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Fields
Architecture
7
Decorative arts & design
3
Visual arts
1408
Artistic Movements
Academic art
10
Outsider art
4
Conceptual art
84
Body art
11
Art Deco
3
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Digital art
18
Constructivism
18
Institutional critique
11
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Fluxus
8
Land art
11
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postmodernism
8
Realism
36
Socialist Realism
8
Surrealism
55
Subjects
Abstraction
370
Allegory
128
Animals
176
Architecture
134
Autobiography
133
Self-portrait
191
Body positivity
13
Political issues
386
Social classes
98
Women's status
324
Consumerism
91
Human body
457
Cosmos
55
Colour
229
Dance
80
Discriminations
160
Documentary
132
Ecology
82
Writing
177
Childhood
116
Eroticism
81
Public space
95
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
313
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
158
War & conflicts
155
History
288
Art history & museum
74
Identity
222
Industry
31
Intimacy
113
Irony
64
Games & toys
17
Language
90
Light
88
Machine & technology
34
Magic & esotericism
9
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
119
Media
64
Memory
212
Human migration
101
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Death
73
Music
66
Nation
56
Nature
270
Still life
159
Food
21
Nude
164
Landscape
310
Urban landscape
161
Spatial perception
29
Visual perception
52
Portrait
441
Postcolonialism
107
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
50
Queer
28
Racism
74
Romantic relationships
47
Religion & spirituality
202
Domestic scene
115
Science
54
Sexuality
133
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Time
30
Traditions
240
Work
84
Domestic work
82
Drag
28
Vegetal
176
Everyday life
295
Aging
31
Violence
146
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
80
Mediums
Objects
222
Jewellery
15
Ceramic
83
Medal
6
Furniture
21
Silverware
5
Graphic arts
823
Poster
38
Watercolour
193
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
539
Engraving & etching
233
Illustration
105
Artist book
89
Pastel & wax
110
Journal
26
Screen printing
75
Performing arts
34
Costume
38
Dance
7
Set design
60
Dolls & puppets
11
Audiovisual
355
Film
128
Digital
57
Sound
81
Video
248
Concepts
27
Critical writing
11
Space & installation
512
Accumulation
95
Assemblage
243
Environment
141
Light installation
48
Mosaic
20
Stained glass
17
[Modes]
133
Ephemeral
28
Site-specific
118
Monumental
131
Painting
843
Acrylic
169
Mural
40
Gouache
99
Oil
486
Tempera
33
Performance
239
Photography
426
Analogue photography
243
Digital photography
99
Photomontage
73
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
457
Cement & concrete
34
Wood
116
Bronze
98
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
139
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
47
Plastic
48
Plaster
83
Resin
33
Clay
98
Glass
25
Textile
211
Embroidery
74
Sewing
39
Weaving
66
Countries
Africa
98
Benin
1
Egypt
14
Nigeria
18
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
Senegal
4
Tunisia
8
Central America and the Caribbean
41
France (Antilles)
7
Cuba
11
Haiti
6
North America
381
Canada
26
United States
334
Mexico
31
South America
107
Argentina
31
Brazil
30
Chile
10
Ecuador
1
France (French Guiana)
3
Peru
7
Uruguay
5
Asia
204
China
27
India
17
Indonesia
9
Japan
67
Malaysia
6
Nepal
1
Pakistan
4
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Europe
794
Germany
116
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
Denmark
15
Spain
40
France
386
Hungary
41
Ireland
5
Italy
59
Lithuania
7
Norway
13
Poland
30
Portugal
8
United Kingdom
105
Switzerland
37
Ukraine
12
Middle East
109
Israel
51
Jordan
4
Lebanon
22
Syria
4
Turkey
19
Oceania
49
Australia
39
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
8
18th century
24
1740s
8
1750s
9
1760s
14
1770s
17
1780s
14
19th century
94
1850s
15
1860s
25
1870s
36
1880s
38
1890s
66
20th century
1280
1900s
96
1910s
154
1920s
228
1930s
290
1940s
315
1950s
395
1960s
527
1970s
629
1980s
735
1990s
881
21st century
832
2000s
831
2010s
739
2020s
541
Programmes
— + 1
23
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
18
— 18th-Century Women Artists
28
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
27
— 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
— 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
174
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1949 | Philippines
Agnes Arellano
1949 | Philippines
Agnes Arellano
1959 | Japan
Asako Narahashi
1961 | Canada
Shuvinai Ashoona
1946 | United States
Alice Aycock
1967 — 1999 | Cuba
Belkis Ayón
1858 — Ukraine | 1884 — France
Marie Bashkirtseff
1858 — Ukraine | 1884 — France
Marie Bashkirtseff
1966 | Canada
Christi Belcourt
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1909 — Sweden | 1987 — France
Anna-Eva Bergman
1909 — Sweden | 1987 — France
Anna-Eva Bergman
1909 — Sweden | 1987 — France
Anna-Eva Bergman
1844 — 1923 | France
Sarah Bernhardt
1946 — 2025 | United States
Dara Birnbaum
1946 — 2025 | United States
Dara Birnbaum
1946 — 2025 | United States
Dara Birnbaum
1946 | Egypt
Anna Boghiguian
1946 | Egypt
Anna Boghiguian
1970 | France
Rebecca Bournigault
1970 | France
Rebecca Bournigault
1952 | United States
Elenora “Rukiya” Brown
1952 | United States
Elenora “Rukiya” Brown
1952 | United States
Elenora “Rukiya” Brown
1930 | Croatia (before Yugoslavia)
Jagoda Buić
1930 | Croatia (before Yugoslavia)
Jagoda Buić
1930 | Croatia (before Yugoslavia)
Jagoda Buić
1815 — India | 1879 — Sri Lanka
Julia Margaret Cameron
1815 — India | 1879 — Sri Lanka
Julia Margaret Cameron
1917 — United Kingdom | 2011 — Mexico
Leonora Carrington
1917 — United Kingdom | 2011 — Mexico
Leonora Carrington
1968 | Haiti
Myrlande Constant
1972 | France
Lucie ‘Ti’iwan’ Couchili
1959 | Hungary
Marianne Csaky
1870 — 1919 | United States
Angel De Cora
1870 — 1919 | United States
Angel De Cora
1870 — 1919 | United States
Angel De Cora
1914 — 2002 | Peru
Apolonia Dorregaray Veli
1914 — 2002 | Peru
Apolonia Dorregaray Veli
1958 | India
Anita Dube
1958 | India
Anita Dube
1933 — 2021 | United States
Mary Beth Edelson
1933 — 2021 | United States
Mary Beth Edelson
1933 — 2021 | United States
Mary Beth Edelson
1965 | France
Nicole Eisenman
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1940 — 2024 | Philippines
Brenda Fajardo
1924 — 2004 | Tunisia
Safia Farhat
1924 — 2004 | Tunisia
Safia Farhat
1942 | Syria
Simone Fattal
1942 | Syria
Simone Fattal
1942 | Syria
Simone Fattal
1959 | Switzerland
Valérie Favre
1959 | Switzerland
Valérie Favre
1872 — 1945 | United Kingdom
Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
1965 | Senegal
Pélagie Gbaguidi
1965 | Senegal
Pélagie Gbaguidi
1953 | Israel
Tamar Getter
1953 | Israel
Tamar Getter
1970 | United States
Teri Greeves
1970 | United States
Teri Greeves
1970 | United States
Teri Greeves
1959 | Mexico
Silvia Gruner
1959 | Mexico
Silvia Gruner
1855 — 1931 | Norway
Frida Hansen
1855 — 1931 | Norway
Frida Hansen
1855 — 1931 | Norway
Frida Hansen
1971 | Malaysia
Yee I-Lann
1971 | Malaysia
Yee I-Lann
1933 — United States | 2022 — Germany
Dorothy Iannone
1956 | Spain
Cristina Iglesias
1956 | Spain
Cristina Iglesias
1936 | United States
Joan Jonas
1909 — 1981 | Martinique, France
Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou
1909 — 1981 | Martinique, France
Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou
1969 | United States
Sonya Kelliher-Combs
1969 | United States
Sonya Kelliher-Combs
1969 | Royaume-Uni
Bharti Kher
1969 | Royaume-Uni
Bharti Kher
1955 | United States
Karen Kilimnik
1902 — 1977 | Hungary
Margit Kovács
1902 — 1977 | Hungary
Margit Kovács
1902 — 1977 | Hungary
Margit Kovács
1963 | Poland
Katarzyna Kozyra
1970 | Nigeria
Marcia Kure
1970 | Nigeria
Marcia Kure
1945 | United States
Jean LaMarr
1945 | United States
Jean LaMarr
1945 | United States
Jean LaMarr
1942 | New Zealand
Maureen Lander
1948 — China | 2021 — United States
Hung Liu
1948 — China | 2021 — United States
Hung Liu
1948 — China | 2021 — United States
Hung Liu
1895 — 0000 | Democratic Republic of Congo
Antoinette Lubaki
1934 — Italy | 2010 — France
Milvia Maglione
1956 | Ireland
Alice Maher
1956 | Ireland
Alice Maher
1956 | Ireland
Alice Maher
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)
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1915 — 1998 | Australia
Queenie McKenzie
1915 — 1998 | Australia
Queenie McKenzie
1974 | Chile
Loreto Millalén Iturriaga
1974 | Chile
Loreto Millalén Iturriaga
1974 | Chile
Loreto Millalén Iturriaga
1967 | Japan
Miwa Yanagi
1936 | France
Claudine Monchaussé
1941 | France
Sarah Moon
1859 — 1926 | France
Blanche Adèle Moria
1923 — 1998 | India
Meera Mukherjee
1949 — 2015 | India
Mrinalini Mukherjee
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Efrat Natan
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Efrat Natan
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Efrat Natan
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1967 | Brésil
Rosana Paulino
1941 | France
Anne Poirier
1941 | France
Anne Poirier
1742 — 1813 | Italy
Maria Luigia Raggi
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
1943 | Germany
Ulrike Rosenbach
1943 | Germany
Ulrike Rosenbach
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1924 — 1966 | Japan
Saori Akutagawa (Madokoro)
1924 — 1966 | Japan
Saori Akutagawa (Madokoro)
1924 — 1966 | Japan
Saori Akutagawa (Madokoro)
1945 — Jordan | 2022 — Lebanon
Mona Saudi
1945 — Jordan | 2022 — Lebanon
Mona Saudi
1945 — Jordan | 2022 — Lebanon
Mona Saudi
1939 — 1988 | Japan
Sayako Kishimoto
1939 — 1988 | Japan
Sayako Kishimoto
1869 — 1940 | United States
Janet Scudder
1869 — 1940 | United States
Janet Scudder
1869 — 1940 | United States
Janet Scudder
1969 | Pakistan
Shahzia Sikander
1969 | Pakistan
Shahzia Sikander
1969 | Canada
Skawennati
1969 | Canada
Skawennati
1945 — 2003 | Indonesia
Hildawati Soemantri
1945 — 2003 | Indonesia
Hildawati Soemantri
1945 — 2003 | Indonesia
Hildawati Soemantri
1923 | Canada
Françoise Sullivan
1844 — 1933 | United-Kingdom
Annie Louisa Swynnerton
1844 — 1933 | United-Kingdom
Annie Louisa Swynnerton
1960 | Turkey
Hale Tenger
1960 | Turkey
Hale Tenger
1721 — 1773 | Prussia (now Germany)
Anna Dorothea Therbusch
1721 — 1773 | Prussia (now Germany)
Anna Dorothea Therbusch
1721 — 1773 | Prussia (now Germany)
Anna Dorothea Therbusch
1950 | Nepal
Shashikala Tiwari
1954 | United States
Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie
1954 | United States
Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie
1954 | United States
Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie
1935 — France | 2014 — United States
Ultra Violet
1935 — France | 2014 — United States
Ultra Violet
1943 | France
Annie Vacher Cohen
1908 — Spain | 1963 — Mexico
Remedios Varo
1908 — Spain | 1963 — Mexico
Remedios Varo
1908 — Spain | 1963 — Mexico
Remedios Varo
1967 | Chile
Sandra Vásquez de la Horra
1967 | Chile
Sandra Vásquez de la Horra
1967 | Chile
Sandra Vásquez de la Horra
1952 | France
Françoise Vergier
1828 — 1888 | France
Claude Vignon (Marie-Noémi Cadiot-Constant Rouvier, dite)
1967 | United States
Marie Watt
1915 — Austria | 2009 — Nigeria
Susanne Wenger
1915 — Austria | 2009 — Nigeria
Susanne Wenger
1957 | United States
Emmi Whitehorse
1957 | United States
Emmi Whitehorse
1957 | United States
Emmi Whitehorse
1940 — 1993 | United States
Hannah Wilke
1948 | Australia
Regina Pilawuk Wilson
1966 | United States
Melanie Yazzie
1966 | United States
Melanie Yazzie
1966 | United States
Melanie Yazzie
1893 — 1975 | United Kingdom
Madame Yevonde
1916 — Germany | 1970 — France
Unica Zürn
1916 — Germany | 1970 — France
Unica Zürn
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