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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1359
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Academic art
10
Outsider art
4
Kinetic art
13
Conceptual art
81
Body art
11
Art Deco
3
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Bauhaus
12
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
8
Dada
6
Expressionism
36
Fluxus
8
Futurism
9
Hyperrealism
5
Impressionism
11
Mail art
12
Minimalism
37
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
13
Neues Sehen
11
Straight photography
12
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Primitivism
6
Purisme
2
Rayonism
3
Realism
36
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
54
[Artist collectives]
119
Subjects
Abstraction
357
Adolescence
11
Allegory
111
Animals
167
Architecture
127
Autobiography
128
Self-portrait
181
Body positivity
13
Political issues
369
Social classes
89
Women's status
311
Consumerism
88
Human body
434
Cosmos
47
Colour
221
Dance
80
Discriminations
157
Documentary
126
Ecology
78
Writing
169
Childhood
114
Eroticism
78
Public space
87
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
306
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
154
War & conflicts
149
History
276
Art history & museum
67
Identity
209
Industry
31
Intimacy
105
Irony
60
Games & toys
16
Language
90
Light
84
Machine & technology
33
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
115
Mathematics
10
Media
64
Memory
206
Human migration
100
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
65
Myths, tales & legends
96
Nature
249
Still life
153
Food
20
Nude
157
Landscape
298
Urban landscape
153
Spatial perception
27
Visual perception
48
Portrait
421
Postcolonialism
106
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
74
Religion & spirituality
192
Domestic scene
110
Science
52
Sexuality
132
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Traditions
232
Work
82
Domestic work
81
Drag
28
Vegetal
163
Everyday life
284
Old age
31
Violence
145
Trans visibility
16
Travel
77
Mediums
Applied arts
213
Jewellery & silverware
20
Ceramic
79
Costumes
37
Decor
61
Medal
8
Furniture
19
Graphic arts
796
Poster
37
Watercolour
187
Collage
206
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
524
Engraving & etching
229
Illustration
102
Artist book
86
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Screen printing
74
Audiovisual
350
Film
126
Digital
56
Sound
77
Video
242
Installation
492
Accumulation
92
Assemblage
230
Environment
138
Light installation
46
[Modes]
126
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
112
Monumental
128
Painting
805
Acrylic
163
Mural
36
Gouache
98
Oil
461
Tempera
31
Performance
234
Photography
421
Analogue photography
240
Digital photography
97
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
443
Concrete & cement
32
Wood
113
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
133
Stone
46
Plastic
47
Plaster
81
Resin
32
Clay
97
Glass
27
Textile
213
Embroidery
75
Sewing
46
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
62
Countries
Africa
92
South Africa
12
Egypt
13
Central America and the Caribbean
41
North America
372
United States
325
Mexico
31
South America
102
Argentina
31
Brazil
29
Chile
8
Asia
189
China
27
South Korea
8
India
16
Indonesia
8
Japan
59
Russia
33
Europe
761
Austria
18
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Denmark
12
Spain
40
France
375
Hungary
41
Italy
53
Latvia
3
Moldova
2
Norway
13
Netherlands
34
Poland
29
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
12
Romania
9
United Kingdom
101
Slovakia
3
Sweden
10
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
12
Middle East
106
Iran
6
Israel
51
Jordan
4
Turkey
19
Oceania
47
Australia
37
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
6
18th century
20
1720s
4
1730s
5
1740s
7
1750s
8
1760s
13
1770s
14
1780s
11
1790s
11
19th century
85
1860s
23
1870s
34
1880s
35
1890s
62
20th century
1236
1900s
92
1910s
146
1920s
219
1930s
280
1940s
306
1950s
382
1960s
509
1970s
609
1980s
712
1990s
849
21st century
804
2000s
804
2010s
717
2020s
522
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
23
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
29
— 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
10
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
10
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
48
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
168
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1899 — Germany | 1994 — United States
Anni Albers
1899 — Germany | 1994 — United States
Anni Albers
1899 — Germany | 1994 — United States
Anni Albers
1885 — 1969 | France
Lou Albert-Lasard
1885 — 1969 | France
Lou Albert-Lasard
1885 — 1969 | France
Lou Albert-Lasard
1886 — 1964 | Switzerland
Aloïse (Aloïse Corbaz dite)
1886 — 1964 | Switzerland
Aloïse (Aloïse Corbaz dite)
1903 — Poland | 2000 — Germany
Gertrud Arndt
1903 — Poland | 2000 — Germany
Gertrud Arndt
1905 — Turkey | 1938 — France
Hale Asaf
1905 — Turkey | 1938 — France
Hale Asaf
1905 — Turkey | 1938 — France
Hale Asaf
1845 — 1932 | Norway
Harriet Backer
1845 — 1932 | Norway
Harriet Backer
1845 — 1932 | Norway
Harriet Backer
1971 | Iran
Nairy Baghramian
1971 | Iran
Nairy Baghramian
1908 — Spain | 1994 — Germany
Manuela Ballester Vilaseca
1908 — Spain | 1994 — Germany
Manuela Ballester Vilaseca
1908 — Spain | 1994 — Germany
Manuela Ballester Vilaseca
1926 — Germany | 1987 — United States
Hannelore Baron
1934 — 2023 | Germany
Mary Bauermeister
1934 — 2023 | Germany
Mary Bauermeister
1934 — 2015 | Germany
Hilla Becher
1934 — 2015 | Germany
Hilla Becher
1892 — Russia | 1981 — Latvia
Aleksandra Beļcova
1892 — Russia | 1981 — Latvia
Aleksandra Beļcova
1941 — 2010 | Germany
Sibylle Bergemann
1941 — 2010 | Germany
Sibylle Bergemann
1909 — Sweden | 1987 — France
Anna-Eva Bergman
1909 — Sweden | 1987 — France
Anna-Eva Bergman
1909 — Sweden | 1987 — France
Anna-Eva Bergman
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1898 — 1933 | Germany
Aenne Biermann
1898 — 1933 | Germany
Aenne Biermann
1899 — Germany | 1998 — United States
Ilse Bing
1899 — Germany | 1998 — United States
Ilse Bing
1899 — Germany | 1998 — United States
Ilse Bing
1934 — Germany | 2023 — Italy
Irma Blank
1934 — Germany | 2023 — Italy
Irma Blank
1904 — 1991 | Slovakia
Irén Blüh (Irena Blühova)
1937 | Germany
Anna Blume
1962 | Kenya
Cosima von Bonin
1965 | Italy
Monica Bonvicini
1965 | Italy
Monica Bonvicini
1965 | Italy
Monica Bonvicini
1959 — Chili | 1994 — Germany
Lorenza Böttner
1959 — Chili | 1994 — Germany
Lorenza Böttner
1893 — 1983 | Germany
Marianne Brandt
1893 — 1983 | Germany
Marianne Brandt
1893 — 1983 | Germany
Marianne Brandt
1909 — Germany | 2001 — Switzerland
Marianne Breslauer
1909 — Germany | 2001 — Switzerland
Marianne Breslauer
1909 — Germany | 2001 — Switzerland
Marianne Breslauer
1966 | Romania
Mária Chilf
1899 — 1986 | Denmark
Franciska Clausen
1899 — 1986 | Denmark
Franciska Clausen
1896 — Romania | 1971 — France
Jeanne Coppel
1896 — Romania | 1971 — France
Jeanne Coppel
1896 — Romania | 1971 — France
Jeanne Coppel
1962 | Bosnia-Herzegovina
Danica Dakić
1962 | Bosnia-Herzegovina
Danica Dakić
1962 | Bosnia-Herzegovina
Danica Dakić
1941 — 2009 | Germany
Hanne Darboven
1941 — 2009 | Germany
Hanne Darboven
1940 — 2018 | Germany
Christa Dichgans
1940 — 2018 | Germany
Christa Dichgans
1703 — 1783 | Bavaria
Barbara Regina Dietzsch
1791 — 1863 | Germany
Marie Ellenrieder
1791 — 1863 | Germany
Marie Ellenrieder
1949 | Turkey
Ayşe Erkmen
1949 | Turkey
Ayşe Erkmen
1959 | Switzerland
Valérie Favre
1959 | Switzerland
Valérie Favre
1890 — 1957 | Hungary
Noémi Ferenczy
1908 — Germany | 2000 — France
Gisèle Freund
1908 — Germany | 2000 — France
Gisèle Freund
1908 — Germany | 2000 — France
Gisèle Freund
1874 — Poland | 1927 — France
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
1874 — Poland | 1927 — France
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
1874 — Poland | 1927 — France
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
1950 | Germany
Gloria Friedmann
1950 | Germany
Gloria Friedmann
1955 | Switzerland
Pia Fries
1955 | Switzerland
Pia Fries
1956 | Germany
Katharina Fritsch
1881 — United Kingdom | 1962 — Switzerland
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
1881 — United Kingdom | 1962 — Switzerland
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
1948 | Germany
Isa Genzken
1895 — 1993 | Hungary
Margit Gráber
1895 — 1993 | Hungary
Margit Gráber
1895 — 1993 | Hungary
Margit Gráber
1935 — Russia | 2003 — France
Ève Gramatzki
1935 — Russia | 2003 — France
Ève Gramatzki
1935 — Russia | 2003 — France
Ève Gramatzki
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1961 | Germany
Katharina Grosse
1961 | Germany
Katharina Grosse
1902 — Germany | 1998 — Israel
Hedwig Grossman Lehmann
1902 — Germany | 1998 — Israel
Hedwig Grossman Lehmann
1902 — Germany | 1998 — Israel
Hedwig Grossman Lehmann
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1962 | Egypt
Susan Hefuna
1962 | Egypt
Susan Hefuna
1962 | Egypt
Susan Hefuna
1893 — United States | 1982 — France
Florence Henri
1893 — United States | 1982 — France
Florence Henri
1889 — 1978 | Germany
Hannah Höch
1889 — 1978 | Germany
Hannah Höch
1912 — German Empire | 2000 — Germany
Marta Hoepffner
1944 | Germany
Candida Höfer
1931 — United States | 2008 — Germany
Nan Hoover
1931 — United States | 2008 — Germany
Nan Hoover
1931 — United States | 2008 — Germany
Nan Hoover
1896 — Poland | 1990 — United States
Lotte Jacobi
1896 — Poland | 1990 — United States
Lotte Jacobi
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1843 — 1914 | Norway
Kitty Lange Kielland
1843 — 1914 | Norway
Kitty Lange Kielland
1843 — 1914 | Norway
Kitty Lange Kielland
1954 | Germany
Karen Knorr
1954 | Germany
Karen Knorr
1954 | Germany
Karen Knorr
1892 — 1976 | Germany
Benita Koch-Otte
1892 — 1976 | Germany
Benita Koch-Otte
1892 — 1976 | Germany
Benita Koch-Otte
1867 — Russia | 1945 — Germany
Käthe Kollwitz
1867 — Russia | 1945 — Germany
Käthe Kollwitz
1957 | South Africa
Vivienne Koorland
1957 | South Africa
Vivienne Koorland
1957 | South Africa
Vivienne Koorland
1876 — Austria | 1956 — Hungary
Elza Kövesházi Kalmár
1876 — Austria | 1956 — Hungary
Elza Kövesházi Kalmár
1876 — Austria | 1956 — Hungary
Elza Kövesházi Kalmár
1897 — Poland | 1985 — Germany
Germaine Krull
1897 — Poland | 1985 — Germany
Germaine Krull
1898 — Prussia (now Pasłęk, Poland) | 1993 — Sweden
Lotte Laserstein
1898 — Prussia (now Pasłęk, Poland) | 1993 — Sweden
Lotte Laserstein
1973 | Germany
Nadia Lichtig
1960 | Germany
Vera Lutter
1949 | Germany
Ute Mahler
1949 | Germany
Ute Mahler
1889 — 1964 | Brazil
Anita Malfatti
1889 — 1964 | Brazil
Anita Malfatti
1928 | Hungary
Anna Mark
1928 | Hungary
Anna Mark
1878 — 1961 | Hungary
Olga Máté
1878 — 1961 | Hungary
Olga Máté
1878 — 1961 | Hungary
Olga Máté
1901 — Germany | 1987 — United Kingdom
Else Meidner
1901 — Germany | 1987 — United Kingdom
Else Meidner
1901 — Germany | 1987 — United Kingdom
Else Meidner
1876 — 1907 | Germany
Paula Modersohn-Becker
1876 — 1907 | Germany
Paula Modersohn-Becker
1894 — Czech republic | 1989 — Switzerland
Lucia Moholy
1894 — Czech republic | 1989 — Switzerland
Lucia Moholy
1923 — 1998 | India
Meera Mukherjee
1877 — 1962 | Germany
Gabriele Münter
1877 — 1962 | Germany
Gabriele Münter
1877 — 1962 | Germany
Gabriele Münter
1907 — 1975 | Germany
Hanna Nagel
1907 — 1975 | Germany
Hanna Nagel
1853 — 1933 | Norway
Asta Elise Jacobine Nørregaard
1853 — 1933 | Norway
Asta Elise Jacobine Nørregaard
1853 — 1933 | Norway
Asta Elise Jacobine Nørregaard
1942 | Germany
Ulrike Ottinger
1942 | Germany
Ulrike Ottinger
1942 | Germany
Ulrike Ottinger
1945 | Poland
Ewa Partum
1945 | Poland
Ewa Partum
1886 — 1952 | Russia
Véra Pestel
1886 — 1952 | Russia
Véra Pestel
1948 | United States
Adrian Piper
1948 | United States
Adrian Piper
1885 — Russia | 1963 — Germany
Alexandra Povórina
1885 — Russia | 1963 — Germany
Alexandra Povórina
1885 — Russia | 1963 — Germany
Alexandra Povórina
1747 — Bavaria | 1794 — Great Britain
Maria Katharina Prestel
1747 — Bavaria | 1794 — Great Britain
Maria Katharina Prestel
1967 | Spain
Tere Recarens
1967 | Spain
Tere Recarens
1967 | Spain
Tere Recarens
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1878 — 1954 | Germany
Clara Rilke-Westhoff
1878 — 1954 | Germany
Clara Rilke-Westhoff
1878 — 1954 | Germany
Clara Rilke-Westhoff
1859 — Switzerland | 1937 — Germany
Ottilie W. Roederstein
1859 — Switzerland | 1937 — Germany
Ottilie W. Roederstein
1943 | Germany
Ulrike Rosenbach
1943 | Germany
Ulrike Rosenbach
1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom
Monica Ross
1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom
Monica Ross
1929 | Japan
Takako Saito
1929 | Japan
Takako Saito
1929 | Japan
Takako Saito
1917 — Germany | 1943 — Poland
Charlotte Salomon
1969 | Israel
Yehudit Sasportas
1969 | Israel
Yehudit Sasportas
1969 | Israel
Yehudit Sasportas
1941 | Germany
Deidi von Schaewen
1934 — Germany | 2021 — France
Irmgard Sigg
1888 — Poland | 1965 — Germany
Renée Sintenis
1894 — 1966 | South Africa
Irma Stern
1894 — 1966 | South Africa
Irma Stern
1904 — Germany | 1999 — Argentina
Grete Stern
1904 — Germany | 1999 — Argentina
Grete Stern
1897 — Germany | 1983 — Switzerland
Gunta Stölzl
1897 — Germany | 1983 — Switzerland
Gunta Stölzl
1897 — Germany | 1983 — Switzerland
Gunta Stölzl
1969 | Indonesia
Melati Suryodarmo
1969 | Indonesia
Melati Suryodarmo
1969 | Indonesia
Melati Suryodarmo
1721 — 1773 | Prussia (now Germany)
Anna Dorothea Therbusch
1721 — 1773 | Prussia (now Germany)
Anna Dorothea Therbusch
1721 — 1773 | Prussia (now Germany)
Anna Dorothea Therbusch
1910 — 1981 | Germany
Elsa Thiemann
1952 | Germany
Rosemarie Trockel
1952 | Germany
Rosemarie Trockel
1967 | Chile
Sandra Vásquez de la Horra
1967 | Chile
Sandra Vásquez de la Horra
1967 | Chile
Sandra Vásquez de la Horra
1974 | Germany
Ulla von Brandenburg
1974 | Germany
Ulla von Brandenburg
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1971 | South Korea
Haegue Yang
1971 | South Korea
Haegue Yang
1971 | South Korea
Haegue Yang
1901 — Turkey | 1991 — Jordan
Fahrelnissa Zeid
1901 — Turkey | 1991 — Jordan
Fahrelnissa Zeid
1901 — Turkey | 1991 — Jordan
Fahrelnissa Zeid
1949 | East Germany
Doris Ziegler
1949 | East Germany
Doris Ziegler
1916 — Germany | 1970 — France
Unica Zürn
1916 — Germany | 1970 — France
Unica Zürn
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