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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1335
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
44
Lyrical abstraction
21
Appropriationism
5
Conceptual art
79
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
8
Dada
6
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Fluxus
8
Futurism
9
Impressionism
11
Land art
10
Neo-expressionism
6
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
13
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Primitivism
6
Rayonism
3
Realism
36
Socialist Realism
9
Harlem Renaissance
4
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
52
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
118
Subjects
Abstraction
348
Allegory
108
Animals
166
Architecture
126
Autobiography
127
Self-portrait
179
Body positivity
11
Political issues
362
Social classes
86
Women's status
306
Consumerism
87
Human body
424
Cosmos
45
Colour
214
Dance
80
Discriminations
154
Documentary
123
Ecology
78
Writing
165
Childhood
111
Eroticism
76
Public space
85
Fantasy & dreams
85
Feminism
301
Party & nightlife
37
Geometry
151
War & conflicts
147
History
271
Art history & museum
67
Identity
206
Industry
31
Intimacy
103
Irony
60
Games & toys
15
Language
90
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
113
Memory
203
Human migration
98
Fashion & clothing
66
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
64
Myths, tales & legends
95
Nation
54
Nature
245
Still life
152
Food
20
Nude
155
Landscape
294
Urban landscape
153
Spatial perception
24
Portrait
416
Postcolonialism
102
Advertisement
49
Racism
71
Romantic relationships
45
Religion & spirituality
188
Domestic scene
110
Science
50
Sexuality
129
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Time
29
Traditions
231
Work
81
Domestic work
80
Drag
28
Vegetal
161
Everyday life
278
Old age
30
Violence
142
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
16
Travel
77
Mediums
Applied arts
209
Jewellery & silverware
20
Ceramic
77
Costumes
37
Decor
59
Furniture
19
Mosaic
17
Stained glass
16
Graphic arts
782
Poster
36
Watercolour
185
Collage
204
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
513
Engraving & etching
226
Artist book
84
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Screen printing
71
Audiovisual
348
Film
126
Digital
54
Sound
77
Video
241
Installation
484
Accumulation
87
Assemblage
226
Environment
136
Light installation
45
[Modes]
125
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
110
Monumental
128
Painting
786
Acrylic
162
Mural
35
Gouache
96
Oil
452
Tempera
30
Performance
230
Photography
418
Analogue photography
239
Digital photography
96
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
438
Wood
111
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Marble
28
Metal
132
Paper & cardboard
25
Stone
45
Plastic
47
Plaster
79
Resin
32
Clay
96
Textile
210
Embroidery
74
Sewing
46
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
60
Countries
Africa
91
South Africa
12
Egypt
13
Nigeria
15
Tunisia
7
Central America and the Caribbean
39
Cuba
10
Haiti
5
North America
369
Canada
25
United States
322
Mexico
31
South America
102
Argentina
31
Bolivia
2
Brazil
29
Chile
8
Colombia
7
Peru
7
Uruguay
5
Venezuela
5
Asia
179
China
27
Japan
54
Russia
33
Europe
750
Germany
113
Austria
18
Belgium
20
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Denmark
12
Spain
40
Estonia
13
France
368
Italy
51
Norway
13
Netherlands
34
Poland
29
Czech Republic
12
Romania
9
United Kingdom
100
Slovakia
3
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
12
Middle East
102
Iran
6
Israel
51
Lebanon
19
Turkey
19
Oceania
46
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
1
17th century
3
18th century
20
19th century
83
1820s
11
1830s
11
1840s
14
1850s
13
1860s
22
1870s
33
1880s
35
1890s
61
20th century
1216
1900s
90
1910s
145
1920s
217
1930s
277
1940s
301
1950s
376
1960s
498
1970s
598
1980s
698
1990s
835
21st century
793
2000s
793
2010s
707
2020s
514
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
20
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
27
— 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
8
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
9
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
46
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
167
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)
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
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)
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
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
Zilia Sánchez
1926 | Cuba
Zilia Sánchez
1926 | Cuba
Zilia Sánchez
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
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
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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