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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1357
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Lyrical abstraction
22
Outsider art
4
Conceptual art
81
Art Deco
3
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Postconceptual art
6
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Impressionism
11
Minimalism
37
Postimpressionism
14
Postminimalism
7
Postmodernism
8
Realism
36
Surrealism
54
[Artist collectives]
119
Subjects
Abstraction
357
Adolescence
11
Allegory
110
Animals
167
Architecture
127
Autobiography
128
Self-portrait
181
Political issues
368
Social classes
88
Women's status
310
Consumerism
88
Human body
432
Cosmos
46
Colour
220
Dance
80
Discriminations
157
Ecology
78
Writing
168
Childhood
112
Eroticism
78
Public space
87
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
305
Geometry
154
War & conflicts
148
History
275
Art history & museum
67
Identity
208
Industry
31
Intimacy
105
Irony
60
Language
90
Light
84
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
114
Media
64
Memory
205
Human migration
99
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
65
Myths, tales & legends
96
Nation
54
Nature
249
Still life
153
Food
20
Nude
157
Landscape
296
Urban landscape
153
Spatial perception
27
Visual perception
48
Portrait
420
Postcolonialism
106
Advertisement
49
Racism
74
Romantic relationships
45
Religion & spirituality
192
Domestic scene
110
Science
52
Sexuality
132
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Traditions
232
Work
82
Domestic work
81
Drag
28
Vegetal
162
Everyday life
283
Old age
31
Violence
144
Travel
77
Mediums
Applied arts
212
Jewellery & silverware
20
Costumes
37
Decor
60
Medal
8
Furniture
19
Mosaic
18
Stained glass
17
Graphic arts
795
Poster
37
Watercolour
187
Collage
206
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
523
Engraving & etching
229
Illustration
101
Artist book
85
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Screen printing
74
Audiovisual
350
Film
126
Digital
56
Sound
77
Video
242
Installation
491
Accumulation
92
Assemblage
230
Environment
138
Light installation
46
[Modes]
126
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
112
Monumental
128
Painting
803
Acrylic
162
Mural
36
Gouache
98
Oil
460
Performance
234
Photography
421
Analogue photography
240
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
443
Concrete & cement
32
Wood
113
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
133
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
46
Plastic
47
Plaster
81
Resin
32
Clay
97
Glass
27
Textile
213
Embroidery
75
Sewing
46
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
62
Countries
Africa
92
South Africa
12
Algeria
12
Egypt
13
Ghana
5
Kenya
3
Mozambique
2
Nigeria
16
Tunisia
7
Central America and the Caribbean
41
Jamaica
4
North America
372
United States
325
South America
102
Argentina
31
Brazil
29
Ecuador
1
Peru
7
Venezuela
5
Asia
187
China
27
South Korea
8
Japan
59
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Vietnam
6
Europe
760
Germany
113
Austria
18
Belgium
20
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
Denmark
12
Spain
40
France
374
Greece
5
Hungary
41
Lithuania
7
Netherlands
34
Czech Republic
12
United Kingdom
101
Switzerland
35
Middle East
106
Irak
4
Iran
6
Israel
51
Jordan
4
Syria
3
Turkey
19
Oceania
47
Australia
37
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
6
18th century
20
19th century
85
1800s
8
1810s
10
1820s
11
1830s
12
1840s
15
1850s
14
1860s
23
1870s
34
1880s
35
1890s
62
20th century
1234
1900s
92
1910s
146
1920s
219
1930s
279
1940s
305
1950s
381
1960s
507
1970s
607
1980s
710
1990s
848
21st century
803
2000s
803
2010s
716
2020s
521
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
22
— 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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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
1919 — Kingdom of Hungary (Czech Republic) | 1994 — France
Vera Székely
1919 — Kingdom of Hungary (Czech Republic) | 1994 — France
Vera Székely
1919 — Kingdom of Hungary (Czech Republic) | 1994 — France
Vera Székely
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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