1940s
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
1915 — Austria | 2009 — Nigeria
Susanne Wenger
1887 — 1948 | United States
Laura Wheeler Waring
1930 — 1998 | Canada
Joyce Wieland
1878 — 1972 | China
He Xiangning
1925 — 2019 | Japan
Tsuruko Yamazaki
1921 — Iraq | 2015 — Israel
Claire Yaniv
1893 — 1975 | United Kingdom
Madame Yevonde
1887 — 1987 | Japan
Fujio Yoshida
1895 — 2000 | Japan
Yuki Ogura
1897 — Poland | 1949 — United States
Teresa Żarnowerówna (Teresa Żarnower)
1901 — Turkey | 1991 — Jordan
Fahrelnissa Zeid
1903 — 1985 | China
