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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1335
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
44
Lyrical abstraction
21
Academic art
10
Outsider art
4
Kinetic art
12
Conceptual art
79
Body art
11
Art Deco
3
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Bauhaus
11
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
52
[Artist collectives]
118
Subjects
Abstraction
348
Adolescence
11
Allegory
108
Animals
166
Architecture
126
Autobiography
127
Self-portrait
179
Body positivity
11
Political issues
362
Social classes
86
Women's status
306
Consumerism
87
Human body
424
Cosmos
45
Colour
214
Dance
80
Discriminations
154
Documentary
123
Ecology
78
Writing
165
Childhood
111
Eroticism
76
Public space
85
Fantasy & dreams
85
Feminism
301
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
151
War & conflicts
147
History
271
Art history & museum
67
Identity
206
Industry
31
Intimacy
103
Irony
60
Games & toys
15
Language
90
Light
83
Machine & technology
33
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
113
Mathematics
10
Media
64
Memory
203
Human migration
98
Fashion & clothing
66
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
64
Myths, tales & legends
95
Nature
245
Still life
152
Food
20
Nude
155
Landscape
294
Urban landscape
153
Spatial perception
24
Visual perception
44
Portrait
416
Postcolonialism
102
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
71
Religion & spirituality
188
Domestic scene
110
Science
50
Sexuality
129
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Traditions
231
Work
81
Domestic work
80
Drag
28
Vegetal
161
Everyday life
278
Old age
30
Violence
142
Trans visibility
16
Travel
77
Mediums
Applied arts
209
Jewellery & silverware
20
Ceramic
77
Costumes
37
Decor
59
Medal
8
Furniture
19
Graphic arts
782
Poster
36
Watercolour
185
Collage
204
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
513
Engraving & etching
226
Illustration
98
Artist book
84
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Screen printing
71
Audiovisual
348
Film
126
Digital
54
Sound
77
Video
241
Installation
484
Accumulation
87
Assemblage
226
Environment
136
Light installation
45
[Modes]
125
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
110
Monumental
128
Painting
786
Acrylic
162
Mural
35
Gouache
96
Oil
452
Tempera
30
Performance
230
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
Stone
45
Plastic
47
Plaster
79
Resin
32
Clay
96
Glass
27
Textile
210
Embroidery
74
Sewing
46
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
60
Countries
Africa
91
South Africa
12
Egypt
13
Central America and the Caribbean
39
North America
369
United States
322
Mexico
31
South America
102
Argentina
31
Brazil
29
Chile
8
Asia
179
China
27
South Korea
8
India
15
Indonesia
8
Japan
54
Russia
33
Europe
750
Austria
18
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Denmark
12
Spain
40
France
368
Hungary
39
Italy
51
Latvia
3
Moldova
2
Norway
13
Netherlands
34
Poland
29
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
12
Romania
9
United Kingdom
100
Slovakia
3
Sweden
9
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
12
Middle East
102
Iran
6
Israel
51
Jordan
3
Turkey
19
Oceania
46
Australia
36
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
1
17th century
3
18th century
20
1720s
4
1730s
5
1740s
7
1750s
8
1760s
13
1770s
14
1780s
11
1790s
11
19th century
83
1860s
22
1870s
33
1880s
35
1890s
61
20th century
1216
1900s
90
1910s
145
1920s
217
1930s
277
1940s
301
1950s
376
1960s
498
1970s
598
1980s
698
1990s
835
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
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
46
— 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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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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