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Fields
Architecture
2
Visual arts
1388
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Kinetic art
13
Conceptual art
83
Art Deco
3
Art nouveau
6
Bauhaus
12
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
9
Expressionism
36
Fauvism
5
Futurism
9
Land art
11
Mail art
12
Neo-expressionism
6
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
14
Op art
5
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Primitivism
6
Rayonism
3
Socialist Realism
9
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
55
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
120
Subjects
Abstraction
366
Adolescence
11
Allegory
122
Animals
172
Architecture
131
Autobiography
132
Self-portrait
189
Body positivity
13
Political issues
379
Social classes
92
Women's status
318
Consumerism
90
Human body
445
Cosmos
52
Colour
225
Dance
80
Discriminations
158
Documentary
129
Ecology
81
Writing
175
Childhood
114
Eroticism
81
Public space
89
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
310
Party & nightlife
37
Geometry
154
War & conflicts
153
History
282
Art history & museum
72
Identity
217
Industry
32
Intimacy
108
Irony
64
Games & toys
17
Language
90
Light
86
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
117
Memory
210
Human migration
101
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
100
Nation
55
Nature
259
Still life
155
Nude
162
Landscape
304
Urban landscape
154
Spatial perception
28
Visual perception
51
Portrait
431
Postcolonialism
107
Advertisement
49
Racism
74
Romantic relationships
47
Religion & spirituality
198
Domestic scene
114
Science
53
Sexuality
133
Entertainment
57
Traditions
238
Work
83
Domestic work
82
Drag
28
Vegetal
168
Everyday life
290
Old age
31
Violence
145
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
78
Mediums
Applied arts
219
Jewellery & silverware
21
Ceramic
82
Costumes
38
Medal
8
Furniture
19
Mosaic
20
Stained glass
17
Graphic arts
813
Poster
37
Watercolour
191
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
532
Engraving & etching
231
Illustration
105
Artist book
89
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Screen printing
74
Audiovisual
354
Film
128
Digital
57
Video
246
Installation
502
Accumulation
93
Assemblage
239
Environment
140
Light installation
47
[Modes]
130
Ephemeral
29
Site-specific
117
Monumental
130
Painting
826
Acrylic
163
Mural
38
Gouache
98
Oil
471
Tempera
31
Performance
240
Photography
422
Analogue photography
240
Digital photography
98
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
453
Wood
116
Bronze
96
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
136
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
47
Plastic
48
Plaster
82
Resin
33
Clay
98
Glass
28
Textile
216
Embroidery
75
Sewing
46
Weaving
64
Countries
Africa
96
Algeria
12
Nigeria
18
Senegal
4
Central America and the Caribbean
42
France (Antilles)
7
North America
377
Canada
26
United States
330
Mexico
31
South America
105
Argentina
31
Brazil
29
Asia
196
India
16
Japan
63
Malaysia
5
Uzbekistan
2
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Europe
778
Germany
115
Austria
19
Belarus
3
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
Spain
40
Estonia
16
France
381
Greece
5
Hungary
41
Ireland
5
Italy
54
Latvia
3
North Macedonia
4
Poland
29
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
13
United Kingdom
104
Sweden
10
Switzerland
37
Ukraine
12
Middle East
108
Iran
6
Oceania
48
Australia
38
Papua New Guinea
1
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
6
18th century
21
19th century
89
1800s
9
1810s
11
1820s
12
1830s
13
1840s
15
1890s
64
20th century
1262
1900s
94
1910s
152
1920s
226
1930s
288
1940s
313
1950s
392
1960s
522
1970s
620
1980s
724
1990s
866
21st century
819
2000s
819
2010s
730
2020s
533
Programmes
— + 1
23
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
18
— 18th-Century Women Artists
25
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
24
— 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
3
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
12
— Les architectes
1
— 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
173
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1935 | Italy
Camilla Adami
1935 | Italy
Camilla Adami
1899 — Germany | 1994 — United States
Anni Albers
1899 — Germany | 1994 — United States
Anni Albers
1899 — Germany | 1994 — United States
Anni Albers
1938 — United Kingdom | 2021 — Australia
Georgina Beier
1938 — United Kingdom | 2021 — Australia
Georgina Beier
1938 — United Kingdom | 2021 — Australia
Georgina Beier
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1933 — 2023 | Algeria
Djamila Bent Mohamed
1957 | Canada
Dominique Blain
1973 | Bulgaria
Rada Boukova
1973 | Bulgaria
Rada Boukova
1930 | Croatia (before Yugoslavia)
Jagoda Buić
1930 | Croatia (before Yugoslavia)
Jagoda Buić
1930 | Croatia (before Yugoslavia)
Jagoda Buić
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1881 — 1967 | France
Germaine Casse
1881 — 1967 | France
Germaine Casse
1881 — 1967 | France
Germaine Casse
1967 | Senegal
Fatou Kiné Diakhaté
1893 — Russia | 1937 — Kazakhstan
Vera Ermolaeva
1893 — Russia | 1937 — Kazakhstan
Vera Ermolaeva
1893 — Russia | 1937 — Kazakhstan
Vera Ermolaeva
1882 — Poland | 1949 — France
Alexandra Exter
1882 — Poland | 1949 — France
Alexandra Exter
1882 — Poland | 1949 — France
Alexandra Exter
1940 — 2024 | Philippines
Brenda Fajardo
1922 — 2019 | Iran
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
1922 — 2019 | Iran
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
1881 — Russia | 1962 — France
Natalia Gontcharova
1881 — Russia | 1962 — France
Natalia Gontcharova
1939 — 1995 | United States
Nancy Graves
1939 — 1995 | United States
Nancy Graves
1939 — 1995 | United States
Nancy Graves
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1934 | United States
Sheila Hicks
1885 — 1948 | Sweden
Sigrid Hjertén
1885 — 1948 | Sweden
Sigrid Hjertén
1885 — 1948 | Sweden
Sigrid Hjertén
1887 — 1968 | France
Valentine Hugo
1971 | Malaysia
Yee I-Lann
1971 | Malaysia
Yee I-Lann
1908 — Ukraine | 1958 — Poland
Maria Jarema
1908 — Ukraine | 1958 — Poland
Maria Jarema
1967 | Uzbekistan
Dilyara Kaipova
1959 | Estonia
Kai Kaljo
1936 | United States
Barbara Kasten
1933 | Hungary
Ilona Keserű
1898 — Russia | 1951 — Poland
Katarzyna Kobro
1898 — Russia | 1951 — Poland
Katarzyna Kobro
1876 — Austria | 1956 — Hungary
Elza Kövesházi Kalmár
1876 — Austria | 1956 — Hungary
Elza Kövesházi Kalmár
1876 — Austria | 1956 — Hungary
Elza Kövesházi Kalmár
1910 — 1993 | France
Jacqueline Lamba
1883 — 1956 | France
Marie Laurencin
1883 — 1956 | France
Marie Laurencin
1883 — 1956 | France
Marie Laurencin
1892 — 1967 | Russia
Sarra Lébédéva
1892 — 1967 | Russia
Sarra Lébédéva
1882 — Poland | 1973 — France
Sarah Lipska
1882 — Poland | 1973 — France
Sarah Lipska
1946 — 2012 | Brazil
Maria Lídia Magliani
1946 — 2012 | Brazil
Maria Lídia Magliani
1934 — Italy | 2010 — France
Milvia Maglione
1866 — 1932 | France
Jacqueline Marval
1900 — Latvia | 1975 — Estonia
Natalie Mei
1889 — Latvia | 1953 — Russia
Vera Moukhina
1889 — Latvia | 1953 — Russia
Vera Moukhina
1889 — Latvia | 1953 — Russia
Vera Moukhina
1932 | Japan
Fujiko Nakaya
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1923 — Hungary | 2008 — France
Marta Pan
1923 — Hungary | 2008 — France
Marta Pan
1923 — Hungary | 2008 — France
Marta Pan
1886 — 1952 | Russia
Véra Pestel
1886 — 1952 | Russia
Véra Pestel
1951 | Morocco
Chantal Petit (dite chantalpetit)
1951 | Morocco
Chantal Petit (dite chantalpetit)
1964 | France
Françoise Pétrovitch
1889 — 1924 | Russia
Lioubov Popova
1889 — 1924 | Russia
Lioubov Popova
1958 | Ireland
Kathy Prendergast
1942 — Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 2003 — Czech Republic
Zorka Ságlová
1942 — Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 2003 — Czech Republic
Zorka Ságlová
1930 — France | 2002 — United States
Niki de Saint Phalle
1930 — France | 2002 — United States
Niki de Saint Phalle
1930 — France | 2002 — United States
Niki de Saint Phalle
1940 | Senegal
Younousse Seye
1940 | Senegal
Younousse Seye
1945 | India
Nilima Sheikh
1945 | India
Nilima Sheikh
1894 — Lithuania | 1958 — Russia
Varvara Stepanova
1894 — Lithuania | 1958 — Russia
Varvara Stepanova
1871 — 1944 | United States
Florine Stettheimer
1871 — 1944 | United States
Florine Stettheimer
1923 | Canada
Françoise Sullivan
1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic
Eva Švankmajerová
1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic
Eva Švankmajerová
1910 — 2012 | United States
Dorothea Tanning
1910 — 2012 | United States
Dorothea Tanning
1908 — Spain | 1963 — Mexico
Remedios Varo
1908 — Spain | 1963 — Mexico
Remedios Varo
1908 — Spain | 1963 — Mexico
Remedios Varo
1909 — Hungary | 1990 — France
Klára Spinner, dite Claire Vasarely
1909 — Hungary | 1990 — France
Klára Spinner, dite Claire Vasarely
1884 — Russia | 1957 — France
Marie Vassilieff
1884 — Russia | 1957 — France
Marie Vassilieff
1969 | United States
Kara Walker
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
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