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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1335
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
44
Lyrical abstraction
21
Academic art
10
Conceptual art
79
Naïve art
12
Arte povera
2
Bauhaus
11
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Impressionism
11
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
New Objectivity
13
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Postmodernism
8
Primitivism
6
Purisme
2
Realism
36
Surrealism
52
[Artist collectives]
118
Subjects
Abstraction
348
Adolescence
11
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
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
151
War & conflicts
147
History
271
Art history & museum
67
Identity
206
Intimacy
103
Irony
60
Games & toys
15
Language
90
Light
83
Machine & technology
33
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
113
Mathematics
10
Media
64
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
Visual perception
44
Portrait
416
Postcolonialism
102
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
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
Illustration
98
Artist book
84
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
Sculpture
438
Wood
111
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Metal
132
Paper & cardboard
25
Stone
45
Plastic
47
Plaster
79
Resin
32
Clay
96
Glass
27
Textile
210
Embroidery
74
Sewing
46
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
60
Countries
Africa
91
Algeria
12
Benin
1
Nigeria
15
Senegal
4
Central America and the Caribbean
39
France (Antilles)
7
Haiti
5
North America
369
Canada
25
United States
322
Mexico
31
South America
102
Argentina
31
Brazil
29
Chile
8
Colombia
7
Venezuela
5
Asia
179
China
27
India
15
Japan
54
Uzbekistan
2
Russia
33
Thailand
4
Europe
750
Germany
113
Austria
18
Belgium
20
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
Denmark
12
Spain
40
France
368
Greece
5
Hungary
39
Italy
51
Lithuania
7
Norway
13
Netherlands
34
Poland
29
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
12
Romania
9
United Kingdom
100
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
12
Middle East
102
Iran
6
Israel
51
Lebanon
19
Turkey
19
Oceania
46
Australia
36
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
1
17th century
3
18th century
20
1740s
7
1750s
8
1760s
13
1770s
14
1780s
11
1790s
11
19th century
83
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
1935 | Italy
Camilla Adami
1935 | Italy
Camilla Adami
1925 — Lebanon | 2021 — France
Etel Adnan
1925 — Lebanon | 2021 — France
Etel Adnan
1925 — Lebanon | 2021 — France
Etel Adnan
1899 — Argentina | 1991 — United Kingdom
Eileen Agar
1899 — Argentina | 1991 — United Kingdom
Eileen Agar
1972 | United Kingdom
Alice Anderson
1956 | Switzerland
Silvia Bächli
1956 | Switzerland
Silvia Bächli
1941 | United States
Jennifer Bartlett
1858 — Ukraine | 1884 — France
Marie Bashkirtseff
1858 — Ukraine | 1884 — France
Marie Bashkirtseff
1848 — Spain | 1924 — France
Amélie Beaury-Saurel
1855 — 1942 | United States
Cecilia Beaux
1971 | France
Julie Bessard
1971 | France
Julie Bessard
1971 | France
Julie Bessard
1854 — Poland (now Ukraine) | 1893 — Poland
Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz
1854 — Poland (now Ukraine) | 1893 — Poland
Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz
1962 | India
Sutapa Biswas
1962 | India
Sutapa Biswas
1962 | India
Sutapa Biswas
1881 — Spain | 1932 — France
María Blanchard
1881 — Spain | 1932 — France
María Blanchard
1934 — Germany | 2023 — Italy
Irma Blank
1934 — Germany | 2023 — Italy
Irma Blank
1928 — 2017 | France
Pierrette Bloch
1752 — 1794 | France
Anne-Rosalie Bocquet Filleul
1820 — Italy | 1904 — France
Mathilde Létizia Wilhelmine Bonaparte
1820 — Italy | 1904 — France
Mathilde Létizia Wilhelmine Bonaparte
1959 — Chili | 1994 — Germany
Lorenza Böttner
1959 — Chili | 1994 — Germany
Lorenza Böttner
1904 — Indonesia | 1971 — France
Christine Boumeester
1904 — Indonesia | 1971 — France
Christine Boumeester
1904 — Indonesia | 1971 — France
Christine Boumeester
1962 | United-Kingdom
Sonia Boyce
1856 — Germany | 1927 — France
Louise Breslau
1856 — Germany | 1927 — France
Louise Breslau
1856 — Germany | 1927 — France
Louise Breslau
1969 | United Kingdom
Cecily Brown
1969 | United Kingdom
Cecily Brown
1927 | France
Colette Brunschwig
1927 | France
Colette Brunschwig
1942 — 2008 | Argentina
Mildred Burton
1942 — 2008 | Argentina
Mildred Burton
1949 | Switzerland
Miriam Cahn
1844 — United States | 1926 — France
Mary Cassatt
1844 — United States | 1926 — France
Mary Cassatt
1899 — 1986 | Denmark
Franciska Clausen
1899 — 1986 | Denmark
Franciska Clausen
1896 — Romania | 1985 — France
Irina Codreanu (Irène Codreano)
1896 — Romania | 1985 — France
Irina Codreanu (Irène Codreano)
1973 | France
Anne-Lise Coste (Uruk)
1973 | France
Anne-Lise Coste (Uruk)
1973 | France
Anne-Lise Coste (Uruk)
1964 | France
Dominique De Beir
1964 | France
Dominique De Beir
1860 — 1957 | France
Gabrielle Debillemont-Chardon
1940 — 2012 | Argentina
Mirtha Dermisache
1898 — Austria | 1944 — Poland
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis
1898 — Austria | 1944 — Poland
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis
1898 — Austria | 1944 — Poland
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis
1840 — 1926 | France
Victoria Dubourg
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1955 — Iran | 1996 — France
Chohreh Feyzdjou
1955 — Iran | 1996 — France
Chohreh Feyzdjou
1932 | Italy
Giosetta Fioroni
1932 | Italy
Giosetta Fioroni
1964 | Australia
Fiona Foley
1943 | France
Monique Frydman
1965 | Senegal
Pélagie Gbaguidi
1965 | Senegal
Pélagie Gbaguidi
1953 | Israel
Tamar Getter
1953 | Israel
Tamar Getter
1946 | China
Wang Gongyi
1946 | China
Wang Gongyi
1847 — 1883 | France
Eva Gonzalès
1938 | Colombia
Beatriz González
1938 | Colombia
Beatriz González
1923 — 2008 | Canada
Betty Goodwin
1953 | United States
April Gornik
1953 | United States
April Gornik
1953 | United States
April Gornik
1895 — 1993 | Hungary
Margit Gráber
1895 — 1993 | Hungary
Margit Gráber
1895 — 1993 | Hungary
Margit Gráber
1953 | United States
Joanne Greenbaum
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
1971 | Uzbekistan
Anna Ivanova
1969 | United States
Chantal Joffe
1972 | Lebanon
Lamia Joreige
1972 | Lebanon
Lamia Joreige
1967 | Uzbekistan
Dilyara Kaipova
1955 | United States
Karen Kilimnik
1856 — 1942 | United States
Anna Elizabeth Klumpke
1856 — 1942 | United States
Anna Elizabeth Klumpke
1894 — 1973 | Bulgaria
Donka Ilieva Konstantinova
1894 — 1973 | Bulgaria
Donka Ilieva Konstantinova
1892 — Poland | 1966 — France
Jeanne Kosnick-Kloss
1892 — Poland | 1966 — France
Jeanne Kosnick-Kloss
1892 — Poland | 1966 — France
Jeanne Kosnick-Kloss
1900 — 1981 | Italy
Bice Lazzari
1900 — 1981 | Italy
Bice Lazzari
1845 — 1928 | France
Madeleine Lemaire (Jeanne Magdelaine Lemaire, dite)
1845 — 1928 | France
Madeleine Lemaire (Jeanne Magdelaine Lemaire, dite)
1928 — 2021 | Canada
Rita Letendre
1928 — 2021 | Canada
Rita Letendre
1928 — 2021 | Canada
Rita Letendre
1882 — Poland | 1973 — France
Sarah Lipska
1882 — Poland | 1973 — France
Sarah Lipska
1930 — 1999 | United States
Lee Lozano
1930 — 1999 | United States
Lee Lozano
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
1926 — 2019 | Italy
Marisa Merz
1926 — 2019 | Italy
Marisa Merz
1954 | France
Marie Morel
1908 — Ottoman Empire (today North Macedonia) | 1996 — Bulgaria
Vera Todorova Nedkova
1908 — Ottoman Empire (today North Macedonia) | 1996 — Bulgaria
Vera Todorova Nedkova
1910 — 2005 | France
Aurélie Nemours
1853 — 1933 | Norway
Asta Elise Jacobine Nørregaard
1853 — 1933 | Norway
Asta Elise Jacobine Nørregaard
1853 — 1933 | Norway
Asta Elise Jacobine Nørregaard
1943 | Brazil
Ana Maria Pacheco
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1946 | United Kingdom
Judy Pfaff
1946 | United Kingdom
Judy Pfaff
1885 — Russia | 1963 — Germany
Alexandra Povórina
1885 — Russia | 1963 — Germany
Alexandra Povórina
1885 — Russia | 1963 — Germany
Alexandra Povórina
1904 — France | 1987 — Mexico
Alice Rahon
1904 — France | 1987 — Mexico
Alice Rahon
1918 — 2015 | Italy
Carol Rama
1885 — Turkey | 1954 — United Sates
Mihri Rasim
1885 — Turkey | 1954 — United Sates
Mihri Rasim
1885 — Turkey | 1954 — United Sates
Mihri Rasim
1935 — Portugal | 2022 — Great Britain
Paula Rego
1935 — Portugal | 2022 — Great Britain
Paula Rego
1943 | Mexico
Edda Renouf
1943 | Mexico
Edda Renouf
1943 | Mexico
Edda Renouf
1932 | Canada
Dorothea Rockburne
1932 | Canada
Dorothea Rockburne
1932 | Canada
Dorothea Rockburne
1883 — Austria-Hungary (Croatia) | 1964 — Yugoslavia (Croatia)
Nasta Rojc
1883 — Austria-Hungary (Croatia) | 1964 — Yugoslavia (Croatia)
Nasta Rojc
1883 — Austria-Hungary (Croatia) | 1964 — Yugoslavia (Croatia)
Nasta Rojc
1913 — Nowadays Ukraine | 2004 — Poland
Erna Rosenstein
1913 — Nowadays Ukraine | 2004 — Poland
Erna Rosenstein
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1961 | Thailand
Pinaree Sanpitak
1961 | Thailand
Pinaree Sanpitak
1924 — 1966 | Japan
Saori Akutagawa (Madokoro)
1924 — 1966 | Japan
Saori Akutagawa (Madokoro)
1924 — 1966 | Japan
Saori Akutagawa (Madokoro)
1939 — 1988 | Japan
Sayako Kishimoto
1939 — 1988 | Japan
Sayako Kishimoto
1926 — 2014 | Czech Republic
Adriena Šimotová
1906 — Russian Empire (now Lithuania) | 1998 — Lithuania
Veronika Šleivytė
1906 — Russian Empire (now Lithuania) | 1998 — Lithuania
Veronika Šleivytė
1906 — Russian Empire (now Lithuania) | 1998 — Lithuania
Veronika Šleivytė
1897 — Germany | 1983 — Switzerland
Gunta Stölzl
1897 — Germany | 1983 — Switzerland
Gunta Stölzl
1897 — Germany | 1983 — Switzerland
Gunta Stölzl
1932 — 2005 | Japan
Atsuko Tanaka
1956 | United States
Nomi Tannhauser
1956 | United States
Nomi Tannhauser
1956 | United States
Nomi Tannhauser
1894 — Moravia (now Czech Republic) | 1980 — Israel
Anna Ticho
1894 — Moravia (now Czech Republic) | 1980 — Israel
Anna Ticho
1894 — Moravia (now Czech Republic) | 1980 — Israel
Anna Ticho
1900 — 1981 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mileva Todorović
1900 — 1981 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mileva Todorović
1732 — 1803 | Netherlands
Sara Troost
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
1952 | France
Françoise Vergier
1969 | United States
Kara Walker
1935 | United States
Kay WalkingStick
1935 | United States
Kay WalkingStick
1935 | United States
Kay WalkingStick
1959 | Australia
Judy Watson
1959 | Australia
Judy Watson
1959 | Australia
Judy Watson
1937 | New Zealand
Marilynn Webb
1957 | United States
Emmi Whitehorse
1957 | United States
Emmi Whitehorse
1957 | United States
Emmi Whitehorse
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
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