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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1364
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
359
Adolescence
11
Allegory
113
Animals
167
Architecture
127
Autobiography
130
Self-portrait
183
Political issues
371
Social classes
90
Women's status
313
Consumerism
88
Human body
436
Cosmos
48
Colour
221
Dance
80
Discriminations
157
Ecology
78
Writing
171
Childhood
114
Eroticism
79
Public space
87
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
307
Geometry
154
War & conflicts
150
History
278
Art history & museum
67
Identity
211
Industry
31
Intimacy
107
Irony
60
Language
90
Light
84
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
116
Media
64
Memory
208
Human migration
100
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
65
Myths, tales & legends
96
Nation
55
Nature
252
Still life
153
Food
20
Nude
159
Landscape
300
Urban landscape
153
Spatial perception
28
Visual perception
49
Portrait
422
Postcolonialism
107
Advertisement
49
Racism
74
Romantic relationships
46
Religion & spirituality
192
Domestic scene
110
Science
53
Sexuality
132
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Traditions
233
Work
82
Domestic work
81
Drag
28
Vegetal
163
Everyday life
284
Old age
31
Violence
145
Travel
78
Mediums
Applied arts
214
Jewellery & silverware
21
Costumes
37
Decor
61
Medal
8
Furniture
19
Mosaic
18
Stained glass
17
Graphic arts
800
Poster
37
Watercolour
187
Collage
207
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
527
Engraving & etching
229
Illustration
102
Artist book
86
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Screen printing
74
Audiovisual
351
Film
127
Digital
56
Sound
77
Video
243
Installation
493
Accumulation
92
Assemblage
231
Environment
139
Light installation
46
[Modes]
128
Ephemeral
27
Site-specific
114
Monumental
129
Painting
810
Acrylic
163
Mural
36
Gouache
98
Oil
463
Performance
236
Photography
421
Analogue photography
240
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
445
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
214
Embroidery
75
Sewing
46
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
63
Countries
Africa
94
South Africa
12
Algeria
12
Egypt
13
Ghana
5
Kenya
3
Mozambique
2
Nigeria
17
Tunisia
8
Central America and the Caribbean
42
Jamaica
5
North America
374
United States
327
South America
103
Argentina
31
Brazil
29
Ecuador
1
Peru
7
Venezuela
5
Asia
191
China
27
South Korea
8
Japan
60
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Vietnam
7
Europe
763
Germany
113
Austria
18
Belgium
20
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
Denmark
12
Spain
40
France
376
Greece
5
Hungary
41
Lithuania
7
Netherlands
34
Czech Republic
12
United Kingdom
102
Switzerland
36
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
86
1800s
8
1810s
10
1820s
11
1830s
12
1840s
15
1850s
14
1860s
24
1870s
35
1880s
36
1890s
63
20th century
1241
1900s
93
1910s
147
1920s
220
1930s
281
1940s
306
1950s
382
1960s
511
1970s
611
1980s
714
1990s
852
21st century
807
2000s
807
2010s
720
2020s
525
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
24
— 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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