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Fields
Architecture
16
Decorative arts & design
5
Visual arts
1468
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Outsider art
4
Conceptual art
89
Art Deco
3
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Arte povera
2
Institutional critique
11
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
44
Land art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
Pop art
46
Postmodernism
8
Primitivism
6
Realism
37
Socialist Realism
8
Harlem Renaissance
4
Surrealism
56
Symbolism
13
Subjects
Abstraction
376
Allegory
137
Animals
189
Architecture
142
Autobiography
139
Self-portrait
202
Political issues
411
Social classes
117
Women's status
343
Consumerism
96
Human body
483
Cosmos
59
Colour
232
Dance
84
Discriminations
165
Documentary
142
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100
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182
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121
Eroticism
85
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108
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90
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331
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37
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18
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160
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159
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297
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80
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228
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32
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120
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66
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93
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90
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37
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45
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43
Maternity
126
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65
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222
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106
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68
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76
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66
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103
Nation
56
Nature
291
Still life
163
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23
Nude
171
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328
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175
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35
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54
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458
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113
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52
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76
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49
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205
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118
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57
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137
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58
Traditions
249
Work
86
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89
Drag
28
Vegetal
185
Everyday life
312
Aging
35
Violence
151
Travel
82
Mediums
Objects
228
Jewellery
15
Ceramic
88
Medal
6
Furniture
22
Fashion
13
Silverware
5
Glassware
3
Graphic arts
849
Poster
40
Watercolour
199
Collage
213
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
558
Engraving & etching
239
Illustration
109
Artist book
93
Pastel & wax
112
Journal
26
Screen printing
79
Performing arts
38
Costume
39
Set design
61
Dolls & puppets
12
Audiovisual
373
Film
136
Sound
84
Video
262
Concepts
38
Critical writing
15
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
19
Space & installation
542
Accumulation
103
Architecture
18
Assemblage
255
Environment
151
Light installation
48
Mosaic
20
Stained glass
18
[Modes]
141
Ephemeral
31
Site-specific
122
Monumental
136
Painting
873
Acrylic
172
Mural
43
Gouache
100
Oil
510
Tempera
34
Performance
250
Photography
439
Analogue photography
251
Digital photography
104
Photomontage
73
Sculpture
476
Cement & concrete
35
Wood
120
Bronze
103
Wax
18
Marble
30
Metal
142
Paper & cardboard
27
Stone
49
Plastic
48
Plaster
85
Resin
34
Glass
26
Textile
219
Embroidery
79
Sewing
40
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
69
Countries
Africa
103
Algeria
12
Egypt
14
Ghana
5
Mozambique
2
Nigeria
18
Senegal
4
Tanzania
2
Central America and the Caribbean
43
Cuba
11
Curaçao
3
Haiti
7
Jamaica
5
North America
393
United States
343
Mexico
33
South America
112
Argentina
34
Brazil
31
Chile
10
Colombia
9
Ecuador
2
Uruguay
5
Venezuela
5
Asia
222
India
18
Indonesia
12
Japan
70
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Sri Lanka
1
Thailand
6
Vietnam
8
Europe
827
Germany
117
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
Denmark
24
Estonia
16
France
395
Greece
5
Hungary
42
Italy
64
Lithuania
7
Netherlands
35
Poland
32
Romania
9
United Kingdom
107
Serbia
5
Switzerland
38
Middle East
111
Iran
6
Israel
51
Lebanon
23
Syria
4
Turkey
19
Oceania
50
Australia
40
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activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
9
18th century
26
1760s
14
1770s
17
1780s
14
1790s
14
19th century
104
1800s
12
1810s
13
1850s
17
1860s
29
1870s
43
1880s
46
1890s
74
20th century
1328
1900s
102
1910s
160
1920s
233
1930s
298
1940s
322
1950s
403
1960s
548
1970s
655
1980s
766
1990s
917
21st century
872
2000s
871
2010s
773
2020s
572
Programmes
— + 1
29
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
22
— 18th-Century Women Artists
28
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
34
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
30
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
14
— Les architectes
12
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
48
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
184
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1959 | Brasil
Brígida Baltar
1872 — 1954 | France
Jeanne Bardey
1872 — 1954 | France
Jeanne Bardey
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1844 — 1923 | France
Sarah Bernhardt
1825 — 1909 | France
Hélène Bertaux
1931 | United States
Lee Bontecou
1931 | United States
Lee Bontecou
1952 | United States
Elenora “Rukiya” Brown
1952 | United States
Elenora “Rukiya” Brown
1952 | United States
Elenora “Rukiya” Brown
1945 — 2026 | Senegal
Seni Awa Camara
1945 — 2026 | Senegal
Seni Awa Camara
1915 — United States | 2012 — Mexico
Elizabeth Catlett
1915 — United States | 2012 — Mexico
Elizabeth Catlett
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1916 — 2017 | Lebanon
Saloua Raouda Choucair
1916 — 2017 | Lebanon
Saloua Raouda Choucair
1916 — 2017 | Lebanon
Saloua Raouda Choucair
1864 — 1943 | France
Camille Claudel
1864 — 1943 | France
Camille Claudel
1748 — 1821 | France
Marie-Anne Collot
1748 — 1821 | France
Marie-Anne Collot
1748 — 1821 | France
Marie-Anne Collot
1934 — 2023 | France
Marinette Cueco
1928 — Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | 2014 — Croatia
Vera Dajht-Kralj
1928 — Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | 2014 — Croatia
Vera Dajht-Kralj
1928 — Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | 2014 — Croatia
Vera Dajht-Kralj
1885 — Australia | 1951 — France
Anne Dangar
1885 — Australia | 1951 — France
Anne Dangar
1950 | Israel
Drora Dominey
1950 | Israel
Drora Dominey
1950 | Israel
Drora Dominey
1941 | Belgium
Lili Dujourie
1915 — Romania | 1997 — France
Natalia Dumitresco
1915 — Romania | 1997 — France
Natalia Dumitresco
1905 — 1985 | Bulgaria
Vaska Emanuilova
1908 — 1997 | États-Unis
Claire Falkenstein
1908 — 1997 | États-Unis
Claire Falkenstein
1942 | Syria
Simone Fattal
1942 | Syria
Simone Fattal
1942 | Syria
Simone Fattal
1911 — Denmark | 1984 — France
Sonja Ferlov Mancoba
1911 — Denmark | 1984 — France
Sonja Ferlov Mancoba
1932 | Italy
Giosetta Fioroni
1932 | Italy
Giosetta Fioroni
1955 | Cuba
Ana Flores
1955 | Cuba
Ana Flores
1917 — 2015 | Uruguay
María Freire
1950 | Germany
Gloria Friedmann
1950 | Germany
Gloria Friedmann
1958 | Argentina
Ana Gallardo
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Nechama Golan
1864 — 1927 | Russia
Anna Goloubkina
1864 — 1927 | Russia
Anna Goloubkina
1938 | Colombia
Beatriz González
1938 | Colombia
Beatriz González
1953 | United States
Joanne Greenbaum
1902 — Germany | 1998 — Israel
Hedwig Grossman Lehmann
1902 — Germany | 1998 — Israel
Hedwig Grossman Lehmann
1902 — Germany | 1998 — Israel
Hedwig Grossman Lehmann
1940 | United-States
Mary Heilmann
1940 | United-States
Mary Heilmann
1915 — 1999 | Curaçao
May Henriquez
1915 — 1999 | Curaçao
May Henriquez
1915 — 1999 | Curaçao
May Henriquez
1954 | Tanzania
Lubaina Himid
1954 | Tanzania
Lubaina Himid
1955 | Iran
Shirazeh Houshiary
1955 | Iran
Shirazeh Houshiary
1922 — 2014 | Serbia
Olga Jevrić
1973 | France
Katia Kameli
1973 | France
Katia Kameli
1923 — Lithuania | 2019 — United States
Aleksandra Kasuba
1923 — Lithuania | 2019 — United States
Aleksandra Kasuba
1935 — 1997 | Austria
Kiki Kogelnik
1935 — 1997 | Austria
Kiki Kogelnik
1935 — 1997 | Austria
Kiki Kogelnik
1910 — 1997 | Turkey
Füreya Koral
1902 — 1977 | Hungary
Margit Kovács
1902 — 1977 | Hungary
Margit Kovács
1902 — 1977 | Hungary
Margit Kovács
1876 — Austria | 1956 — Hungary
Elza Kövesházi Kalmár
1876 — Austria | 1956 — Hungary
Elza Kövesházi Kalmár
1876 — Austria | 1956 — Hungary
Elza Kövesházi Kalmár
1925 — 1984 | Nigeria
Ladi Kwali
1925 — 1984 | Nigeria
Ladi Kwali
1923 — 2006 | Ghana
Grace Salome Kwami
1960 | United States
Liz Larner
1967 | United States
Simone Leigh
0000 | Japan
Leiko Ikemura
0000 | Japan
Leiko Ikemura
0000 | Japan
Leiko Ikemura
1882 — Poland | 1973 — France
Sarah Lipska
1882 — Poland | 1973 — France
Sarah Lipska
1970 | Brazil
Lídia Lisboa
1946 | Philippines
Julie Lluch Dalena
1836 — Switzerland | 1879 — Italy
Marcello (Adèle d’Affry, duchesse de Castiglione Colonna, dite)
1836 — Switzerland | 1879 — Italy
Marcello (Adèle d’Affry, duchesse de Castiglione Colonna, dite)
1959 | Australia
Linda Marrinon
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1895 — Latvia | 1969 — Estonia
Kristine Mei
1895 — Latvia | 1969 — Estonia
Kristine Mei
1926 — 2019 | Italy
Marisa Merz
1926 — 2019 | Italy
Marisa Merz
1936 | France
Claudine Monchaussé
1859 — 1926 | France
Blanche Adèle Moria
1949 — 2015 | India
Mrinalini Mukherjee
1911 — Chile | 1952 — France
Juana Muller
1911 — Chile | 1952 — France
Juana Muller
1929 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — Israel
Gedula Ogen
1929 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — Israel
Gedula Ogen
1929 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — Israel
Gedula Ogen
1923 — Hungary | 2008 — France
Marta Pan
1923 — Hungary | 2008 — France
Marta Pan
1923 — Hungary | 2008 — France
Marta Pan
1910 — 2012 | France
Lucile Passavant
1910 — 2012 | France
Lucile Passavant
1910 — 2012 | France
Lucile Passavant
1913 — Argentina | 1982 — France
Alicia Penalba
1913 — Argentina | 1982 — France
Alicia Penalba
1953 | Bolivia
Carmen Perrin
1953 | Bolivia
Carmen Perrin
1951 | Morocco
Chantal Petit (dite chantalpetit)
1951 | Morocco
Chantal Petit (dite chantalpetit)
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1957 | France
Anne Rochette
1957 | France
Anne Rochette
1923 — Poland | 2008 — Italy
Maria Papa Rostkowska
1923 — Poland | 2008 — Italy
Maria Papa Rostkowska
1923 — Poland | 2008 — Italy
Maria Papa Rostkowska
1945 | Mozambique
Reinata Sadimba
1945 | Mozambique
Reinata Sadimba
1945 | Mozambique
Reinata Sadimba
1924 — 2005 | Haïti
Louisiane Saint-Fleurant
1961 | Thailand
Pinaree Sanpitak
1961 | Thailand
Pinaree Sanpitak
1892 — 1962 | United States
Augusta Savage
1892 — 1962 | United States
Augusta Savage
1892 — 1962 | United States
Augusta Savage
1908 — 1975 | Hungary
Erzsébet Schaár
1955 | Israel
Iris Sara Schiller
1955 | Israel
Iris Sara Schiller
1869 — 1940 | United States
Janet Scudder
1869 — 1940 | United States
Janet Scudder
1869 — 1940 | United States
Janet Scudder
1939 — Mandatory Palestine | 2018 — Israel
Siona Shimshi
1939 — Mandatory Palestine | 2018 — Israel
Siona Shimshi
1926 — 2015 | France
Claude de Soria
1933 | United States
Michelle Stuart
1919 — Kingdom of Hungary (Czech Republic) | 1994 — France
Vera Székely
1919 — Kingdom of Hungary (Czech Republic) | 1994 — France
Vera Székely
1919 — Kingdom of Hungary (Czech Republic) | 1994 — France
Vera Székely
1960 | France
Nathalie Talec
1907 — 2007 | United States
Lenore Tawney
1907 — 2007 | United States
Lenore Tawney
1973 | Netherland
Jennifer Tee
1973 | Netherland
Jennifer Tee
1927 — Italy | 1995 — Venezuela
Tecla Tofano
1927 — Italy | 1995 — Venezuela
Tecla Tofano
1952 | Germany
Rosemarie Trockel
1952 | Germany
Rosemarie Trockel
1921 — 2004 | United States
Anne Truitt
1921 — 2004 | United States
Anne Truitt
1877 — 1968 | United States
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
1877 — 1968 | United States
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
1954 | United Kingdom
Prue Venables
1954 | United Kingdom
Prue Venables
1954 | United Kingdom
Prue Venables
1952 | France
Françoise Vergier
1915 — Austria | 2009 — Nigeria
Susanne Wenger
1915 — Austria | 2009 — Nigeria
Susanne Wenger
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
1920 — 2002 | Vietnam
Điềm Phùng Thị
1920 — 2002 | Vietnam
Điềm Phùng Thị
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