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Fields
Artistic Movements
Lyrical abstraction
21
Outsider art
4
Conceptual art
79
Art Deco
3
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Postconceptual art
6
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
42
Impressionism
10
Minimalism
37
Postimpressionism
14
Postminimalism
7
Postmodernism
8
Realism
36
Surrealism
52
[Artist collectives]
115
Subjects
Abstraction
340
Adolescence
11
Allegory
106
Animals
163
Architecture
126
Autobiography
123
Self-portrait
174
Political issues
350
Social classes
81
Women's status
301
Consumerism
85
Human body
415
Cosmos
43
Colour
212
Dance
78
Discriminations
150
Ecology
74
Writing
162
Childhood
108
Eroticism
76
Public space
85
Fantasy & dreams
84
Feminism
298
Geometry
150
War & conflicts
143
History
267
Art history & museum
65
Identity
201
Industry
31
Intimacy
103
Irony
60
Language
89
Light
81
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
112
Media
64
Memory
196
Human migration
96
Fashion & clothing
66
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
63
Myths, tales & legends
94
Nation
53
Nature
236
Still life
151
Food
20
Nude
152
Landscape
287
Urban landscape
148
Spatial perception
23
Visual perception
43
Portrait
406
Postcolonialism
99
Advertisement
49
Racism
67
Romantic relationships
44
Religion & spirituality
181
Domestic scene
110
Science
49
Sexuality
129
Entertainment
55
Sport
15
Traditions
227
Work
78
Domestic work
78
Drag
28
Vegetal
159
Everyday life
277
Old age
30
Violence
142
Travel
75
Mediums
Applied arts
208
Jewellery & silverware
20
Costumes
37
Decor
59
Medal
8
Furniture
19
Mosaic
15
Stained glass
15
Graphic arts
776
Poster
35
Watercolour
183
Collage
202
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
509
Engraving & etching
224
Illustration
97
Artist book
84
Pastel & wax
107
Journal
26
Screen printing
71
Audiovisual
339
Film
123
Digital
50
Sound
76
Video
238
Installation
480
Accumulation
86
Assemblage
224
Environment
135
Light installation
44
[Modes]
124
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
110
Monumental
127
Painting
773
Acrylic
157
Mural
35
Gouache
95
Oil
444
Performance
227
Photography
412
Analogue photography
236
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
435
Concrete & cement
31
Wood
111
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Marble
28
Metal
131
Paper & cardboard
25
Stone
44
Plastic
47
Plaster
79
Resin
32
Clay
96
Glass
26
Textile
205
Embroidery
72
Sewing
45
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
58
Countries
Africa
89
South Africa
12
Algeria
12
Egypt
12
Ghana
5
Kenya
3
Mozambique
2
Nigeria
15
Tunisia
7
Central America and the Caribbean
38
Jamaica
4
North America
363
United States
317
South America
99
Argentina
31
Brazil
28
Ecuador
1
Peru
6
Venezuela
5
Asia
170
China
27
South Korea
8
Japan
50
Philippines
10
Russia
32
Vietnam
5
Europe
739
Germany
112
Austria
17
Belgium
20
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
9
Denmark
12
Spain
40
France
366
Greece
4
Hungary
39
Lithuania
7
Netherlands
32
Czech Republic
12
United Kingdom
100
Switzerland
35
Middle East
98
Irak
4
Iran
6
Israel
50
Jordan
3
Syria
2
Turkey
19
Oceania
45
Australia
35
Periods of
activity
17th century
2
18th century
20
19th century
82
1800s
8
1810s
10
1820s
11
1830s
11
1840s
14
1850s
13
1860s
21
1870s
32
1880s
34
1890s
60
20th century
1195
1900s
88
1910s
143
1920s
215
1930s
274
1940s
296
1950s
368
1960s
487
1970s
586
1980s
685
1990s
819
21st century
779
2000s
779
2010s
696
2020s
506
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
18
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
23
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE x Canada
9
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
7
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
7
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
11
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
44
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
163
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1972 | Israel
Hannan Abu-Hussein
1972 | Israel
Hannan Abu-Hussein
1972 | Israel
Hannan Abu-Hussein
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1963 | Egypt
Ghada Amer
1963 | Egypt
Ghada Amer
1918 — 1991 | Brazil
Judith Bacci
1959 | Brasil
Brígida Baltar
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1934 — 2023 | Algeria
Souhila Bel Bahar
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1941 | United States
Lynda Benglis
1844 — 1923 | France
Sarah Bernhardt
1962 | Brazil
Kássia Borges Mytara
1962 | Brazil
Kássia Borges Mytara
1840 — 1916 | France
Marie Bracquemond
1962 | Peru
Lastenia Canayo García (Pecón Quena)
1916 — 1985 | Argentina
Aída Zulema Carballo
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1928 — Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | 2014 — Croatia
Vera Dajht-Kralj
1928 — Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | 2014 — Croatia
Vera Dajht-Kralj
1928 — Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | 2014 — Croatia
Vera Dajht-Kralj
1885 — Australia | 1951 — France
Anne Dangar
1885 — Australia | 1951 — France
Anne Dangar
1964 | Hungary
Ágnes Eperjesi
1827 — 1888 | France
Éléonore Escallier
1827 — 1888 | France
Éléonore Escallier
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1924 — 2004 | Tunisia
Safia Farhat
1924 — 2004 | Tunisia
Safia Farhat
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1964 | China
WONG Lai-ching Fiona
1964 | China
WONG Lai-ching Fiona
1964 | China
WONG Lai-ching Fiona
1960 | Russia
Olga Florenskaïa
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Nechama Golan
1877 — 1967 | France
Geneviève Granger
1902 — Germany | 1998 — Israel
Hedwig Grossman Lehmann
1902 — Germany | 1998 — Israel
Hedwig Grossman Lehmann
1902 — Germany | 1998 — Israel
Hedwig Grossman Lehmann
1940 | United-States
Mary Heilmann
1940 | United-States
Mary Heilmann
1926 — 2012 | Iran
Mansoureh Hosseini
1926 — 2012 | Iran
Mansoureh Hosseini
1936 — 1997 | Nigeria
Josephine Ifueko Omigie
1936 — 1997 | Nigeria
Josephine Ifueko Omigie
1889 — 1970 | Peru
Elena Izcue
1889 — 1970 | Peru
Elena Izcue
1889 — 1970 | Peru
Elena Izcue
1923 — Lithuania | 2019 — United States
Aleksandra Kasuba
1923 — Lithuania | 2019 — United States
Aleksandra Kasuba
1910 — 1997 | Turkey
Füreya Koral
1902 — 1977 | Hungary
Margit Kovács
1902 — 1977 | Hungary
Margit Kovács
1902 — 1977 | Hungary
Margit Kovács
1876 — Austria | 1956 — Hungary
Elza Kövesházi Kalmár
1876 — Austria | 1956 — Hungary
Elza Kövesházi Kalmár
1876 — Austria | 1956 — Hungary
Elza Kövesházi Kalmár
1942 | United States
Joyce Kozloff
1942 | United States
Joyce Kozloff
1925 — 1984 | Nigeria
Ladi Kwali
1925 — 1984 | Nigeria
Ladi Kwali
1923 — 2006 | Ghana
Grace Salome Kwami
1892 — 1967 | Russia
Sarra Lébédéva
1892 — 1967 | Russia
Sarra Lébédéva
1967 | United States
Simone Leigh
1970 | Brazil
Lídia Lisboa
1946 | Philippines
Julie Lluch Dalena
1960 | France
Frédérique Lucien
1935 | South Africa
Esther Mahlangu
1942 | Italy
Anna Maria Maiolino
1942 | Italy
Anna Maria Maiolino
1942 | Italy
Anna Maria Maiolino
1902 — 1995 | Spain
Maruja Mallo
1902 — 1995 | Spain
Maruja Mallo
1902 — 1995 | Spain
Maruja Mallo
1912 — 1999 | United States
Barbara Maples
1959 | Australia
Linda Marrinon
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1936 | France
Claudine Monchaussé
1950 | Kenya
Magdalene Odundo
1950 | Kenya
Magdalene Odundo
1929 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — Israel
Gedula Ogen
1929 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — Israel
Gedula Ogen
1929 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — Israel
Gedula Ogen
1910 — 2012 | France
Lucile Passavant
1910 — 2012 | France
Lucile Passavant
1910 — 2012 | France
Lucile Passavant
1913 — Argentina | 1982 — France
Alicia Penalba
1913 — Argentina | 1982 — France
Alicia Penalba
1964 | France
Françoise Pétrovitch
1918 — South Korea | 2009 — France
Seund Ja Rhee
1918 — South Korea | 2009 — France
Seund Ja Rhee
1957 | France
Anne Rochette
1957 | France
Anne Rochette
1945 | Mozambique
Reinata Sadimba
1945 | Mozambique
Reinata Sadimba
1945 | Mozambique
Reinata Sadimba
1939 — Mandatory Palestine | 2018 — Israel
Siona Shimshi
1939 — Mandatory Palestine | 2018 — Israel
Siona Shimshi
1894 — 1966 | South Africa
Irma Stern
1894 — 1966 | South Africa
Irma Stern
1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic
Eva Švankmajerová
1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic
Eva Švankmajerová
1876 — 1960 | Denmark
Christine Swane
1876 — 1960 | Denmark
Christine Swane
1876 — 1960 | Denmark
Christine Swane
1960 | France
Nathalie Talec
1973 | Netherland
Jennifer Tee
1973 | Netherland
Jennifer Tee
1927 — Italy | 1995 — Venezuela
Tecla Tofano
1927 — Italy | 1995 — Venezuela
Tecla Tofano
1921 — 2004 | United States
Anne Truitt
1921 — 2004 | United States
Anne Truitt
1932 — 2022 | Japan
Asuka Tsuboi
1932 — 2022 | Japan
Asuka Tsuboi
1932 — 2022 | Japan
Asuka Tsuboi
1908 — Syria | 2005 — Jordan
Madiha Umar
1908 — Syria | 2005 — Jordan
Madiha Umar
1908 — Syria | 2005 — Jordan
Madiha Umar
1954 | United Kingdom
Prue Venables
1954 | United Kingdom
Prue Venables
1954 | United Kingdom
Prue Venables
1952 | France
Françoise Vergier
1940 — 1993 | United States
Hannah Wilke
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
1921 — Iraq | 2015 — Israel
Claire Yaniv
1921 — Iraq | 2015 — Israel
Claire Yaniv
1921 — Iraq | 2015 — Israel
Claire Yaniv
1928 — Mandatory Palestine | 2010 — Israel
Ruth Zarfati Sterenshuss
1928 — Mandatory Palestine | 2010 — Israel
Ruth Zarfati Sterenshuss
1920 — 2002 | Vietnam
Điềm Phùng Thị
1920 — 2002 | Vietnam
Điềm Phùng Thị
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