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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1359
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Lyrical abstraction
22
Academic art
10
Appropriationism
5
Conceptual art
81
Body art
11
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Bauhaus
12
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Fauvism
5
Hyperrealism
5
Impressionism
11
Mail art
12
Minimalism
37
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
13
Straight photography
12
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postmodernism
8
Primitivism
6
Purisme
2
Realism
36
Surrealism
54
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
119
Subjects
Abstraction
357
Adolescence
11
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
Intimacy
105
Irony
60
Games & toys
16
Language
90
Light
84
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
115
Media
64
Memory
206
Human migration
100
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
65
Myths, tales & legends
96
Nation
55
Nature
249
Still life
153
Food
20
Nude
157
Landscape
298
Urban landscape
153
Spatial perception
27
Portrait
421
Postcolonialism
106
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
74
Romantic relationships
45
Religion & spirituality
192
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
Trans visibility
16
Travel
77
Mediums
Applied arts
213
Jewellery & silverware
20
Ceramic
79
Costumes
37
Decor
61
Medal
8
Furniture
19
Mosaic
18
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
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
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
443
Wood
113
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
133
Stone
46
Plastic
47
Plaster
81
Resin
32
Clay
97
Glass
27
Textile
213
Embroidery
75
Sewing
46
Weaving
62
Countries
Africa
92
Algeria
12
Kenya
3
Madagascar
2
Morocco
4
Uganda
3
Central America and the Caribbean
41
Costa Rica
2
Guatemala
4
Haiti
6
Jamaica
4
North America
372
Canada
25
United States
325
Mexico
31
South America
102
Argentina
31
Brazil
29
Peru
7
Uruguay
5
Venezuela
5
Asia
189
China
27
India
16
Indonesia
8
Japan
59
Malaysia
4
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Singapore
7
Vietnam
7
Europe
761
Germany
113
Austria
18
Belgium
20
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Bulgaria
8
Denmark
12
Spain
40
Estonia
13
Finland
5
France
375
Hungary
41
Italy
53
Latvia
3
Lithuania
7
Norway
13
Netherlands
34
Poland
29
Portugal
8
United Kingdom
101
Slovakia
3
Sweden
10
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
12
Middle East
106
Saudi Arabia
1
Armenia
1
Israel
51
Lebanon
22
Palestine
13
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
1780s
11
1790s
11
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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 — Palestina | 1988 — Israel
Sionah Tagger
1900 — Palestina | 1988 — Israel
Sionah Tagger
1900 — Palestina | 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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