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Women in Abstraction
Fields
Visual arts
1422
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Outsider art
4
Kinetic art
13
Conceptual art
85
Digital art
18
Bauhaus
13
Abstract expressionism
44
Futurism
9
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
New Objectivity
14
Neues Sehen
11
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postmodernism
8
Subjects
Abstraction
372
Allegory
129
Animals
178
Architecture
134
Self-portrait
195
Political issues
388
Women's status
327
Human body
463
Cosmos
55
Colour
230
Dance
80
Discriminations
161
Writing
178
Childhood
117
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
314
Geometry
158
History
291
Games & toys
17
Language
90
Light
88
Machine & technology
34
Magic & esotericism
9
Maternity
120
Mathematics
10
Human migration
102
Modernity
34
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nature
273
Still life
159
Nude
165
Landscape
315
Urban landscape
163
Spatial perception
29
Visual perception
52
Portrait
448
Racism
75
Religion & spirituality
205
Domestic scene
117
Science
54
Sexuality
134
Sport
15
Traditions
243
Domestic work
84
Drag
28
Vegetal
176
Everyday life
299
Lesbian visibility
27
Mediums
Objects
223
Ceramic
84
Graphic arts
827
Watercolour
193
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
541
Engraving & etching
234
Illustration
106
Pastel & wax
111
Screen printing
76
Performing arts
34
Costume
38
Dance
7
Set design
60
Audiovisual
356
Film
129
Digital
57
Sound
81
Video
249
Concepts
27
Critical writing
11
Space & installation
514
Accumulation
95
Assemblage
245
Environment
141
Light installation
48
Mosaic
20
[Modes]
133
Site-specific
118
Monumental
131
Painting
851
Acrylic
169
Mural
41
Gouache
99
Oil
494
Performance
240
Photography
431
Analogue photography
248
Digital photography
100
Photomontage
73
Historical techniques
29
Sculpture
461
Cement & concrete
35
Wood
117
Bronze
98
Metal
140
Paper & cardboard
26
Plastic
48
Plaster
84
Clay
98
Textile
212
Embroidery
75
Weaving
66
Countries
Africa
98
Central America and the Caribbean
42
North America
382
Canada
26
United States
335
South America
107
Asia
207
China
27
South Korea
8
India
17
Europe
803
Germany
116
Croatia
10
Spain
40
Italy
60
Poland
31
United Kingdom
105
Switzerland
37
Middle East
110
Lebanon
22
Oceania
49
Australia
39
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
8
18th century
24
19th century
100
1860s
27
1870s
40
20th century
1289
1910s
159
1920s
231
1930s
292
1940s
316
1950s
396
1960s
531
1970s
633
1980s
739
1990s
885
21st century
837
2000s
836
2010s
742
2020s
544
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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Biographies published in the framework of the programme
Women in Abstraction
1930 — 2004 | Italy
Dadamaino (Eduarda Emilia Maino, dite)
1903 — Poland | 2000 — Germany
Gertrud Arndt
1903 — Poland | 2000 — Germany
Gertrud Arndt
1926 — 2013 | United States
Ruth Asawa
1930 — Croatia (before Yugoslavia) | 2022 — Italy
Jagoda Buić
1930 — Croatia (before Yugoslavia) | 2022 — Italy
Jagoda Buić
1930 — Croatia (before Yugoslavia) | 2022 — Italy
Jagoda Buić
1894 — 1974 | Italy
Regina Cassolo Bracchi
1894 — 1974 | Italy
Regina Cassolo Bracchi
1939 — 2015 | United States
Rosemarie Castoro
1913 — 1995 | Italy
Giannina Censi
1940 — 1985 | Korea
Wook-kyung Choi
1940 — 1985 | Korea
Wook-kyung Choi
1924 — China | 2011 — Australia
Irene Chou
1924 — China | 2011 — Australia
Irene Chou
1901 — 1988 | United States
Carlotta Corpron
1881 — United Kingdom | 1962 — Switzerland
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
1881 — United Kingdom | 1962 — Switzerland
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
1929 — 2018 | United States
Marcia Hafif
1929 — 2018 | United States
Marcia Hafif
1929 — 2018 | United States
Marcia Hafif
1944 | United States
Harmony Hammond
1940 | United-States
Mary Heilmann
1940 | United-States
Mary Heilmann
1912 — German Empire | 2000 — Germany
Marta Hoepffner
1814 — Spain | 1884 — United Kingdom
Georgiana Houghton
1936 | United States
Barbara Kasten
1923 — United States | 2009 — Lebanon
Helen Khal
1923 — United States | 2009 — Lebanon
Helen Khal
1892 — 1976 | Germany
Benita Koch-Otte
1892 — 1976 | Germany
Benita Koch-Otte
1892 — 1976 | Germany
Benita Koch-Otte
1910 — Canada | 1997 — United States
Ida Lansky
1900 — 1981 | Italy
Bice Lazzari
1900 — 1981 | Italy
Bice Lazzari
1912 — 1986 | Switzerland
Verena Loewensberg
1912 — 1999 | United States
Barbara Maples
1909 — 1970 | United States
Marie Menken
1932 | Canada
Dorothea Rockburne
1932 | Canada
Dorothea Rockburne
1932 | Canada
Dorothea Rockburne
1885 — 1963 | United Kingdom
Helen Saunders
1927 — 2019 | United States
Lillian Schwartz
1897 — Germany | 1983 — Switzerland
Gunta Stölzl
1897 — Germany | 1983 — Switzerland
Gunta Stölzl
1897 — Germany | 1983 — Switzerland
Gunta Stölzl
1907 — 2007 | United States
Lenore Tawney
1907 — 2007 | United States
Lenore Tawney
1910 — 1981 | Germany
Elsa Thiemann
1891 — 1978 | United States
Alma Woodsey Thomas
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