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Fields
Architecture
4
Visual arts
1388
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Conceptual art
83
Art Deco
3
Naïve art
12
Abstract expressionism
43
Neo-expressionism
6
Realism
36
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
121
Subjects
Abstraction
366
Allegory
122
Animals
172
Architecture
131
Autobiography
132
Self-portrait
189
Political issues
380
Social classes
93
Women's status
318
Human body
445
Cosmos
52
Colour
225
Dance
80
Discriminations
158
Documentary
129
Writing
175
Childhood
114
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
310
Party & nightlife
37
War & conflicts
153
History
282
Art history & museum
72
Identity
217
Intimacy
108
Language
90
Light
86
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
117
Media
64
Memory
210
Human migration
101
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
100
Nation
55
Nature
259
Still life
155
Food
20
Nude
162
Landscape
304
Urban landscape
154
Spatial perception
28
Portrait
431
Postcolonialism
107
Racism
74
Religion & spirituality
198
Domestic scene
114
Entertainment
57
Time
30
Traditions
238
Work
83
Domestic work
82
Vegetal
168
Everyday life
291
Old age
31
Violence
145
Travel
78
Mediums
Applied arts
219
Jewellery & silverware
21
Ceramic
82
Costumes
38
Decor
63
Medal
8
Graphic arts
813
Watercolour
191
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
533
Engraving & etching
231
Illustration
105
Pastel & wax
108
Screen printing
74
Audiovisual
354
Film
128
Digital
57
Video
246
Installation
502
Accumulation
93
Assemblage
239
Environment
140
[Modes]
130
Painting
827
Acrylic
163
Gouache
98
Oil
471
Performance
240
Photography
422
Analogue photography
240
Digital photography
98
Photojournalism
37
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
453
Wood
116
Bronze
96
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
136
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
47
Plastic
48
Plaster
82
Clay
98
Glass
28
Textile
216
Embroidery
75
Sewing
46
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
64
Countries
Africa
96
Nigeria
18
Central America and the Caribbean
42
France (Antilles)
7
Cuba
11
Guatemala
4
Haiti
6
Jamaica
5
Nicaragua
1
North America
378
Canada
26
United States
331
Mexico
31
South America
105
Brazil
29
Guyana
2
France (French Guiana)
3
Peru
7
Uruguay
5
Asia
196
Europe
780
France
382
Italy
54
Middle East
109
Oceania
48
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
6
18th century
21
19th century
89
1860s
25
1870s
36
1880s
37
1890s
64
20th century
1264
1900s
94
1910s
152
1920s
226
1930s
288
1940s
313
1950s
392
1960s
523
1970s
622
1980s
726
1990s
868
21st century
821
2000s
820
2010s
731
2020s
533
Programmes
— + 1
23
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
18
— 18th-Century Women Artists
25
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
24
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
30
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE & MACBA
7
— AWARE x Canada
9
— AWARE x Luxembourg
3
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
12
— Les architectes
3
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
10
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
173
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
1959 | Cuba
María Magdalena Campos-Pons
1959 | Cuba
María Magdalena Campos-Pons
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
1965 | Haiti
Barbara Prézeau Stephenson
1965 | Haiti
Barbara Prézeau Stephenson
1965 | Haiti
Barbara Prézeau Stephenson
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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