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Women in Abstraction
Fields
Visual arts
1363
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Outsider art
4
Kinetic art
13
Conceptual art
81
Bauhaus
12
Abstract expressionism
43
Futurism
9
Minimalism
37
New Objectivity
13
Neues Sehen
11
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postmodernism
8
[Artist collectives]
119
Subjects
Abstraction
358
Allegory
113
Animals
167
Architecture
127
Self-portrait
183
Political issues
371
Women's status
313
Human body
436
Cosmos
48
Colour
221
Dance
80
Discriminations
157
Writing
170
Childhood
114
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
307
Geometry
154
History
278
Games & toys
16
Language
90
Light
84
Machine & technology
33
Magic & esotericism
9
Maternity
116
Mathematics
10
Human migration
100
Modernity
34
Music
65
Myths, tales & legends
96
Nature
252
Still life
153
Nude
159
Landscape
299
Urban landscape
153
Spatial perception
27
Visual perception
48
Portrait
422
Racism
74
Religion & spirituality
192
Domestic scene
110
Science
52
Sexuality
132
Sport
15
Traditions
233
Domestic work
81
Drag
28
Vegetal
163
Everyday life
284
Lesbian visibility
27
Mediums
Applied arts
214
Jewellery & silverware
21
Ceramic
79
Costumes
37
Decor
61
Mosaic
18
Graphic arts
799
Watercolour
187
Collage
207
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
526
Engraving & etching
229
Illustration
102
Pastel & wax
108
Screen printing
74
Audiovisual
351
Film
127
Digital
56
Sound
77
Video
243
Installation
493
Accumulation
92
Assemblage
231
Environment
139
Light installation
46
[Modes]
127
Site-specific
113
Monumental
128
Painting
809
Acrylic
163
Mural
36
Gouache
98
Oil
463
Performance
235
Photography
421
Analogue photography
240
Digital photography
97
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
444
Concrete & cement
32
Wood
113
Bronze
95
Metal
133
Paper & cardboard
26
Plastic
47
Plaster
81
Clay
97
Textile
214
Embroidery
75
Sewing
46
Weaving
63
Countries
Africa
93
Central America and the Caribbean
42
North America
373
Canada
25
United States
326
South America
103
Asia
191
China
27
South Korea
8
India
16
Europe
762
Germany
113
Croatia
10
Spain
40
Italy
53
Poland
29
United Kingdom
102
Switzerland
35
Middle East
106
Lebanon
22
Oceania
47
Australia
37
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
6
18th century
20
19th century
86
1860s
24
1870s
35
20th century
1240
1910s
147
1920s
220
1930s
281
1940s
306
1950s
382
1960s
510
1970s
610
1980s
713
1990s
851
21st century
806
2000s
806
2010s
719
2020s
524
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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Biographies published in the framework of the programme
Women in Abstraction
1892 — 1976 | Germany
Benita Koch-Otte
1910 — Canada | 1997 — United States
Ida Lansky
1900 — 1981 | Italy
Bice Lazzari
1912 — 1986 | Switzerland
Verena Loewensberg
1912 — 1999 | United States
Barbara Maples
1909 — 1970 | United States
Marie Menken
1932 | Canada
Dorothea Rockburne
1885 — 1963 | United Kingdom
Helen Saunders
1927 — 2019 | United States
Lillian Schwartz
1897 — Germany | 1983 — Switzerland
Gunta Stölzl
1907 — 2007 | United States
Lenore Tawney
1910 — 1981 | Germany
Elsa Thiemann
1891 — 1978 | United States
Alma Woodsey Thomas
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