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Fields
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
43
Outsider art
4
Conceptual art
79
Art Deco
3
Bauhaus
11
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
8
Dada
6
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
42
Futurism
9
Hyperrealism
5
Minimalism
37
Neues Sehen
11
Pop art
46
Surrealism
52
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
115
Subjects
Abstraction
340
Allegory
106
Animals
163
Architecture
126
Autobiography
124
Self-portrait
175
Political issues
351
Social classes
81
Women's status
301
Consumerism
85
Human body
415
Cosmos
43
Colour
212
Dance
78
Discriminations
150
Documentary
120
Ecology
74
Writing
162
Childhood
108
Eroticism
76
Fantasy & dreams
84
Feminism
298
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
150
War & conflicts
143
History
267
Art history & museum
65
Identity
201
Industry
31
Irony
60
Games & toys
15
Light
81
Machine & technology
33
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
112
Media
64
Memory
197
Human migration
97
Fashion & clothing
66
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
63
Myths, tales & legends
94
Nation
53
Nature
236
Still life
151
Food
20
Nude
152
Landscape
287
Urban landscape
149
Portrait
407
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Religion & spirituality
181
Domestic scene
110
Science
49
Sexuality
129
Entertainment
55
Traditions
227
Work
78
Domestic work
78
Vegetal
159
Everyday life
277
Violence
142
Mediums
Applied arts
208
Jewellery & silverware
20
Ceramic
77
Costumes
37
Decor
59
Stained glass
15
Graphic arts
776
Poster
35
Watercolour
183
Collage
202
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
509
Engraving & etching
224
Illustration
97
Artist book
84
Pastel & wax
107
Journal
26
Screen printing
71
Audiovisual
340
Film
124
Video
239
Installation
481
Assemblage
224
Environment
135
Light installation
44
[Modes]
124
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
110
Monumental
127
Painting
773
Acrylic
157
Gouache
95
Oil
444
Tempera
28
Performance
227
Photography
413
Analogue photography
236
Digital photography
93
Photomontage
72
Sculpture
435
Wood
111
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Marble
28
Metal
131
Paper & cardboard
25
Stone
44
Plastic
47
Plaster
79
Resin
32
Clay
96
Textile
205
Embroidery
72
Sewing
45
Weaving
58
Countries
Africa
89
Tunisia
7
Central America and the Caribbean
38
Guatemala
3
North America
363
United States
317
Mexico
30
South America
99
Argentina
31
Brazil
28
Asia
170
China
27
Russia
32
Europe
740
Germany
112
Belgium
20
France
367
Italy
50
Norway
13
Netherlands
32
Poland
28
United Kingdom
100
Middle East
99
Turkey
19
Oceania
45
Periods of
activity
17th century
2
18th century
20
1750s
8
1760s
13
1770s
14
1780s
11
1790s
11
19th century
82
1850s
13
1860s
21
1870s
32
1880s
34
1890s
60
20th century
1196
1900s
88
1910s
143
1920s
215
1930s
274
1940s
296
1950s
368
1960s
487
1970s
587
1980s
686
1990s
820
21st century
780
2000s
780
2010s
697
2020s
506
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
18
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
23
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE x Canada
9
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
7
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
7
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
11
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
44
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
163
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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