Does any know of a female artist before 1300 CE?

Question

I need to find a female artis or a particular group of female artist before 1300 CE... I have searched and searched.. Please help!!

Answer 1

Pliny the Elder wrote about a number of Greek women who were painters, including Timarete, fifth century BC., Eirene, Kalypso, Aristarete, Iaia, and Olympias. While none of their work survives, there is a caputi hydria in The Torno Collection in Milan attributed to the Leningrad painter from circa 460-450 B.C. that shows women working alongside men in a workshop where both painted vases.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_artists#Ancient_and_classical_periods

Lady Li - before 923 -
artist, painter - credited with inventing brush painting of bamboo
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_lady_li.htm

Artists from the Medieval period include Ende, Diemudus, Guda, Claricia, Herrade of Landsberg and Hildegard of Bingen, 1098 – 17 September 1179.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_artists#Ancient_and_classical_periods
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_of_Bingen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ende_%28artist%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diemudus

Answer 2

There aren't too many, I can only think of one .... Hildegard von Bingen. She founded several monasteries in Germany about the 10th or 11th century(can't remember exactly when). She's a VERY interesting woman, and she had some very strange visions. I think she is best known for her "chants" but she painted too (they may actually be illuminations). Either way....she was definitely an artist.

Answer 3

does it need to be a visual artist?
Sappho was a very famous female poet about 600 BCE.

For more check out this link, it has a number of examples:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_artists

Answer 4

The Scriptures (Old Testament) mention female artists such as Miriam the poetess and Sarah the dancer.

Answer 5

http://www.fjkluth.com/ may or may not help. There is just a lot of info there.

You could certainly argue that Wu Zetian

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Zetian

was an artist, because as a concubine, she would have made many paintings and silk screens.