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Fields
Architecture
16
Decorative arts & design
5
Visual arts
1463
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Appropriationism
5
Kinetic art
14
Conceptual art
88
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Bauhaus
14
Constructivism
19
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
9
Dada
6
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
44
Fluxus
8
Futurism
9
Impressionism
13
Land art
12
Member of a collective
112
Neo-expressionism
6
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
14
Op art
5
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Primitivism
6
Rayonism
3
Realism
37
Harlem Renaissance
4
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
56
Symbolism
13
Subjects
Abstraction
375
Allegory
136
Animals
189
Architecture
142
Autobiography
139
Self-portrait
202
Body positivity
14
Political issues
408
Social classes
115
Women's status
342
Consumerism
96
Human body
479
Cosmos
58
Colour
232
Dance
81
Discriminations
165
Documentary
142
Ecology
98
Writing
182
Childhood
121
Eroticism
84
Public space
108
Fantasy & dreams
90
Feminism
328
Party & nightlife
37
Geography
18
Geometry
159
War & conflicts
159
History
297
Art history & museum
80
Identity
227
Industry
32
Intimacy
120
Irony
66
Games & toys
20
Language
92
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
43
Maternity
124
Memory
220
Human migration
106
Fashion & clothing
68
Modernity
34
Death
76
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nation
56
Nature
290
Still life
163
Food
23
Nude
170
Landscape
327
Urban landscape
173
Spatial perception
35
Portrait
458
Postcolonialism
112
Advertisement
52
Racism
76
Romantic relationships
49
Religion & spirituality
205
Domestic scene
118
Science
57
Sexuality
136
Entertainment
58
Sport
15
Time
31
Traditions
247
Work
86
Domestic work
89
Drag
28
Vegetal
184
Everyday life
312
Aging
35
Violence
150
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
82
Mediums
Objects
228
Jewellery
15
Ceramic
88
Furniture
22
Fashion
13
Graphic arts
847
Poster
40
Watercolour
199
Collage
213
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
557
Engraving & etching
238
Artist book
93
Pastel & wax
112
Journal
26
Screen printing
79
Performing arts
38
Costume
39
Set design
61
Dolls & puppets
12
Audiovisual
372
Film
135
Digital
60
Sound
84
Video
262
Concepts
37
Curating
11
Critical writing
15
Space & installation
539
Accumulation
101
Assemblage
252
Environment
149
Light installation
48
Mosaic
20
Stained glass
18
[Modes]
140
Ephemeral
31
Site-specific
121
Monumental
135
Painting
872
Acrylic
172
Mural
43
Gouache
100
Oil
510
Miniature
7
Tempera
34
Performance
250
Photography
438
Analogue photography
251
Digital photography
103
Photomontage
73
Historical techniques
30
Sculpture
474
Cement & concrete
35
Wood
120
Bronze
102
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
141
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
49
Plastic
48
Plaster
84
Resin
34
Clay
101
Textile
219
Embroidery
79
Sewing
40
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
69
Countries
Africa
103
South Africa
13
Egypt
14
Nigeria
18
Tunisia
9
Central America and the Caribbean
43
Cuba
11
Haiti
7
North America
392
Canada
27
United States
342
Mexico
33
South America
111
Argentina
33
Bolivia
2
Brazil
31
Chile
10
Colombia
9
Peru
7
Uruguay
5
Venezuela
5
Asia
220
China
27
India
18
Japan
70
Pakistan
6
Russia
33
Europe
826
Germany
117
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Denmark
24
Spain
41
Estonia
16
France
394
Hungary
42
Italy
64
Norway
13
Netherlands
35
Poland
32
Czech Republic
14
Romania
9
United Kingdom
107
Slovakia
3
Switzerland
38
Ukraine
13
Middle East
111
Iran
6
Israel
51
Jordan
4
Lebanon
23
Turkey
19
Oceania
50
Australia
40
New Zealand
11
Papua New Guinea
1
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
9
18th century
26
19th century
104
1820s
14
1830s
14
1840s
17
1850s
17
1860s
29
1870s
43
1880s
46
1890s
74
20th century
1324
1900s
102
1910s
160
1920s
233
1930s
297
1940s
321
1950s
402
1960s
547
1970s
654
1980s
764
1990s
913
21st century
868
2000s
867
2010s
769
2020s
568
Programmes
— + 1
28
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
22
— 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
9
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
14
— Les architectes
12
— 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
182
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1853 — 1927 | France
Louise Abbéma
1885 — 1969 | France
Lou Albert-Lasard
1885 — 1969 | France
Lou Albert-Lasard
1885 — 1969 | France
Lou Albert-Lasard
1937 — 2020 | United States
Emma Amos
1937 — 2020 | United States
Emma Amos
1937 — 2020 | United States
Emma Amos
1908 — 1970 | New Zealand
Rita Angus
1872 — 1937 | France
Jane Atché (dite Jal)
1872 — 1937 | France
Jane Atché (dite Jal)
1799 — 1871 | United Kingdom
Anna Atkins
1911 | China
LIANG Baibo
1911 | China
LIANG Baibo
1911 | China
LIANG Baibo
1908 — Spain | 1994 — Germany
Manuela Ballester Vilaseca
1908 — Spain | 1994 — Germany
Manuela Ballester Vilaseca
1908 — Spain | 1994 — Germany
Manuela Ballester Vilaseca
1872 — 1954 | France
Jeanne Bardey
1872 — 1954 | France
Jeanne Bardey
1926 — Germany | 1987 — United States
Hannelore Baron
1970 | France
Virginie Barré
1970 | France
Virginie Barré
1908 — 2004 | Spain
Francis Bartolozzi (Pitti)
1908 — 2004 | Spain
Francis Bartolozzi (Pitti)
1908 — 2004 | Spain
Francis Bartolozzi (Pitti)
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
1967 | Israel
Aya Ben Ron
1967 | Israel
Aya Ben Ron
1967 | Israel
Aya Ben Ron
1909 — Sweden | 1987 — France
Anna-Eva Bergman
1909 — Sweden | 1987 — France
Anna-Eva Bergman
1909 — Sweden | 1987 — France
Anna-Eva Bergman
1956 — 1999 | Turkey
Deniz Bilgin
1956 — 1999 | Turkey
Deniz Bilgin
1956 — 1999 | Turkey
Deniz Bilgin
1946 | Egypt
Anna Boghiguian
1946 | Egypt
Anna Boghiguian
1904 — Indonesia | 1971 — France
Christine Boumeester
1904 — Indonesia | 1971 — France
Christine Boumeester
1904 — Indonesia | 1971 — France
Christine Boumeester
1926 — 2018 | Romania
Geta Brătescu
1926 — 2018 | Romania
Geta Brătescu
1942 — 2008 | Argentina
Mildred Burton
1942 — 2008 | Argentina
Mildred Burton
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1916 — 1985 | Argentina
Aída Zulema Carballo
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1916 — 2017 | Lebanon
Saloua Raouda Choucair
1916 — 2017 | Lebanon
Saloua Raouda Choucair
1916 — 2017 | Lebanon
Saloua Raouda Choucair
1951 | United Kingdom
Sue Coe
1951 | United Kingdom
Sue Coe
1897 — 1978 | Mexico
Lola Cueto
1897 — 1978 | Mexico
Lola Cueto
1897 — 1978 | Mexico
Lola Cueto
1952 | Israel
Nurit David
1870 — 1919 | United States
Angel De Cora
1870 — 1919 | United States
Angel De Cora
1870 — 1919 | United States
Angel De Cora
1860 — 1957 | France
Gabrielle Debillemont-Chardon
1869 — 1937 | France
Clémentine-Hélène Dufau
1893 — Russia | 1937 — Kazakhstan
Vera Ermolaeva
1893 — Russia | 1937 — Kazakhstan
Vera Ermolaeva
1893 — Russia | 1937 — Kazakhstan
Vera Ermolaeva
1924 — 2004 | Tunisia
Safia Farhat
1924 — 2004 | Tunisia
Safia Farhat
1922 — 2019 | Iran
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
1922 — 2019 | Iran
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
1932 | Italy
Giosetta Fioroni
1932 | Italy
Giosetta Fioroni
1960 | Russia
Olga Florenskaïa
1872 — 1945 | United Kingdom
Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
1881 — United Kingdom | 1962 — Switzerland
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
1881 — United Kingdom | 1962 — Switzerland
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1881 — Russia | 1962 — France
Natalia Gontcharova
1881 — Russia | 1962 — France
Natalia Gontcharova
1909 — 1976 | France
Roberta González
1946 | Spain
Eulàlia Grau
1946 | Spain
Eulàlia Grau
1946 | Spain
Eulàlia Grau
1902 — Germany | 1998 — Israel
Hedwig Grossman Lehmann
1902 — Germany | 1998 — Israel
Hedwig Grossman Lehmann
1902 — Germany | 1998 — Israel
Hedwig Grossman Lehmann
1862 — Denmark | 1934 — Germany
Henriette Hahn-Brinckmann
1862 — Denmark | 1934 — Germany
Henriette Hahn-Brinckmann
1862 — Denmark | 1934 — Germany
Henriette Hahn-Brinckmann
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1895 — 1967 | Japan
Haruko Hasegawa
1895 — 1967 | Japan
Haruko Hasegawa
1929 — 1970 | Ukraine
Alla Horska
1929 — 1970 | Ukraine
Alla Horska
1929 — 1970 | Ukraine
Alla Horska
1887 — 1968 | France
Valentine Hugo
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1933 — United States | 2022 — Germany
Dorothy Iannone
1889 — 1970 | Peru
Elena Izcue
1889 — 1970 | Peru
Elena Izcue
1889 — 1970 | Peru
Elena Izcue
1905 — 1998 | United States
Lois Mailou Jones
1905 — 1998 | United States
Lois Mailou Jones
1905 — 1998 | United States
Lois Mailou Jones
1913 — 1991 | Japan
Yukiko (Yuki) Katsura
1913 — 1991 | Japan
Yukiko (Yuki) Katsura
1913 — 1991 | Japan
Yukiko (Yuki) Katsura
1918 — 1986 | United States
Corita Kent
1918 — 1986 | United States
Corita Kent
1867 — Russia | 1945 — Germany
Käthe Kollwitz
1867 — Russia | 1945 — Germany
Käthe Kollwitz
1935 | Czech Republic
Alena Kučerová
1883 — 1956 | France
Marie Laurencin
1883 — 1956 | France
Marie Laurencin
1883 — 1956 | France
Marie Laurencin
1845 — 1928 | France
Madeleine Lemaire (Jeanne Magdelaine Lemaire, dite)
1845 — 1928 | France
Madeleine Lemaire (Jeanne Magdelaine Lemaire, dite)
1955 | Argentina
Ana López
1955 | Argentina
Ana López
1960 | France
Frédérique Lucien
1934 | Nigeria
Theresa Luck-Akinwale
1934 | Nigeria
Theresa Luck-Akinwale
1934 | Nigeria
Theresa Luck-Akinwale
1946 — 2012 | Brazil
Maria Lídia Magliani
1946 — 2012 | Brazil
Maria Lídia Magliani
1889 — 1964 | Brazil
Anita Malfatti
1889 — 1964 | Brazil
Anita Malfatti
1902 — 1995 | Spain
Maruja Mallo
1902 — 1995 | Spain
Maruja Mallo
1902 — 1995 | Spain
Maruja Mallo
1892 — Russia | 1984 — United Kingdom
Marevna
1892 — Russia | 1984 — United Kingdom
Marevna
1892 — Russia | 1984 — United Kingdom
Marevna
1912 — 2000 | Japon
Toshi Maruki
1900 — Latvia | 1975 — Estonia
Natalie Mei
1895 — Latvia | 1969 — Estonia
Kristine Mei
1895 — Latvia | 1969 — Estonia
Kristine Mei
1921 — 2009 | Argentina
Ana María Moncalvo
1921 — 2009 | Argentina
Ana María Moncalvo
1921 — 2009 | Argentina
Ana María Moncalvo
1941 — 1980 | Estonia
Marju Mutsu
1907 — 1975 | Germany
Hanna Nagel
1907 — 1975 | Germany
Hanna Nagel
1963 | Slovakia
Ilona Németh
1893 — 1978 | Mexico
Nahui Olin
1893 — 1978 | Mexico
Nahui Olin
1919 — Bolivia | 1982 — United States
María Luisa Pacheco
1919 — Bolivia | 1982 — United States
María Luisa Pacheco
1919 — Bolivia | 1982 — United States
María Luisa Pacheco
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1951 | Morocco
Chantal Petit (dite chantalpetit)
1951 | Morocco
Chantal Petit (dite chantalpetit)
1934 — Czechoslovakia | 1999 — Czech Republic
Naděžda Plíšková
1934 — Czechoslovakia | 1999 — Czech Republic
Naděžda Plíšková
1960 | Uruguay
Mary Porto Casas
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1902 — 1959 | France
Germaine Richier
1902 — 1959 | France
Germaine Richier
1902 — 1959 | France
Germaine Richier
1930 — 2024 | United States
Faith Ringgold
1901 — Chili | 1972 — Chile
Laura Rodig Pizarro
1901 — Chili | 1972 — Chile
Laura Rodig Pizarro
1886 — 1918 | Russia
Olga Rozanova
1886 — 1918 | Russia
Olga Rozanova
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
1926 — Cuba | 2024 — Puerto Rico
Zilia Sánchez
1926 — Cuba | 2024 — Puerto Rico
Zilia Sánchez
1926 — Cuba | 2024 — Puerto Rico
Zilia Sánchez
1945 — Jordan | 2022 — Lebanon
Mona Saudi
1945 — Jordan | 2022 — Lebanon
Mona Saudi
1945 — Jordan | 2022 — Lebanon
Mona Saudi
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1945 | India
Nilima Sheikh
1945 | India
Nilima Sheikh
1898 — Russian Empire (today Ukraine) | 1984 — Soviet Union
Maria Siniakova
1888 — Poland | 1965 — Germany
Renée Sintenis
1892 — 1966 | Russia
Antonina Sofronova
1892 — 1966 | Russia
Antonina Sofronova
1908 — Ukraine | 1981 — France
Anna Staritsky
1908 — Ukraine | 1981 — France
Anna Staritsky
1908 — Ukraine | 1981 — France
Anna Staritsky
1894 — 1966 | South Africa
Irma Stern
1894 — 1966 | South Africa
Irma Stern
1924 — 2019 | United States
May Stevens
1924 — 2019 | United States
May Stevens
1855 — Austria | 1927 — United-Kingdom
Marianne Stokes (née Maria Léopoldine Preindlsberger)
1855 — Austria | 1927 — United-Kingdom
Marianne Stokes (née Maria Léopoldine Preindlsberger)
1855 — Austria | 1927 — United-Kingdom
Marianne Stokes (née Maria Léopoldine Preindlsberger)
1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic
Eva Švankmajerová
1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic
Eva Švankmajerová
1920 — 2011 | Colombia
Lucy Tejada
1920 — 2011 | Colombia
Lucy Tejada
1920 — 2011 | Colombia
Lucy Tejada
1900 — 1981 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mileva Todorović
1900 — 1981 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mileva Todorović
1921 — 2021 | Japan
Taeko Tomiyama
1876 — 1959 | Netherlands
Adya Van Rees
1876 — 1959 | Netherlands
Adya Van Rees
1876 — 1959 | Netherlands
Adya Van Rees
1909 — Hungary | 1990 — France
Klára Spinner, dite Claire Vasarely
1909 — Hungary | 1990 — France
Klára Spinner, dite Claire Vasarely
1876 — 1918 | Spain
Lluïsa Vidal i Puig
1876 — 1918 | Spain
Lluïsa Vidal i Puig
1876 — 1918 | Spain
Lluïsa Vidal i Puig
1885 — 1940 | Denmark
Gerda Wegener
1885 — 1940 | Denmark
Gerda Wegener
1887 — 1948 | United States
Laura Wheeler Waring
1887 — 1948 | United States
Laura Wheeler Waring
1928 — Mandatory Palestine | 2010 — Israel
Ruth Zarfati Sterenshuss
1928 — Mandatory Palestine | 2010 — Israel
Ruth Zarfati Sterenshuss
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