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Fields
Artistic Movements
Conceptual art
79
Naïve art
12
Bauhaus
11
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
42
Land art
10
Mail art
12
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
13
Neues Sehen
11
Straight photography
12
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Surrealism
52
[Artist collectives]
113
Subjects
Abstraction
336
Adolescence
11
Allegory
104
Animals
160
Architecture
125
Autobiography
121
Self-portrait
169
Body positivity
11
Political issues
339
Social classes
79
Women's status
299
Consumerism
84
Human body
408
Cosmos
43
Colour
211
Dance
77
Discriminations
148
Ecology
72
Writing
160
Childhood
106
Eroticism
76
Public space
82
Fantasy & dreams
84
Feminism
293
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
150
War & conflicts
139
History
263
Art history & museum
62
Homophobia
14
Identity
199
Industry
29
Intimacy
103
Irony
59
Games & toys
15
Language
87
Light
81
Machine & technology
33
Magic & esotericism
7
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
110
Media
64
Memory
194
Human migration
93
Fashion & clothing
66
Modernity
34
Death
71
Music
63
Nation
52
Nature
232
Still life
148
Food
20
Nude
152
Landscape
286
Urban landscape
148
Visual perception
43
Portrait
398
Postcolonialism
98
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
65
Romantic relationships
44
Religion & spirituality
178
Domestic scene
110
Science
49
Sexuality
129
Entertainment
53
Sport
15
Time
28
Traditions
226
Work
77
Domestic work
76
Drag
27
Vegetal
159
Everyday life
273
Old age
30
Violence
141
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
16
Travel
73
Mediums
Applied arts
205
Jewellery & silverware
19
Decor
57
Furniture
18
Graphic arts
766
Poster
35
Watercolour
181
Collage
199
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
504
Engraving & etching
224
Illustration
96
Artist book
82
Pastel & wax
105
Journal
26
Screen printing
71
Audiovisual
334
Film
121
Digital
50
Sound
74
Video
233
Installation
476
Accumulation
84
Assemblage
223
Environment
132
Light installation
44
[Modes]
124
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
110
Monumental
127
Painting
764
Acrylic
157
Mural
35
Oil
440
Tempera
28
Performance
223
Photography
407
Analogue photography
233
Digital photography
92
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
428
Concrete & cement
31
Wood
109
Bronze
93
Wax
17
Metal
129
Paper & cardboard
24
Stone
43
Plastic
47
Plaster
78
Clay
94
Glass
25
Textile
201
Embroidery
72
Sewing
45
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
57
Countries
Africa
88
South Africa
12
Algeria
12
Cameroon
1
Egypt
12
Ethiopia
1
Ghana
5
Morocco
4
Tunisia
7
Central America and the Caribbean
38
Costa Rica
2
Guatemala
3
Panama
1
North America
359
Canada
25
United States
313
Mexico
30
South America
99
Argentina
31
Brazil
28
Peru
6
Uruguay
5
Asia
170
China
28
India
15
Indonesia
5
Japan
49
Malaysia
4
Russia
32
Vietnam
5
Europe
723
Germany
110
Belgium
20
Spain
40
France
356
Hungary
38
Italy
47
Latvia
3
Lithuania
7
Netherlands
32
Poland
27
United Kingdom
98
Slovakia
3
Slovenia
1
Sweden
9
Switzerland
35
Middle East
96
Israel
50
Lebanon
14
Palestine
11
Oceania
45
Australia
35
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
17th century
1
18th century
18
1720s
4
1730s
5
1740s
7
1780s
10
1790s
9
19th century
77
1800s
5
1820s
9
1830s
9
1840s
12
1850s
12
1860s
20
1890s
59
20th century
1183
1900s
87
1910s
142
1920s
214
1930s
273
1940s
294
1950s
366
1960s
483
1970s
580
1980s
678
1990s
810
21st century
767
2000s
768
2010s
685
2020s
497
Programmes
— + 1
19
— 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.
22
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE x Canada
9
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
7
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
11
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
43
— 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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1935 — 2024 | Ghana
Felicia Abban
1935 — 2024 | Ghana
Felicia Abban
1898 — 1991 | United States
Berenice Abbott
1898 — 1991 | United States
Berenice Abbott
1898 — 1991 | United States
Berenice Abbott
1961 | Israel
Buthina Abu Milhem
1907 — 1993 | Mexico
Lola Álvarez Bravo
1799 — 1871 | United Kingdom
Anna Atkins
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1911 | China
LIANG Baibo
1911 | China
LIANG Baibo
1911 | China
LIANG Baibo
1908 — Spain | 1994 — Germany
Manuela Ballester Vilaseca
1908 — Spain | 1994 — Germany
Manuela Ballester Vilaseca
1908 — Spain | 1994 — Germany
Manuela Ballester Vilaseca
1872 — 1954 | France
Jeanne Bardey
1872 — 1954 | France
Jeanne Bardey
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1937 | Algeria
Martine Barrat
1937 | Algeria
Martine Barrat
1937 | Algeria
Martine Barrat
1936 | France
Sophie Bassouls
1935 — 1981 | France
Claude Batho
1934 — 2015 | Germany
Hilla Becher
1934 — 2015 | Germany
Hilla Becher
1892 — Russia | 1981 — Latvia
Aleksandra Beļcova
1892 — Russia | 1981 — Latvia
Aleksandra Beļcova
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
1699 — Scotland | 1758 — Great Britain
Elizabeth Blackwell
1957 | Canada
Dominique Blain
1904 — 1991 | Slovakia
Irén Blüh (Irena Blühova)
1904 — 1971 | United States
Margaret Bourke-White
1893 — 1983 | Germany
Marianne Brandt
1893 — 1983 | Germany
Marianne Brandt
1893 — 1983 | Germany
Marianne Brandt
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1926 — 2016 | Italy
Carla Cerati
1926 — 2016 | Italy
Carla Cerati
1919 — 2003 | Perú
Julia Chambi López
1970 | Sweden
Loulou Cherinet
1970 | Sweden
Loulou Cherinet
1970 | Sweden
Loulou Cherinet
1962 | Russia
Olga Chernysheva
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1902 — 2004 | France
Denise Colomb
1958 — 2005 | Guatemala
Rosa Elena Curruchich
1957 | Argentina
Claudia del Río
1959 | Pays-Bas
Rineke Dijkstra
1974 | France
documentation céline duval (doc-cd)
1974 | France
documentation céline duval (doc-cd)
1942 | Argentina
Diana Dowek
1941 — 2016 | Malaysia
Nirmala Dutt Shanmughalingam
1941 — 2016 | Malaysia
Nirmala Dutt Shanmughalingam
1941 — 2016 | Malaysia
Nirmala Dutt Shanmughalingam
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1962 | Cameroon
Angèle Etoundi Essamba
1962 | Cameroon
Angèle Etoundi Essamba
1908 — Germany | 2000 — France
Gisèle Freund
1908 — Germany | 2000 — France
Gisèle Freund
1908 — Germany | 2000 — France
Gisèle Freund
1957 | Mexico
Flor Garduño
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1965 | Australia
Julie Gough
1965 | Australia
Julie Gough
1965 | Australia
Julie Gough
1948 | Israel
Haya Graetz-Ran
1948 | Israel
Haya Graetz-Ran
1940 | United States
Nancy Grossman
1940 | United States
Nancy Grossman
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1964 | Palestine
Rula Halawani
1945 | United Kingdom
Maggi Hambling
1945 | United Kingdom
Maggi Hambling
1895 — 1967 | Japan
Haruko Hasegawa
1895 — 1967 | Japan
Haruko Hasegawa
1954 | Israel
Michal Heiman
1954 | Israel
Michal Heiman
1944 | Germany
Candida Höfer
1931 — United States | 2008 — Germany
Nan Hoover
1931 — United States | 2008 — Germany
Nan Hoover
1931 — United States | 2008 — Germany
Nan Hoover
1948 — New Zealand | 2014 — England
Alexis Hunter
1948 — New Zealand | 2014 — England
Alexis Hunter
2019 | Indonesia
Inkubator Inisiatif
1942 | Mexico
Graciela Iturbide
1969 | United States
Chantal Joffe
1964 | Bulgaria
Liz Johnson Artur
1964 | Bulgaria
Liz Johnson Artur
1864 — 1952 | United States
Frances Benjamin Johnston
1864 — 1952 | United States
Frances Benjamin Johnston
1964 | France
Valérie Jouve
1964 | France
Valérie Jouve
1964 | France
Valérie Jouve
1954 | Germany
Karen Knorr
1954 | Germany
Karen Knorr
1954 | Germany
Karen Knorr
1897 — Poland | 1985 — Germany
Germaine Krull
1897 — Poland | 1985 — Germany
Germaine Krull
1944 | Morocco
Joëlle de La Casinière
1951 | Spain
Teresa Lanceta
1951 | Spain
Teresa Lanceta
1951 | Spain
Teresa Lanceta
1896 — Hungary | 1967 — France
Ergy Landau
1896 — Hungary | 1967 — France
Ergy Landau
1895 — 1965 | United States
Dorothea Lange
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1964 | United States
Sharon Lockhart
1964 | United States
Sharon Lockhart
1964 | United States
Sharon Lockhart
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1948 | Egypt
Huda Lutfi
1960 | Germany
Vera Lutter
1972 | United States
Maha Maamoun
1972 | United States
Maha Maamoun
1926 — 2009 | United States
Vivian Maier
1926 — 2009 | United States
Vivian Maier
1963 | Mexico
Teresa Margolles
1912 — 2000 | Japon
Toshi Maruki
1964 | Lebanon
Rania Matar
1964 | Lebanon
Rania Matar
1907 — United States | 1977 — United Kingdom
Lee Miller
1907 — United States | 1977 — United Kingdom
Lee Miller
1907 — United States | 1977 — United Kingdom
Lee Miller
1947 | Japan
Miyako Ishiuchi
1947 | Japan
Miyako Ishiuchi
1933 — 2000 | Japan
Miyori Hayashi
1901 — Austria | 1983 — United States
Lisette Model
1901 — Austria | 1983 — United States
Lisette Model
1901 — Austria | 1983 — United States
Lisette Model
1894 — Czech republic | 1989 — Switzerland
Lucia Moholy
1894 — Czech republic | 1989 — Switzerland
Lucia Moholy
1933 | Belgium
Edit Molnár
1933 | Belgium
Edit Molnár
1973 | United Kingdom
Rosalind Nashashibi
1973 | United Kingdom
Rosalind Nashashibi
1951 | Israel
Michal Na’aman
1951 | Israel
Michal Na’aman
1951 | Israel
Michal Na’aman
1921 — 2007 | France
Janine Niépce
1921 — 2007 | France
Janine Niépce
1942 | Germany
Ulrike Ottinger
1942 | Germany
Ulrike Ottinger
1942 | Germany
Ulrike Ottinger
1927 — 2004 | Brazil
Lygia Pape
1969 | Israel
Nira Pereg
1969 | Israel
Nira Pereg
1969 | Israel
Nira Pereg
1954 | Vietnam
Hanh Thi Pham
1954 | Vietnam
Hanh Thi Pham
1954 | Vietnam
Hanh Thi Pham
1907 — 2000 | Poland
Julia Pirotte
1907 — 2000 | Poland
Julia Pirotte
1907 — 2000 | Poland
Julia Pirotte
1961 | South Africa
Jo Ractliffe
1961 | South Africa
Jo Ractliffe
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1967 | Spain
Tere Recarens
1967 | Spain
Tere Recarens
1967 | Spain
Tere Recarens
1911 — 1991 | Hungary
Marian Reismann
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1938 — 2015 | Uruguay
Nelbia Romero
1938 — 2015 | Uruguay
Nelbia Romero
1973 | Australia
Yhonnie Scarce
1973 | Australia
Yhonnie Scarce
1973 | Australia
Yhonnie Scarce
1941 | Germany
Deidi von Schaewen
1963 | United States
Collier Schorr
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1940 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — United Kingdom
Laila Shawa
1940 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — United Kingdom
Laila Shawa
1940 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — United Kingdom
Laila Shawa
1961 | India
Dayanita Singh
1961 | India
Dayanita Singh
1906 — Russian Empire (now Lithuania) | 1998 — Lithuania
Veronika Šleivytė
1906 — Russian Empire (now Lithuania) | 1998 — Lithuania
Veronika Šleivytė
1906 — Russian Empire (now Lithuania) | 1998 — Lithuania
Veronika Šleivytė
1904 — Germany | 1999 — Argentina
Grete Stern
1904 — Germany | 1999 — Argentina
Grete Stern
1762 — Great Britain | 1844 — United Kingdom
Sarah Stone
1914 — United Kingdom | 2000 — United States
Constance Stuart Larrabee
1914 — United Kingdom | 2000 — United States
Constance Stuart Larrabee
1910 — 1943 | Hungary
Kata Sugár
1968 | United States
Catherine Sullivan
1945 — 2023 | United States
Gail Tremblay
1945 — 2023 | United States
Gail Tremblay
1945 — 2023 | United States
Gail Tremblay
1952 | Vietnam
Trinh T. Minh-ha
1952 | Vietnam
Trinh T. Minh-ha
1882 — 1934 | United States
Doris Ulmann
1882 — 1934 | United States
Doris Ulmann
1928 — Belgium | 2019 — France
Agnès Varda
1928 — Belgium | 2019 — France
Agnès Varda
1961 | Australia
Lynette Wallworth
1963 | United Kingdom
Gillian Wearing
1909 — 2001 | United States
Eudora Welty
1967 | People’s Republic of China
Danwen Xing
1967 | People’s Republic of China
Danwen Xing
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
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