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Yayoi Kusama

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Major Works: 'Infinity Mirrored Room', 'Pumpkin'. Impact: Renowned for her installations and pioneering work with the use of polka dots and infinity rooms.

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Tracey Emin

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Major Works: 'Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995', 'My Bed'. Impact: Her provocative personal storytelling through art brought the intimate details of her life into public discussion, pushing the boundaries of contemporary art.

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Kara Walker

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Major Works: 'A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby', 'Gone: An Historical Romance of a Civil War as It Occurred'. Impact: She is known for exploring race, gender, sexuality, violence, and identity in her work, particularly through her use of black paper silhouettes.

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Agnes Martin

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Major Works: 'With My Back to the World', 'Untitled No. 4'. Impact: A pioneer of minimalist art, her work is known for an emphasis on line, grids, and subtle colors, influencing later generations of abstract artists.

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Berthe Morisot

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Major Works: 'The Cradle', 'On the Balcony'. Impact: As a founding member of the Impressionist movement, she was crucial in shaping its legacy and was known for her delicate portrayal of domestic life and landscapes.

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Louise Bourgeois

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Major Works: 'Maman', 'Femme Maison'. Impact: Her large-scale sculptures and installations often explored themes of loneliness, jealousy, and anger, contributing to contemporary feminist thought.

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Marisol Escobar

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Major Works: 'The Party', 'Women and Dog'. Impact: As a sculptor, her use of mixed media to create figurative tableaux has contributed to the resurgence of figurative art in the context of pop art.

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Elisabetta Sirani

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Major Works: 'Portia Wounding Her Thigh', 'Beatrice Cenci'. Impact: A leading female Baroque artist who was significant in promoting other women artists by running her own workshop and academy for female painters.

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Rosa Bonheur

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Major Works: 'The Horse Fair', 'Ploughing in Nivernais'. Impact: An eminent 19th-century animalière (painter of animals) and realist, she challenged traditional gender roles and was awarded the Legion of Honour.

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Hilma af Klint

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Major Works: 'The Ten Largest', 'Swan No. 17'. Impact: A pioneer of abstract art, her paintings predate Kandinsky's, yet her spiritual approach to art making and theoretical frameworks have gained recognition only posthumously.

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Georgia O'Keeffe

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Major Works: 'Blue and Green Music', 'Ram's Head White Hollyhock and Little Hills'. Impact: Pioneer of American modernism, she made powerful contributions to abstract art.

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Faith Ringgold

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Major Works: 'Tar Beach', 'Dancing at the Louvre'. Impact: Her narrative quilts introduced new forms of storytelling within visual art, addressing subjects of race and gender.

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Cindy Sherman

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Major Works: 'Untitled Film Stills', 'History Portraits'. Impact: Her conceptual portraits challenge societal expectations and the role of women in media.

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Kiki Smith

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Major Works: 'Wingspan', 'Tale'. Impact: Through her multidisciplinary practice including sculpture, printmaking, and drawing, she investigates themes of mortality, the human body, and the natural world.

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Shirin Neshat

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Major Works: 'Women of Allah' series, 'Rapture'. Impact: Her photography and video work explore the complexities of women's identity, particularly within Muslim societies.

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Sofonisba Anguissola

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Major Works: 'Portrait of Queen Elisabeth of Valois', 'Self-Portrait at the Easel'. Impact: One of the first recognized women artists of the Renaissance, she opened the way for the female artists to be formally trained in the fine arts.

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Bridget Riley

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Major Works: 'Movement in Squares', 'Fall'. Impact: A leading figure in the Op art movement, her exploration of optical sensations and perception has profoundly influenced visual art and design.

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Tamara de Lempicka

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Major Works: 'Auto-Portrait (Tamara in the Green Bugatti)', 'Young Lady with Gloves'. Impact: She was a prominent artist of the Art Deco period, her stylish and distinctive work embodies the era's luxurious and hedonistic lifestyle.

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Lorna Simpson

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Major Works: 'Guarded Conditions', 'Public Sex'. Impact: Simpson's photo-text installations and multimedia works challenge conventional views of gender, identity, culture, history, and memory.

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Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

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Major Works: 'Portrait of Marie Antoinette', 'Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat'. Impact: An important female painter of the 18th century, her work and life signaled a break with the restrictions placed on women artists of the time.

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Frida Kahlo

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Major Works: 'The Two Fridas', 'Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird'. Impact: She brought attention to Mexican culture and is a feminist icon.

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Barbara Kruger

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Major Works: 'I shop therefore I am', 'Your body is a battleground'. Impact: Her work questions power structures, identity and sexuality, often through the incorporation of text in high-contrast graphics.

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Mary Cassatt

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Major Works: 'The Child's Bath', 'The Boating Party'. Impact: She was instrumental in bringing impressionism to the United States and depicted the lives of women, especially the intimate bond between mother and child.

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Judy Chicago

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Major Works: 'The Dinner Party', 'The Birth Project'. Impact: A pioneer of feminist art, her work is known for its focus on female subject matter and the role of women in history and culture.

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Artemisia Gentileschi

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Major Works: 'Judith Slaying Holofernes', 'Susanna and the Elders'. Impact: She was a prominent 17th-century painter who is recognized for her powerful and expressive depiction of female figures and narratives.

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