artistessn.

1773 H. Walpole Let. 11 Feb. in Corr. (1965) XXXII. 98 The artistess has brought over a group.

1924 W. R. Smith In Southern Seas xiv. 167 We do not see why a woman should be called an authoress, or a poetess, or an artistess (unless it is that the grammars were all written by men).

1980 Chinese Pen Spring 97 Ms. Hsi Mu-jung, a Mongolian artistess in Taiwan, held an oil painting and laser painting exhibition at the Alpha Art Gallery in Taipei from Dec. 15–21, 1979.