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Fields
Architecture
9
Decorative arts & design
3
Visual arts
1443
Artistic Movements
Academic art
10
Appropriationism
5
Outsider art
4
Kinetic art
14
Conceptual art
85
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Digital art
18
Arte povera
2
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Abstract expressionism
44
Fluxus
8
Impressionism
12
Land art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
New Objectivity
14
Neues Sehen
11
Straight photography
12
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postmodernism
8
Primitivism
6
Surrealism
55
Subjects
Abstraction
372
Adolescence
11
Allegory
132
Animals
182
Architecture
140
Autobiography
135
Self-portrait
200
Body positivity
14
Political issues
398
Social classes
108
Women's status
334
Consumerism
93
Human body
470
Cosmos
56
Colour
232
Dance
81
Discriminations
162
Documentary
138
Ecology
88
Writing
178
Childhood
119
Eroticism
83
Fantasy & dreams
87
Feminism
318
Party & nightlife
37
Geometry
158
War & conflicts
158
History
293
Art history & museum
76
Homophobia
14
Identity
225
Industry
32
Intimacy
118
Irony
65
Games & toys
18
Language
90
Light
88
Machine & technology
36
Magic & esotericism
9
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
42
Maternity
120
Media
64
Memory
217
Human migration
104
Fashion & clothing
68
Modernity
34
Death
74
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nature
282
Still life
161
Nude
167
Landscape
321
Urban landscape
168
Portrait
454
Postcolonialism
110
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
51
Queer
28
Racism
75
Romantic relationships
47
Religion & spirituality
205
Domestic scene
117
Sexuality
135
Sport
15
Surveillance
5
Time
30
Traditions
244
Work
86
Domestic work
86
Drag
28
Vegetal
181
Everyday life
303
Aging
35
Violence
148
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
80
Mediums
Objects
224
Ceramic
86
Furniture
21
Fashion
13
Silverware
5
Graphic arts
834
Poster
38
Watercolour
195
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
548
Engraving & etching
235
Illustration
106
Artist book
90
Pastel & wax
111
Journal
26
Screen printing
76
Performing arts
36
Costume
39
Dance
8
Set design
61
Dolls & puppets
11
Theater
2
Audiovisual
363
Film
132
Digital
58
Sound
81
Video
254
Concepts
28
Curating
11
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
10
Space & installation
523
Accumulation
98
Assemblage
248
Environment
146
Light installation
48
[Modes]
136
Ephemeral
30
Site-specific
119
Monumental
133
Painting
863
Acrylic
170
Mural
42
Gouache
100
Oil
503
Tempera
34
Performance
246
Photography
434
Analogue photography
250
Digital photography
101
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
73
Sculpture
467
Wood
119
Bronze
99
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
140
Stone
48
Plaster
84
Clay
100
Glass
26
Textile
212
Embroidery
75
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
66
Countries
Africa
102
Ethiopia
3
Central America and the Caribbean
42
North America
387
Canada
26
United States
339
Mexico
32
South America
108
Argentina
31
Chile
10
Colombia
9
Peru
7
Asia
213
Japan
69
Russia
33
Taiwan
4
Europe
811
Germany
116
Belgium
21
Spain
40
Estonia
16
France
389
Hungary
41
Ireland
5
Italy
61
Poland
31
Portugal
8
United Kingdom
106
Sweden
12
Switzerland
37
Middle East
110
Oceania
49
Australia
39
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
8
18th century
25
19th century
103
1860s
28
1870s
42
1880s
45
1890s
73
20th century
1303
1900s
102
1910s
160
1920s
232
1930s
293
1940s
317
1950s
397
1960s
539
1970s
641
1980s
747
1990s
895
21st century
852
2000s
851
2010s
756
2020s
556
Programmes
— + 1
24
— 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
4
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
14
— Les architectes
7
— 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
177
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
1853 — 1927 | France
Louise Abbéma
1935 | Italy
Camilla Adami
1968 | Spain
Pilar Albarracín
1886 — 1964 | Switzerland
Aloïse (Aloïse Corbaz dite)
1913 — 1991 | Hungary
Margit Anna
1929 — 2023 | United States
Ida Applebroog
1970 | France
Virginie Barré
1844 — 1923 | France
Sarah Bernhardt
1957 | Canada
Dominique Blain
1938 — 1966 | United Kingdom
Pauline Boty
1962 | United-Kingdom
Sonia Boyce
1933 — Colombia | 1982 — France
Feliza Bursztyn
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1844 — United States | 1926 — France
Mary Cassatt
1926 — 2016 | Italy
Carla Cerati
1954 | Taiwan
Shu Lea Cheang
1967 | Australia
Karla Dickens
1926 | United States
Rosalyn Drexler
1941 | Belgium
Lili Dujourie
1933 — 2021 | United States
Mary Beth Edelson
1944 | Chile
Paz Errázuriz
1960 — 2006 | Spain
Patricia Gadea
1965 | United States
Ellen Gallagher
1847 — 1883 | France
Eva Gonzalès
1940 — Mexico | 2022 — Portugal
Lourdes Grobet
1952 | Ethiopia
Desta Hagos
1912 — Germany | 2005 — Argentina
Annemarie Heinrich
1885 — 1966 | United States
Malvina Hoffman
1887 — 1968 | France
Valentine Hugo
1933 — United States | 2022 — Germany
Dorothy Iannone
1902 — 1955 | Mexico
María Izquierdo
1896 — Poland | 1990 — United States
Lotte Jacobi
1936 | United States
Joan Jonas
1931 | Hungary
Éva Keleti
1955 | United States
Karen Kilimnik
1963 | Poland
Katarzyna Kozyra
1964 | United States
Sharon Lockhart
1942 | United States
Mary Lovelace O’Neal
1904 — Estonia | 1993 — Sweden
Karin Luts
1902 — 1995 | Spain
Maruja Mallo
1907 — United States | 1977 — United Kingdom
Lee Miller
1933 — 2000 | Japan
Miyori Hayashi
1941 — 1980 | Estonia
Marju Mutsu
1965 | United States
Elizabeth Peyton
1904 — France | 1987 — Mexico
Alice Rahon
1941 | United States
Sheree Rose
1970 | Hungary
Eszter Salamon
1917 — Germany | 1943 — Poland
Charlotte Salomon
1922 — 2014 | Peru
Victoria Santa Cruz
1875 — 1949 | Japan
Shōen Uemura
1940 | Spain
Isabel Steva Hernández (dite Colita)
1882 — Ireland | 1978 — United Kingdom
Mary Swanzy
1965 | Hungary
Ágnes Szépfalvi
1935 — France | 2014 — United States
Ultra Violet
1971 | France
Joana Vasconcelos
1884 — Russia | 1957 — France
Marie Vassilieff
1974 | Germany
Ulla von Brandenburg
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