Woman artist Emoji

People

A woman with dark hair holding a wooden paint palette in one hand and a brush in the other. She is depicted wearing a traditional beret, a classic headpiece historically associated with studio painters.

Usage Context

Used to identify someone as a creative professional, a hobbyist painter, or a fan of fine arts. It is frequently sent when discussing museum visits, painting classes, or artistic projects. Users often pair it with 🎨 or 🖼️ to signify a creative workspace or output.

History

Added to the emoji library in 2016 as part of the move to increase gender diversity across occupations. The design leans on the stereotype of the French bohemian painter, a trope popularized in 19th-century culture that remains the universal shorthand for visual arts today.

Details

Glyph

👩‍🎨

Unicode

U+1F469 U+200D U+1F3A8

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f469_200d_1f3a8:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC69;‍&#xD83C;&#xDFA8;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category People

Subcategory person-role

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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