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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1336
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Conceptual art
79
Art Deco
3
Naïve art
12
Abstract expressionism
43
Neo-expressionism
6
Realism
36
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
118
Subjects
Abstraction
349
Allegory
108
Animals
167
Architecture
126
Autobiography
127
Self-portrait
179
Political issues
362
Social classes
86
Women's status
306
Human body
425
Cosmos
45
Colour
215
Dance
80
Discriminations
154
Documentary
123
Writing
165
Childhood
111
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
301
Party & nightlife
37
War & conflicts
147
History
271
Art history & museum
67
Identity
206
Intimacy
103
Language
90
Light
83
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
113
Media
64
Memory
203
Human migration
98
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
64
Myths, tales & legends
95
Nation
54
Nature
246
Still life
152
Food
20
Nude
155
Landscape
294
Urban landscape
153
Spatial perception
24
Portrait
416
Postcolonialism
102
Racism
71
Religion & spirituality
189
Domestic scene
110
Entertainment
57
Time
29
Traditions
231
Work
81
Domestic work
80
Vegetal
161
Everyday life
278
Old age
30
Violence
142
Travel
77
Mediums
Applied arts
209
Jewellery & silverware
20
Ceramic
77
Costumes
37
Decor
59
Medal
8
Graphic arts
783
Watercolour
185
Collage
204
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
514
Engraving & etching
227
Illustration
98
Pastel & wax
108
Screen printing
71
Audiovisual
348
Film
126
Video
241
Installation
484
Accumulation
87
Assemblage
226
Environment
136
[Modes]
125
Painting
787
Acrylic
162
Gouache
96
Oil
453
Performance
230
Photography
418
Analogue photography
239
Digital photography
96
Photojournalism
37
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
438
Wood
111
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Marble
28
Metal
132
Paper & cardboard
25
Stone
45
Plastic
47
Plaster
79
Clay
96
Glass
27
Textile
210
Embroidery
74
Sewing
46
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
60
Countries
Africa
91
Central America and the Caribbean
39
France (Antilles)
7
Guatemala
4
Haiti
5
Jamaica
4
Nicaragua
1
North America
369
Canada
25
United States
322
Mexico
31
South America
102
Brazil
29
Guyana
2
France (French Guiana)
2
Peru
7
Uruguay
5
Asia
179
Europe
750
France
368
Italy
51
Middle East
103
Oceania
46
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
1
17th century
3
18th century
20
19th century
83
1860s
22
1870s
33
1880s
35
1890s
61
20th century
1217
1900s
90
1910s
145
1920s
217
1930s
277
1940s
301
1950s
376
1960s
499
1970s
599
1980s
699
1990s
836
21st century
793
2000s
793
2010s
707
2020s
514
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
20
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
27
— 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
8
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
9
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
167
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1970 | Mexico
Natividad Amador
1918 — 1991 | Brazil
Judith Bacci
1931 — 1986 | Nicaragua
June Beer
1931 — 1986 | Nicaragua
June Beer
1971 | France
Julie Bessard
1971 | France
Julie Bessard
1971 | France
Julie Bessard
1962 | Brazil
Kássia Borges Mytara
1962 | Brazil
Kássia Borges Mytara
1952 | United States
Elenora “Rukiya” Brown
1952 | United States
Elenora “Rukiya” Brown
1952 | United States
Elenora “Rukiya” Brown
1962 | Peru
Lastenia Canayo García (Pecón Quena)
1919 — 2003 | Perú
Julia Chambi López
1910 — 2004 | Martinique, France
Paule Charpentier
1910 — 2004 | Martinique, France
Paule Charpentier
1968 | Haiti
Myrlande Constant
1958 — 2005 | Guatemala
Rosa Elena Curruchich
1870 — 1919 | United States
Angel De Cora
1870 — 1919 | United States
Angel De Cora
1870 — 1919 | United States
Angel De Cora
1933 — Haiti | 1988 — Canada
Rose-Marie Desruisseau
1933 — Haiti | 1988 — Canada
Rose-Marie Desruisseau
1914 — 2002 | Peru
Apolonia Dorregaray Veli
1914 — 2002 | Peru
Apolonia Dorregaray Veli
1946 | Mexico
Guadalupe García-Vásquez
1946 | Mexico
Guadalupe García-Vásquez
1946 | Mexico
Guadalupe García-Vásquez
1926 — Jamaica | 2018 — United States
Dorothy Henriques-Wells
1945 | United States
Candace Hill-Montgomery
1909 — 1981 | Martinique, France
Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou
1909 — 1981 | Martinique, France
Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou
1967 | United States
Simone Leigh
1971 | French Guiana
Nathalie Leroy Fiévée
1844 — United States | 1907 —
Mary Edmonia « Wildfire » Lewis
1844 — United States | 1907 —
Mary Edmonia « Wildfire » Lewis
1970 | Brazil
Lídia Lisboa
1935 | Mexico
Julia López
1935 | Mexico
Julia López
1942 | United States
Mary Lovelace O’Neal
1942 | United States
Mary Lovelace O’Neal
1942 | United States
Mary Lovelace O’Neal
1946 — 2012 | Brazil
Maria Lídia Magliani
1946 — 2012 | Brazil
Maria Lídia Magliani
1951 | United-States of America
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
1951 | United-States of America
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
1951 | United-States of America
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
1965 — 1991 | Mexico
Elvira Palafox Herrán
1969 | Guyana
Moira Pernambuco
1969 | Guyana
Moira Pernambuco
1904 — 1992 | United States
Delilah W. Pierce
1960 | Uruguay
Mary Porto Casas
1834 — 1910 | United States
Harriet Powers
1944 | Martinique, France
Roseman Robinot
1944 | Martinique, France
Roseman Robinot
1924 — 2005 | Haïti
Louisiane Saint-Fleurant
1922 — 2014 | Peru
Victoria Santa Cruz
1922 — 2014 | Peru
Victoria Santa Cruz
1948 | United States
Joyce J. Scott
1935 — 1974 | Brazil
Maria Auxiliadora da Silva
1960 | United States
Lorna Simpson
1950 | United States
Ming Smith
1958 | United States
Renee Stout
1958 | United States
Renee Stout
1961 | Jamaica
Jasmine Thomas-Girvan
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1877 — 1968 | United States
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
1877 — 1968 | United States
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
1909 — 2003 | United States
Ruth G. Waddy
1967 | United States
Marie Watt
1948 | United States
Deborah Willis
1948 | United States
Deborah Willis
1965 | Peru
Gaudencia Aquilina Yupari Quispe
1965 | Peru
Gaudencia Aquilina Yupari Quispe
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