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Fields
Architecture
21
Decorative arts & design
10
Visual arts
1504
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
46
Lyrical abstraction
22
Academic art
10
Viennese Actionism
2
Appropriationism
5
Outsider art
4
Kinetic art
15
Conceptual art
95
Context art
12
Body art
11
Art Deco
3
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Digital art
19
Postconceptual art
6
Arte povera
2
Bauhaus
14
Artist collective
16
Constructivism
19
Copy Art
1
Institutional critique
11
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
9
Dada
6
Expressionism
37
Abstract expressionism
45
Fauvism
5
Fluxus
8
Futurism
9
Hyperrealism
5
Impressionism
14
Land art
10
Mail art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
14
Neues Sehen
11
Op art
5
Straight photography
12
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postminimalism
7
Postmodernism
8
Primitivism
6
Purisme
2
Rayonism
3
Realism
38
Socialist Realism
9
Harlem Renaissance
4
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
56
Symbolism
14
Subjects
Abstraction
390
Adolescence
13
Allegory
147
Animals
197
Architecture
144
Archives
9
Autobiography
144
Self-portrait
208
Body positivity
16
Political issues
421
Social classes
124
Women's status
353
Consumerism
98
Human body
499
Cosmos
65
Colour
237
Dance
86
Discriminations
168
Documentary
146
Ecology
108
Writing
189
Childhood
125
Eroticism
87
Public space
110
Fantasy & dreams
94
Feminism
339
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
21
Geography
21
Geometry
166
War & conflicts
163
History
309
Art history & museum
84
Homophobia
14
Identity
239
Industry
38
Intimacy
124
Irony
69
Games & toys
25
Language
93
Light
93
Machine & technology
40
Magic & esotericism
9
Disease
47
Mannequins & dolls
46
Maternity
128
Mathematics
10
Media
66
Memory
230
Human migration
107
Fashion & clothing
70
Modernity
34
Death
80
Music
67
Nation
56
Nature
305
Still life
172
Food
26
Nude
177
Landscape
335
Urban landscape
178
Spatial perception
36
Visual perception
54
Portrait
470
Postcolonialism
116
Sex positivity
16
Advertisement
53
Queer
29
Racism
77
Romantic relationships
51
Religion & spirituality
210
Domestic scene
121
Science
59
Sexuality
138
Entertainment
58
Sport
15
Surveillance
5
Time
32
Traditions
261
Work
89
Domestic work
93
Drag
28
Vegetal
191
Everyday life
320
Aging
36
Violence
154
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
83
Mediums
Objects
238
Jewellery
15
Ceramic
93
Medal
6
Furniture
26
Fashion
13
Silverware
5
Glassware
3
Graphic arts
869
Poster
40
Watercolour
203
Collage
215
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
575
Engraving & etching
243
Illustration
112
Artist book
95
Pastel & wax
113
Journal
26
Screen printing
80
Performing arts
39
Costume
40
Dance
10
Set design
61
Dolls & puppets
12
Theater
2
Audiovisual
378
Film
137
Digital
62
Sound
84
Video
265
Concepts
42
Curating
12
Critical writing
19
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
19
Space & installation
563
Accumulation
108
Architecture
24
Interior design
9
Assemblage
265
Environment
154
Light installation
50
Mosaic
20
Stained glass
18
[Modes]
150
Ephemeral
32
Site-specific
129
Monumental
142
Painting
898
Acrylic
182
Mural
44
Gouache
101
Oil
527
Miniature
9
Tempera
35
Performance
254
Photography
445
Analogue photography
252
Digital photography
105
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
74
Historical techniques
31
Sculpture
486
Cement & concrete
37
Wood
124
Bronze
106
Wax
18
Marble
30
Metal
149
Paper & cardboard
27
Stone
50
Plastic
49
Plaster
86
Resin
35
Clay
103
Glass
30
Textile
225
Batik
1
Embroidery
81
Sewing
42
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
70
Countries
Africa
105
South Africa
13
Algeria
12
Benin
1
Cameroon
1
Congo
1
Egypt
14
Ethiopia
3
Gabon
1
Ghana
5
Kenya
3
Madagascar
2
Morocco
5
Mozambique
2
Nigeria
19
Uganda
3
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
France (Reunion)
3
Senegal
4
Sierra Leone
2
Soudan
1
Tanzania
2
Tunisia
9
Zambia
1
Zimbabwe
3
Central America and the Caribbean
43
France (Antilles)
7
Costa Rica
2
Cuba
11
Curaçao
3
Guatemala
4
Haiti
7
Jamaica
5
Nicaragua
1
Panama
1
Puerto Rico
2
Trinidad and Tobago
1
North America
403
Canada
27
United States
350
Greenland
2
Mexico
36
South America
117
Argentina
36
Bolivia
2
Brazil
31
Chile
10
Colombia
11
Ecuador
2
Guyana
2
France (French Guiana)
3
Paraguay
1
Peru
7
Suriname
6
Uruguay
5
Venezuela
6
Asia
229
Bangladesh
2
Burma
2
Cambodia
1
China
30
South Korea
9
India
18
Indonesia
14
Japan
71
Kazakhstan
3
Malaysia
7
Nepal
1
Uzbekistan
2
Pakistan
6
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Singapore
8
Sri Lanka
1
Taiwan
6
Thailand
6
Vietnam
8
Europe
851
Albania
1
Germany
118
Austria
20
Belarus
3
Belgium
21
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Bulgaria
10
Cyprus
1
Croatia
11
Denmark
25
Spain
42
Estonia
16
Finland
6
France
405
Georgia
1
Greece
5
Hungary
42
Ireland
6
Iceland
4
Italy
67
Latvia
3
Lithuania
7
Muxembourg
5
North Macedonia
4
Moldova
2
Norway
14
Netherlands
35
Poland
33
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
14
Romania
9
United Kingdom
108
Serbia
5
Slovakia
3
Slovenia
1
Sweden
14
Switzerland
38
Ukraine
14
Middle East
114
Saudi Arabia
1
Armenia
1
Irak
5
Iran
6
Israel
51
Jordan
4
Kuwait
1
Lebanon
23
Palestine
17
Syria
4
Turkey
21
Oceania
51
Australia
41
New Zealand
11
Papua New Guinea
1
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
1540s
1
1550s
2
1560s
2
1570s
3
1580s
3
1590s
2
17th century
12
1600s
2
1610s
2
1620s
1
1630s
1
1640s
3
1650s
4
1660s
3
1670s
3
1680s
4
1690s
3
18th century
26
1710s
2
1720s
4
1730s
6
1740s
8
1750s
9
1760s
14
1770s
17
1780s
14
1790s
14
19th century
105
1800s
12
1810s
13
1820s
14
1830s
14
1840s
17
1850s
17
1860s
29
1870s
44
1880s
47
1890s
75
20th century
1360
1900s
104
1910s
163
1920s
237
1930s
306
1940s
332
1950s
418
1960s
564
1970s
674
1980s
786
1990s
940
21st century
894
2000s
893
2010s
793
2020s
590
Programmes
— + 1
31
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
22
— 18th-Century Women Artists
29
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
36
— 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
— Common Ground
12
— Designers
4
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
16
— Les architectes
14
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
15
— 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
202
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1500 and 1976.
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1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1951 | Indonesia
Siti Adiyati Subangun
1951 | Indonesia
Siti Adiyati Subangun
1951 | Indonesia
Siti Adiyati Subangun
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
1957 | Turkey
Handan Börüteçene
1957 | Turkey
Handan Börüteçene
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
1949 | Malaysia
Siti Zainon Ismail
1949 | Malaysia
Siti Zainon Ismail
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
1962 | United States
Roxanne Swentzell
1962 | United States
Roxanne Swentzell
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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