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Fields
Architecture
7
Decorative arts & design
3
Visual arts
1424
Artistic Movements
Academic art
10
Outsider art
4
Conceptual art
85
Body art
11
Art Deco
3
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Digital art
18
Constructivism
18
Institutional critique
11
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
44
Fluxus
8
Land art
11
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postmodernism
8
Realism
37
Socialist Realism
8
Surrealism
55
Subjects
Abstraction
372
Allegory
129
Animals
178
Architecture
135
Autobiography
134
Self-portrait
196
Body positivity
13
Political issues
389
Social classes
100
Women's status
328
Consumerism
91
Human body
463
Cosmos
55
Colour
230
Dance
80
Discriminations
161
Documentary
133
Ecology
83
Writing
178
Childhood
118
Eroticism
81
Public space
96
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
315
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
158
War & conflicts
156
History
291
Art history & museum
75
Identity
225
Industry
31
Intimacy
116
Irony
64
Games & toys
17
Language
90
Light
88
Machine & technology
34
Magic & esotericism
9
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
120
Media
64
Memory
215
Human migration
103
Fashion & clothing
68
Modernity
34
Death
73
Music
66
Nation
56
Nature
273
Still life
159
Food
21
Nude
165
Landscape
315
Urban landscape
164
Spatial perception
29
Visual perception
52
Portrait
449
Postcolonialism
108
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
50
Queer
28
Racism
75
Romantic relationships
47
Religion & spirituality
205
Domestic scene
117
Science
54
Sexuality
134
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Time
30
Traditions
243
Work
84
Domestic work
84
Drag
28
Vegetal
177
Everyday life
300
Aging
33
Violence
147
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
80
Mediums
Objects
223
Jewellery
15
Ceramic
84
Medal
6
Furniture
21
Silverware
5
Graphic arts
827
Poster
38
Watercolour
193
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
541
Engraving & etching
234
Illustration
106
Artist book
90
Pastel & wax
111
Journal
26
Screen printing
76
Performing arts
34
Costume
38
Dance
7
Set design
60
Dolls & puppets
11
Audiovisual
357
Film
130
Digital
58
Sound
81
Video
250
Concepts
27
Critical writing
11
Space & installation
515
Accumulation
96
Assemblage
246
Environment
142
Light installation
48
Mosaic
20
Stained glass
17
[Modes]
134
Ephemeral
29
Site-specific
119
Monumental
132
Painting
852
Acrylic
169
Mural
41
Gouache
99
Oil
495
Tempera
34
Performance
241
Photography
431
Analogue photography
248
Digital photography
100
Photomontage
73
Historical techniques
29
Sculpture
461
Cement & concrete
35
Wood
117
Bronze
98
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
140
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
47
Plastic
48
Plaster
84
Resin
33
Clay
98
Glass
25
Textile
212
Embroidery
75
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
42
France (Antilles)
7
Cuba
11
Haiti
6
North America
382
Canada
26
United States
335
Mexico
31
South America
107
Argentina
31
Brazil
30
Chile
10
Ecuador
1
France (French Guiana)
3
Peru
7
Uruguay
5
Asia
208
China
27
India
17
Indonesia
10
Japan
68
Malaysia
6
Nepal
1
Pakistan
4
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Europe
804
Germany
116
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
Denmark
23
Spain
40
France
386
Hungary
41
Ireland
5
Italy
60
Lithuania
7
Norway
13
Poland
31
Portugal
8
United Kingdom
105
Switzerland
37
Ukraine
12
Middle East
110
Israel
51
Jordan
4
Lebanon
22
Syria
4
Turkey
19
Oceania
49
Australia
39
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
8
18th century
24
1740s
8
1750s
9
1760s
14
1770s
17
1780s
14
19th century
101
1850s
16
1860s
27
1870s
41
1880s
44
1890s
72
20th century
1290
1900s
101
1910s
159
1920s
231
1930s
292
1940s
316
1950s
396
1960s
531
1970s
633
1980s
739
1990s
885
21st century
838
2000s
837
2010s
743
2020s
545
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
30
— 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
5
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
48
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
176
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) | 2022 — Italy
Jagoda Buić
1930 — Croatia (before Yugoslavia) | 2022 — Italy
Jagoda Buić
1930 — Croatia (before Yugoslavia) | 2022 — Italy
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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