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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1359
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Academic art
10
Outsider art
4
Conceptual art
81
Body art
11
Art Deco
3
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Constructivism
18
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Fluxus
8
Land art
10
Minimalism
37
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postmodernism
8
Realism
36
Socialist Realism
9
Surrealism
54
[Artist collectives]
119
Subjects
Abstraction
357
Allegory
111
Animals
167
Architecture
127
Autobiography
128
Self-portrait
181
Body positivity
13
Political issues
369
Social classes
89
Women's status
311
Consumerism
88
Human body
434
Cosmos
47
Colour
221
Dance
80
Discriminations
157
Documentary
126
Ecology
78
Writing
169
Childhood
114
Eroticism
78
Public space
87
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
306
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
154
War & conflicts
149
History
276
Art history & museum
67
Identity
209
Industry
31
Intimacy
105
Irony
60
Games & toys
16
Language
90
Light
84
Machine & technology
33
Magic & esotericism
8
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
115
Media
64
Memory
206
Human migration
100
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
65
Nation
55
Nature
249
Still life
153
Food
20
Nude
157
Landscape
298
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
Science
52
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
145
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
77
Mediums
Applied arts
213
Jewellery & silverware
20
Ceramic
79
Costumes
37
Decor
61
Medal
8
Furniture
19
Mosaic
18
Stained glass
17
Graphic arts
796
Poster
37
Watercolour
187
Collage
206
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
524
Engraving & etching
229
Illustration
102
Artist book
86
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Screen printing
74
Audiovisual
350
Film
126
Digital
56
Sound
77
Video
242
Installation
492
Accumulation
92
Assemblage
230
Environment
138
Light installation
46
[Modes]
126
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
112
Monumental
128
Painting
805
Acrylic
163
Mural
36
Gouache
98
Oil
461
Tempera
31
Performance
234
Photography
421
Analogue photography
240
Digital photography
97
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
443
Concrete & cement
32
Wood
113
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
133
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
46
Plastic
47
Plaster
81
Resin
32
Clay
97
Glass
27
Textile
213
Embroidery
75
Sewing
46
Weaving
62
Countries
Africa
92
Benin
1
Egypt
13
Nigeria
16
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
Senegal
4
Tunisia
7
Central America and the Caribbean
41
France (Antilles)
7
Cuba
11
Haiti
6
North America
372
Canada
25
United States
325
Mexico
31
South America
102
Argentina
31
Brazil
29
Chile
8
Ecuador
1
Peru
7
Uruguay
5
Asia
189
China
27
India
16
Japan
59
Malaysia
4
Nepal
1
Pakistan
3
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Europe
761
Germany
113
Austria
18
Belgium
20
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
Denmark
12
Spain
40
France
375
Hungary
41
Ireland
5
Italy
53
Lithuania
7
Norway
13
Poland
29
Portugal
8
United Kingdom
101
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
12
Middle East
106
Israel
51
Jordan
4
Lebanon
22
Syria
3
Turkey
19
Oceania
47
Australia
37
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
6
18th century
20
1740s
7
1750s
8
1760s
13
1770s
14
19th century
85
1850s
14
1860s
23
1870s
34
1880s
35
1890s
62
20th century
1236
1900s
92
1910s
146
1920s
219
1930s
280
1940s
306
1950s
382
1960s
509
1970s
609
1980s
712
1990s
849
21st century
804
2000s
804
2010s
717
2020s
522
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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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
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 | 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
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
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
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
1893 — 1975 | United Kingdom
Madame Yevonde
1916 — Germany | 1970 — France
Unica Zürn
1916 — Germany | 1970 — France
Unica Zürn
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