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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1361
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Kinetic art
13
Conceptual art
81
Art Deco
3
Art nouveau
6
Bauhaus
12
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
8
Expressionism
36
Fauvism
5
Futurism
9
Land art
10
Mail art
12
Neo-expressionism
6
Nouveau Réalisme
6
Op art
5
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Primitivism
6
Rayonism
3
Socialist Realism
9
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
54
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
119
Subjects
Abstraction
357
Adolescence
11
Allegory
112
Animals
167
Architecture
127
Autobiography
128
Self-portrait
182
Body positivity
13
Political issues
370
Social classes
89
Women's status
312
Consumerism
88
Human body
435
Cosmos
48
Colour
221
Dance
80
Discriminations
157
Documentary
126
Ecology
78
Writing
169
Childhood
114
Eroticism
78
Public space
87
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
306
Party & nightlife
37
Geometry
154
War & conflicts
149
History
278
Identity
210
Industry
31
Intimacy
106
Irony
60
Games & toys
16
Language
90
Light
84
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
116
Memory
207
Human migration
100
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Music
65
Myths, tales & legends
96
Nation
55
Nature
250
Still life
153
Nude
158
Landscape
298
Urban landscape
153
Spatial perception
27
Visual perception
48
Portrait
421
Postcolonialism
107
Advertisement
49
Racism
74
Romantic relationships
45
Religion & spirituality
192
Domestic scene
110
Science
52
Sexuality
132
Entertainment
57
Traditions
233
Work
82
Domestic work
81
Drag
28
Vegetal
163
Everyday life
284
Old age
31
Violence
145
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
77
Mediums
Applied arts
214
Jewellery & silverware
21
Ceramic
79
Costumes
37
Medal
8
Furniture
19
Mosaic
18
Stained glass
17
Graphic arts
797
Poster
37
Watercolour
187
Collage
206
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
524
Engraving & etching
229
Illustration
102
Artist book
86
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Screen printing
74
Audiovisual
350
Film
126
Digital
56
Video
242
Installation
492
Accumulation
92
Assemblage
230
Environment
138
Light installation
46
[Modes]
126
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
112
Monumental
128
Painting
807
Acrylic
163
Mural
36
Gouache
98
Oil
462
Tempera
31
Performance
234
Photography
421
Analogue photography
240
Digital photography
97
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
443
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
Weaving
62
Countries
Africa
93
Algeria
12
Senegal
4
Central America and the Caribbean
42
France (Antilles)
7
North America
372
Canada
25
United States
325
Mexico
31
South America
102
Argentina
31
Brazil
29
Asia
190
India
16
Japan
59
Malaysia
5
Uzbekistan
2
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Europe
761
Germany
113
Austria
18
Belarus
2
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
Spain
40
Estonia
13
France
375
Greece
5
Hungary
41
Ireland
5
Italy
53
Latvia
3
North Macedonia
4
Poland
29
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
12
United Kingdom
101
Sweden
10
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
12
Middle East
106
Iran
6
Oceania
47
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
1890s
62
20th century
1238
1900s
92
1910s
146
1920s
220
1930s
281
1940s
306
1950s
382
1960s
509
1970s
609
1980s
712
1990s
850
21st century
805
2000s
805
2010s
718
2020s
523
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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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
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
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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