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Although we have works by around 70 female artists in our collection, the vast majority are on paper - watercolours, drawings and prints. To a great extent, this reflects what was seen as suitable for women artists in the past.


As ArtUK overwhelmingly shows oil paintings, for now we can only highlight a small number of women artists represented in our collection, but hope to add to this in future.


Katharine Wall, Collections Manager, Victoria Art Gallery

14 artworks
The Garden at Rezzolla, Pugliola, Italy
Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery

The Garden at Rezzolla, Pugliola, Italy 1927

Emmeline Deane (1858–1944)

Oil on canvas

H 51.6 x W 41.3 cm

Victoria Art Gallery

The Interior of the Victoria Art Gallery
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The Interior of the Victoria Art Gallery 1903

Hester Quinton Eversley (1877–1965)

Oil on canvas

H 61.3 x W 61 cm

Victoria Art Gallery

Bringing Down Mountain Grapes
Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery

Bringing Down Mountain Grapes c.1942

Helen Lavinia Cochrane (1868–1946)

Tempera on board

H 55.9 x W 40.6 cm

Victoria Art Gallery

The Sirens
Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery

The Sirens

Henrietta Rae (1859–1928)

Oil on canvas

H 15.6 x W 30.3 cm

Victoria Art Gallery

Musée des Musiciens, Rheims, France
Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery

Musée des Musiciens, Rheims, France

Milly Childers (1866–1922)

Oil on panel

H 50.6 x W 40.6 cm

Victoria Art Gallery

Finis
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Finis 1928

Clare Atwood (1866–1962)

Oil on canvas

H 50.8 x W 61 cm

Victoria Art Gallery

'Le Gouter'
Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery

'Le Gouter' 1894

Léonie Michaud (b.1873)

Oil on canvas

H 74 x W 89 cm

Victoria Art Gallery

Regatta, Venice (On the Grand Canal)
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Regatta, Venice (On the Grand Canal)

Gertrude Crompton (1874–1959)

Oil on canvas

H 50.8 x W 61 cm

Victoria Art Gallery

Walcot Street from Hedgemead, Bath
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Walcot Street from Hedgemead, Bath 1942

Thérèse Lessore (1884–1945)

Oil on canvas

H 76.2 x W 63.5 cm

Victoria Art Gallery

Still Life
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Still Life c.1970

Barbara Campbell (1908–1976)

Oil on panel

H 60.5 x W 50 cm

Victoria Art Gallery

Still Life, Pink and Ochre
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Still Life, Pink and Ochre 1960

Thelma Hulbert (1913–1995)

Oil on canvas

H 100.4 x W 72.4 cm

Victoria Art Gallery

Two Figures
© the Sandra Blow estate partnership. All rights reserved, DACS 2023. Image credit: Victoria Art Gallery

Two Figures 1954

Sandra Blow (1925–2006)

Oil on canvas

H 122 x W 91.6 cm

Victoria Art Gallery

Mrs Laglan in Great Pulteney Street, Bath
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Mrs Laglan in Great Pulteney Street, Bath 1930–1939

Jill Brennan

Oil on canvas

H 71.2 x W 50.8 cm

Victoria Art Gallery

Sun Up
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Sun Up 1960

Gillian Ayres (1930–2018)

Oil on canvas

Victoria Art Gallery