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Fields
Architecture
14
Decorative arts & design
4
Visual arts
1455
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Outsider art
4
Conceptual art
88
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
184
Architecture
141
Autobiography
138
Self-portrait
202
Political issues
406
Social classes
115
Women's status
338
Consumerism
95
Human body
473
Cosmos
56
Colour
232
Dance
81
Discriminations
165
Documentary
142
Ecology
97
Writing
180
Childhood
119
Eroticism
84
Fantasy & dreams
88
Feminism
324
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
122
Media
64
Memory
220
Human migration
105
Fashion & clothing
68
Modernity
34
Death
75
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nation
56
Nature
287
Still life
161
Food
23
Nude
168
Landscape
324
Urban landscape
170
Spatial perception
35
Visual perception
54
Portrait
456
Postcolonialism
112
Advertisement
51
Queer
28
Racism
76
Religion & spirituality
205
Domestic scene
117
Science
57
Sexuality
136
Entertainment
58
Traditions
246
Work
86
Domestic work
87
Vegetal
182
Everyday life
308
Violence
149
Travel
81
Mediums
Objects
226
Ceramic
87
Graphic arts
841
Poster
40
Watercolour
197
Collage
213
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
554
Engraving & etching
236
Illustration
107
Artist book
92
Pastel & wax
111
Journal
26
Screen printing
79
Performing arts
38
Costume
39
Set design
61
Dolls & puppets
12
Audiovisual
371
Film
135
Sound
84
Video
261
Concepts
36
Critical writing
15
Space & installation
535
Assemblage
250
Environment
148
Light installation
48
Stained glass
18
[Modes]
139
Ephemeral
31
Site-specific
120
Monumental
135
Painting
867
Acrylic
171
Gouache
100
Oil
506
Tempera
34
Performance
249
Photography
437
Analogue photography
251
Digital photography
102
Photomontage
73
Sculpture
470
Wood
119
Bronze
100
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
140
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
48
Plastic
48
Plaster
84
Resin
33
Clay
101
Textile
216
Embroidery
78
Weaving
69
Countries
Africa
102
Tunisia
9
Central America and the Caribbean
43
Guatemala
4
Haiti
7
North America
392
United States
342
Mexico
33
South America
109
Argentina
31
Brazil
31
Asia
219
China
27
Russia
33
Europe
818
Germany
116
Belgium
21
France
392
Italy
63
Norway
13
Netherlands
34
Poland
31
United Kingdom
107
Middle East
110
Turkey
19
Oceania
50
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
8
18th century
25
1750s
9
1760s
14
1770s
17
1780s
14
1790s
14
19th century
103
1850s
16
1860s
28
1870s
42
1880s
45
1890s
73
20th century
1318
1900s
102
1910s
160
1920s
232
1930s
295
1940s
319
1950s
400
1960s
544
1970s
650
1980s
759
1990s
909
21st century
864
2000s
863
2010s
767
2020s
566
Programmes
— + 1
27
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
21
— 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
8
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
14
— Les architectes
10
— 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
178
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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