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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1358
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Academic art
10
Conceptual art
81
Body art
11
Art nouveau
6
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Land art
10
New Objectivity
13
Neues Sehen
11
Straight photography
12
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Realism
36
Socialist Realism
9
Harlem Renaissance
4
Surrealism
54
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
119
Subjects
Abstraction
357
Allegory
110
Animals
167
Architecture
127
Autobiography
128
Self-portrait
181
Body positivity
13
Political issues
368
Women's status
310
Consumerism
88
Human body
433
Cosmos
46
Colour
220
Dance
80
Discriminations
157
Documentary
125
Ecology
78
Writing
168
Childhood
113
Eroticism
78
Public space
87
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
305
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
154
War & conflicts
148
History
275
Art history & museum
67
Homophobia
14
Identity
208
Industry
31
Intimacy
105
Irony
60
Language
90
Light
84
Machine & technology
33
Magic & esotericism
8
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
115
Media
64
Memory
205
Human migration
99
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
65
Myths, tales & legends
96
Nation
54
Nature
249
Still life
153
Nude
157
Landscape
297
Urban landscape
153
Spatial perception
27
Visual perception
48
Portrait
421
Postcolonialism
106
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
74
Romantic relationships
45
Religion & spirituality
192
Domestic scene
110
Sexuality
132
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Time
29
Traditions
232
Work
82
Domestic work
81
Drag
28
Vegetal
163
Everyday life
284
Old age
31
Violence
144
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
16
Travel
77
Mediums
Applied arts
212
Ceramic
79
Decor
60
Medal
8
Furniture
19
Mosaic
18
Stained glass
17
Graphic arts
795
Poster
37
Watercolour
187
Collage
206
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
523
Engraving & etching
229
Illustration
101
Artist book
85
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Screen printing
74
Audiovisual
350
Film
126
Digital
56
Sound
77
Video
242
Installation
491
Accumulation
92
Assemblage
230
Environment
138
Light installation
46
[Modes]
126
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
112
Monumental
128
Painting
804
Acrylic
162
Mural
36
Gouache
98
Oil
461
Tempera
30
Performance
234
Photography
421
Analogue photography
240
Digital photography
97
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
443
Wood
113
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
133
Stone
46
Plaster
81
Clay
97
Glass
27
Textile
213
Embroidery
75
Sewing
46
Weaving
62
Countries
Africa
92
South Africa
12
Egypt
13
Gabon
1
Morocco
4
Nigeria
16
Tunisia
7
Zimbabwe
2
Central America and the Caribbean
41
Cuba
11
Haiti
6
North America
372
Canada
25
United States
325
Mexico
31
South America
102
Argentina
31
Brazil
29
Chile
8
Colombia
7
Peru
7
Suriname
6
Uruguay
5
Venezuela
5
Asia
188
China
27
Japan
59
Malaysia
4
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Taiwan
3
Europe
761
Germany
113
Croatia
10
Denmark
12
Spain
40
France
375
Hungary
41
Italy
53
Lithuania
7
Norway
13
Netherlands
34
Poland
29
United Kingdom
101
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
12
Middle East
106
Israel
51
Palestine
13
Turkey
19
Oceania
47
Australia
37
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
6
18th century
20
1760s
13
1770s
14
1780s
11
1790s
11
19th century
85
1870s
34
1880s
35
1890s
62
20th century
1235
1900s
92
1910s
146
1920s
219
1930s
280
1940s
306
1950s
382
1960s
508
1970s
608
1980s
711
1990s
848
21st century
803
2000s
803
2010s
716
2020s
521
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
23
— 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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1959 — 2018 | United States
Laura Aguilar
1886 — 1973 | Brazil
Tarsila do Amaral
1886 — 1973 | Brazil
Tarsila do Amaral
1933 — 2001 | Argentina
Alicia d’ Amico
1943 | Spain
Pilar Aymerich
1943 | Spain
Pilar Aymerich
1943 | Spain
Pilar Aymerich
1908 — Spain | 1994 — Germany
Manuela Ballester Vilaseca
1908 — Spain | 1994 — Germany
Manuela Ballester Vilaseca
1908 — Spain | 1994 — Germany
Manuela Ballester Vilaseca
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1937 | Algeria
Martine Barrat
1937 | Algeria
Martine Barrat
1937 | Algeria
Martine Barrat
1858 — Ukraine | 1884 — France
Marie Bashkirtseff
1858 — Ukraine | 1884 — France
Marie Bashkirtseff
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1955 | Switzerland
Ursula Biemann
1955 | Switzerland
Ursula Biemann
1955 | Switzerland
Ursula Biemann
1957 | Canada
Dominique Blain
1973 | Ukraine
Oksana Briukhovetska
1973 | Ukraine
Oksana Briukhovetska
1973 | Ukraine
Oksana Briukhovetska
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1965 | Colombia
Johanna Calle
1965 | Colombia
Johanna Calle
1749 — 1808 | Netherlands
Christina Chalon
1962 | Russia
Olga Chernysheva
1944 | United States
Linda Connor
1973 | France
Anne-Lise Coste (Uruk)
1973 | France
Anne-Lise Coste (Uruk)
1973 | France
Anne-Lise Coste (Uruk)
1941 — 2016 | Malaysia
Nirmala Dutt Shanmughalingam
1941 — 2016 | Malaysia
Nirmala Dutt Shanmughalingam
1941 — 2016 | Malaysia
Nirmala Dutt Shanmughalingam
1924 — 1989 | Egypt
Inji Efflatoun
1965 | France
Nicole Eisenman
1944 | Chile
Paz Errázuriz
1940 — 2024 | Philippines
Brenda Fajardo
1908 — 2001 | Japan
Fuku Akino
1908 — 2001 | Japan
Fuku Akino
1960 | United States
Coco Fusco
1960 | United States
Coco Fusco
1960 | United States
Coco Fusco
1929 | Argentina
Ilse Fuskova (Felka)
1958 | Argentina
Ana Gallardo
1921 — 1985 | Hungary
Ilka Gedő
1973 | France
Agnès Geoffray
1973 | France
Agnès Geoffray
1973 | France
Agnès Geoffray
1951 | United States
Donna Gottschalk
1951 | United States
Donna Gottschalk
1940 — Mexico | 2022 — Portugal
Lourdes Grobet
1940 — Mexico | 2022 — Portugal
Lourdes Grobet
1940 — Mexico | 2022 — Portugal
Lourdes Grobet
1958 | Former Yougoslavia
Marina Gržinić
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Juhaina Habibi Kandalaft
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Juhaina Habibi Kandalaft
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Juhaina Habibi Kandalaft
1964 | China
Chengyao He
1964 | China
Chengyao He
1964 | China
Chengyao He
1945 | United States
Candace Hill-Montgomery
1896 — 1988 | Japan
Hisako Kajiwara
1929 — 1970 | Ukraine
Alla Horska
1929 — 1970 | Ukraine
Alla Horska
1929 — 1970 | Ukraine
Alla Horska
1889 — 1970 | Peru
Elena Izcue
1889 — 1970 | Peru
Elena Izcue
1889 — 1970 | Peru
Elena Izcue
1905 — 1998 | United States
Lois Mailou Jones
1905 — 1998 | United States
Lois Mailou Jones
1905 — 1998 | United States
Lois Mailou Jones
1946 | Turkey
Gülsün Karamustafa
1946 | Turkey
Gülsün Karamustafa
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1923 — Lithuania | 2019 — United States
Aleksandra Kasuba
1923 — Lithuania | 2019 — United States
Aleksandra Kasuba
1970 | Netherlands
Iris Kensmil
1970 | Netherlands
Iris Kensmil
1970 | Netherlands
Iris Kensmil
1954 | Germany
Karen Knorr
1954 | Germany
Karen Knorr
1954 | Germany
Karen Knorr
1897 — Poland | 1985 — Germany
Germaine Krull
1897 — Poland | 1985 — Germany
Germaine Krull
1973 | France
Emmanuelle Lainé
1912 — 1973 | Hungary
Klára Langer
1912 — 1973 | Hungary
Klára Langer
1949 — United States | 2004 — Israel
Pamela Levy
1949 — United States | 2004 — Israel
Pamela Levy
1940 — 2021 | Zimbabwe
Helen Lieros
1940 — 2021 | Zimbabwe
Helen Lieros
1940 — 2021 | Zimbabwe
Helen Lieros
1948 — China | 2021 — United States
Hung Liu
1948 — China | 2021 — United States
Hung Liu
1948 — China | 2021 — United States
Hung Liu
1890 — 1981 | United-States
Elizabeth Lochrie
1890 — 1981 | United-States
Elizabeth Lochrie
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1964 | Gabon
Myriam Mihindou
1964 | Gabon
Myriam Mihindou
1901 — Austria | 1983 — United States
Lisette Model
1901 — Austria | 1983 — United States
Lisette Model
1901 — Austria | 1983 — United States
Lisette Model
1965 | Spain
Mabel Palacín
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1967 | Lithuania
Eglė Rakauskaitė (Egle Rake)
1938 — 2015 | Uruguay
Nelbia Romero
1938 — 2015 | Uruguay
Nelbia Romero
1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom
Monica Ross
1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom
Monica Ross
1923 — Poland | 2008 — Italy
Maria Papa Rostkowska
1923 — Poland | 2008 — Italy
Maria Papa Rostkowska
1923 — Poland | 2008 — Italy
Maria Papa Rostkowska
1892 — 1962 | United States
Augusta Savage
1892 — 1962 | United States
Augusta Savage
1892 — 1962 | United States
Augusta Savage
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1940 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — United Kingdom
Laila Shawa
1940 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — United Kingdom
Laila Shawa
1940 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — United Kingdom
Laila Shawa
1892 — 1970 | Japan
Seien Shima
1935 — 1974 | Brazil
Maria Auxiliadora da Silva
1925 — 2021 | Egypt
Gazbia Sirry
1925 — 2021 | Egypt
Gazbia Sirry
1925 — 2021 | Egypt
Gazbia Sirry
1971 | United States
Shinique Smith
1914 — United Kingdom | 2000 — United States
Constance Stuart Larrabee
1914 — United Kingdom | 2000 — United States
Constance Stuart Larrabee
1910 — 1943 | Hungary
Kata Sugár
1923 | Canada
Françoise Sullivan
1920 — 2011 | Colombia
Lucy Tejada
1920 — 2011 | Colombia
Lucy Tejada
1920 — 2011 | Colombia
Lucy Tejada
1927 — Italy | 1995 — Venezuela
Tecla Tofano
1927 — Italy | 1995 — Venezuela
Tecla Tofano
1921 — 2021 | Japan
Taeko Tomiyama
1967 | Nigeria
Fatimah Tuggar
1967 | Nigeria
Fatimah Tuggar
1967 | Nigeria
Fatimah Tuggar
1963 | Spain
Eulàlia Valldosera
1963 | Spain
Eulàlia Valldosera
1963 | Spain
Eulàlia Valldosera
1877 — 1968 | United States
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
1877 — 1968 | United States
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
1991 | Australia
VNS Matrix
1974 | France
Marie Voignier
1974 | France
Marie Voignier
1909 — 2001 | United States
Eudora Welty
1941 | United Kingdom
Sue Williamson
1946 | United States
Nina Yankowitz
1946 | United States
Nina Yankowitz
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