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Work
Fields
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
43
Academic art
9
Conceptual art
79
Naïve art
12
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
42
Impressionism
10
Minimalism
37
New Objectivity
13
Straight photography
12
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postminimalism
7
Rayonism
3
Realism
36
Socialist Realism
9
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
52
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
115
Subjects
Abstraction
341
Allegory
106
Animals
163
Architecture
126
Autobiography
125
Self-portrait
176
Political issues
352
Social classes
81
Women's status
301
Consumerism
85
Human body
416
Cosmos
43
Colour
212
Dance
78
Discriminations
151
Documentary
121
Ecology
74
Writing
162
Childhood
108
Eroticism
76
Public space
85
Fantasy & dreams
84
Feminism
298
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
150
War & conflicts
144
History
268
Art history & museum
66
Identity
201
Industry
31
Intimacy
103
Irony
60
Language
89
Light
82
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
112
Media
64
Memory
198
Human migration
97
Fashion & clothing
66
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
63
Myths, tales & legends
94
Nation
53
Nature
238
Still life
151
Nude
153
Landscape
288
Urban landscape
149
Spatial perception
23
Visual perception
43
Portrait
409
Postcolonialism
100
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Romantic relationships
44
Religion & spirituality
182
Domestic scene
110
Science
49
Sexuality
129
Entertainment
55
Sport
15
Traditions
227
Domestic work
78
Drag
28
Vegetal
159
Everyday life
277
Old age
30
Violence
142
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
76
Mediums
Applied arts
208
Ceramic
77
Costumes
37
Decor
59
Mosaic
15
Graphic arts
777
Poster
35
Watercolour
183
Collage
203
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
509
Engraving & etching
224
Illustration
97
Artist book
84
Pastel & wax
107
Journal
26
Screen printing
71
Audiovisual
340
Film
124
Sound
76
Video
239
Installation
481
Accumulation
86
Assemblage
224
Environment
135
[Modes]
124
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
110
Monumental
127
Painting
774
Acrylic
157
Gouache
95
Oil
445
Tempera
28
Performance
227
Photography
415
Analogue photography
237
Digital photography
95
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
435
Wood
111
Bronze
95
Marble
28
Metal
131
Paper & cardboard
25
Stone
44
Plaster
79
Resin
32
Clay
96
Textile
205
Embroidery
72
Sewing
45
Weaving
58
Countries
Africa
90
Algeria
12
Cameroon
1
Egypt
13
Kenya
3
Nigeria
15
Uganda
3
Tunisia
7
Central America and the Caribbean
38
Costa Rica
2
Curaçao
3
Guatemala
3
Haiti
5
Panama
1
North America
363
United States
317
Mexico
30
South America
99
Argentina
31
Brazil
28
Chile
8
Peru
6
Suriname
6
Asia
172
China
27
South Korea
8
Indonesia
6
Japan
51
Philippines
10
Russia
32
Europe
743
Germany
112
Austria
17
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Bulgaria
8
Denmark
12
Spain
40
Estonia
13
France
368
Hungary
39
Italy
50
Latvia
3
Lithuania
7
North Macedonia
4
Norway
13
Netherlands
33
Poland
28
Romania
9
United Kingdom
100
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
11
Middle East
101
Israel
50
Turkey
19
Oceania
45
Periods of
activity
17th century
2
18th century
20
1760s
13
1770s
14
1780s
11
1790s
11
19th century
82
1840s
14
1850s
13
1860s
21
1870s
32
1880s
34
1890s
60
20th century
1200
1900s
88
1910s
143
1920s
215
1930s
274
1940s
297
1950s
370
1960s
490
1970s
590
1980s
689
1990s
824
21st century
783
2000s
783
2010s
699
2020s
507
Programmes
— + 1
23
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
17
— 18th-Century Women Artists
25
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
18
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
24
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
44
— 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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1960 | Israel
Etti Abergel
1960 | Israel
Etti Abergel
1886 — 1973 | Brazil
Tarsila do Amaral
1886 — 1973 | Brazil
Tarsila do Amaral
1943 | Spain
Pilar Aymerich
1943 | Spain
Pilar Aymerich
1943 | Spain
Pilar Aymerich
1901 — 1980 | Estonia
Aino Bach
1957 | France
Élisabeth Ballet
1929 | Romania
Marion Baruch
1929 | Romania
Marion Baruch
1929 | Romania
Marion Baruch
1848 — Spain | 1924 — France
Amélie Beaury-Saurel
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1822 — 1899 | France
Marie Rosalie Bonheur (dite Rosa Bonheur)
1822 — 1899 | France
Marie Rosalie Bonheur (dite Rosa Bonheur)
1822 — 1899 | France
Marie Rosalie Bonheur (dite Rosa Bonheur)
1904 — 1971 | United States
Margaret Bourke-White
1874 — 1948 | United States
Fra Broadwell Dinwiddie Dana
1874 — 1948 | United States
Fra Broadwell Dinwiddie Dana
1749 — 1808 | Netherlands
Christina Chalon
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1902 — 2004 | France
Denise Colomb
1876 — 1925 | France
Lucie Cousturier
1873 — 1937 | Suriname
Augusta Curiel (Augustina Cornelia Paulina Curiel)
1873 — 1937 | Suriname
Augusta Curiel (Augustina Cornelia Paulina Curiel)
1958 — 2005 | Guatemala
Rosa Elena Curruchich
1859 — 1935 | France
Virginie Demont-Breton
1914 — 2002 | Peru
Apolonia Dorregaray Veli
1914 — 2002 | Peru
Apolonia Dorregaray Veli
1942 | Argentina
Diana Dowek
1924 — 1989 | Egypt
Inji Efflatoun
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1905 — 1985 | Bulgaria
Vaska Emanuilova
1962 | Cameroon
Angèle Etoundi Essamba
1962 | Cameroon
Angèle Etoundi Essamba
1890 — 1957 | Hungary
Noémi Ferenczy
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1908 — Germany | 2000 — France
Gisèle Freund
1908 — Germany | 2000 — France
Gisèle Freund
1908 — Germany | 2000 — France
Gisèle Freund
1929 | Argentina
Ilse Fuskova (Felka)
1958 | Argentina
Ana Gallardo
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1895 — 1967 | Japan
Haruko Hasegawa
1895 — 1967 | Japan
Haruko Hasegawa
1896 — 1988 | Japan
Hisako Kajiwara
1944 | Germany
Candida Höfer
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1928 — Kenya | 2021 — Ireland
Rosemary Namuli Karuga
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1843 — 1914 | Norway
Kitty Lange Kielland
1843 — 1914 | Norway
Kitty Lange Kielland
1843 — 1914 | Norway
Kitty Lange Kielland
1957 | South Korea
Kimsooja
1957 | South Korea
Kimsooja
1957 | South Korea
Kimsooja
1867 — Russia | 1945 — Germany
Käthe Kollwitz
1867 — Russia | 1945 — Germany
Käthe Kollwitz
1970 | Nigeria
Marcia Kure
1970 | Nigeria
Marcia Kure
1973 | France
Emmanuelle Lainé
1895 — 1965 | United States
Dorothea Lange
1912 — 1973 | Hungary
Klára Langer
1912 — 1973 | Hungary
Klára Langer
1948 — China | 2021 — United States
Hung Liu
1948 — China | 2021 — United States
Hung Liu
1948 — China | 2021 — United States
Hung Liu
1914 — 2012 | Philippines
Anita Magsaysay-Ho
1896 — Italy | 1942 — Mexico
Tina Modotti
1896 — Italy | 1942 — Mexico
Tina Modotti
1896 — Italy | 1942 — Mexico
Tina Modotti
1889 — Latvia | 1953 — Russia
Vera Moukhina
1889 — Latvia | 1953 — Russia
Vera Moukhina
1889 — Latvia | 1953 — Russia
Vera Moukhina
1942 | France
Tania Mouraud
1877 — 1962 | Germany
Gabriele Münter
1877 — 1962 | Germany
Gabriele Münter
1877 — 1962 | Germany
Gabriele Münter
1908 — Ottoman Empire (today North Macedonia) | 1996 — Bulgaria
Vera Todorova Nedkova
1908 — Ottoman Empire (today North Macedonia) | 1996 — Bulgaria
Vera Todorova Nedkova
1921 — 2007 | France
Janine Niépce
1921 — 2007 | France
Janine Niépce
1898 — Egypt | 1974 — France
Amy Nimr
1898 — Egypt | 1974 — France
Amy Nimr
1898 — Egypt | 1974 — France
Amy Nimr
1966 | Nigeria
Veronica Otigbo-Ekpei
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1953 | Guyana
Ingrid Pollard
1953 | Guyana
Ingrid Pollard
1901 — Chili | 1972 — Chile
Laura Rodig Pizarro
1901 — Chili | 1972 — Chile
Laura Rodig Pizarro
1923 — Poland | 2008 — Italy
Maria Papa Rostkowska
1923 — Poland | 2008 — Italy
Maria Papa Rostkowska
1923 — Poland | 2008 — Italy
Maria Papa Rostkowska
1930 — 2023 | Indonesia
Siti Ruliyati
1930 — 2023 | Indonesia
Siti Ruliyati
1930 — 2023 | Indonesia
Siti Ruliyati
1914 — Philippines | 1994 — France
Nena Saguil
1914 — Philippines | 1994 — France
Nena Saguil
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1884 — Ukraine | 1967 — France
Zinaida Serebriakova
1884 — Ukraine | 1967 — France
Zinaida Serebriakova
1963 | Estonia
Liina Siib
1906 — Russian Empire (now Lithuania) | 1998 — Lithuania
Veronika Šleivytė
1906 — Russian Empire (now Lithuania) | 1998 — Lithuania
Veronika Šleivytė
1906 — Russian Empire (now Lithuania) | 1998 — Lithuania
Veronika Šleivytė
1940 | Spain
Isabel Steva Hernández (dite Colita)
1940 | Spain
Isabel Steva Hernández (dite Colita)
1940 | Spain
Isabel Steva Hernández (dite Colita)
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)
1910 — 1943 | Hungary
Kata Sugár
1910 — Japan | 2001 — United States
Fumie Taniguchi
1910 — Japan | 2001 — United States
Fumie Taniguchi
1961 | China
Lin Tianmiao
1961 | China
Lin Tianmiao
1900 — 1981 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mileva Todorović
1900 — 1981 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mileva Todorović
1921 — 2021 | Japan
Taeko Tomiyama
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1882 — 1934 | United States
Doris Ulmann
1882 — 1934 | United States
Doris Ulmann
1828 — 1888 | France
Claude Vignon (Marie-Noémi Cadiot-Constant Rouvier, dite)
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1938 | Egypt
Nil Yalter
1938 | Egypt
Nil Yalter
1893 — 1975 | United Kingdom
Madame Yevonde
1949 | East Germany
Doris Ziegler
1949 | East Germany
Doris Ziegler
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