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Fields
Visual arts
1455
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Academic art
10
Appropriationism
5
Conceptual art
88
Art Deco
3
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Artist collective
13
Constructivism
19
Institutional critique
11
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
44
Fluxus
8
Impressionism
12
Mail art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Nouveau Réalisme
6
Neues Sehen
11
Straight photography
12
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Realism
37
Socialist Realism
8
Harlem Renaissance
4
Surrealism
56
Symbolism
13
Subjects
Abstraction
373
Adolescence
11
Allegory
133
Animals
184
Architecture
141
Autobiography
138
Self-portrait
202
Body positivity
14
Political issues
406
Social classes
115
Women's status
338
Consumerism
95
Human body
473
Cosmos
56
Colour
232
Dance
81
Discriminations
165
Documentary
142
Ecology
97
Writing
180
Childhood
119
Eroticism
84
Public space
106
Fantasy & dreams
88
Feminism
324
Party & nightlife
37
Geometry
159
War & conflicts
158
History
297
Art history & museum
80
Identity
227
Industry
32
Intimacy
119
Irony
66
Games & toys
19
Language
92
Light
90
Machine & technology
37
Magic & esotericism
9
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
42
Media
64
Memory
220
Human migration
105
Fashion & clothing
68
Modernity
34
Death
75
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nation
56
Nature
287
Still life
161
Food
23
Nude
168
Landscape
324
Urban landscape
170
Spatial perception
35
Visual perception
54
Portrait
456
Postcolonialism
112
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
51
Queer
28
Racism
76
Romantic relationships
47
Religion & spirituality
205
Domestic scene
117
Science
57
Sexuality
136
Entertainment
58
Time
30
Traditions
246
Work
86
Domestic work
87
Drag
28
Vegetal
182
Everyday life
308
Aging
35
Violence
149
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
81
Mediums
Objects
226
Jewellery
15
Ceramic
87
Medal
6
Graphic arts
841
Poster
40
Watercolour
197
Collage
213
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
554
Engraving & etching
236
Illustration
107
Artist book
92
Pastel & wax
111
Screen printing
79
Performing arts
38
Costume
39
Dance
10
Set design
61
Audiovisual
371
Film
135
Digital
60
Sound
84
Video
261
Concepts
36
Space & installation
535
Accumulation
99
Assemblage
250
Environment
148
Light installation
48
Mosaic
20
[Modes]
139
Ephemeral
31
Site-specific
120
Monumental
135
Painting
867
Acrylic
171
Mural
43
Gouache
100
Oil
506
Tempera
34
Performance
249
Photography
437
Analogue photography
251
Digital photography
102
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
73
Historical techniques
30
Sculpture
470
Cement & concrete
35
Wood
119
Bronze
100
Marble
29
Metal
140
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
48
Plastic
48
Plaster
84
Resin
33
Clay
101
Glass
26
Textile
216
Embroidery
78
Sewing
40
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
69
Countries
Africa
102
South Africa
13
Algeria
12
Ethiopia
3
Morocco
4
Nigeria
18
Uganda
3
Senegal
4
Central America and the Caribbean
43
France (Antilles)
7
Cuba
11
Curaçao
3
Haiti
7
North America
392
Canada
27
United States
342
Mexico
33
South America
109
Argentina
31
Bolivia
2
Brazil
31
Chile
10
Paraguay
1
Peru
7
Uruguay
5
Venezuela
5
Asia
219
China
27
India
18
Japan
70
Malaysia
6
Philippines
10
Taiwan
4
Vietnam
8
Europe
818
Germany
116
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
Spain
40
Estonia
16
Finland
5
France
392
Greece
5
Hungary
42
Italy
63
Lithuania
7
Norway
13
Netherlands
34
Poland
31
Czech Republic
14
United Kingdom
107
Switzerland
38
Ukraine
13
Middle East
110
Irak
5
Israel
51
Lebanon
22
Palestine
15
Turkey
19
Oceania
50
Australia
40
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
8
18th century
25
19th century
103
1860s
28
1870s
42
1880s
45
1890s
73
20th century
1318
1900s
102
1910s
160
1920s
232
1930s
295
1940s
319
1950s
400
1960s
544
1970s
650
1980s
759
1990s
909
21st century
864
2000s
863
2010s
767
2020s
566
Programmes
— + 1
27
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
21
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
34
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
30
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Common Ground
8
— Women in Abstraction
31
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
14
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Photographers from Japan
5
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
48
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
178
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1933 — 2001 | Argentina
Alicia d’ Amico
1926 — 2013 | United States
Ruth Asawa
1872 — 1937 | France
Jane Atché (dite Jal)
1872 — 1937 | France
Jane Atché (dite Jal)
1901 — 1980 | Estonia
Aino Bach
1927 — 1977 | Bolivia
María Esther Ballivián
1927 — 1977 | Bolivia
María Esther Ballivián
1927 — 1977 | Bolivia
María Esther Ballivián
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1970 | France
Virginie Barré
1970 | France
Virginie Barré
1934 | Belgium
Marianne Berenhaut
1943 | Austria
Renate Bertlmann
1881 — Spain | 1932 — France
María Blanchard
1881 — Spain | 1932 — France
María Blanchard
1921 | Paraguay
Olga Blinder
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1900 — 1995 | United States
Selma Hortense Burke
1900 — 1995 | United States
Selma Hortense Burke
1945 — 2026 | Senegal
Seni Awa Camara
1945 — 2026 | Senegal
Seni Awa Camara
1815 — India | 1879 — Sri Lanka
Julia Margaret Cameron
1815 — India | 1879 — Sri Lanka
Julia Margaret Cameron
1959 | Cuba
María Magdalena Campos-Pons
1959 | Cuba
María Magdalena Campos-Pons
1970 | Turkey
CANAN (Şenol)
1844 — United States | 1926 — France
Mary Cassatt
1844 — United States | 1926 — France
Mary Cassatt
1915 — United States | 2012 — Mexico
Elizabeth Catlett
1915 — United States | 2012 — Mexico
Elizabeth Catlett
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1958 | Ethiopia
Sheba Chhachhi
1958 | Ethiopia
Sheba Chhachhi
1958 | Ethiopia
Sheba Chhachhi
1907 — 1988 | Taiwan
Chen Chin
1907 — 1988 | Taiwan
Chen Chin
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1924 — China | 2011 — Australia
Irene Chou
1924 — China | 2011 — Australia
Irene Chou
1920 — 1988 | Brazil
Lygia Clark
1920 — 1988 | Brazil
Lygia Clark
1964 | Argentina
Nicola Costantino
1964 | Argentina
Nicola Costantino
1964 | Argentina
Nicola Costantino
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1861 — Finland | 1919 — Italy
Elin Danielson-Gambogi
1861 — Finland | 1919 — Italy
Elin Danielson-Gambogi
1861 — Finland | 1919 — Italy
Elin Danielson-Gambogi
1859 — 1935 | France
Virginie Demont-Breton
1967 | Australia
Karla Dickens
1967 | Australia
Karla Dickens
1959 | Pays-Bas
Rineke Dijkstra
1914 — 2002 | Peru
Apolonia Dorregaray Veli
1914 — 2002 | Peru
Apolonia Dorregaray Veli
1965 | France
Nicole Eisenman
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1940 — 2024 | Philippines
Brenda Fajardo
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1929 | Argentina
Ilse Fuskova (Felka)
1958 | Argentina
Ana Gallardo
1921 — 1985 | Hungary
Ilka Gedő
1940 — 2021 | Malaysia
Sylvia Lee Goh
1940 — 2021 | Malaysia
Sylvia Lee Goh
1847 — 1883 | France
Eva Gonzalès
1877 — 1967 | France
Geneviève Granger
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1970 | United States
Teri Greeves
1970 | United States
Teri Greeves
1970 | United States
Teri Greeves
1959 | Mexico
Silvia Gruner
1959 | Mexico
Silvia Gruner
1974 | Poland
Aneta Grzeszykowska
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Juhaina Habibi Kandalaft
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Juhaina Habibi Kandalaft
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Juhaina Habibi Kandalaft
1964 | China
Chengyao He
1964 | China
Chengyao He
1964 | China
Chengyao He
1915 — 1999 | Curaçao
May Henriquez
1915 — 1999 | Curaçao
May Henriquez
1915 — 1999 | Curaçao
May Henriquez
1903 — 1975 | United Kingdom
Barbara Hepworth
1903 — 1975 | United Kingdom
Barbara Hepworth
1940 — United States | 2019 — United Kingdom
Susan Hiller
1940 — United States | 2019 — United Kingdom
Susan Hiller
1950 | United States
Jenny Holzer
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1967 | Malaysia
Eng Hwee Chu
1902 — 1955 | Mexico
María Izquierdo
1969 | United States
Chantal Joffe
1909 — 1981 | Martinique, France
Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou
1909 — 1981 | Martinique, France
Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou
1875 — 1961 | Bulgaria
Elena Karamihaylova
1875 — 1961 | Bulgaria
Elena Karamihaylova
1875 — 1961 | Bulgaria
Elena Karamihaylova
1852 — 1934 | United States
Gertrude Käsebier
1938 — 2016 | Croatia
Nives Kavurić-Kurtović
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1867 — Russia | 1945 — Germany
Käthe Kollwitz
1867 — Russia | 1945 — Germany
Käthe Kollwitz
1942 | New Zealand
Maureen Lander
1956 | Mexico
Magali (Margarita Rosa) Lara (Zavala)
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1970 | Brazil
Lídia Lisboa
1962 | China
Xiao Lu
1962 | China
Xiao Lu
1962 | China
Xiao Lu
1951 — 1994 | Argentina
Liliana Maresca
1951 — 1994 | Argentina
Liliana Maresca
1930 — France | 2016 — United States
Marisol Escobar (dite Marisol)
1930 — France | 2016 — United States
Marisol Escobar (dite Marisol)
1964 | Lebanon
Rania Matar
1964 | Lebanon
Rania Matar
1878 — 1961 | Hungary
Olga Máté
1878 — 1961 | Hungary
Olga Máté
1878 — 1961 | Hungary
Olga Máté
1901 — Germany | 1987 — United Kingdom
Else Meidner
1901 — Germany | 1987 — United Kingdom
Else Meidner
1901 — Germany | 1987 — United Kingdom
Else Meidner
1876 — 1907 | Germany
Paula Modersohn-Becker
1876 — 1907 | Germany
Paula Modersohn-Becker
1936 | France
Claudine Monchaussé
1949 — 2015 | India
Mrinalini Mukherjee
1944 | Uganda
Theresa Musoke
1944 | Uganda
Theresa Musoke
1876 — Poland | 1967 — France
Mela Muter
1876 — Poland | 1967 — France
Mela Muter
1876 — Poland | 1967 — France
Mela Muter
1941 — 1980 | Estonia
Marju Mutsu
1900 — 1984 | United States
Alice Neel
1900 — 1984 | United States
Alice Neel
1900 — 1984 | United States
Alice Neel
1946 | Spain
Isabel Oliver Cuevas
1938 | Nigeria
Elizabeth Olowu
1888 — Ukraine | 1968 — Israel
Chana Orloff
1888 — Ukraine | 1968 — Israel
Chana Orloff
1888 — Ukraine | 1968 — Israel
Chana Orloff
1903 — 1966 | France
Odette Pauvert
1903 — 1966 | France
Odette Pauvert
1959 | Cuba
Marta María Pérez
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1965 | Sierra Leone
Patricia Piccinini
1965 | Sierra Leone
Patricia Piccinini
1983 — 1993 | Mexico
Polvo de Gallina Negra
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1901 — Chili | 1972 — Chile
Laura Rodig Pizarro
1901 — Chili | 1972 — Chile
Laura Rodig Pizarro
1943 | Germany
Ulrike Rosenbach
1943 | Germany
Ulrike Rosenbach
1894 — Sweden | 1970 — Norway
Hannah Ryggen
1894 — Sweden | 1970 — Norway
Hannah Ryggen
1926 | United States
Betye Saar
1924 — 2005 | Haïti
Louisiane Saint-Fleurant
1970 | United Kingdom
Jenny Saville
1970 | United Kingdom
Jenny Saville
1970 | United Kingdom
Jenny Saville
1955 | Israel
Iris Sara Schiller
1955 | Israel
Iris Sara Schiller
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1963 | France
Zineb Sedira
1963 | France
Zineb Sedira
1963 | France
Zineb Sedira
1971 | Canada
Heather Shillinglaw
1875 — 1949 | Japan
Shōen Uemura
1953 | Czech Republic
Jana Sterbak
1953 | Czech Republic
Jana Sterbak
1855 — Austria | 1927 — United-Kingdom
Marianne Stokes (née Maria Léopoldine Preindlsberger)
1855 — Austria | 1927 — United-Kingdom
Marianne Stokes (née Maria Léopoldine Preindlsberger)
1855 — Austria | 1927 — United-Kingdom
Marianne Stokes (née Maria Léopoldine Preindlsberger)
1914 — United Kingdom | 2000 — United States
Constance Stuart Larrabee
1914 — United Kingdom | 2000 — United States
Constance Stuart Larrabee
1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic
Eva Švankmajerová
1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic
Eva Švankmajerová
1844 — 1933 | United-Kingdom
Annie Louisa Swynnerton
1844 — 1933 | United-Kingdom
Annie Louisa Swynnerton
1926 — Poland | 1973 — France
Alina Szapocznikow
1926 — Poland | 1973 — France
Alina Szapocznikow
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1940 | Japan
Tokuko Ushioda
1928 — Belgium | 2019 — France
Agnès Varda
1928 — Belgium | 2019 — France
Agnès Varda
1952 | France
Françoise Vergier
1953 | United States
Carrie Mae Weems
1953 | United States
Carrie Mae Weems
1953 | United States
Carrie Mae Weems
1947 — 1990 | Mexico
Pola Weiss Alvarez
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
1967 — 2018 | China
CUI Xiuwen
1967 — 2018 | China
CUI Xiuwen
1921 — Iraq | 2015 — Israel
Claire Yaniv
1921 — Iraq | 2015 — Israel
Claire Yaniv
1921 — Iraq | 2015 — Israel
Claire Yaniv
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