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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1362
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Outsider art
4
Conceptual art
81
Art Deco
3
Bauhaus
12
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
8
Dada
6
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Futurism
9
Hyperrealism
5
Minimalism
37
Neues Sehen
11
Pop art
46
Surrealism
54
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
119
Subjects
Abstraction
357
Allegory
112
Animals
167
Architecture
127
Autobiography
128
Self-portrait
182
Political issues
370
Social classes
89
Women's status
312
Consumerism
88
Human body
435
Cosmos
48
Colour
221
Dance
80
Discriminations
157
Documentary
126
Ecology
78
Writing
169
Childhood
114
Eroticism
78
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
306
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
154
War & conflicts
149
History
278
Art history & museum
67
Identity
210
Industry
31
Irony
60
Games & toys
16
Light
84
Machine & technology
33
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
116
Media
64
Memory
207
Human migration
100
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
65
Myths, tales & legends
96
Nation
55
Nature
251
Still life
153
Food
20
Nude
158
Landscape
299
Urban landscape
153
Portrait
421
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Religion & spirituality
192
Domestic scene
110
Science
52
Sexuality
132
Entertainment
57
Traditions
233
Work
82
Domestic work
81
Vegetal
163
Everyday life
284
Violence
145
Mediums
Applied arts
214
Jewellery & silverware
21
Ceramic
79
Costumes
37
Decor
61
Stained glass
17
Graphic arts
798
Poster
37
Watercolour
187
Collage
206
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
525
Engraving & etching
229
Illustration
102
Artist book
86
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Screen printing
74
Audiovisual
350
Film
126
Video
242
Installation
492
Assemblage
230
Environment
138
Light installation
46
[Modes]
126
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
112
Monumental
128
Painting
808
Acrylic
163
Gouache
98
Oil
462
Tempera
31
Performance
234
Photography
421
Analogue photography
240
Digital photography
97
Photomontage
72
Sculpture
443
Wood
113
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
133
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
46
Plastic
47
Plaster
81
Resin
32
Clay
97
Textile
213
Embroidery
75
Sewing
46
Weaving
62
Countries
Africa
93
Tunisia
7
Central America and the Caribbean
42
Guatemala
4
North America
372
United States
325
Mexico
31
South America
102
Argentina
31
Brazil
29
Asia
191
China
27
Russia
33
Europe
761
Germany
113
Belgium
20
France
375
Italy
53
Norway
13
Netherlands
34
Poland
29
United Kingdom
101
Middle East
106
Turkey
19
Oceania
47
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
6
18th century
20
1750s
8
1760s
13
1770s
14
1780s
11
1790s
11
19th century
86
1850s
14
1860s
24
1870s
35
1880s
36
1890s
63
20th century
1239
1900s
93
1910s
147
1920s
220
1930s
281
1940s
306
1950s
382
1960s
509
1970s
609
1980s
712
1990s
850
21st century
805
2000s
805
2010s
718
2020s
523
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
24
— 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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1925 — Switzerland | 2015 — France
Eva Aeppli
1925 — Switzerland | 2015 — France
Eva Aeppli
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
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
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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