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Domestic scene
Fields
Artistic Movements
Lyrical abstraction
21
Academic art
9
Appropriationism
5
Conceptual art
79
Body art
11
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Bauhaus
11
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
42
Fauvism
5
Hyperrealism
5
Impressionism
9
Mail art
12
Minimalism
37
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
13
Straight photography
12
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postmodernism
8
Primitivism
6
Purisme
2
Realism
36
Surrealism
52
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
112
Subjects
Abstraction
336
Adolescence
11
Allegory
104
Animals
160
Architecture
125
Autobiography
121
Self-portrait
169
Body positivity
11
Political issues
338
Social classes
79
Women's status
298
Consumerism
84
Human body
408
Cosmos
43
Colour
211
Dance
77
Discriminations
147
Documentary
115
Ecology
72
Writing
160
Childhood
106
Eroticism
76
Public space
82
Fantasy & dreams
84
Feminism
292
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
150
War & conflicts
139
History
263
Art history & museum
62
Identity
198
Intimacy
103
Irony
59
Games & toys
15
Language
87
Light
81
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
110
Media
64
Memory
194
Human migration
93
Fashion & clothing
66
Modernity
34
Death
71
Music
63
Myths, tales & legends
94
Nation
52
Nature
232
Still life
148
Food
20
Nude
152
Landscape
286
Urban landscape
148
Spatial perception
23
Portrait
398
Postcolonialism
98
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
65
Romantic relationships
44
Religion & spirituality
178
Science
49
Sexuality
128
Entertainment
53
Sport
15
Time
28
Traditions
226
Work
77
Domestic work
76
Drag
27
Vegetal
159
Everyday life
273
Old age
30
Violence
141
Lesbian visibility
26
Trans visibility
15
Travel
73
Mediums
Applied arts
205
Jewellery & silverware
19
Ceramic
76
Costumes
37
Decor
57
Medal
7
Furniture
18
Mosaic
15
Graphic arts
766
Poster
35
Watercolour
181
Collage
199
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
504
Engraving & etching
224
Illustration
96
Artist book
82
Pastel & wax
105
Journal
26
Screen printing
71
Audiovisual
334
Film
121
Digital
50
Sound
74
Video
233
Installation
475
Accumulation
84
Assemblage
223
Environment
132
Light installation
44
[Modes]
124
Site-specific
110
Monumental
127
Painting
764
Acrylic
157
Mural
35
Gouache
95
Oil
440
Tempera
28
Performance
223
Photography
407
Analogue photography
233
Digital photography
92
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
428
Wood
109
Bronze
93
Wax
17
Marble
25
Metal
129
Stone
43
Plastic
47
Plaster
78
Resin
32
Clay
94
Glass
25
Textile
201
Embroidery
72
Sewing
45
Weaving
57
Countries
Africa
88
Algeria
12
Kenya
3
Madagascar
1
Morocco
4
Uganda
3
Central America and the Caribbean
38
Costa Rica
2
Guatemala
3
Haiti
5
Jamaica
4
North America
359
Canada
25
United States
313
Mexico
30
South America
99
Argentina
31
Brazil
28
Peru
6
Uruguay
5
Venezuela
5
Asia
169
China
28
India
15
Indonesia
4
Japan
49
Malaysia
4
Philippines
10
Russia
32
Singapore
5
Vietnam
5
Europe
723
Germany
110
Austria
17
Belgium
20
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Bulgaria
8
Denmark
12
Spain
40
Estonia
13
Finland
5
France
356
Hungary
38
Italy
47
Latvia
3
Lithuania
7
Norway
13
Netherlands
32
Poland
27
Portugal
7
United Kingdom
98
Slovakia
3
Sweden
9
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
11
Middle East
96
Saudi Arabia
1
Armenia
1
Israel
50
Lebanon
14
Palestine
11
Oceania
45
Australia
35
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
17th century
1
18th century
18
1740s
7
1750s
7
1760s
11
1770s
13
1780s
10
1790s
9
19th century
77
1850s
12
1860s
20
1870s
31
1880s
34
1890s
59
20th century
1183
1900s
87
1910s
142
1920s
214
1930s
273
1940s
294
1950s
366
1960s
483
1970s
580
1980s
678
1990s
810
21st century
766
2000s
768
2010s
684
2020s
496
Programmes
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
17
— 18th-Century Women Artists
25
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
17
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
22
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
43
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
163
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1853 — 1927 | France
Louise Abbéma
1963 | Singapore
Mastura Abdul Rahman
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1950 — Belgium | 2015 — France
Chantal Akerman
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1937 — 2020 | United States
Emma Amos
1971 | Madagascar
Malala Andrialavidrazana
1845 — 1932 | Norway
Harriet Backer
1858 — Ukraine | 1884 — France
Marie Bashkirtseff
1935 — 1981 | France
Claude Batho
1855 — 1942 | United States
Cecilia Beaux
1892 — Russia | 1981 — Latvia
Aleksandra Beļcova
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1844 — 1923 | France
Sarah Bernhardt
1904 — 1991 | Slovakia
Irén Blüh (Irena Blühova)
1937 | Germany
Anna Blume
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1856 — Germany | 1927 — France
Louise Breslau
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