Siries (1709–1783), painter
• Maria Spanò (born 1843), painter
• Irene di Spilimbergo (1540–1559), Renaissance painter

T

• Caterina Tarabotti (active 1659), Baroque painter
• Maria Felice Tibaldi (born 1707), painter
• Lucia Casalini Torelli (1677–1762), painter

V

• Grazia Varisco (born 1937), visual artist
• Chiara Varotari (1584–1663), Baroque painter
• Lauretta Vinciarelli (1943–2011), artist, architect, educator
• Teresa Berenice Vitelli (fl. 1706–1729), painter

W

• Bettina Werner (born 1965), artist working with salt

Z

• Gentile Zanardi (late 17th century), Baroque painter