List of Portuguese women artists explained

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

A

• Sarah Affonso (1899–1983), painter and illustrator
• Helena Almeida (1934–2018), photographer, performance artist, painter
• Sofia Areal (born 1960), visual artist
• Tereza de Arriaga (1915–2013), painter

B

• Maria Augusta Bordalo Pinheiro (1841–1915), painter, lacemaker

C

• Lourdes Castro (1930–2022), painter, also collages, shadow puppets, silhouettes
• Evelina Coelho (1945–2013), painter

F

• Deolinda Fonseca (born 1954), painter
• Marisa Ferreira (born 1983), painter

G

• Raquel Gameiro (1889–1970), watercolour painter and illustrator

L

• Isabel Laginhas (1942–2018), abstract painter

M

• Maluda, Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro (1934–1999), painter and illustrator
• Isabel Meyrelles (born 1929), surrealist sculptor, poet

P

• Abigail de Paiva Cruz (1883–1944), painter, sculptor
• Regina Pessoa (born 1969), animator

R

• Rosa Ramalho (1888–1977), ceramist
• Paula Rego (1935–2022), visual artist

S

• Aurélia de Souza (1866–1922), Chilean-born Portuguese painter
• Sofia Martins de Sousa (1870–1960), Portuguese painter
• Teresa Nunes Alves de Sousa (born 1979), visual artist
• Katherine Swift (1956–2004), Irish-born Portuguese painter

T

• Ana Tristany (born 1966), painter, educator

V

• Joana Vasconcelos (born 1971), contemporary artist
• Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908–1992), Portuguese-French abstractionist painter