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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1318
Cinema
1
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
44
Lyrical abstraction
21
Academic art
9
Viennese Actionism
2
Appropriationism
5
Outsider art
4
Kinetic art
12
Conceptual art
79
Body art
11
Art Deco
3
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Postconceptual art
6
Arte povera
2
Bauhaus
11
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
8
Dada
6
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
42
Fauvism
5
Fluxus
8
Futurism
9
Hyperrealism
5
Impressionism
10
Land art
10
Mail art
12
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
13
Neues Sehen
11
Op art
3
Straight photography
12
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postminimalism
7
Postmodernism
8
Primitivism
6
Purisme
2
Rayonism
3
Realism
36
Socialist Realism
9
Harlem Renaissance
4
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
52
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
115
Subjects
Abstraction
342
Adolescence
11
Allegory
106
Animals
163
Architecture
126
Autobiography
126
Self-portrait
177
Body positivity
11
Political issues
353
Social classes
82
Women's status
301
Consumerism
85
Human body
416
Cosmos
43
Colour
213
Dance
78
Discriminations
152
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
151
War & conflicts
144
History
268
Art history & museum
66
Homophobia
14
Identity
201
Industry
31
Intimacy
103
Irony
60
Games & toys
15
Language
89
Light
82
Machine & technology
33
Magic & esotericism
7
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
112
Mathematics
9
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
Food
20
Nude
153
Landscape
288
Urban landscape
149
Spatial perception
23
Visual perception
43
Portrait
409
Postcolonialism
101
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
69
Romantic relationships
44
Religion & spirituality
183
Domestic scene
110
Science
49
Sexuality
129
Entertainment
55
Sport
15
Surveillance
5
Time
29
Traditions
227
Work
78
Domestic work
78
Drag
28
Vegetal
159
Everyday life
277
Old age
30
Violence
142
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
16
Travel
76
Mediums
Applied arts
208
Jewellery & silverware
20
Ceramic
77
Costumes
37
Decor
59
Medal
8
Furniture
19
Mosaic
16
Stained glass
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
Digital
51
Sound
76
Video
239
Installation
481
Accumulation
86
Assemblage
224
Environment
135
Light installation
44
[Modes]
124
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
110
Monumental
127
Painting
776
Acrylic
157
Mural
35
Gouache
95
Oil
447
Tempera
28
Performance
227
Photography
415
Analogue photography
237
Digital photography
95
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
437
Concrete & cement
31
Wood
111
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Marble
28
Metal
132
Paper & cardboard
25
Stone
44
Plastic
47
Plaster
79
Resin
32
Clay
96
Glass
27
Textile
205
Embroidery
72
Sewing
45
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
58
Countries
Africa
90
South Africa
12
Algeria
12
Benin
1
Cameroon
1
Congo
1
Egypt
13
Ethiopia
1
Gabon
1
Ghana
5
Kenya
3
Madagascar
2
Morocco
4
Mozambique
2
Nigeria
15
Uganda
3
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
Senegal
4
Sierra Leone
1
Soudan
1
Tanzania
2
Tunisia
7
Zambia
1
Zimbabwe
2
Central America and the Caribbean
38
France (Antilles)
7
Costa Rica
2
Cuba
10
Curaçao
3
Guatemala
3
Haiti
5
Jamaica
4
Nicaragua
1
Panama
1
North America
364
Canada
25
United States
318
Greenland
2
Mexico
30
South America
100
Argentina
31
Bolivia
2
Brazil
29
Chile
8
Colombia
7
Ecuador
1
Guyana
1
France (French Guiana)
2
Paraguay
1
Peru
6
Suriname
6
Uruguay
5
Venezuela
5
Asia
173
Bangladesh
2
Burma
1
China
27
South Korea
8
India
15
Indonesia
6
Japan
52
Malaysia
4
Nepal
1
Uzbekistan
1
Pakistan
3
Philippines
10
Russia
32
Singapore
5
Taiwan
3
Thailand
4
Vietnam
5
Europe
743
Albania
1
Germany
112
Austria
17
Belarus
2
Belgium
20
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Bulgaria
8
Cyprus
1
Croatia
10
Denmark
12
Spain
40
Estonia
13
Finland
5
France
368
Georgia
1
Greece
4
Hungary
39
Ireland
5
Iceland
3
Italy
50
Latvia
3
Lithuania
7
Luxembourg
1
North Macedonia
4
Moldova
2
Norway
13
Netherlands
33
Poland
28
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
12
Romania
9
United Kingdom
100
Serbia
4
Slovakia
3
Slovenia
1
Sweden
9
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
11
Middle East
101
Saudi Arabia
1
Armenia
1
Irak
4
Iran
6
Israel
50
Jordan
3
Kuwait
1
Lebanon
19
Palestine
12
Syria
2
Turkey
19
Oceania
45
Australia
35
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
17th century
2
1650s
1
1660s
1
1680s
1
1690s
1
18th century
20
1710s
1
1720s
4
1730s
5
1740s
7
1750s
8
1760s
13
1770s
14
1780s
11
1790s
11
19th century
82
1800s
8
1810s
10
1820s
11
1830s
11
1840s
14
1850s
13
1860s
21
1870s
32
1880s
34
1890s
60
20th century
1202
1900s
88
1910s
143
1920s
215
1930s
274
1940s
297
1950s
371
1960s
491
1970s
592
1980s
691
1990s
826
21st century
785
2000s
785
2010s
700
2020s
508
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.
25
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE & MACBA
7
— AWARE x Canada
9
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
7
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
7
— 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.
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1944 | Morocco
Joëlle de La Casinière
1743 — 1813 | Netherlands
Maria Margaretha la Fargue
1938 — 1976 | Italy
Ketty La Rocca
1938 — 1976 | Italy
Ketty La Rocca
1945 | United States
Suzanne Lacy
1942 | Yugoslavia (Serbia)
Katalin Ladik
1942 | Yugoslavia (Serbia)
Katalin Ladik
1942 | Yugoslavia (Serbia)
Katalin Ladik
1949 | France
Suzanne Lafont
1873 — France | 1961 — Switzerland
Céline Gracieuse Laguarde
1873 — France | 1961 — Switzerland
Céline Gracieuse Laguarde
1873 — France | 1961 — Switzerland
Céline Gracieuse Laguarde
1973 | France
Emmanuelle Lainé
1945 | United States
Jean LaMarr
1945 | United States
Jean LaMarr
1945 | United States
Jean LaMarr
1910 — 1993 | France
Jacqueline Lamba
1943 | France
Laura Lamiel
1863 — France | 1946 — ?
Marcelle Renée Lancelot-Croce
1863 — France | 1946 — ?
Marcelle Renée Lancelot-Croce
1951 | Spain
Teresa Lanceta
1951 | Spain
Teresa Lanceta
1951 | Spain
Teresa Lanceta
1896 — Hungary | 1967 — France
Ergy Landau
1896 — Hungary | 1967 — France
Ergy Landau
1942 | New Zealand
Maureen Lander
1895 — 1965 | United States
Dorothea Lange
1912 — 1973 | Hungary
Klára Langer
1912 — 1973 | Hungary
Klára Langer
1910 — Canada | 1997 — United States
Ida Lansky
1956 | Mexico
Magali (Margarita Rosa) Lara (Zavala)
1960 | United States
Liz Larner
1898 — Prussia (now Pasłęk, Poland) | 1993 — Sweden
Lotte Laserstein
1898 — Prussia (now Pasłęk, Poland) | 1993 — Sweden
Lotte Laserstein
1919 — 2014 | Austria
Maria Lassnig
1919 — 2014 | Austria
Maria Lassnig
1886 — 1973 | South Africa
Maggie Laubser
1883 — 1956 | France
Marie Laurencin
1883 — 1956 | France
Marie Laurencin
1883 — 1956 | France
Marie Laurencin
1947 | United States
Louise Lawler
1900 — 1981 | Italy
Bice Lazzari
1900 — 1981 | Italy
Bice Lazzari
1892 — 1967 | Russia
Sarra Lébédéva
1892 — 1967 | Russia
Sarra Lébédéva
1951 | Philippines
Ileana Lee
1951 | Philippines
Ileana Lee
1951 | Philippines
Ileana Lee
1967 | United States
Simone Leigh
0000 | Japan
Leiko Ikemura
0000 | Japan
Leiko Ikemura
0000 | Japan
Leiko Ikemura
1961 | Brazil
Jac Leirner
1845 — 1928 | France
Madeleine Lemaire (Jeanne Magdelaine Lemaire, dite)
1845 — 1928 | France
Madeleine Lemaire (Jeanne Magdelaine Lemaire, dite)
1957 | United States
Annette Lemieux
1957 | United States
Annette Lemieux
1898 — Poland | 1980 — Mexico
Tamara de Lempicka
1898 — Poland | 1980 — Mexico
Tamara de Lempicka
1898 — Poland | 1980 — Mexico
Tamara de Lempicka
1950 | United States
Erica Lennard
1961 | United States
Zoe Leonard
1971 | French Guiana
Nathalie Leroy Fiévée
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1928 — 2021 | Canada
Rita Letendre
1928 — 2021 | Canada
Rita Letendre
1928 — 2021 | Canada
Rita Letendre
1947 | United States
Sherrie Levine
1913 — 2009 | United States
Helen Levitt
1949 — United States | 2004 — Israel
Pamela Levy
1949 — United States | 2004 — Israel
Pamela Levy
1844 — United States | 1907 —
Mary Edmonia « Wildfire » Lewis
1844 — United States | 1907 —
Mary Edmonia « Wildfire » Lewis
1973 | Germany
Nadia Lichtig
1940 — 2021 | Zimbabwe
Helen Lieros
1940 — 2021 | Zimbabwe
Helen Lieros
1940 — 2021 | Zimbabwe
Helen Lieros
1941 — 2023 | Estonia
Silvi Liiva
1936 — Singapore | 1997 — United Kingdom
Kim Lim
1936 — Singapore | 1997 — United Kingdom
Kim Lim
1755 — Great Britain | 1845 — United Kingdom
Mary Linwood
1969 | Bangladesh
Tayeba Begum Lipi
1882 — Poland | 1973 — France
Sarah Lipska
1882 — Poland | 1973 — France
Sarah Lipska
1970 | Brazil
Lídia Lisboa
1900 — Ukraine | 1992 — Israel
Batia Lishansky
1900 — Ukraine | 1992 — Israel
Batia Lishansky
1900 — Ukraine | 1992 — Israel
Batia Lishansky
1948 — China | 2021 — United States
Hung Liu
1948 — China | 2021 — United States
Hung Liu
1948 — China | 2021 — United States
Hung Liu
1937 — 2022 | Poland
Natalia LL
1946 | Philippines
Julie Lluch Dalena
1964 | United States
Sharon Lockhart
1964 | United States
Sharon Lockhart
1964 | United States
Sharon Lockhart
1912 — 1986 | Switzerland
Verena Loewensberg
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1924 — Mozambique | 2012 — Italy
Bertina Lopes
1924 — Mozambique | 2012 — Italy
Bertina Lopes
1954 | France
Catherine Lopès-Curval
1935 | Mexico
Julia López
1935 | Mexico
Julia López
1864 — 1942 | France
Séraphine Louis, dite de Senlis
1941 | Pérou
Rose Lowder
1930 — 1999 | United States
Lee Lozano
1930 — 1999 | United States
Lee Lozano
1962 | China
Xiao Lu
1962 | China
Xiao Lu
1962 | China
Xiao Lu
1964 | China
Qing Lu
1964 | China
Qing Lu
1895 — 0000 | Democratic Republic of Congo
Antoinette Lubaki
1929 — Poland | 1999 — France
Lea Lublin
1929 — Poland | 1999 — France
Lea Lublin
1962 | United Kingdom
Sarah Lucas
1960 | France
Frédérique Lucien
1934 | Nigeria
Theresa Luck-Akinwale
1934 | Nigeria
Theresa Luck-Akinwale
1934 | Nigeria
Theresa Luck-Akinwale
1964 | Israel
Hila Lulu Lin Farah Kufer Birim
1964 | Israel
Hila Lulu Lin Farah Kufer Birim
1964 | Israel
Hila Lulu Lin Farah Kufer Birim
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1940 | Romania
Ana Lupaș
1948 | Egypt
Huda Lutfi
1904 — Estonia | 1993 — Sweden
Karin Luts
1904 — Estonia | 1993 — Sweden
Karin Luts
1904 — Estonia | 1993 — Sweden
Karin Luts
1960 | Germany
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