Dictionary of Women Artists

Since the early 1970s there has been increasing interest in and study of women as artists. Although there has been much scholarly research and many books published, there has never been a reference work of such historical and geographical magnitude until Delia Gaze’s much awaited and needed Dictionary of Women Artists.

This dictionary includes entries on some 600 artists all working in a range of media from the Middle Ages to the present day. The dictionary’s scope has been limited to artists working in the Western tradition, born before 1945 and concentrating in the field of “fine art”, namely...