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Fields
Architecture
14
Decorative arts & design
4
Visual arts
1455
Artistic Movements
Lyrical abstraction
22
Academic art
10
Appropriationism
5
Conceptual art
88
Context art
12
Body art
11
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Digital art
18
Bauhaus
13
Institutional critique
11
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
44
Fauvism
5
Hyperrealism
5
Impressionism
12
Mail art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
14
Straight photography
12
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postmodernism
8
Primitivism
6
Purisme
2
Realism
37
Surrealism
56
Symbolism
13
Subjects
Abstraction
373
Adolescence
11
Allegory
133
Animals
184
Architecture
141
Autobiography
138
Self-portrait
202
Body positivity
14
Political issues
406
Social classes
115
Women's status
338
Consumerism
95
Human body
473
Cosmos
56
Colour
232
Dance
81
Discriminations
165
Documentary
142
Ecology
97
Writing
180
Childhood
119
Eroticism
84
Public space
106
Fantasy & dreams
88
Feminism
324
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geography
18
Geometry
159
War & conflicts
158
History
297
Art history & museum
80
Identity
227
Intimacy
119
Irony
66
Games & toys
19
Language
92
Light
90
Mannequins & dolls
42
Maternity
122
Media
64
Memory
220
Human migration
105
Fashion & clothing
68
Modernity
34
Death
75
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nation
56
Nature
287
Still life
161
Food
23
Nude
168
Landscape
324
Urban landscape
170
Spatial perception
35
Portrait
456
Postcolonialism
112
Advertisement
51
Queer
28
Racism
76
Romantic relationships
47
Religion & spirituality
205
Science
57
Sexuality
136
Entertainment
58
Sport
15
Time
30
Traditions
246
Work
86
Domestic work
87
Drag
28
Vegetal
182
Everyday life
308
Aging
35
Violence
149
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
81
Mediums
Objects
226
Ceramic
87
Medal
6
Furniture
21
Fashion
13
Silverware
5
Graphic arts
841
Poster
40
Watercolour
197
Collage
213
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
554
Engraving & etching
236
Illustration
107
Artist book
92
Pastel & wax
111
Journal
26
Screen printing
79
Performing arts
38
Costume
39
Set design
61
Audiovisual
371
Film
135
Digital
60
Sound
84
Video
261
Concepts
36
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
16
Space & installation
535
Accumulation
99
Assemblage
250
Environment
148
Light installation
48
Mosaic
20
[Modes]
139
Site-specific
120
Monumental
135
Painting
867
Acrylic
171
Mural
43
Gouache
100
Oil
506
Tempera
34
Performance
249
Photography
437
Analogue photography
251
Digital photography
102
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
73
Historical techniques
30
Sculpture
470
Wood
119
Bronze
100
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
140
Stone
48
Plastic
48
Plaster
84
Resin
33
Clay
101
Glass
26
Textile
216
Embroidery
78
Sewing
40
Weaving
69
Countries
Africa
102
Algeria
12
Kenya
3
Madagascar
2
Morocco
4
Uganda
3
Central America and the Caribbean
43
Costa Rica
2
Guatemala
4
Haiti
7
Jamaica
5
North America
392
Canada
27
United States
342
Mexico
33
South America
109
Argentina
31
Brazil
31
Peru
7
Uruguay
5
Venezuela
5
Asia
219
China
27
India
18
Indonesia
12
Japan
70
Malaysia
6
Pakistan
6
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Singapore
8
Taiwan
4
Thailand
6
Vietnam
8
Europe
818
Germany
116
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Bulgaria
8
Denmark
23
Spain
40
Estonia
16
Finland
5
France
392
Hungary
42
Italy
63
Latvia
3
Lithuania
7
Norway
13
Netherlands
34
Poland
31
Portugal
8
United Kingdom
107
Slovakia
3
Sweden
12
Switzerland
38
Ukraine
13
Middle East
110
Saudi Arabia
1
Armenia
1
Israel
51
Lebanon
22
Palestine
15
Oceania
50
Australia
40
New Zealand
11
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XVIe siècle
4
17th century
8
18th century
25
1730s
6
1740s
8
1750s
9
1760s
14
1770s
17
1780s
14
1790s
14
19th century
103
1800s
12
1810s
13
1820s
14
1830s
14
1850s
16
1860s
28
1870s
42
1880s
45
1890s
73
20th century
1318
1900s
102
1910s
160
1920s
232
1930s
295
1940s
319
1950s
400
1960s
544
1970s
650
1980s
759
1990s
909
21st century
864
2000s
863
2010s
767
2020s
566
Programmes
— + 1
27
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
21
— 18th-Century Women Artists
28
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
34
— 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
8
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
14
— Les architectes
10
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
14
— 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
178
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1853 — 1927 | France
Louise Abbéma
1963 | Singapore
Mastura Abdul Rahman
1963 | Singapore
Mastura Abdul Rahman
1963 | Singapore
Mastura Abdul Rahman
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1950 — Belgium | 2015 — France
Chantal Akerman
1950 — Belgium | 2015 — France
Chantal Akerman
1950 — Belgium | 2015 — France
Chantal Akerman
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1937 — 2020 | United States
Emma Amos
1937 — 2020 | United States
Emma Amos
1937 — 2020 | United States
Emma Amos
1859 — 1935 | Denmark
Anna Ancher
1971 | Madagascar
Malala Andrialavidrazana
1971 | Madagascar
Malala Andrialavidrazana
1845 — 1932 | Norway
Harriet Backer
1845 — 1932 | Norway
Harriet Backer
1845 — 1932 | Norway
Harriet Backer
1858 — Ukraine | 1884 — France
Marie Bashkirtseff
1858 — Ukraine | 1884 — France
Marie Bashkirtseff
1935 — 1981 | France
Claude Batho
1855 — 1942 | United States
Cecilia Beaux
1892 — Russia | 1981 — Latvia
Aleksandra Beļcova
1892 — Russia | 1981 — Latvia
Aleksandra Beļcova
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1844 — 1923 | France
Sarah Bernhardt
1904 — 1991 | Slovakia
Irén Blüh (Irena Blühova)
1937 | Germany
Anna Blume
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1856 — Germany | 1927 — France
Louise Breslau
1856 — Germany | 1927 — France
Louise Breslau
1856 — Germany | 1927 — France
Louise Breslau
1879 — 1955 | Thailand
Lady Erb Bunnag
1879 — 1955 | Thailand
Lady Erb Bunnag
1935 — 2021 | Peru
Teresa Burga
1935 — 2021 | Peru
Teresa Burga
1950 | United-States
Victoria Cabezas
1815 — India | 1879 — Sri Lanka
Julia Margaret Cameron
1815 — India | 1879 — Sri Lanka
Julia Margaret Cameron
1844 — United States | 1926 — France
Mary Cassatt
1844 — United States | 1926 — France
Mary Cassatt
1938 | Latvia
Vija Celmins
1938 | Latvia
Vija Celmins
1938 | Latvia
Vija Celmins
1878 — 1974 | France
Émilie Charmy
1878 — 1974 | France
Émilie Charmy
1907 — 1988 | Taiwan
Chen Chin
1907 — 1988 | Taiwan
Chen Chin
1944 — United States | 2014 — Canada
Lynne Cohen
1958 — 2005 | Guatemala
Rosa Elena Curruchich
1861 — Finland | 1919 — Italy
Elin Danielson-Gambogi
1861 — Finland | 1919 — Italy
Elin Danielson-Gambogi
1861 — Finland | 1919 — Italy
Elin Danielson-Gambogi
1859 — 1935 | France
Virginie Demont-Breton
1940 — 2018 | Germany
Christa Dichgans
1940 — 2018 | Germany
Christa Dichgans
1898 — Austria | 1944 — Poland
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis
1898 — Austria | 1944 — Poland
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis
1898 — Austria | 1944 — Poland
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis
1840 — 1926 | France
Victoria Dubourg
1956 | Morocco
Lalla Essaydi
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1940 — 2021 | Malaysia
Sylvia Lee Goh
1940 — 2021 | Malaysia
Sylvia Lee Goh
1847 — 1883 | France
Eva Gonzalès
1895 — 1993 | Hungary
Margit Gráber
1895 — 1993 | Hungary
Margit Gráber
1895 — 1993 | Hungary
Margit Gráber
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1784 — 1845 | France
Antoinette Cécile Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot, née Viel
1784 — 1845 | France
Antoinette Cécile Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot, née Viel
1926 — Jamaica | 2018 — United States
Dorothy Henriques-Wells
1885 — 1948 | Sweden
Sigrid Hjertén
1885 — 1948 | Sweden
Sigrid Hjertén
1885 — 1948 | Sweden
Sigrid Hjertén
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1944 | Germany
Candida Höfer
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1902 — 1955 | Mexico
María Izquierdo
1876 — United Kingdom | 1939 — France
Gwen John
1876 — United Kingdom | 1939 — France
Gwen John
1876 — United Kingdom | 1939 — France
Gwen John
1949 — 2003 | Austria
Birgit Jürgenssen
1928 — Kenya | 2021 — Ireland
Rosemary Namuli Karuga
1852 — 1934 | United States
Gertrude Käsebier
1889 — 1943 | Norway
Ragnhild Keyser
1889 — 1943 | Norway
Ragnhild Keyser
1889 — 1943 | Norway
Ragnhild Keyser
1843 — 1914 | Norway
Kitty Lange Kielland
1843 — 1914 | Norway
Kitty Lange Kielland
1843 — 1914 | Norway
Kitty Lange Kielland
1955 | United States
Karen Kilimnik
1856 — 1942 | United States
Anna Elizabeth Klumpke
1856 — 1942 | United States
Anna Elizabeth Klumpke
1894 — 1973 | Bulgaria
Donka Ilieva Konstantinova
1894 — 1973 | Bulgaria
Donka Ilieva Konstantinova
1863 — France | 1946 — ?
Marcelle Renée Lancelot-Croce
1863 — France | 1946 — ?
Marcelle Renée Lancelot-Croce
1910 — Canada | 1997 — United States
Ida Lansky
1898 — Prussia (now Pasłęk, Poland) | 1993 — Sweden
Lotte Laserstein
1898 — Prussia (now Pasłęk, Poland) | 1993 — Sweden
Lotte Laserstein
1947 | United States
Louise Lawler
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1705 — 1783 | France
Marie-Anne Loir
1904 — Estonia | 1993 — Sweden
Karin Luts
1904 — Estonia | 1993 — Sweden
Karin Luts
1904 — Estonia | 1993 — Sweden
Karin Luts
1914 — 2012 | Philippines
Anita Magsaysay-Ho
1889 — 1964 | Brazil
Anita Malfatti
1889 — 1964 | Brazil
Anita Malfatti
1945 | Lebanon
Seta Manoukian (Ani Pema Drolma)
1945 | Lebanon
Seta Manoukian (Ani Pema Drolma)
1945 | Lebanon
Seta Manoukian (Ani Pema Drolma)
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)
1964 | Lebanon
Rania Matar
1964 | Lebanon
Rania Matar
1901 — Germany | 1987 — United Kingdom
Else Meidner
1901 — Germany | 1987 — United Kingdom
Else Meidner
1901 — Germany | 1987 — United Kingdom
Else Meidner
1947 | Japan
Miyako Ishiuchi
1947 | Japan
Miyako Ishiuchi
1917 — United Kingdom | 1994 — Pakistan
Anna Molka Ahmed
1917 — United Kingdom | 1994 — Pakistan
Anna Molka Ahmed
1859 — 1926 | France
Blanche Adèle Moria
1876 — Poland | 1967 — France
Mela Muter
1876 — Poland | 1967 — France
Mela Muter
1876 — Poland | 1967 — France
Mela Muter
1908 — Ottoman Empire (today North Macedonia) | 1996 — Bulgaria
Vera Todorova Nedkova
1908 — Ottoman Empire (today North Macedonia) | 1996 — Bulgaria
Vera Todorova Nedkova
1957 | France
Marylène Negro
1853 — 1933 | Norway
Asta Elise Jacobine Nørregaard
1853 — 1933 | Norway
Asta Elise Jacobine Nørregaard
1853 — 1933 | Norway
Asta Elise Jacobine Nørregaard
1946 | Spain
Isabel Oliver Cuevas
1957 | Spain
Ouka Leele
1964 | France
Florence Paradeis
1961 | France
Françoise Quardon
1930 — 2023 | Indonesia
Siti Ruliyati
1930 — 2023 | Indonesia
Siti Ruliyati
1930 — 2023 | Indonesia
Siti Ruliyati
1894 — Sweden | 1970 — Norway
Hannah Ryggen
1894 — Sweden | 1970 — Norway
Hannah Ryggen
1911 — 2013 | Spain
Ángeles Santos Torroella
1911 — 2013 | Spain
Ángeles Santos Torroella
1941 | Germany
Deidi von Schaewen
1884 — Ukraine | 1967 — France
Zinaida Serebriakova
1884 — Ukraine | 1967 — France
Zinaida Serebriakova
1905 — 1999 | Japan
Setsuko Migishi
1951 | États-Unis
Cindy Sherman
1875 — 1949 | Japan
Shōen Uemura
1961 | India
Dayanita Singh
1961 | India
Dayanita Singh
1906 — Russian Empire (now Lithuania) | 1998 — Lithuania
Veronika Šleivytė
1906 — Russian Empire (now Lithuania) | 1998 — Lithuania
Veronika Šleivytė
1906 — Russian Empire (now Lithuania) | 1998 — Lithuania
Veronika Šleivytė
1910 — Palestina | 1999 — Israel
Sima Slonim
1910 — Palestina | 1999 — Israel
Sima Slonim
1910 — Palestina | 1999 — Israel
Sima Slonim
1955 | United States
Seton Smith
1955 | United States
Seton Smith
1955 | United States
Seton Smith
1953 | Czech Republic
Jana Sterbak
1953 | Czech Republic
Jana Sterbak
1910 — 1943 | Hungary
Kata Sugár
1876 — 1960 | Denmark
Christine Swane
1876 — 1960 | Denmark
Christine Swane
1876 — 1960 | Denmark
Christine Swane
1965 | Hungary
Ágnes Szépfalvi
1900 — Palestine | 1988 — Israel
Sionah Tagger
1900 — Palestine | 1988 — Israel
Sionah Tagger
1900 — Palestine | 1988 — Israel
Sionah Tagger
1910 — Japan | 2001 — United States
Fumie Taniguchi
1910 — Japan | 2001 — United States
Fumie Taniguchi
1910 — 2012 | United States
Dorothea Tanning
1910 — 2012 | United States
Dorothea Tanning
1900 — 1981 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mileva Todorović
1900 — 1981 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mileva Todorović
1952 | Vietnam
Trinh T. Minh-ha
1952 | Vietnam
Trinh T. Minh-ha
1732 — 1803 | Netherlands
Sara Troost
1968 | Italy
Tatiana Trouvé
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1865 — 1938 | France
Suzanne Valadon
1964 | Brazil
Adriana Varejão
1876 — 1918 | Spain
Lluïsa Vidal i Puig
1876 — 1918 | Spain
Lluïsa Vidal i Puig
1876 — 1918 | Spain
Lluïsa Vidal i Puig
1908 — Portugal | 1992 — France
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
1895 — 1960 | Uruguay
Petrona Viera
1885 — 1940 | Denmark
Gerda Wegener
1885 — 1940 | Denmark
Gerda Wegener
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1963 | United Kingdom
Rachel Whiteread
1905 — 1986 | United States
May Wilson
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1962 | United States
Lisa Yuskavage
1903 — 1985 | China
GUAN Zilan (Violet Kwan)
1903 — 1985 | China
GUAN Zilan (Violet Kwan)
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