Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 (1932): In November 2014, O'Keefe's painting sold for $44.4 million at a Sotheby’s auction, making it the most expensive work of art created by a woman.

Friendship: As a child, Catrin Welz-Stein loved to draw and be creative. Her inspiration comes from fantasy, folklore, medieval, art nouveau, surrealism.

Migrant Mother (1936): Lange’s photographs humanized the consequences of the Great Depression and contributed to the development of documentary photography. This piece became the archetypal image of the Clutch Plague, as it depicts a destitute mother of seven children, who would become a famous symbol of White motherhood (though Thompson, the photo's subject, was Cherokee).

Shakin’ off the Blues: An oil finger painting artist, Iris Scott makes her color-saturated canvases burst with movement using a form of textural Impressionism. Her paintings portray heightened, more lush versions of reality.

Little Girl in a Blue Armchair (1878): One of "les trois grandes dames" of Impressionism, Cassatt (1844-1926) was personally invited by Edgar Degas, a known misogynist, to exhibit her works with himself and other Impressionists. Cassatt often created images of the social and private lives of women.

To Dream in Sleep: Mirta Groffman creates large-scale Impressionistic works of art using acrylic and oil on canvas. A teacher once told her “You need to make a choice between having a family and being an artist.” Groffman has created over 600 paintings in eight years, and lives with her husband and 10 children.

In an Ambulance: A VAD Lighting a Cigarette for a Patient (1918): While volunteering as an ambulance driver during WWI, Mudie-Cooke began to sketch and paint her experiences, which helped shed light on the role women played during the Great War.

Matters of the Heart: It wasn’t until Amira Rahim watched The Art of Getting By at age 23 that she realized she was an artist not using her talent. Rahim started painting every day, modeling her work after some of her favorite Realist and Impressionist painters.

Marie Antoinette with a Rose (1783): Completely self-taught, Vigée Le Brun was admitted into France’s Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture at the age of 28 as one of only four female members. This piece is the most famous of Marie Antoinette’s many portraits, greatly helping propel Vigée Le Brun's career as an artist against the great odds women would face in late 18th century Paris.

Deer in Repose (1867): Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899) was the most prominent woman painter of the 19th century known for her animal paintings. Bonheur won three medals at Paris Salon and became an Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1865.

The Two Fridas (1939): This piece is a symbolic representation of the emotional pain Kahlo experienced after the divorce from her husband, Diego Rivera.

Self-Portrait in the Green Bugatti (1929): Well known for her Art Deco style portraits, Lempicka was commissioned by the German fashion magazine, Die Dames, to create this painting for the cover of their magazine to celebrate the independence of women.