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Fields
Visual arts
1363
Artistic Movements
Lyrical abstraction
22
Academic art
10
Appropriationism
5
Conceptual art
81
Body art
11
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Bauhaus
12
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Fauvism
5
Hyperrealism
5
Impressionism
11
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
54
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
119
Subjects
Abstraction
358
Adolescence
11
Allegory
113
Animals
167
Architecture
127
Autobiography
129
Self-portrait
183
Body positivity
13
Political issues
371
Social classes
90
Women's status
313
Consumerism
88
Human body
436
Cosmos
48
Colour
221
Dance
80
Discriminations
157
Documentary
126
Ecology
78
Writing
170
Childhood
114
Eroticism
79
Public space
87
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
307
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
154
War & conflicts
150
History
278
Art history & museum
67
Identity
211
Intimacy
107
Irony
60
Games & toys
16
Language
90
Light
84
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
116
Media
64
Memory
208
Human migration
100
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
65
Myths, tales & legends
96
Nation
55
Nature
252
Still life
153
Food
20
Nude
159
Landscape
299
Urban landscape
153
Spatial perception
27
Portrait
422
Postcolonialism
107
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
74
Romantic relationships
46
Religion & spirituality
192
Science
52
Sexuality
132
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Time
29
Traditions
233
Work
82
Domestic work
81
Drag
28
Vegetal
163
Everyday life
284
Old age
31
Violence
145
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
16
Travel
77
Mediums
Applied arts
214
Jewellery & silverware
21
Ceramic
79
Costumes
37
Decor
61
Medal
8
Furniture
19
Mosaic
18
Graphic arts
799
Poster
37
Watercolour
187
Collage
207
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
526
Engraving & etching
229
Illustration
102
Artist book
86
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Screen printing
74
Audiovisual
351
Film
127
Digital
56
Sound
77
Video
243
Installation
493
Accumulation
92
Assemblage
231
Environment
139
Light installation
46
[Modes]
127
Site-specific
113
Monumental
128
Painting
809
Acrylic
163
Mural
36
Gouache
98
Oil
463
Tempera
31
Performance
235
Photography
421
Analogue photography
240
Digital photography
97
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
444
Wood
113
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
133
Stone
46
Plastic
47
Plaster
81
Resin
32
Clay
97
Glass
27
Textile
214
Embroidery
75
Sewing
46
Weaving
63
Countries
Africa
93
Algeria
12
Kenya
3
Madagascar
2
Morocco
4
Uganda
3
Central America and the Caribbean
42
Costa Rica
2
Guatemala
4
Haiti
6
Jamaica
5
North America
373
Canada
25
United States
326
Mexico
31
South America
103
Argentina
31
Brazil
29
Peru
7
Uruguay
5
Venezuela
5
Asia
191
China
27
India
16
Indonesia
8
Japan
60
Malaysia
5
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Singapore
7
Vietnam
7
Europe
762
Germany
113
Austria
18
Belgium
20
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Bulgaria
8
Denmark
12
Spain
40
Estonia
13
Finland
5
France
375
Hungary
41
Italy
53
Latvia
3
Lithuania
7
Norway
13
Netherlands
34
Poland
29
Portugal
8
United Kingdom
102
Slovakia
3
Sweden
10
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
12
Middle East
106
Saudi Arabia
1
Armenia
1
Israel
51
Lebanon
22
Palestine
13
Oceania
47
Australia
37
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
6
18th century
20
1740s
7
1750s
8
1760s
13
1770s
14
1780s
11
1790s
11
19th century
86
1850s
14
1860s
24
1870s
35
1880s
36
1890s
63
20th century
1240
1900s
93
1910s
147
1920s
220
1930s
281
1940s
306
1950s
382
1960s
510
1970s
610
1980s
713
1990s
851
21st century
806
2000s
806
2010s
719
2020s
524
Programmes
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
17
— 18th-Century Women Artists
25
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
24
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
29
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
48
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
168
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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