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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1335
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Academic art
10
Outsider art
4
Conceptual art
79
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
52
[Artist collectives]
118
Subjects
Abstraction
348
Allegory
108
Animals
166
Architecture
126
Autobiography
127
Self-portrait
179
Body positivity
11
Political issues
362
Social classes
86
Women's status
306
Consumerism
87
Human body
424
Cosmos
45
Colour
214
Dance
80
Discriminations
154
Documentary
123
Ecology
78
Writing
165
Childhood
111
Eroticism
76
Public space
85
Fantasy & dreams
85
Feminism
301
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
151
War & conflicts
147
History
271
Art history & museum
67
Identity
206
Industry
31
Intimacy
103
Irony
60
Games & toys
15
Language
90
Light
83
Machine & technology
33
Magic & esotericism
8
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
113
Media
64
Memory
203
Human migration
98
Fashion & clothing
66
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
64
Nation
54
Nature
245
Still life
152
Food
20
Nude
155
Landscape
294
Urban landscape
153
Spatial perception
24
Visual perception
44
Portrait
416
Postcolonialism
102
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
71
Romantic relationships
45
Religion & spirituality
188
Domestic scene
110
Science
50
Sexuality
129
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Time
29
Traditions
231
Work
81
Domestic work
80
Drag
28
Vegetal
161
Everyday life
278
Old age
30
Violence
142
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
77
Mediums
Applied arts
209
Jewellery & silverware
20
Ceramic
77
Costumes
37
Decor
59
Medal
8
Furniture
19
Mosaic
17
Stained glass
16
Graphic arts
782
Poster
36
Watercolour
185
Collage
204
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
513
Engraving & etching
226
Illustration
98
Artist book
84
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Screen printing
71
Audiovisual
348
Film
126
Digital
54
Sound
77
Video
241
Installation
484
Accumulation
87
Assemblage
226
Environment
136
Light installation
45
[Modes]
125
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
110
Monumental
128
Painting
786
Acrylic
162
Mural
35
Gouache
96
Oil
452
Tempera
30
Performance
230
Photography
418
Analogue photography
239
Digital photography
96
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
438
Concrete & cement
32
Wood
111
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Marble
28
Metal
132
Paper & cardboard
25
Stone
45
Plastic
47
Plaster
79
Resin
32
Clay
96
Glass
27
Textile
210
Embroidery
74
Sewing
46
Weaving
60
Countries
Africa
91
Benin
1
Egypt
13
Nigeria
15
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
Senegal
4
Tunisia
7
Central America and the Caribbean
39
France (Antilles)
7
Cuba
10
Haiti
5
North America
369
Canada
25
United States
322
Mexico
31
South America
102
Argentina
31
Brazil
29
Chile
8
Ecuador
1
Peru
7
Uruguay
5
Asia
179
China
27
India
15
Japan
54
Malaysia
4
Nepal
1
Pakistan
3
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Europe
750
Germany
113
Austria
18
Belgium
20
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
Denmark
12
Spain
40
France
368
Hungary
39
Ireland
5
Italy
51
Lithuania
7
Norway
13
Poland
29
Portugal
8
United Kingdom
100
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
12
Middle East
102
Israel
51
Lebanon
19
Syria
2
Turkey
19
Oceania
46
Australia
36
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
1
17th century
3
18th century
20
1740s
7
1750s
8
1760s
13
1770s
14
19th century
83
1850s
13
1860s
22
1870s
33
1880s
35
1890s
61
20th century
1216
1900s
90
1910s
145
1920s
217
1930s
277
1940s
301
1950s
376
1960s
498
1970s
598
1980s
698
1990s
835
21st century
793
2000s
793
2010s
707
2020s
514
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
20
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
27
— 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
8
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
9
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
46
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
167
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)
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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