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Fields
Architecture
15
Decorative arts & design
4
Visual arts
1461
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Outsider art
4
Conceptual art
89
Art Deco
3
Bauhaus
13
Artist collective
13
Constructivism
19
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
9
Dada
6
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
44
Futurism
9
Hyperrealism
5
Land art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Neues Sehen
11
Pop art
46
Surrealism
56
Symbolism
13
Subjects
Abstraction
373
Allegory
133
Animals
187
Architecture
141
Autobiography
139
Self-portrait
202
Political issues
409
Social classes
116
Women's status
340
Consumerism
96
Human body
476
Cosmos
56
Colour
232
Dance
82
Discriminations
165
Documentary
142
Ecology
99
Writing
181
Childhood
120
Eroticism
84
Fantasy & dreams
88
Feminism
327
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
159
War & conflicts
158
History
297
Art history & museum
80
Identity
227
Industry
32
Irony
66
Games & toys
19
Light
90
Machine & technology
37
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
42
Maternity
124
Media
65
Memory
221
Human migration
105
Fashion & clothing
68
Modernity
34
Death
76
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nation
56
Nature
290
Still life
162
Food
23
Nude
169
Landscape
325
Urban landscape
173
Spatial perception
35
Visual perception
54
Portrait
457
Postcolonialism
112
Advertisement
52
Queer
28
Racism
76
Religion & spirituality
205
Domestic scene
118
Science
57
Sexuality
136
Entertainment
58
Traditions
246
Work
86
Domestic work
88
Vegetal
184
Everyday life
311
Violence
150
Travel
82
Mediums
Objects
226
Ceramic
87
Graphic arts
845
Poster
40
Watercolour
198
Collage
213
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
555
Engraving & etching
238
Illustration
107
Artist book
92
Pastel & wax
112
Journal
26
Screen printing
79
Performing arts
38
Costume
39
Set design
61
Dolls & puppets
12
Audiovisual
372
Film
135
Sound
84
Video
262
Concepts
37
Critical writing
15
Space & installation
538
Assemblage
252
Environment
150
Light installation
48
Stained glass
18
[Modes]
140
Ephemeral
31
Site-specific
121
Monumental
135
Painting
870
Acrylic
171
Gouache
100
Oil
509
Tempera
34
Performance
250
Photography
438
Analogue photography
251
Digital photography
103
Photomontage
73
Sculpture
472
Wood
120
Bronze
102
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
140
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
48
Plastic
48
Plaster
84
Resin
33
Clay
101
Textile
218
Embroidery
78
Weaving
69
Countries
Africa
103
Tunisia
9
Central America and the Caribbean
43
Guatemala
4
Haiti
7
North America
392
United States
342
Mexico
33
South America
110
Argentina
32
Brazil
31
Asia
221
China
27
Russia
33
Europe
822
Germany
117
Belgium
21
France
393
Italy
64
Norway
13
Netherlands
35
Poland
31
United Kingdom
107
Middle East
110
Turkey
19
Oceania
50
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
9
18th century
26
1750s
9
1760s
14
1770s
17
1780s
14
1790s
14
19th century
104
1850s
17
1860s
29
1870s
43
1880s
46
1890s
74
20th century
1321
1900s
102
1910s
160
1920s
232
1930s
296
1940s
320
1950s
401
1960s
545
1970s
651
1980s
762
1990s
911
21st century
866
2000s
865
2010s
769
2020s
568
Programmes
— + 1
28
— 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 & MACBA
7
— AWARE x Canada
9
— AWARE x Luxembourg
4
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Common Ground
9
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
14
— Les architectes
11
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
14
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Photographers from Japan
5
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
48
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
180
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1925 — Switzerland | 2015 — France
Eva Aeppli
1925 — Switzerland | 2015 — France
Eva Aeppli
1946 | USA
Lita Albuquerque
1946 | USA
Lita Albuquerque
1886 — 1964 | Switzerland
Aloïse (Aloïse Corbaz dite)
1886 — 1964 | Switzerland
Aloïse (Aloïse Corbaz dite)
1956 | Switzerland
Silvia Bächli
1956 | Switzerland
Silvia Bächli
1872 — 1938 | Switzerland
Alice Bailly
1872 — 1938 | Switzerland
Alice Bailly
1955 | Switzerland
Ursula Biemann
1955 | Switzerland
Ursula Biemann
1955 | Switzerland
Ursula Biemann
1970 | Switzerland
Louise Bonnet
1970 | Switzerland
Louise Bonnet
1856 — Germany | 1927 — France
Louise Breslau
1856 — Germany | 1927 — France
Louise Breslau
1856 — Germany | 1927 — France
Louise Breslau
1949 | Switzerland
Miriam Cahn
1955 — Tunisia | 2018 — Switzerland
Fatma Charfi
1955 — Tunisia | 2018 — Switzerland
Fatma Charfi
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1959 | Switzerland
Valérie Favre
1959 | Switzerland
Valérie Favre
1964 | China
WONG Lai-ching Fiona
1964 | China
WONG Lai-ching Fiona
1964 | China
WONG Lai-ching Fiona
1955 | Switzerland
Pia Fries
1955 | Switzerland
Pia Fries
1881 — United Kingdom | 1962 — Switzerland
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
1881 — United Kingdom | 1962 — Switzerland
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
1893 — United States | 1982 — France
Florence Henri
1893 — United States | 1982 — France
Florence Henri
1975 | Switzerland
Sasha Huber
1975 | Switzerland
Sasha Huber
1975 | Switzerland
Sasha Huber
1741 — Switzerland | 1807 — Italy
Angelica Kauffman
1941 | Turkey
Nur Koçak
1941 | Turkey
Nur Koçak
1941 | Turkey
Nur Koçak
1898 — Poland | 1980 — Mexico
Tamara de Lempicka
1898 — Poland | 1980 — Mexico
Tamara de Lempicka
1898 — Poland | 1980 — Mexico
Tamara de Lempicka
1912 — 1986 | Switzerland
Verena Loewensberg
1934 — Italy | 2010 — France
Milvia Maglione
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)
1913 — Germany | 1985 — Switzerland
Meret Oppenheim
1913 — Germany | 1985 — Switzerland
Meret Oppenheim
1953 | Bolivia
Carmen Perrin
1953 | Bolivia
Carmen Perrin
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1962 | Switzerland
Pipilotti Rist
1962 | Switzerland
Pipilotti Rist
1859 — Switzerland | 1937 — Germany
Ottilie W. Roederstein
1859 — Switzerland | 1937 — Germany
Ottilie W. Roederstein
1894 — Sweden | 1970 — Norway
Hannah Ryggen
1894 — Sweden | 1970 — Norway
Hannah Ryggen
1967 | Switzerland
Gerda Steiner
1949 | Argentina
Vivian Suter
1949 | Argentina
Vivian Suter
1949 | Argentina
Vivian Suter
1889 — 1943 | Switzerland
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
1889 — 1943 | Switzerland
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
1889 — 1943 | Switzerland
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
1876 — 1959 | Netherlands
Adya Van Rees
1876 — 1959 | Netherlands
Adya Van Rees
1876 — 1959 | Netherlands
Adya Van Rees
1943 | Brazil
Cybèle Varela
1943 | Brazil
Cybèle Varela
1943 | Brazil
Cybèle Varela
1951 — 1997 | Switzerland
Hannah Villiger
1951 — 1997 | Switzerland
Hannah Villiger
1951 — 1997 | Switzerland
Hannah Villiger
1911 — Switzerland | 1990 — France
Isabelle Waldberg
1911 — Switzerland | 1990 — France
Isabelle Waldberg
1911 — Switzerland | 1990 — France
Isabelle Waldberg
1924 — Switzerland | 2021 — France
Sabine Weiss
1924 — Switzerland | 2021 — France
Sabine Weiss
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
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