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American Women Artists

This is a small sampling of women artists and their works in the vast visual arts collections of the Smithsonian. American women photographers have also made their mark. The Smithsonian tells the stories of women within our museums and beyond our walls, critically examining the past and highlighting art and artists who might have been overlooked historically.


Nell Boardman in her studio with a group of unidentified men [photograph] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Betti Richard in her studio [photograph] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Robert Henri and Marjorie Organ

Some Living American Women Artists/Last Supper

On Fire

Deuxieme Peril, from the portfolio Les 7 Perils Spectraux

Dorothea Tanning in studio

Dorothea Tanning

Grace Albee at work in her studio [photograph] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Mary Beth Edelson response to "What is Feminist Art?"

Gladys Edgerly Bates standing next to her "The Acrobat," 1934 [photograph] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Banshee Pearls

Kiki Smith

Brenda Putnam [photograph] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Jar with cover

Marisol Escobar

The Principal Wife Goes On

Lucile Blanch [photograph] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Quill-Leaf Tillandsia (Tillandsia fasciculata)

Mary Vaux Walcott

Aline H. Rhonie at work on aviation mural at Roosevelt Field, Garden City, New York [photograph] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Hildreth Meière standing in front of "Polo Games and Players Map of Santa Barbara" [photograph] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Little woman, big pictures

Bride of the Fire, from the A. I. R. Print Portfolio

I X I

Eye Body: 36 Transformative Actions

Marjorie Strider

Louise Hellstrom

Quarry Spider

Box of Falling Stars

Elsie Driggs

Alice Pike Barney, in Wedding Gown

Photograph of Romaine Brooks with her work

Beds for Dreams

Honoré Sharrer in her studio


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