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Fields
Artistic Movements
Lyrical abstraction
21
Outsider art
4
Conceptual art
79
Body art
11
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Postconceptual art
6
Cubism
30
Abstract expressionism
42
Hyperrealism
5
Land art
10
Mail art
12
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
Nouveau Réalisme
6
Neues Sehen
11
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Realism
36
Socialist Realism
9
Surrealism
52
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
115
Subjects
Abstraction
340
Adolescence
11
Allegory
106
Animals
163
Architecture
126
Autobiography
123
Self-portrait
174
Body positivity
11
Political issues
350
Social classes
81
Women's status
301
Consumerism
85
Human body
415
Cosmos
43
Colour
212
Dance
78
Discriminations
150
Documentary
119
Ecology
74
Writing
162
Childhood
108
Public space
85
Fantasy & dreams
84
Feminism
298
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
150
War & conflicts
143
History
267
Art history & museum
65
Homophobia
14
Identity
201
Industry
31
Intimacy
103
Irony
60
Games & toys
15
Language
89
Light
81
Machine & technology
33
Magic & esotericism
7
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
112
Media
64
Memory
196
Human migration
96
Fashion & clothing
66
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
63
Myths, tales & legends
94
Nature
236
Still life
151
Food
20
Nude
152
Landscape
287
Urban landscape
148
Spatial perception
23
Portrait
406
Postcolonialism
99
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
67
Romantic relationships
44
Religion & spirituality
181
Domestic scene
110
Science
49
Sexuality
129
Entertainment
55
Time
29
Traditions
227
Work
78
Domestic work
78
Drag
28
Vegetal
159
Everyday life
277
Old age
30
Violence
142
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
16
Travel
75
Mediums
Applied arts
208
Ceramic
77
Costumes
37
Decor
59
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
339
Film
123
Digital
50
Sound
76
Video
238
Installation
480
Accumulation
86
Assemblage
224
Environment
135
[Modes]
124
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
110
Monumental
127
Painting
773
Acrylic
157
Mural
35
Gouache
95
Oil
444
Performance
227
Photography
412
Analogue photography
236
Digital photography
93
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
435
Concrete & cement
31
Wood
111
Bronze
95
Marble
28
Metal
131
Paper & cardboard
25
Stone
44
Plastic
47
Plaster
79
Resin
32
Clay
96
Glass
26
Textile
205
Embroidery
72
Sewing
45
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
58
Countries
Africa
89
Egypt
12
Morocco
4
Central America and the Caribbean
38
Cuba
10
North America
363
United States
317
Mexico
30
South America
99
Argentina
31
Brazil
28
Ecuador
1
Venezuela
5
Asia
170
India
15
Indonesia
5
Japan
50
Taiwan
3
Vietnam
5
Europe
739
Germany
112
Austria
17
Belgium
20
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
9
Denmark
12
France
366
Hungary
39
Italy
50
Lithuania
7
Netherlands
32
Poland
28
Czech Republic
12
United Kingdom
100
Serbia
4
Slovakia
3
Sweden
9
Switzerland
35
Middle East
98
Israel
50
Lebanon
16
Turkey
19
Oceania
45
Periods of
activity
17th century
2
18th century
20
19th century
82
1860s
21
1870s
32
1880s
34
1890s
60
20th century
1195
1900s
88
1910s
143
1920s
215
1930s
274
1940s
296
1950s
368
1960s
487
1970s
586
1980s
685
1990s
819
21st century
779
2000s
779
2010s
696
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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1895 — 1978 | United Kingdom
Gluck (Hannah Gluckstein, dite)
1895 — 1978 | United Kingdom
Gluck (Hannah Gluckstein, dite)
1968 | Hungary
Rita Ackermann
1968 | Hungary
Rita Ackermann
1886 — 1964 | Switzerland
Aloïse (Aloïse Corbaz dite)
1886 — 1964 | Switzerland
Aloïse (Aloïse Corbaz dite)
1963 | Egypt
Ghada Amer
1963 | Egypt
Ghada Amer
1935 — 1972 | Belgium
Evelyne Axell
1936 — Czech Republic | 1996 — Slovakia
Mária Bartuszová
1936 — Czech Republic | 1996 — Slovakia
Mária Bartuszová
1943 | Austria
Renate Bertlmann
1974 | Belgium
Aline Bouvy
1974 | Belgium
Aline Bouvy
1974 | Belgium
Aline Bouvy
1969 | United Kingdom
Cecily Brown
1969 | United Kingdom
Cecily Brown
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1931 — 2019 | Lebanon
Huguette Caland
1931 — 2019 | Lebanon
Huguette Caland
1931 — 2019 | Lebanon
Huguette Caland
1953 — 1996 | United Kingdom
Helen Chadwick
1864 — 1943 | France
Camille Claudel
1864 — 1943 | France
Camille Claudel
1959 | Hungary
Marianne Csaky
1959 | United States
Vaginal Davis
1939 — 2024 | Netherlands
Jacqueline de Jong
1939 — 2024 | Netherlands
Jacqueline de Jong
1926 | United States
Rosalyn Drexler
1946 | Hungary
Orshi Drozdik
1946 | Hungary
Orshi Drozdik
1946 | Hungary
Orshi Drozdik
1905 — 1985 | Bulgaria
Vaska Emanuilova
1956 | Morocco
Lalla Essaydi
1955 | Turkey
İnci Eviner
1907 — Argentina | 1996 — France
Leonor Fini
1907 — Argentina | 1996 — France
Leonor Fini
1965 | United States
Andrea Fraser
1951 | United States
Donna Gottschalk
1951 | United States
Donna Gottschalk
1939 — 2019 | United States
Barbara Hammer
1912 — Germany | 2005 — Argentina
Annemarie Heinrich
1912 — Germany | 2005 — Argentina
Annemarie Heinrich
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1950 — 2006 | Lithuania
Elvyra Kairiūkštytė
1950 — 2006 | Lithuania
Elvyra Kairiūkštytė
1942 | Yugoslavia (Serbia)
Katalin Ladik
1942 | Yugoslavia (Serbia)
Katalin Ladik
1942 | Yugoslavia (Serbia)
Katalin Ladik
1845 — 1928 | France
Madeleine Lemaire (Jeanne Magdelaine Lemaire, dite)
1845 — 1928 | France
Madeleine Lemaire (Jeanne Magdelaine Lemaire, dite)
1937 — 2022 | Poland
Natalia LL
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1907 — 1997 | France
Dora Maar
1951 — 1994 | Argentina
Liliana Maresca
1951 — 1994 | Argentina
Liliana Maresca
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1956 — 2018 | Taiwan
YAN Ming-Huy
1956 — 2018 | Taiwan
YAN Ming-Huy
1956 — 2018 | Taiwan
YAN Ming-Huy
1960 | United Kingdom
Cathy de Monchaux
1954 | France
Marie Morel
1949 — 2015 | India
Mrinalini Mukherjee
1966 — 2006 | Indonesia
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih
1966 — 2006 | Indonesia
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih
1946 | United States
Catherine Murphy
1963 | Slovakia
Ilona Németh
1893 — 1978 | Mexico
Nahui Olin
1893 — 1978 | Mexico
Nahui Olin
1913 — Germany | 1985 — Switzerland
Meret Oppenheim
1913 — Germany | 1985 — Switzerland
Meret Oppenheim
1898 — France | 1978 — United Kingdom
Valentine Penrose
1898 — France | 1978 — United Kingdom
Valentine Penrose
1954 | Vietnam
Hanh Thi Pham
1954 | Vietnam
Hanh Thi Pham
1954 | Vietnam
Hanh Thi Pham
1931 — 1999 | Poland
Maria Pinińska-Bereś
1931 — 1999 | Poland
Maria Pinińska-Bereś
1934 — Czechoslovakia | 1999 — Czech Republic
Naděžda Plíšková
1934 — Czechoslovakia | 1999 — Czech Republic
Naděžda Plíšková
1918 — 2015 | Italy
Carol Rama
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1941 | United States
Sheree Rose
1941 | United States
Sheree Rose
1926 | Cuba
Zilia Sánchez
1926 | Cuba
Zilia Sánchez
1926 | Cuba
Zilia Sánchez
1955 | Israel
Iris Sara Schiller
1955 | Israel
Iris Sara Schiller
1939 — 2019 | United States
Carolee Schneemann
1892 — 1970 | Japan
Seien Shima
1916 — United Kingdom | 2010 — United States
Sylvia Sleigh
1916 — United Kingdom | 2010 — United States
Sylvia Sleigh
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
1969 | Indonesia
Melati Suryodarmo
1969 | Indonesia
Melati Suryodarmo
1969 | Indonesia
Melati Suryodarmo
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1910 — 2012 | United States
Dorothea Tanning
1910 — 2012 | United States
Dorothea Tanning
1971 | United States
Mickalene Thomas
1945 | United States
Betty Tompkins
1902 — Czech Republic | 1982 — France
Toyen (Marie Čerminová dite)
1902 — Czech Republic | 1982 — France
Toyen (Marie Čerminová dite)
1952 | Germany
Rosemarie Trockel
1952 | Germany
Rosemarie Trockel
1932 — 2022 | Japan
Asuka Tsuboi
1932 — 2022 | Japan
Asuka Tsuboi
1932 — 2022 | Japan
Asuka Tsuboi
1951 | United Kingdom
Cosey Fanni Tutti (Christine Carol Newby, dite)
1953 — Poland | 2020 — France
Teresa Tyszkiewicz
1953 — Poland | 2020 — France
Teresa Tyszkiewicz
1952 | France
Françoise Vergier
1965 | United Kingdom
Alison Watt
1965 | United Kingdom
Alison Watt
1965 | United Kingdom
Alison Watt
1885 — 1940 | Denmark
Gerda Wegener
1885 — 1940 | Denmark
Gerda Wegener
1940 — 1993 | United States
Hannah Wilke
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1893 — 1975 | United Kingdom
Madame Yevonde
1962 | United States
Lisa Yuskavage
1941 | Czech Republic
Jana Želibská
1916 — Germany | 1970 — France
Unica Zürn
1916 — Germany | 1970 — France
Unica Zürn
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