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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1361
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Outsider art
4
Kinetic art
13
Conceptual art
81
Naïve art
12
Bauhaus
12
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
8
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Fauvism
5
Fluxus
8
Futurism
9
Minimalism
37
New Objectivity
13
Op art
5
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postminimalism
7
Primitivism
6
Purisme
2
Rayonism
3
Realism
36
Socialist Realism
9
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
54
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
119
Subjects
Abstraction
357
Allegory
111
Animals
167
Architecture
127
Autobiography
128
Self-portrait
181
Political issues
370
Social classes
89
Women's status
311
Consumerism
88
Human body
434
Cosmos
47
Colour
221
Dance
80
Discriminations
157
Ecology
78
Writing
169
Childhood
114
Eroticism
78
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
306
Party & nightlife
37
Geometry
154
War & conflicts
149
History
277
Art history & museum
67
Homophobia
14
Identity
209
Industry
31
Intimacy
105
Irony
60
Games & toys
16
Language
90
Light
84
Machine & technology
33
Magic & esotericism
8
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
115
Mathematics
10
Media
64
Memory
206
Human migration
100
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
65
Myths, tales & legends
96
Nature
251
Still life
153
Nude
157
Landscape
299
Urban landscape
153
Spatial perception
27
Visual perception
48
Portrait
421
Postcolonialism
107
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
74
Romantic relationships
45
Religion & spirituality
192
Domestic scene
110
Science
52
Sexuality
132
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Time
29
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
Ceramic
79
Costumes
37
Decor
61
Furniture
19
Mosaic
18
Stained glass
17
Graphic arts
798
Poster
37
Watercolour
187
Collage
206
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
525
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
[Modes]
126
Site-specific
112
Monumental
128
Painting
807
Acrylic
163
Mural
36
Oil
461
Tempera
31
Performance
234
Photography
421
Analogue photography
240
Photomontage
72
Sculpture
443
Concrete & cement
32
Wood
113
Bronze
95
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
Egypt
13
Morocco
4
Central America and the Caribbean
42
Cuba
11
Haiti
6
North America
372
United States
325
Mexico
31
South America
102
Argentina
31
Brazil
29
France (French Guiana)
2
Uruguay
5
Asia
190
China
27
Indonesia
8
Japan
60
Pakistan
3
Russia
33
Europe
761
Germany
113
Austria
18
Belarus
2
Belgium
20
Denmark
12
Spain
40
France
375
Hungary
41
Italy
53
Latvia
3
North Macedonia
4
Moldova
2
Norway
13
Poland
29
Portugal
8
United Kingdom
101
Sweden
10
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
12
Middle East
106
Iran
6
Israel
51
Jordan
4
Syria
3
Turkey
19
Oceania
47
Australia
37
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
6
18th century
20
19th century
86
1840s
15
1850s
14
1860s
24
1870s
35
1880s
36
1890s
63
20th century
1238
1900s
93
1910s
147
1920s
220
1930s
281
1940s
306
1950s
382
1960s
509
1970s
609
1980s
712
1990s
849
21st century
804
2000s
804
2010s
717
2020s
522
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
23
— 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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1899 — Argentina | 1991 — United Kingdom
Eileen Agar
1899 — Argentina | 1991 — United Kingdom
Eileen Agar
1899 — Germany | 1994 — United States
Anni Albers
1899 — Germany | 1994 — United States
Anni Albers
1899 — Germany | 1994 — United States
Anni Albers
1903 — Poland | 2000 — Germany
Gertrud Arndt
1903 — Poland | 2000 — Germany
Gertrud Arndt
1940 — 2015 | Spain
Elena Asins
1940 — 2015 | Spain
Elena Asins
1940 — 2015 | Spain
Elena Asins
1956 | Switzerland
Silvia Bächli
1956 | Switzerland
Silvia Bächli
1908 — 2004 | Spain
Francis Bartolozzi (Pitti)
1908 — 2004 | Spain
Francis Bartolozzi (Pitti)
1908 — 2004 | Spain
Francis Bartolozzi (Pitti)
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
1956 — 1999 | Turkey
Deniz Bilgin
1956 — 1999 | Turkey
Deniz Bilgin
1956 — 1999 | Turkey
Deniz Bilgin
1854 — Poland (now Ukraine) | 1893 — Poland
Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz
1854 — Poland (now Ukraine) | 1893 — Poland
Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz
1820 — Italy | 1904 — France
Mathilde Létizia Wilhelmine Bonaparte
1820 — Italy | 1904 — France
Mathilde Létizia Wilhelmine Bonaparte
1938 — 1966 | United Kingdom
Pauline Boty
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1906 — 1999 | United Kingdom
Emmy Bridgwater
1906 — 1999 | United Kingdom
Emmy Bridgwater
1969 | United Kingdom
Cecily Brown
1969 | United Kingdom
Cecily Brown
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1920 — 1988 | Brazil
Lygia Clark
1920 — 1988 | Brazil
Lygia Clark
1899 — 1986 | Denmark
Franciska Clausen
1899 — 1986 | Denmark
Franciska Clausen
1885 — Australia | 1951 — France
Anne Dangar
1885 — Australia | 1951 — France
Anne Dangar
1860 — 1957 | France
Gabrielle Debillemont-Chardon
1882 — Poland | 1949 — France
Alexandra Exter
1882 — Poland | 1949 — France
Alexandra Exter
1882 — Poland | 1949 — France
Alexandra Exter
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1955 — Iran | 1996 — France
Chohreh Feyzdjou
1955 — Iran | 1996 — France
Chohreh Feyzdjou
1917 — 2015 | Uruguay
María Freire
1946 | China
Wang Gongyi
1946 | China
Wang Gongyi
1881 — Russia | 1962 — France
Natalia Gontcharova
1881 — Russia | 1962 — France
Natalia Gontcharova
1877 — Russia | 1913 — Finland
Elena Gouro
1877 — Russia | 1913 — Finland
Elena Gouro
1953 | United States
Joanne Greenbaum
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1939 — 2019 | United States
Barbara Hammer
1855 — 1931 | Norway
Frida Hansen
1855 — 1931 | Norway
Frida Hansen
1855 — 1931 | Norway
Frida Hansen
1936 — Germany | 1970 — United States
Eva Hesse
1920 — 1960 | Australia
Joy Hester
1920 — 1960 | Australia
Joy Hester
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1929 — 1970 | Ukraine
Alla Horska
1929 — 1970 | Ukraine
Alla Horska
1929 — 1970 | Ukraine
Alla Horska
1926 — 2012 | Iran
Mansoureh Hosseini
1926 — 2012 | Iran
Mansoureh Hosseini
1814 — Spain | 1884 — United Kingdom
Georgiana Houghton
1933 — United States | 2022 — Germany
Dorothy Iannone
1902 — 1955 | Mexico
María Izquierdo
1908 — Ukraine | 1958 — Poland
Maria Jarema
1908 — Ukraine | 1958 — Poland
Maria Jarema
1876 — United Kingdom | 1939 — France
Gwen John
1876 — United Kingdom | 1939 — France
Gwen John
1876 — United Kingdom | 1939 — France
Gwen John
1905 — Moldova | 1990 — France
Ida Karskaya
1905 — Moldova | 1990 — France
Ida Karskaya
1905 — Moldova | 1990 — France
Ida Karskaya
1889 — 1943 | Norway
Ragnhild Keyser
1889 — 1943 | Norway
Ragnhild Keyser
1889 — 1943 | Norway
Ragnhild Keyser
1904 — Belarus | 1982 — France
Nadia Khodossiévitch-Léger
1904 — Belarus | 1982 — France
Nadia Khodossiévitch-Léger
1904 — Belarus | 1982 — France
Nadia Khodossiévitch-Léger
1898 — Prussia (now Pasłęk, Poland) | 1993 — Sweden
Lotte Laserstein
1898 — Prussia (now Pasłęk, Poland) | 1993 — Sweden
Lotte Laserstein
1900 — 1981 | Italy
Bice Lazzari
1900 — 1981 | Italy
Bice Lazzari
1971 | French Guiana
Nathalie Leroy Fiévée
1882 — Poland | 1973 — France
Sarah Lipska
1882 — Poland | 1973 — France
Sarah Lipska
1960 | France
Frédérique Lucien
1902 — 1995 | Spain
Maruja Mallo
1902 — 1995 | Spain
Maruja Mallo
1902 — 1995 | Spain
Maruja Mallo
1912 — 1999 | United States
Barbara Maples
1928 | Hungary
Anna Mark
1928 | Hungary
Anna Mark
1948 — Cuba | 1985 — United States
Ana Mendieta
1948 — Cuba | 1985 — United States
Ana Mendieta
1924 — Hungary | 2023 — France
Vera Molnár
1924 — Hungary | 2023 — France
Vera Molnár
1889 — Latvia | 1953 — Russia
Vera Moukhina
1889 — Latvia | 1953 — Russia
Vera Moukhina
1889 — Latvia | 1953 — Russia
Vera Moukhina
1956 | Syria
Laila Muraywid
1956 | Syria
Laila Muraywid
1956 | Syria
Laila Muraywid
1966 — 2006 | Indonesia
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih
1966 — 2006 | Indonesia
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih
1898 — Egypt | 1974 — France
Amy Nimr
1898 — Egypt | 1974 — France
Amy Nimr
1898 — Egypt | 1974 — France
Amy Nimr
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1900 — 1982 | United States
Betty Parsons
1900 — 1982 | United States
Betty Parsons
1886 — 1952 | Russia
Véra Pestel
1886 — 1952 | Russia
Véra Pestel
1889 — 1924 | Russia
Lioubov Popova
1889 — 1924 | Russia
Lioubov Popova
1904 — France | 1987 — Mexico
Alice Rahon
1904 — France | 1987 — Mexico
Alice Rahon
1908 — 1989 | France
Marie Raymond
1908 — 1989 | France
Marie Raymond
1908 — 1989 | France
Marie Raymond
1904 — China | 1991 — France
Colette Richarme
1904 — China | 1991 — France
Colette Richarme
1904 — China | 1991 — France
Colette Richarme
1985 — United States | 1970 — Mexico
Rosa Rolanda (Rosemonde Cowan)
1985 — United States | 1970 — Mexico
Rosa Rolanda (Rosemonde Cowan)
1985 — United States | 1970 — Mexico
Rosa Rolanda (Rosemonde Cowan)
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1917 — Germany | 1943 — Poland
Charlotte Salomon
1885 — 1963 | United Kingdom
Helen Saunders
1939 — 1988 | Japan
Sayako Kishimoto
1939 — 1988 | Japan
Sayako Kishimoto
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1962 | France
Anne-Marie Schneider
1962 | France
Anne-Marie Schneider
1884 — Ukraine | 1967 — France
Zinaida Serebriakova
1884 — Ukraine | 1967 — France
Zinaida Serebriakova
1875 — 1949 | Japan
Shōen Uemura
1944 | Jerusalem
Suha Shoman
1944 | Jerusalem
Suha Shoman
1969 | Pakistan
Shahzia Sikander
1969 | Pakistan
Shahzia Sikander
1935 — 1974 | Brazil
Maria Auxiliadora da Silva
1898 — Russian Empire (today Ukraine) | 1984 — Soviet Union
Maria Siniakova
1929 — 2015 | Norway
Inger Sitter
1929 — 2015 | Norway
Inger Sitter
1929 — 2015 | Norway
Inger Sitter
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 — Lithuania | 1958 — Russia
Varvara Stepanova
1894 — Lithuania | 1958 — Russia
Varvara Stepanova
1924 — 2019 | United States
May Stevens
1924 — 2019 | United States
May Stevens
1933 — 2013 | Austria
Ceija Stojka
1929 — 2004 | Morocco
Chaïbia Talal
1929 — 2004 | Morocco
Chaïbia Talal
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1922 — Mandatory Palestine | 1989 — Israel
Aviva Uri
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
1896 — 1983 | United States
Charmion von Wiegand
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1897 — Poland | 1949 — United States
Teresa Żarnowerówna (Teresa Żarnower)
1897 — Poland | 1949 — United States
Teresa Żarnowerówna (Teresa Żarnower)
1903 — 1985 | China
GUAN Zilan (Violet Kwan)
1903 — 1985 | China
GUAN Zilan (Violet Kwan)
1965 | United States
Andrea Zittel
1965 | United States
Andrea Zittel
1916 — Germany | 1970 — France
Unica Zürn
1916 — Germany | 1970 — France
Unica Zürn
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