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United Kingdom
Fields
Visual arts
1327
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
44
Lyrical abstraction
21
Academic art
9
Outsider art
4
Kinetic art
12
Conceptual art
79
Body art
11
Bauhaus
11
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
42
Impressionism
10
Mail art
12
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
Op art
3
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postminimalism
7
Realism
36
Surrealism
52
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
117
Subjects
Abstraction
345
Allegory
108
Animals
166
Architecture
126
Autobiography
126
Self-portrait
179
Body positivity
11
Political issues
360
Social classes
86
Women's status
305
Consumerism
86
Human body
420
Cosmos
44
Colour
213
Dance
79
Discriminations
153
Documentary
123
Ecology
77
Writing
163
Childhood
111
Eroticism
76
Public space
85
Fantasy & dreams
85
Feminism
301
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
151
War & conflicts
146
History
269
Art history & museum
67
Identity
204
Industry
31
Intimacy
103
Irony
60
Language
89
Light
83
Machine & technology
33
Magic & esotericism
8
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
113
Mathematics
9
Media
64
Memory
201
Human migration
98
Fashion & clothing
66
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
64
Myths, tales & legends
95
Nation
54
Nature
242
Still life
151
Food
20
Nude
154
Landscape
292
Urban landscape
151
Visual perception
44
Portrait
413
Postcolonialism
101
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
69
Romantic relationships
44
Religion & spirituality
185
Domestic scene
110
Science
49
Sexuality
129
Entertainment
55
Sport
15
Time
29
Traditions
228
Work
80
Domestic work
79
Drag
28
Vegetal
160
Everyday life
278
Old age
30
Violence
142
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
76
Mediums
Applied arts
209
Jewellery & silverware
20
Ceramic
77
Costumes
37
Decor
59
Furniture
19
Mosaic
17
Stained glass
16
Graphic arts
778
Poster
35
Watercolour
184
Collage
204
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
511
Engraving & etching
225
Illustration
98
Artist book
84
Pastel & wax
108
Screen printing
71
Audiovisual
345
Film
125
Digital
53
Sound
77
Video
240
Installation
483
Accumulation
87
Assemblage
225
Environment
136
Light installation
45
[Modes]
125
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
110
Monumental
128
Painting
780
Acrylic
160
Mural
35
Gouache
96
Oil
449
Tempera
29
Performance
228
Photography
418
Analogue photography
239
Digital photography
96
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
438
Concrete & cement
32
Wood
111
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Marble
28
Metal
132
Paper & cardboard
25
Stone
45
Plastic
47
Plaster
79
Resin
32
Clay
96
Glass
27
Textile
207
Embroidery
73
Sewing
46
Weaving
58
Countries
Africa
90
South Africa
12
Algeria
12
Egypt
13
Ghana
5
Nigeria
15
Tanzania
2
Tunisia
7
Central America and the Caribbean
38
Curaçao
3
North America
366
United States
320
Mexico
30
South America
101
Argentina
31
Chile
8
Guyana
2
Asia
178
Bangladesh
2
India
15
Russia
33
Singapore
5
Thailand
4
Europe
746
Germany
113
Austria
17
Belgium
20
Cyprus
1
Spain
40
Estonia
13
France
368
Greece
4
Hungary
39
Ireland
5
Italy
50
Lithuania
7
North Macedonia
4
Netherlands
34
Poland
28
Portugal
8
Switzerland
35
Middle East
102
Iran
6
Israel
51
Jordan
3
Kuwait
1
Lebanon
19
Palestine
12
Turkey
19
Oceania
46
Australia
36
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
17th century
2
18th century
20
1720s
4
1730s
5
1740s
7
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
1210
1900s
89
1910s
144
1920s
216
1930s
276
1940s
300
1950s
374
1960s
494
1970s
594
1980s
694
1990s
831
21st century
789
2000s
789
2010s
704
2020s
512
Programmes
— + 1
23
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— 18th-Century Women Artists
25
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
165
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)
1899 — Argentina | 1991 — United Kingdom
Eileen Agar
1899 — Argentina | 1991 — United Kingdom
Eileen Agar
1939 — Bangladesh | 2015 — France
Novera Ahmed
1939 — Bangladesh | 2015 — France
Novera Ahmed
1939 — Bangladesh | 2015 — France
Novera Ahmed
1972 | United Kingdom
Alice Anderson
1775 — Great Britain | 1860 — United Kingdom
Catherine Andras
1775 — Great Britain | 1860 — United Kingdom
Catherine Andras
1799 — 1871 | United Kingdom
Anna Atkins
1930 — 2018 | United Kingdom
Gillian Ayres
1709 — 1794 | England
Hester Bateman
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1784 — Great Britain | 1850 — United Kingdom
Sarah Biffin
1784 — Great Britain | 1850 — United Kingdom
Sarah Biffin
1962 | India
Sutapa Biswas
1962 | India
Sutapa Biswas
1962 | India
Sutapa Biswas
1699 — Scotland | 1758 — Great Britain
Elizabeth Blackwell
1925 — 2006 | United Kingdom
Sandra Blow
1959 | Australia
Polly Borland
1959 | Australia
Polly Borland
1959 | Australia
Polly Borland
1938 — 1966 | United Kingdom
Pauline Boty
1962 | United-Kingdom
Sonia Boyce
1906 — 1999 | United Kingdom
Emmy Bridgwater
1906 — 1999 | United Kingdom
Emmy Bridgwater
1874 — Italy | 1970 — France
Romaine Brooks
1874 — Italy | 1970 — France
Romaine Brooks
1874 — Italy | 1970 — France
Romaine Brooks
1969 | United Kingdom
Cecily Brown
1969 | United Kingdom
Cecily Brown
1815 — India | 1879 — Sri Lanka
Julia Margaret Cameron
1815 — India | 1879 — Sri Lanka
Julia Margaret Cameron
1917 — United Kingdom | 2011 — Mexico
Leonora Carrington
1917 — United Kingdom | 2011 — Mexico
Leonora Carrington
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1953 — 1996 | United Kingdom
Helen Chadwick
1951 | United Kingdom
Sue Coe
1951 | United Kingdom
Sue Coe
0000 |
Céline Condorelli
1965 | Spain
Ángela de la Cruz
1965 | Spain
Ángela de la Cruz
1950 | Israel
Drora Dominey
1950 | Israel
Drora Dominey
1950 | Israel
Drora Dominey
1958 | Nigeria
Sokari Douglas Camp
1958 | Nigeria
Sokari Douglas Camp
1963 | United Kingdom
Tracey Emin
1944 | Chile
Paz Errázuriz
1934 — 2010 | Mexico
Helen Escobedo
1963 | Nigeria
Mary Evans
1963 | Nigeria
Mary Evans
1968 | Pakistan
Ceal Floyer
1968 | Pakistan
Ceal Floyer
1872 — 1945 | United Kingdom
Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
1881 — United Kingdom | 1962 — Switzerland
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
1881 — United Kingdom | 1962 — Switzerland
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
1971 | North Macedonia
Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva
1945 | United Kingdom
Maggi Hambling
1945 | United Kingdom
Maggi Hambling
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1942 | United States
Jann Haworth
1942 | United States
Jann Haworth
1903 — 1975 | United Kingdom
Barbara Hepworth
1903 — 1975 | United Kingdom
Barbara Hepworth
1954 | Tanzania
Lubaina Himid
1954 | Tanzania
Lubaina Himid
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1814 — Spain | 1884 — United Kingdom
Georgiana Houghton
1955 | Iran
Shirazeh Houshiary
1955 | Iran
Shirazeh Houshiary
1948 — New Zealand | 2014 — England
Alexis Hunter
1948 — New Zealand | 2014 — England
Alexis Hunter
1966 | Ireland
Jaki Irvine
1956 | Royaume-Uni
Ann Veronica Janssens
1956 | Royaume-Uni
Ann Veronica Janssens
1937 | Austria
Tess Jaray
1937 | Austria
Tess Jaray
1937 | Austria
Tess Jaray
1969 | United States
Chantal Joffe
1876 — United Kingdom | 1939 — France
Gwen John
1876 — United Kingdom | 1939 — France
Gwen John
1876 — United Kingdom | 1939 — France
Gwen John
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1969 | Royaume-Uni
Bharti Kher
1969 | Royaume-Uni
Bharti Kher
1946 | Poland
Ewa Kuryluk
1946 | Poland
Ewa Kuryluk
1946 | Poland
Ewa Kuryluk
1936 — Singapore | 1997 — United Kingdom
Kim Lim
1936 — Singapore | 1997 — United Kingdom
Kim Lim
1755 — Great Britain | 1845 — United Kingdom
Mary Linwood
1962 | United Kingdom
Sarah Lucas
1892 — Russia | 1984 — United Kingdom
Marevna
1892 — Russia | 1984 — United Kingdom
Marevna
1892 — Russia | 1984 — United Kingdom
Marevna
1907 — 1969 | United Kingdom
Mary Martin
1901 — Germany | 1987 — United Kingdom
Else Meidner
1901 — Germany | 1987 — United Kingdom
Else Meidner
1901 — Germany | 1987 — United Kingdom
Else Meidner
1937 — Pakistan | 1990 — India
Nasreen Mohamedi
1937 — Pakistan | 1990 — India
Nasreen Mohamedi
1937 — Pakistan | 1990 — India
Nasreen Mohamedi
1894 — Czech republic | 1989 — Switzerland
Lucia Moholy
1894 — Czech republic | 1989 — Switzerland
Lucia Moholy
1960 | United Kingdom
Cathy de Monchaux
1967 | United Kingdom
Sarah Morris
1890 — 1958 | United Kingdom
Marlow Moss
1890 — 1958 | United Kingdom
Marlow Moss
1973 | United Kingdom
Rosalind Nashashibi
1973 | United Kingdom
Rosalind Nashashibi
1909 — 1994 | Cyprus
Loukia Nicolaidou
1909 — 1994 | Cyprus
Loukia Nicolaidou
1909 — 1994 | Cyprus
Loukia Nicolaidou
1898 — Egypt | 1974 — France
Amy Nimr
1898 — Egypt | 1974 — France
Amy Nimr
1898 — Egypt | 1974 — France
Amy Nimr
1942 | Nigeria
Colette Omogbai
1966 | United Kingdom
Lucy Orta
1966 | United Kingdom
Lucy Orta
1945 | Greece
Leda Papaconstantinou
1945 | Greece
Leda Papaconstantinou
1956 | United Kingdom
Cornelia Parker
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
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1935 — Portugal | 2022 — Great Britain
Paula Rego
1935 — Portugal | 2022 — Great Britain
Paula Rego
1931 | United Kingdom
Bridget Riley
1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom
Monica Ross
1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom
Monica Ross
1885 — 1963 | United Kingdom
Helen Saunders
1970 | United Kingdom
Jenny Saville
1970 | United Kingdom
Jenny Saville
1970 | United Kingdom
Jenny Saville
1963 | France
Zineb Sedira
1963 | France
Zineb Sedira
1963 | France
Zineb Sedira
1940 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — United Kingdom
Laila Shawa
1940 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — United Kingdom
Laila Shawa
1940 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — United Kingdom
Laila Shawa
1925 — 2021 | Egypt
Gazbia Sirry
1925 — 2021 | Egypt
Gazbia Sirry
1925 — 2021 | Egypt
Gazbia Sirry
1916 — United Kingdom | 2010 — United States
Sylvia Sleigh
1916 — United Kingdom | 2010 — United States
Sylvia Sleigh
1904 — Germany | 1999 — Argentina
Grete Stern
1904 — Germany | 1999 — Argentina
Grete Stern
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)
1762 — Great Britain | 1844 — United Kingdom
Sarah Stone
1914 — United Kingdom | 2000 — United States
Constance Stuart Larrabee
1914 — United Kingdom | 2000 — United States
Constance Stuart Larrabee
1960 — 2008 | United Kingdom
Maud Sulter
1960 — 2008 | United Kingdom
Maud Sulter
1844 — 1933 | United-Kingdom
Annie Louisa Swynnerton
1844 — 1933 | United-Kingdom
Annie Louisa Swynnerton
1967 | Estonia
Mare Tralla
1967 | Estonia
Mare Tralla
1951 | United Kingdom
Cosey Fanni Tutti (Christine Carol Newby, dite)
1954 | United Kingdom
Prue Venables
1954 | United Kingdom
Prue Venables
1954 | United Kingdom
Prue Venables
1965 | United Kingdom
Alison Watt
1965 | United Kingdom
Alison Watt
1965 | United Kingdom
Alison Watt
1963 | United Kingdom
Gillian Wearing
1963 | United Kingdom
Rachel Whiteread
1936 | United Kingdom
Gillian Wise
1893 — 1975 | United Kingdom
Madame Yevonde
1901 — Turkey | 1991 — Jordan
Fahrelnissa Zeid
1901 — Turkey | 1991 — Jordan
Fahrelnissa Zeid
1901 — Turkey | 1991 — Jordan
Fahrelnissa Zeid
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