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Fields
Architecture
9
Decorative arts & design
3
Visual arts
1441
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Appropriationism
5
Kinetic art
14
Conceptual art
85
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Bauhaus
13
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
9
Dada
6
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
44
Fluxus
8
Futurism
9
Impressionism
12
Land art
12
Member of a collective
112
Neo-expressionism
6
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
14
Op art
5
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Primitivism
6
Rayonism
3
Realism
37
Harlem Renaissance
4
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
55
Symbolism
13
Subjects
Abstraction
372
Allegory
132
Animals
181
Architecture
140
Autobiography
135
Self-portrait
198
Body positivity
14
Political issues
397
Social classes
107
Women's status
333
Consumerism
93
Human body
468
Cosmos
56
Colour
232
Dance
80
Discriminations
162
Documentary
137
Ecology
88
Writing
178
Childhood
119
Eroticism
83
Public space
101
Fantasy & dreams
87
Feminism
317
Party & nightlife
37
Geography
17
Geometry
158
War & conflicts
158
History
293
Art history & museum
76
Identity
225
Industry
32
Intimacy
118
Irony
65
Games & toys
18
Language
90
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
42
Maternity
120
Memory
217
Human migration
104
Fashion & clothing
68
Modernity
34
Death
74
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nation
56
Nature
281
Still life
160
Food
22
Nude
167
Landscape
320
Urban landscape
167
Spatial perception
30
Portrait
453
Postcolonialism
110
Advertisement
51
Racism
75
Romantic relationships
47
Religion & spirituality
205
Domestic scene
117
Science
55
Sexuality
135
Entertainment
58
Sport
15
Time
30
Traditions
244
Work
86
Domestic work
85
Drag
28
Vegetal
180
Everyday life
303
Aging
34
Violence
148
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
80
Mediums
Objects
224
Jewellery
15
Ceramic
86
Furniture
21
Fashion
13
Graphic arts
833
Poster
38
Watercolour
195
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
547
Engraving & etching
234
Artist book
90
Pastel & wax
111
Journal
26
Screen printing
76
Performing arts
35
Costume
39
Set design
60
Dolls & puppets
11
Audiovisual
362
Film
132
Digital
58
Sound
81
Video
253
Concepts
28
Curating
11
Critical writing
12
Space & installation
522
Accumulation
98
Assemblage
247
Environment
145
Light installation
48
Mosaic
20
Stained glass
18
[Modes]
136
Ephemeral
30
Site-specific
119
Monumental
133
Painting
862
Acrylic
170
Mural
42
Gouache
100
Oil
502
Miniature
7
Tempera
34
Performance
245
Photography
434
Analogue photography
250
Digital photography
101
Photomontage
73
Historical techniques
30
Sculpture
466
Cement & concrete
35
Wood
119
Bronze
99
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
140
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
48
Plastic
48
Plaster
84
Resin
33
Clay
99
Textile
212
Embroidery
75
Sewing
39
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
66
Countries
Africa
102
South Africa
13
Egypt
14
Nigeria
18
Tunisia
9
Central America and the Caribbean
42
Cuba
11
Haiti
6
North America
387
Canada
26
United States
339
Mexico
32
South America
108
Argentina
31
Bolivia
2
Brazil
30
Chile
10
Colombia
9
Peru
7
Uruguay
5
Venezuela
5
Asia
212
China
27
India
17
Japan
69
Russia
33
Europe
810
Germany
116
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Denmark
23
Spain
40
Estonia
16
France
388
Hungary
41
Italy
60
Norway
13
Netherlands
34
Poland
31
Czech Republic
13
Romania
9
United Kingdom
106
Slovakia
3
Switzerland
37
Ukraine
13
Middle East
110
Iran
6
Israel
51
Jordan
4
Lebanon
22
Turkey
19
Oceania
49
Australia
39
New Zealand
11
Papua New Guinea
1
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
8
18th century
25
19th century
103
1820s
14
1830s
14
1840s
17
1850s
16
1860s
28
1870s
42
1880s
45
1890s
73
20th century
1301
1900s
102
1910s
160
1920s
232
1930s
293
1940s
317
1950s
396
1960s
538
1970s
640
1980s
745
1990s
893
21st century
850
2000s
849
2010s
755
2020s
555
Programmes
— + 1
24
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
21
— 18th-Century Women Artists
28
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
33
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
30
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE & MACBA
7
— AWARE x Canada
9
— AWARE x Luxembourg
4
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Common Ground
4
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
14
— Les architectes
7
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
10
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Photographers from Japan
5
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
48
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
177
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
1853 — 1927 | France
Louise Abbéma
1885 — 1969 | France
Lou Albert-Lasard
1937 — 2020 | United States
Emma Amos
1908 — 1970 | New Zealand
Rita Angus
1872 — 1937 | France
Jane Atché (dite Jal)
1799 — 1871 | United Kingdom
Anna Atkins
1911 | China
LIANG Baibo
1908 — Spain | 1994 — Germany
Manuela Ballester Vilaseca
1872 — 1954 | France
Jeanne Bardey
1926 — Germany | 1987 — United States
Hannelore Baron
1970 | France
Virginie Barré
1908 — 2004 | Spain
Francis Bartolozzi (Pitti)
1938 — United Kingdom | 2021 — Australia
Georgina Beier
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1967 | Israel
Aya Ben Ron
1909 — Sweden | 1987 — France
Anna-Eva Bergman
1956 — 1999 | Turkey
Deniz Bilgin
1946 | Egypt
Anna Boghiguian
1904 — Indonesia | 1971 — France
Christine Boumeester
1926 — 2018 | Romania
Geta Brătescu
1942 — 2008 | Argentina
Mildred Burton
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1916 — 1985 | Argentina
Aída Zulema Carballo
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1916 — 2017 | Lebanon
Saloua Raouda Choucair
1951 | United Kingdom
Sue Coe
1897 — 1978 | Mexico
Lola Cueto
1952 | Israel
Nurit David
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
1924 — 2004 | Tunisia
Safia Farhat
1922 — 2019 | Iran
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
1932 | Italy
Giosetta Fioroni
1960 | Russia
Olga Florenskaïa
1872 — 1945 | United Kingdom
Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
1881 — United Kingdom | 1962 — Switzerland
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1881 — Russia | 1962 — France
Natalia Gontcharova
1909 — 1976 | France
Roberta González
1946 | Spain
Eulàlia Grau
1902 — Germany | 1998 — Israel
Hedwig Grossman Lehmann
1862 — Denmark | 1934 — Germany
Henriette Hahn-Brinckmann
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1895 — 1967 | Japan
Haruko Hasegawa
1929 — 1970 | Ukraine
Alla Horska
1887 — 1968 | France
Valentine Hugo
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1933 — United States | 2022 — Germany
Dorothy Iannone
1889 — 1970 | Peru
Elena Izcue
1905 — 1998 | United States
Lois Mailou Jones
1913 — 1991 | Japan
Yukiko (Yuki) Katsura
1918 — 1986 | United States
Corita Kent
1867 — Russia | 1945 — Germany
Käthe Kollwitz
1935 | Czech Republic
Alena Kučerová
1883 — 1956 | France
Marie Laurencin
1845 — 1928 | France
Madeleine Lemaire (Jeanne Magdelaine Lemaire, dite)
1960 | France
Frédérique Lucien
1934 | Nigeria
Theresa Luck-Akinwale
1946 — 2012 | Brazil
Maria Lídia Magliani
1889 — 1964 | Brazil
Anita Malfatti
1902 — 1995 | Spain
Maruja Mallo
1892 — Russia | 1984 — United Kingdom
Marevna
1912 — 2000 | Japon
Toshi Maruki
1900 — Latvia | 1975 — Estonia
Natalie Mei
1895 — Latvia | 1969 — Estonia
Kristine Mei
1921 — 2009 | Argentina
Ana María Moncalvo
1941 — 1980 | Estonia
Marju Mutsu
1907 — 1975 | Germany
Hanna Nagel
1963 | Slovakia
Ilona Németh
1893 — 1978 | Mexico
Nahui Olin
1919 — Bolivia | 1982 — United States
María Luisa Pacheco
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1951 | Morocco
Chantal Petit (dite chantalpetit)
1934 — Czechoslovakia | 1999 — Czech Republic
Naděžda Plíšková
1960 | Uruguay
Mary Porto Casas
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1902 — 1959 | France
Germaine Richier
1930 — 2024 | United States
Faith Ringgold
1901 — Chili | 1972 — Chile
Laura Rodig Pizarro
1886 — 1918 | Russia
Olga Rozanova
1930 — France | 2002 — United States
Niki de Saint Phalle
1926 — Cuba | 2024 — Puerto Rico
Zilia Sánchez
1945 — Jordan | 2022 — Lebanon
Mona Saudi
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1945 | India
Nilima Sheikh
1898 — Russian Empire (today Ukraine) | 1984 — Soviet Union
Maria Siniakova
1888 — Poland | 1965 — Germany
Renée Sintenis
1892 — 1966 | Russia
Antonina Sofronova
1908 — Ukraine | 1981 — France
Anna Staritsky
1894 — 1966 | South Africa
Irma Stern
1924 — 2019 | United States
May Stevens
1855 — Austria | 1927 — United-Kingdom
Marianne Stokes (née Maria Léopoldine Preindlsberger)
1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic
Eva Švankmajerová
1915 — 2010 | United States
Margaret Taylor Goss Burroughs
1920 — 2011 | Colombia
Lucy Tejada
1900 — 1981 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mileva Todorović
1921 — 2021 | Japan
Taeko Tomiyama
1876 — 1959 | Netherlands
Adya Van Rees
1909 — Hungary | 1990 — France
Klára Spinner, dite Claire Vasarely
1876 — 1918 | Spain
Lluïsa Vidal i Puig
1885 — 1940 | Denmark
Gerda Wegener
1887 — 1948 | United States
Laura Wheeler Waring
1928 — Mandatory Palestine | 2010 — Israel
Ruth Zarfati Sterenshuss
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