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Fields
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
43
Lyrical abstraction
21
Conceptual art
79
Bauhaus
11
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
42
Neues Sehen
11
Pop art
46
Primitivism
6
Purisme
2
Realism
36
Socialist Realism
9
[Artist collectives]
114
Subjects
Abstraction
337
Allegory
105
Animals
161
Autobiography
121
Self-portrait
170
Political issues
342
Social classes
80
Women's status
299
Human body
410
Cosmos
43
Colour
212
Dance
77
Writing
160
Childhood
106
Eroticism
76
Fantasy & dreams
84
Feminism
295
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
150
War & conflicts
140
Identity
199
Industry
29
Intimacy
103
Maternity
111
Memory
194
Fashion & clothing
66
Modernity
34
Death
71
Music
63
Myths, tales & legends
94
Nature
235
Still life
150
Food
20
Nude
152
Landscape
286
Urban landscape
148
Portrait
399
Advertisement
49
Religion & spirituality
179
Sexuality
129
Work
78
Drag
27
Vegetal
159
Everyday life
274
Violence
141
Travel
74
Mediums
Applied arts
206
Mosaic
15
Graphic arts
770
Watercolour
182
Collage
201
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
506
Engraving & etching
224
Illustration
97
Artist book
82
Pastel & wax
105
Journal
26
Audiovisual
338
Installation
479
Assemblage
224
Environment
134
[Modes]
124
Monumental
127
Painting
766
Acrylic
157
Mural
35
Gouache
95
Oil
441
Tempera
28
Performance
224
Photography
410
Analogue photography
235
Digital photography
93
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Sculpture
430
Wood
110
Bronze
93
Marble
25
Metal
131
Plastic
47
Plaster
78
Resin
32
Clay
94
Textile
204
Countries
Africa
89
Egypt
12
Central America and the Caribbean
38
North America
361
United States
315
Mexico
30
South America
99
Argentina
31
Asia
171
Europe
728
Germany
112
Denmark
12
Spain
40
France
358
Italy
48
Netherlands
32
Czech Republic
12
United Kingdom
99
Middle East
96
Turkey
18
Oceania
45
Australia
35
Periods of
activity
17th century
1
18th century
18
19th century
78
20th century
1189
1910s
143
1920s
215
1930s
274
1940s
296
1950s
367
1960s
484
1970s
582
1980s
680
1990s
814
21st century
773
2000s
774
2010s
691
2020s
502
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 Canada
9
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
7
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
11
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
43
— 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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1899 — Argentina | 1991 — United Kingdom
Eileen Agar
1910 — 1974 | Denmark
Else Alfelt
1903 — 1974 | Turkey
Aliye Berger
1899 — Germany | 1998 — United States
Ilse Bing
1959 | Australia
Polly Borland
1904 — Indonesia | 1971 — France
Christine Boumeester
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1906 — 1999 | United Kingdom
Emmy Bridgwater
1942 — 2008 | Argentina
Mildred Burton
1894 — France | 1954 — Jersey
Claude Cahun
1917 — United Kingdom | 2011 — Mexico
Leonora Carrington
1899 — 1986 | Denmark
Franciska Clausen
1923 — 2014 | Turkey
Tiraje Dikmen
1924 — 1989 | Egypt
Inji Efflatoun
1911 — Denmark | 1984 — France
Sonja Ferlov Mancoba
1907 — Argentina | 1996 — France
Leonor Fini
1924 — Czech Republic | 2006 — France
Ruth Francken
1909 — 1976 | France
Roberta González
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