DailyArt Magazine Profiles 10 Women Sculptors From Luisa Roldán to Janine Antoni

DailyArt Magazine has highlighted ten female sculptors spanning from the 17th to the 21st centuries. Among them, Luisa Roldán (1652, Seville) is recognized as Spain's first documented female sculptor, who served as Court Sculptor to King Charles II but ultimately died in poverty. Edmonia Lewis (1844) endured false accusations and mob violence, later establishing her career in Boston and Rome. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875) was the founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1931. Augusta Savage (1892) established an art school in Harlem and led the Harlem Community Art Center. Other notable artists include Louise Bourgeois (1911), Yayoi Kusama (1922), Niki de Saint Phalle (1930), Chryssa (1933), Doris Salcedo (1958), and Janine Antoni (1964), all of whom challenge the male-dominated narrative in art history.