Women are not as famous in the world of plastic art as men, but some of them possess exceptional talents and leave indelible marks.

In this report, published by MarieClaire.ru in its Russian version, writer Sasha Barinova highlights a number of those creative names whose paintings today sell for millions of dollars.

Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)

The writer says that the famous Mexican painter Frida Kahlo was an eccentric communist, and she only achieved her fame shortly before her death.

When she was young, Kahlo survived a serious traffic accident and underwent more than 30 surgeries, but that was not a hindrance to her creativity in the world of plastic art.

The self-portraits that she painted for herself attracted the admiration of the artist Diego Rivera, who married her and became her inspiration and companion in her artistic career until her death, and most of her artistic creations were after her marriage to him.

Kahlo lived a short life as she passed away at the age of 47, and her paintings are now worth millions of dollars.

The Mexican painter Frida Kahlo achieved her fame only shortly before her death (communication sites)

 Bert Moreso (1841-1895)

Bert Moreso was born into a French bourgeois family in 1841 in the town of Bourges in central France. She was fond of drawing from an early age and possessed an exceptional talent, unlike her sister Edma, who had little success in this profession.

Bert was known to the great painters of her time, such as Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley, and she married Edward Manet, one of the pioneers of the Impressionist school.

The writer says that Burt avoided boldness in her paintings for a long time due to the nature of her personality and conservative upbringing, but she abandoned her conservatism and became bold and up to date in the 1870s.

Mary Bashkirtsev (1858-1884)

Mary Bashkirtsev is known mainly through her diaries, which have been translated into all European languages ​​and have been reprinted several times, and those notes written by the Russian girl who spent most of her life in exile are still very popular today.

Marie was the first Russian artist to exhibit her paintings in the Louvre Museum in Paris, the most famous of which was "John and Jack," but most of these paintings were lost during World War I.

According to the writer, Mary had an exceptional talent in drawing, as she had excellent vocal abilities and was fluent in several languages, but she did not show all her talents because death surprised her at the age of 25 after contracting tuberculosis in Paris.

Angelica Kaufman (1741-1807)

In the late 18th century, the Swiss painter managed to impose her talent in a male-dominated field, and she became one of the flags of the classical school.

In the 1880s, Angelica Kaufman took the path of fame throughout Europe thanks to the "portraits" of nobles and royal families.

Her historical paintings of classical mythology became widely used models in modern art, and gave her a fame not enjoyed by many great painters.

Angelica and the English painter Mary Moser were the only two women among the founding members of the Royal Academy of Arts in London in 1768, and for a century and a half, she remained the only woman to be a member of the Academy.

Swiss painter Angelika Kaufman managed to impose her talent in a male-dominated field (networking sites)

Zinaida Serebryakova (1884-1967)

Russian painter Zenadia Serebryakova was born into an artistic family, where her grandfather was an architect, her father was a painter and sculptor, and her uncle Alexander Bonoah was a well-known artist and critic, so she followed in their footsteps.

Zinaida married without her family's consent, was forced to leave to France with her husband, and left her young son in Russia, before meeting him again after 36 years.

It is ironic - as the writer says - that the artist, whose paintings are currently sold for unimaginable sums, lived in extreme poverty and had to paint paintings on demand to earn a living, and despite that, she gave many of them to clients for free.

The talent of the Russian painter was appreciated for the first time when she was 26 years old, as her paintings were shown during the seventh edition of the exhibition of the Union of Russian Artists, but she was unable to attend and never returned to her homeland after she immigrated to France.

Today, in the "Tretyakov Gallery" in Moscow, the painting "At breakfast", in which Zinaida painted her children sitting at the table, is displayed and is considered one of the best children's paintings in the history of plastic art.

Georgia O'Keefe (1887-1986)

Critics of this American painter say that she hides many sexual overtones behind her paintings, and many do not believe that she has an exceptional talent.

In fact O'Keeffe focuses her paintings on the colossal flowers, the members of the female flower that bear the seed, and relies heavily on shades and excessive variety of colors.

O'Keefe says she does not prefer to paint flowers, but does so because it costs her nothing (unlike models).

Last year, her painting "Datura", also known as "White Flower Number One," was sold at a Sotheby's auction in New York for $ 44.4 million, setting a record price for paintings by women.