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Fields
Architecture
7
Decorative arts & design
3
Visual arts
1398
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Academic art
10
Appropriationism
5
Kinetic art
13
Conceptual art
83
Context art
12
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Digital art
18
Arte povera
2
Bauhaus
12
Institutional critique
11
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Fluxus
8
Impressionism
11
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
New Objectivity
14
Neues Sehen
11
Straight photography
12
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Primitivism
6
Realism
36
Socialist Realism
8
Harlem Renaissance
4
Surrealism
55
Symbolism
13
Subjects
Abstraction
366
Adolescence
11
Allegory
124
Animals
173
Architecture
132
Archives
3
Autobiography
132
Self-portrait
191
Political issues
385
Social classes
98
Women's status
322
Consumerism
91
Human body
450
Cosmos
52
Colour
226
Dance
80
Discriminations
160
Documentary
131
Ecology
82
Writing
176
Eroticism
81
Public space
94
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
311
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
156
War & conflicts
155
History
287
Art history & museum
73
Identity
219
Industry
31
Intimacy
112
Irony
64
Games & toys
17
Language
90
Light
87
Machine & technology
34
Magic & esotericism
9
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
118
Media
64
Memory
212
Human migration
101
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
100
Nation
56
Nature
263
Still life
158
Food
20
Nude
163
Landscape
308
Urban landscape
159
Visual perception
52
Portrait
438
Postcolonialism
107
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
50
Queer
28
Racism
74
Romantic relationships
47
Religion & spirituality
200
Domestic scene
114
Sexuality
133
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Time
30
Traditions
238
Work
84
Domestic work
82
Drag
28
Vegetal
170
Everyday life
295
Aging
31
Violence
146
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
78
Mediums
Objects
220
Ceramic
82
Medal
6
Furniture
21
Graphic arts
819
Poster
38
Watercolour
192
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
535
Engraving & etching
232
Illustration
105
Artist book
89
Pastel & wax
110
Screen printing
74
Performing arts
34
Costume
37
Dance
7
Set design
60
Dolls & puppets
11
Audiovisual
354
Film
128
Digital
56
Sound
79
Video
247
Concepts
27
Critical writing
11
Space & installation
509
Accumulation
94
Assemblage
240
Environment
141
Light installation
48
[Modes]
131
Ephemeral
28
Site-specific
117
Monumental
130
Painting
835
Acrylic
164
Mural
38
Gouache
98
Oil
480
Miniature
7
Tempera
32
Performance
239
Photography
426
Analogue photography
243
Digital photography
99
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
73
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
454
Cement & concrete
34
Wood
116
Bronze
96
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
137
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
47
Plaster
82
Resin
33
Clay
98
Glass
25
Textile
208
Embroidery
74
Sewing
38
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
65
Countries
Africa
98
South Africa
13
Ghana
5
Senegal
4
Central America and the Caribbean
41
Costa Rica
2
Haiti
6
Panama
1
North America
379
Canada
26
United States
332
Mexico
31
South America
106
Argentina
31
Brazil
30
Colombia
8
Uruguay
5
Venezuela
5
Asia
201
China
27
South Korea
8
India
17
Japan
67
Uzbekistan
2
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Vietnam
7
Europe
788
Germany
115
Austria
19
Belgium
21
Bulgaria
8
Cyprus
1
Croatia
10
Spain
40
Estonia
16
France
384
Greece
5
Hungary
41
Italy
58
Lithuania
7
Norway
13
Netherlands
34
Poland
30
Portugal
8
United Kingdom
105
Sweden
10
Switzerland
37
Ukraine
12
Middle East
109
Irak
5
Israel
51
Lebanon
22
Palestine
14
Oceania
48
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
8
1640s
3
1650s
2
18th century
23
1750s
9
1760s
14
1770s
16
1780s
13
1790s
13
19th century
92
1850s
15
1860s
25
1870s
36
1880s
37
1890s
64
20th century
1271
1900s
94
1910s
152
1920s
226
1930s
289
1940s
314
1950s
394
1960s
526
1970s
627
1980s
731
1990s
874
21st century
826
2000s
825
2010s
735
2020s
537
Programmes
— + 1
23
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
18
— 18th-Century Women Artists
27
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
24
— 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
3
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
13
— Les architectes
6
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
10
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Photographers from Japan
3
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
48
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
173
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1972 | United Kingdom
Alice Anderson
1872 — 1937 | France
Jane Atché (dite Jal)
1872 — 1937 | France
Jane Atché (dite Jal)
1901 — 1980 | Estonia
Aino Bach
1959 | Brasil
Brígida Baltar
1970 | France
Virginie Barré
1970 | France
Virginie Barré
1908 — 2004 | Spain
Francis Bartolozzi (Pitti)
1908 — 2004 | Spain
Francis Bartolozzi (Pitti)
1908 — 2004 | Spain
Francis Bartolozzi (Pitti)
1858 — Ukraine | 1884 — France
Marie Bashkirtseff
1858 — Ukraine | 1884 — France
Marie Bashkirtseff
1935 — 1981 | France
Claude Batho
1855 — 1942 | United States
Cecilia Beaux
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1881 — Spain | 1932 — France
María Blanchard
1881 — Spain | 1932 — France
María Blanchard
1752 — 1794 | France
Anne-Rosalie Bocquet Filleul
1962 | Kenya
Cosima von Bonin
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1856 — Germany | 1927 — France
Louise Breslau
1856 — Germany | 1927 — France
Louise Breslau
1856 — Germany | 1927 — France
Louise Breslau
1965 | Colombia
Johanna Calle
1965 | Colombia
Johanna Calle
1945 | Sénégal
Seni Awa Camara
1945 | Sénégal
Seni Awa Camara
1815 — India | 1879 — Sri Lanka
Julia Margaret Cameron
1815 — India | 1879 — Sri Lanka
Julia Margaret Cameron
1844 — United States | 1926 — France
Mary Cassatt
1844 — United States | 1926 — France
Mary Cassatt
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1749 — 1808 | Netherlands
Christina Chalon
1864 — 1943 | France
Camille Claudel
1864 — 1943 | France
Camille Claudel
1748 — 1821 | France
Marie-Anne Collot
1748 — 1821 | France
Marie-Anne Collot
1748 — 1821 | France
Marie-Anne Collot
1860 — 1957 | France
Gabrielle Debillemont-Chardon
1859 — 1935 | France
Virginie Demont-Breton
1888 — 1973 | Sweden
Siri Derkert
1888 — 1973 | Sweden
Siri Derkert
1940 — 2018 | Germany
Christa Dichgans
1940 — 2018 | Germany
Christa Dichgans
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1940 — 2024 | Philippines
Brenda Fajardo
1929 | Argentina
Ilse Fuskova (Felka)
1953 | United States
Nan Goldin
1953 | United States
Nan Goldin
1953 | United States
Nan Goldin
1847 — 1883 | France
Eva Gonzalès
1948 | Israel
Haya Graetz-Ran
1948 | Israel
Haya Graetz-Ran
1877 — 1967 | France
Geneviève Granger
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1964 | China
Chengyao He
1964 | China
Chengyao He
1964 | China
Chengyao He
1966 | People’s Republic of China
Yu Hong
1971 | Uzbekistan
Anna Ivanova
1902 — 1955 | Mexico
María Izquierdo
1969 | United States
Chantal Joffe
1875 — 1961 | Bulgaria
Elena Karamihaylova
1875 — 1961 | Bulgaria
Elena Karamihaylova
1875 — 1961 | Bulgaria
Elena Karamihaylova
1852 — 1934 | United States
Gertrude Käsebier
1938 — 2016 | Croatia
Nives Kavurić-Kurtović
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1955 | United States
Karen Kilimnik
1892 — 1976 | Germany
Benita Koch-Otte
1892 — 1976 | Germany
Benita Koch-Otte
1892 — 1976 | Germany
Benita Koch-Otte
1881 — 1965 | Bulgaria
Elisaveta Georgieva Konsulova-Vazova
1881 — 1965 | Bulgaria
Elisaveta Georgieva Konsulova-Vazova
1923 — 2006 | Ghana
Grace Salome Kwami
1873 — France | 1961 — Switzerland
Céline Gracieuse Laguarde
1873 — France | 1961 — Switzerland
Céline Gracieuse Laguarde
1873 — France | 1961 — Switzerland
Céline Gracieuse Laguarde
1896 — Hungary | 1967 — France
Ergy Landau
1896 — Hungary | 1967 — France
Ergy Landau
1892 — 1967 | Russia
Sarra Lébédéva
1892 — 1967 | Russia
Sarra Lébédéva
0000 | Japan
Leiko Ikemura
0000 | Japan
Leiko Ikemura
0000 | Japan
Leiko Ikemura
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1913 — 2009 | United States
Helen Levitt
1964 | United States
Sharon Lockhart
1964 | United States
Sharon Lockhart
1964 | United States
Sharon Lockhart
1954 | France
Catherine Lopès-Curval
1934 — Italy | 2010 — France
Milvia Maglione
1926 — 2009 | United States
Vivian Maier
1926 — 2009 | United States
Vivian Maier
1930 — France | 2016 — United States
Marisol Escobar (dite Marisol)
1930 — France | 2016 — United States
Marisol Escobar (dite Marisol)
1964 | Lebanon
Rania Matar
1964 | Lebanon
Rania Matar
1878 — 1961 | Hungary
Olga Máté
1878 — 1961 | Hungary
Olga Máté
1878 — 1961 | Hungary
Olga Máté
1926 — 2019 | Italy
Marisa Merz
1926 — 2019 | Italy
Marisa Merz
1943 | France
Annette Messager
1876 — 1907 | Germany
Paula Modersohn-Becker
1876 — 1907 | Germany
Paula Modersohn-Becker
1941 | France
Sarah Moon
1958 | Ireland
Shani Mootoo
1958 | Ireland
Shani Mootoo
1859 — 1926 | France
Blanche Adèle Moria
1876 — Poland | 1967 — France
Mela Muter
1876 — Poland | 1967 — France
Mela Muter
1876 — Poland | 1967 — France
Mela Muter
1900 — 1984 | United States
Alice Neel
1900 — 1984 | United States
Alice Neel
1900 — 1984 | United States
Alice Neel
1909 — 1994 | Cyprus
Loukia Nicolaidou
1909 — 1994 | Cyprus
Loukia Nicolaidou
1909 — 1994 | Cyprus
Loukia Nicolaidou
1853 — 1933 | Norway
Asta Elise Jacobine Nørregaard
1853 — 1933 | Norway
Asta Elise Jacobine Nørregaard
1853 — 1933 | Norway
Asta Elise Jacobine Nørregaard
1964 | France
Florence Paradeis
1903 — 1966 | France
Odette Pauvert
1903 — 1966 | France
Odette Pauvert
1964 | France
Françoise Pétrovitch
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1935 — Portugal | 2022 — Great Britain
Paula Rego
1935 — Portugal | 2022 — Great Britain
Paula Rego
1911 — 1991 | Hungary
Marian Reismann
1985 — United States | 1970 — Mexico
Rosa Rolanda (Rosemonde Cowan)
1985 — United States | 1970 — Mexico
Rosa Rolanda (Rosemonde Cowan)
1985 — United States | 1970 — Mexico
Rosa Rolanda (Rosemonde Cowan)
1943 | Germany
Ulrike Rosenbach
1943 | Germany
Ulrike Rosenbach
1924 — 2005 | Haïti
Louisiane Saint-Fleurant
1911 — 2013 | Spain
Ángeles Santos Torroella
1911 — 2013 | Spain
Ángeles Santos Torroella
1892 — 1962 | United States
Augusta Savage
1892 — 1962 | United States
Augusta Savage
1892 — 1962 | United States
Augusta Savage
1963 | United States
Collier Schorr
1927 — 2019 | United States
Lillian Schwartz
1869 — 1940 | United States
Janet Scudder
1869 — 1940 | United States
Janet Scudder
1869 — 1940 | United States
Janet Scudder
1946 | France
Dorothée Selz
1945 | India
Nilima Sheikh
1945 | India
Nilima Sheikh
1962 — 1996 | Israel
Meira Shemesh
1962 — 1996 | Israel
Meira Shemesh
1963 | Estonia
Liina Siib
1960 | Japan
Kim Song-Ran
1933 — 2013 | Austria
Ceija Stojka
1855 — Austria | 1927 — United-Kingdom
Marianne Stokes (née Maria Léopoldine Preindlsberger)
1855 — Austria | 1927 — United-Kingdom
Marianne Stokes (née Maria Léopoldine Preindlsberger)
1855 — Austria | 1927 — United-Kingdom
Marianne Stokes (née Maria Léopoldine Preindlsberger)
1914 — United Kingdom | 2000 — United States
Constance Stuart Larrabee
1914 — United Kingdom | 2000 — United States
Constance Stuart Larrabee
1910 — 1943 | Hungary
Kata Sugár
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1956 | United States
Nomi Tannhauser
1956 | United States
Nomi Tannhauser
1956 | United States
Nomi Tannhauser
1920 — 2011 | Colombia
Lucy Tejada
1920 — 2011 | Colombia
Lucy Tejada
1920 — 2011 | Colombia
Lucy Tejada
1895 — Samoa | 1984 — New Zealand
Teuane Tibbo
1895 — Samoa | 1984 — New Zealand
Teuane Tibbo
1891 — Netherlands | 1955 — Norway
Charley Toorop
1891 — Netherlands | 1955 — Norway
Charley Toorop
1884 — Russia | 1957 — France
Marie Vassilieff
1884 — Russia | 1957 — France
Marie Vassilieff
1895 — 1960 | Uruguay
Petrona Viera
1909 — 2003 | United States
Ruth G. Waddy
1614 — | 1689 — Southern Netherlands
Michaelina Wautier
1953 | United States
Carrie Mae Weems
1953 | United States
Carrie Mae Weems
1953 | United States
Carrie Mae Weems
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
1967 — 2018 | China
CUI Xiuwen
1967 — 2018 | China
CUI Xiuwen
1921 — Iraq | 2015 — Israel
Claire Yaniv
1921 — Iraq | 2015 — Israel
Claire Yaniv
1921 — Iraq | 2015 — Israel
Claire Yaniv
1962 | United States
Lisa Yuskavage
1928 — Mandatory Palestine | 2010 — Israel
Ruth Zarfati Sterenshuss
1928 — Mandatory Palestine | 2010 — Israel
Ruth Zarfati Sterenshuss
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