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Vegetal
Fields
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
43
Lyrical abstraction
21
Academic art
9
Outsider art
4
Kinetic art
11
Conceptual art
79
Naïve art
12
Bauhaus
11
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
8
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
42
Fauvism
5
Futurism
9
Land art
10
Mail art
12
Minimalism
37
New Objectivity
13
Neues Sehen
11
Straight photography
12
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Primitivism
6
Realism
36
Surrealism
52
[Artist collectives]
115
Subjects
Abstraction
337
Adolescence
11
Allegory
105
Animals
161
Architecture
126
Autobiography
122
Self-portrait
171
Political issues
345
Social classes
80
Women's status
299
Consumerism
85
Human body
412
Cosmos
43
Colour
212
Dance
78
Discriminations
150
Documentary
119
Ecology
73
Writing
161
Childhood
106
Eroticism
76
Public space
82
Fantasy & dreams
84
Feminism
297
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
150
War & conflicts
142
History
266
Art history & museum
65
Identity
200
Industry
29
Intimacy
103
Irony
59
Games & toys
15
Language
89
Light
81
Machine & technology
33
Magic & esotericism
7
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
111
Mathematics
9
Media
64
Memory
195
Human migration
95
Fashion & clothing
66
Modernity
34
Death
71
Music
63
Myths, tales & legends
94
Nation
53
Nature
235
Still life
150
Food
20
Nude
152
Landscape
286
Urban landscape
148
Spatial perception
23
Visual perception
43
Portrait
399
Postcolonialism
99
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
67
Romantic relationships
44
Religion & spirituality
179
Domestic scene
110
Science
49
Sexuality
129
Entertainment
55
Sport
15
Time
29
Traditions
227
Work
78
Domestic work
78
Drag
28
Everyday life
276
Old age
30
Violence
141
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
75
Mediums
Applied arts
206
Jewellery & silverware
19
Ceramic
76
Costumes
37
Decor
57
Furniture
18
Mosaic
15
Stained glass
15
Graphic arts
772
Poster
35
Watercolour
182
Collage
202
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
507
Engraving & etching
224
Illustration
97
Artist book
84
Pastel & wax
105
Journal
26
Screen printing
71
Audiovisual
339
Film
123
Digital
50
Sound
76
Video
238
Installation
480
Accumulation
86
Assemblage
224
Environment
135
Light installation
44
[Modes]
124
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
110
Monumental
127
Painting
767
Acrylic
157
Mural
35
Gouache
95
Oil
441
Tempera
28
Performance
227
Photography
412
Analogue photography
236
Digital photography
93
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
431
Concrete & cement
31
Wood
110
Bronze
93
Wax
17
Marble
25
Metal
131
Paper & cardboard
25
Stone
43
Plastic
47
Plaster
78
Resin
32
Clay
94
Glass
25
Textile
204
Embroidery
72
Sewing
45
Weaving
58
Countries
Africa
89
South Africa
12
Algeria
12
Egypt
12
Morocco
4
Uganda
3
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
Senegal
4
Tunisia
7
Central America and the Caribbean
38
Cuba
10
Guatemala
3
Haiti
5
Jamaica
4
North America
362
Canada
25
United States
316
Mexico
30
South America
99
Argentina
31
Brazil
28
Chile
8
Colombia
7
Ecuador
1
France (French Guiana)
2
Peru
6
Suriname
6
Uruguay
5
Venezuela
5
Asia
171
China
28
India
15
Japan
50
Malaysia
4
Pakistan
3
Philippines
10
Russia
32
Singapore
5
Taiwan
2
Europe
730
Germany
112
Austria
17
Belgium
20
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
9
Denmark
12
Spain
40
Estonia
13
France
359
Hungary
39
Ireland
5
Italy
48
Lithuania
7
Luxembourg
1
North Macedonia
4
Norway
13
Netherlands
32
Poland
28
Czech Republic
12
Romania
9
United Kingdom
99
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
11
Middle East
96
Irak
3
Iran
6
Israel
50
Jordan
3
Lebanon
14
Palestine
11
Syria
2
Turkey
18
Oceania
45
Australia
35
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
17th century
1
1680s
1
1690s
1
18th century
18
1710s
1
1720s
4
1730s
5
1740s
7
1750s
7
1760s
11
1770s
13
19th century
78
1820s
9
1830s
9
1840s
12
1850s
12
1860s
20
1870s
31
1880s
34
1890s
60
20th century
1192
1900s
88
1910s
143
1920s
215
1930s
274
1940s
296
1950s
367
1960s
484
1970s
583
1980s
682
1990s
817
21st century
777
2000s
777
2010s
695
2020s
506
Programmes
— + 1
23
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— 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.
23
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
11
— 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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1895 — 1978 | United Kingdom
Gluck (Hannah Gluckstein, dite)
1895 — 1978 | United Kingdom
Gluck (Hannah Gluckstein, dite)
1936 — Jamaica | 2017 — France
Hessie (Hessie Djuric, née Johnston, dite)
1936 — Jamaica | 2017 — France
Hessie (Hessie Djuric, née Johnston, dite)
1936 — Jamaica | 2017 — France
Hessie (Hessie Djuric, née Johnston, dite)
1946 — Philippines | 2004 — Singapore
Pacita Abad
1946 — Philippines | 2004 — Singapore
Pacita Abad
1946 — Philippines | 2004 — Singapore
Pacita Abad
1930 — 2017 | Poland
Magdalena Abakanowicz
1930 — 2017 | Poland
Magdalena Abakanowicz
1950 | United States
Martine Aballéa
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1922 — 1997 | Pakistan
Zubeida Agha
1922 — 1997 | Pakistan
Zubeida Agha
1922 — 1997 | Pakistan
Zubeida Agha
1893 — 1969 | Estonia
Ellinor Aiki
1893 — 1969 | Estonia
Ellinor Aiki
1886 — 1964 | Switzerland
Aloïse (Aloïse Corbaz dite)
1886 — 1964 | Switzerland
Aloïse (Aloïse Corbaz dite)
1907 — 1993 | Mexico
Lola Álvarez Bravo
1935 | Brazil
Sonia Andrade
1926 — 2013 | United States
Ruth Asawa
1799 — 1871 | United Kingdom
Anna Atkins
1963 | India
Rina Banerjee
1963 | India
Rina Banerjee
1963 | India
Rina Banerjee
1872 — 1954 | France
Jeanne Bardey
1872 — 1954 | France
Jeanne Bardey
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1934 — 2023 | Algeria
Souhila Bel Bahar
1966 | Canada
Christi Belcourt
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1964 | France
Carole Benzaken
1964 | France
Carole Benzaken
1898 — 1933 | Germany
Aenne Biermann
1898 — 1933 | Germany
Aenne Biermann
1956 — 1999 | Turkey
Deniz Bilgin
1956 — 1999 | Turkey
Deniz Bilgin
1956 — 1999 | Turkey
Deniz Bilgin
1900 — 1961 | Ukraine
Kateryna Bilokour
1699 — Scotland | 1758 — Great Britain
Elizabeth Blackwell
1820 — Italy | 1904 — France
Mathilde Létizia Wilhelmine Bonaparte
1820 — Italy | 1904 — France
Mathilde Létizia Wilhelmine Bonaparte
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1962 | United-Kingdom
Sonia Boyce
1973 | Ukraine
Oksana Briukhovetska
1973 | Ukraine
Oksana Briukhovetska
1973 | Ukraine
Oksana Briukhovetska
1955 | Canada
Geneviève Cadieux
1955 | Canada
Geneviève Cadieux
1962 | Peru
Lastenia Canayo García (Pecón Quena)
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1936 | Belgium
Martine Canneel
1936 | Belgium
Martine Canneel
1953 — 1996 | United Kingdom
Helen Chadwick
1947 | France
Champion Métadier
1947 | France
Champion Métadier
1944 | United States
Linda Connor
1893 — 1975 | Argentina
Lía Correa Morales
1893 — 1975 | Argentina
Lía Correa Morales
1934 — 2023 | France
Marinette Cueco
1883 — 1976 | United States
Imogen Cunningham
1883 — 1976 | United States
Imogen Cunningham
1883 — 1976 | United States
Imogen Cunningham
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1873 — 1937 | Suriname
Augusta Curiel (Augustina Cornelia Paulina Curiel)
1873 — 1937 | Suriname
Augusta Curiel (Augustina Cornelia Paulina Curiel)
1939 — 2024 | Netherlands
Jacqueline de Jong
1939 — 2024 | Netherlands
Jacqueline de Jong
1929 — 1989 | United States
Jay DeFeo
1929 — 1989 | United States
Jay DeFeo
1929 — 1989 | United States
Jay DeFeo
1931 | Hungary
Ágnes Dénes
1877 — 1915 | Hungary
Valéria Dénes
1898 — Austria | 1944 — Poland
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis
1898 — Austria | 1944 — Poland
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis
1898 — Austria | 1944 — Poland
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis
1703 — 1783 | Bavaria
Barbara Regina Dietzsch
1840 — 1926 | France
Victoria Dubourg
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1827 — 1888 | France
Éléonore Escallier
1827 — 1888 | France
Éléonore Escallier
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1939 | Egypt
Wissam Fahmy
1924 — 2004 | Tunisia
Safia Farhat
1924 — 2004 | Tunisia
Safia Farhat
1922 — 2019 | Iran
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
1922 — 2019 | Iran
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
1890 — 1957 | Hungary
Noémi Ferenczy
1911 — Denmark | 1984 — France
Sonja Ferlov Mancoba
1911 — Denmark | 1984 — France
Sonja Ferlov Mancoba
1964 | China
WONG Lai-ching Fiona
1964 | China
WONG Lai-ching Fiona
1964 | China
WONG Lai-ching Fiona
1955 | Cuba
Ana Flores
1955 | Cuba
Ana Flores
1921 — 1985 | Hungary
Ilka Gedő
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1947 | Palestina
Juhaina Habibi Kandalaft
1947 | Palestina
Juhaina Habibi Kandalaft
1947 | Palestina
Juhaina Habibi Kandalaft
1971 | North Macedonia
Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva
1936 | Palestine
Samia Halaby
1936 | Palestine
Samia Halaby
1936 | Palestine
Samia Halaby
1855 — 1931 | Norway
Frida Hansen
1855 — 1931 | Norway
Frida Hansen
1855 — 1931 | Norway
Frida Hansen
1926 — Jamaica | 2018 — United States
Dorothy Henriques-Wells
1956 — 2008 | Colombia
María Teresa Hincapié
1956 — 2008 | Colombia
María Teresa Hincapié
1926 — 2012 | Iran
Mansoureh Hosseini
1926 — 2012 | Iran
Mansoureh Hosseini
1814 — Spain | 1884 — United Kingdom
Georgiana Houghton
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1971 | Malaysia
Yee I-Lann
1971 | Malaysia
Yee I-Lann
1956 | Spain
Cristina Iglesias
1956 | Spain
Cristina Iglesias
1973 | Lebanon
Lina Jabbour
1973 | Lebanon
Lina Jabbour
1973 | Lebanon
Lina Jabbour
1896 — Poland | 1990 — United States
Lotte Jacobi
1896 — Poland | 1990 — United States
Lotte Jacobi
1965 | China
Cai Jin
1965 | China
Cai Jin
1965 | China
Cai Jin
1898 — China | 1986 — Switzerland
Fang Junbi (Fan Tchun-pi)
1898 — China | 1986 — Switzerland
Fang Junbi (Fan Tchun-pi)
1898 — China | 1986 — Switzerland
Fang Junbi (Fan Tchun-pi)
1950 — 2006 | Lithuania
Elvyra Kairiūkštytė
1950 — 2006 | Lithuania
Elvyra Kairiūkštytė
1944 | Australia
Yvonne Koolmatrie
1910 — 1997 | Turkey
Füreya Koral
1908 — 1984 | United States
Lee Krasner
1935 | Czech Republic
Alena Kučerová
1929 | Japan
Yayoi Kusama
1929 | Japan
Yayoi Kusama
1929 | Japan
Yayoi Kusama
1910 — 1993 | France
Jacqueline Lamba
1845 — 1928 | France
Madeleine Lemaire (Jeanne Magdelaine Lemaire, dite)
1845 — 1928 | France
Madeleine Lemaire (Jeanne Magdelaine Lemaire, dite)
1950 | United States
Erica Lennard
1971 | French Guiana
Nathalie Leroy Fiévée
1946 | Philippines
Julie Lluch Dalena
1954 | France
Catherine Lopès-Curval
1864 — 1942 | France
Séraphine Louis, dite de Senlis
1941 | Pérou
Rose Lowder
1895 — 0000 | Democratic Republic of Congo
Antoinette Lubaki
1960 | France
Frédérique Lucien
1956 | Ireland
Alice Maher
1956 | Ireland
Alice Maher
1956 | Ireland
Alice Maher
1889 — 1964 | Brazil
Anita Malfatti
1889 — 1964 | Brazil
Anita Malfatti
1902 — 1995 | Spain
Maruja Mallo
1902 — 1995 | Spain
Maruja Mallo
1902 — 1995 | Spain
Maruja Mallo
1934 — 1999 | Uganda
Estelle Betty Manyolo Sangowawa
1934 — 1999 | Uganda
Estelle Betty Manyolo Sangowawa
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1912 — 2000 | Japon
Toshi Maruki
1866 — 1932 | France
Jacqueline Marval
1927 — Singapore | 2020 —
Chen Cheng Mei
1960 | Brazil
Beatriz Milhazes
1956 — 2018 | Taiwan
YAN Ming-Huy
1956 — 2018 | Taiwan
YAN Ming-Huy
1956 — 2018 | Taiwan
YAN Ming-Huy
1876 — 1907 | Germany
Paula Modersohn-Becker
1876 — 1907 | Germany
Paula Modersohn-Becker
1941 | France
Sarah Moon
1954 | France
Marie Morel
1953 | Algeria
Akila Mouhoubi
1953 | Algeria
Akila Mouhoubi
1949 — 2015 | India
Mrinalini Mukherjee
1966 | South Africa
Ntombephi « Induna » Ntobela
1887 — 1986 | United States
Georgia O’Keeffe
1887 — 1986 | United States
Georgia O’Keeffe
1959 — 2006 | Australia
Bronwyn Oliver
1959 — 2006 | Australia
Bronwyn Oliver
1959 — 2006 | Australia
Bronwyn Oliver
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1967 | Brésil
Rosana Paulino
1913 — Argentina | 1982 — France
Alicia Penalba
1913 — Argentina | 1982 — France
Alicia Penalba
1964 | France
Françoise Pétrovitch
1877 — Croatia | 1906 — Serbia
Slava Raškaj
1877 — Croatia | 1906 — Serbia
Slava Raškaj
1902 — 1959 | France
Germaine Richier
1902 — 1959 | France
Germaine Richier
1902 — 1959 | France
Germaine Richier
1957 | France
Anne Rochette
1957 | France
Anne Rochette
1974 | Denmark
Pia Rönicke
1974 | Denmark
Pia Rönicke
1974 | Denmark
Pia Rönicke
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1664 — 1750 | Netherlands
Rachel Ruysch
1664 — 1750 | Netherlands
Rachel Ruysch
1664 — 1750 | Netherlands
Rachel Ruysch
1943 | Singapore
Han Sai Por
1943 | Singapore
Han Sai Por
1924 — 2005 | Haïti
Louisiane Saint-Fleurant
1927 — 2005 | United States
Naomi Savage
1927 — 2005 | United States
Naomi Savage
1939 — 1988 | Japan
Sayako Kishimoto
1939 — 1988 | Japan
Sayako Kishimoto
1940 | Senegal
Younousse Seye
1940 | Senegal
Younousse Seye
1970 | Israel
Khen Shish
1970 | Israel
Khen Shish
1970 | Israel
Khen Shish
1875 — 1949 | Japan
Shōen Uemura
1937 | India
Arpita Singh
1937 | India
Arpita Singh
1898 — Russian Empire (today Ukraine) | 1984 — Soviet Union
Maria Siniakova
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
1967 | Switzerland
Gerda Steiner
1958 | United States
Renee Stout
1958 | United States
Renee Stout
1933 | United States
Michelle Stuart
1949 | Argentina
Vivian Suter
1949 | Argentina
Vivian Suter
1949 | Argentina
Vivian Suter
1876 — 1960 | Denmark
Christine Swane
1876 — 1960 | Denmark
Christine Swane
1876 — 1960 | Denmark
Christine Swane
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1910 — Japan | 2001 — United States
Fumie Taniguchi
1910 — Japan | 2001 — United States
Fumie Taniguchi
1910 — 2012 | United States
Dorothea Tanning
1910 — 2012 | United States
Dorothea Tanning
1910 — 1981 | Germany
Elsa Thiemann
1906 — 1958 | China
QIU Ti (Schudy)
1906 — 1958 | China
QIU Ti (Schudy)
1906 — 1958 | China
QIU Ti (Schudy)
1895 — Samoa | 1984 — New Zealand
Teuane Tibbo
1895 — Samoa | 1984 — New Zealand
Teuane Tibbo
1894 — Moravia (now Czech Republic) | 1980 — Israel
Anna Ticho
1894 — Moravia (now Czech Republic) | 1980 — Israel
Anna Ticho
1894 — Moravia (now Czech Republic) | 1980 — Israel
Anna Ticho
1950 — 2004 | Japon
Toeko Tatsuno
1927 — Italy | 1995 — Venezuela
Tecla Tofano
1927 — Italy | 1995 — Venezuela
Tecla Tofano
1902 — Czech Republic | 1982 — France
Toyen (Marie Čerminová dite)
1902 — Czech Republic | 1982 — France
Toyen (Marie Čerminová dite)
1973 | Luxembourg
Su-Mei Tse
1973 | Luxembourg
Su-Mei Tse
1973 | Luxembourg
Su-Mei Tse
1908 — Syria | 2005 — Jordan
Madiha Umar
1908 — Syria | 2005 — Jordan
Madiha Umar
1908 — Syria | 2005 — Jordan
Madiha Umar
1700 — Netherlands | 1777 — United Kingdom
Agatha van der Mijn
1700 — Netherlands | 1777 — United Kingdom
Agatha van der Mijn
1700 — Netherlands | 1777 — United Kingdom
Agatha van der Mijn
1709 — Netherlands | 1772 — United Kingdom
Cornelia van der Mijn
1709 — Netherlands | 1772 — United Kingdom
Cornelia van der Mijn
1709 — Netherlands | 1772 — United Kingdom
Cornelia van der Mijn
1884 — Russia | 1957 — France
Marie Vassilieff
1884 — Russia | 1957 — France
Marie Vassilieff
1895 — 1960 | Uruguay
Petrona Viera
1888 — 1969 | Norway
Charlotte Wankel
1888 — 1969 | Norway
Charlotte Wankel
1888 — 1969 | Norway
Charlotte Wankel
1957 | United States
Emmi Whitehorse
1957 | United States
Emmi Whitehorse
1957 | United States
Emmi Whitehorse
1891 — 1978 | United States
Alma Woodsey Thomas
1878 — 1972 | China
He Xiangning
1878 — 1972 | China
He Xiangning
1878 — 1972 | China
He Xiangning
1934 | China
Yang Yanping
1934 | China
Yang Yanping
1887 — 1987 | Japan
Fujio Yoshida
1901 — Turkey | 1991 — Jordan
Fahrelnissa Zeid
1901 — Turkey | 1991 — Jordan
Fahrelnissa Zeid
1901 — Turkey | 1991 — Jordan
Fahrelnissa Zeid
1903 — 1985 | China
GUAN Zilan (Violet Kwan)
1903 — 1985 | China
GUAN Zilan (Violet Kwan)
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