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Fields
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
43
Lyrical abstraction
21
Kinetic art
11
Conceptual art
79
Art Deco
3
Art nouveau
6
Arte povera
2
Constructivism
18
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
42
Mail art
12
Minimalism
37
Nouveau Réalisme
6
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Postmodernism
8
Primitivism
6
Realism
36
Harlem Renaissance
4
Surrealism
52
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
115
Subjects
Abstraction
337
Allegory
105
Animals
161
Architecture
126
Autobiography
122
Self-portrait
171
Political issues
345
Social classes
80
Women's status
299
Consumerism
85
Human body
412
Cosmos
43
Colour
212
Dance
78
Discriminations
150
Documentary
119
Ecology
73
Writing
161
Childhood
106
Eroticism
76
Public space
82
Fantasy & dreams
84
Feminism
297
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
150
War & conflicts
142
History
266
Art history & museum
65
Identity
200
Industry
29
Intimacy
103
Irony
59
Language
89
Light
81
Machine & technology
33
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
111
Media
64
Memory
195
Human migration
95
Fashion & clothing
66
Death
71
Music
63
Myths, tales & legends
94
Nation
53
Nature
235
Still life
150
Food
20
Nude
152
Landscape
286
Urban landscape
148
Spatial perception
23
Portrait
399
Postcolonialism
99
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
67
Romantic relationships
44
Religion & spirituality
179
Domestic scene
110
Science
49
Sexuality
129
Entertainment
55
Time
29
Traditions
227
Work
78
Domestic work
78
Vegetal
159
Everyday life
276
Old age
30
Violence
141
Travel
75
Mediums
Applied arts
206
Jewellery & silverware
19
Ceramic
76
Costumes
37
Decor
57
Medal
7
Furniture
18
Mosaic
15
Stained glass
15
Graphic arts
772
Poster
35
Watercolour
182
Collage
202
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
507
Engraving & etching
224
Illustration
97
Artist book
84
Pastel & wax
105
Journal
26
Screen printing
71
Audiovisual
339
Film
123
Digital
50
Sound
76
Video
238
Installation
480
Accumulation
86
Assemblage
224
Environment
135
Light installation
44
[Modes]
124
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
110
Monumental
127
Painting
767
Acrylic
157
Mural
35
Gouache
95
Oil
441
Tempera
28
Performance
227
Photography
412
Analogue photography
236
Digital photography
93
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
431
Concrete & cement
31
Wood
110
Bronze
93
Wax
17
Marble
25
Metal
131
Paper & cardboard
25
Stone
43
Plastic
47
Resin
32
Clay
94
Glass
25
Textile
204
Embroidery
72
Sewing
45
Weaving
58
Countries
Africa
89
Gabon
1
Nigeria
15
Tunisia
7
Central America and the Caribbean
38
France (Antilles)
7
Curaçao
3
Guatemala
3
North America
362
Canada
25
United States
316
Mexico
30
South America
99
Argentina
31
Brazil
28
Chile
8
Venezuela
5
Asia
171
Bangladesh
2
Japan
50
Philippines
10
Russia
32
Thailand
4
Vietnam
5
Europe
730
Germany
112
Austria
17
Belgium
20
Denmark
12
Spain
40
Estonia
13
France
359
Greece
4
Hungary
39
Italy
48
Lithuania
7
Norway
13
Poland
28
Czech Republic
12
Romania
9
United Kingdom
99
Serbia
4
Slovakia
3
Sweden
9
Switzerland
35
Middle East
96
Iran
6
Israel
50
Turkey
18
Oceania
45
Australia
35
Periods of
activity
17th century
1
18th century
18
1760s
11
1770s
13
1780s
10
19th century
78
1820s
9
1830s
9
1840s
12
1850s
12
1860s
20
1870s
31
1880s
34
1890s
60
20th century
1192
1900s
88
1910s
143
1920s
215
1930s
274
1940s
296
1950s
367
1960s
484
1970s
583
1980s
682
1990s
817
21st century
777
2000s
777
2010s
695
2020s
506
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
18
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
23
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE x Canada
9
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
7
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
11
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
44
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
163
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1939 — Bangladesh | 2015 — France
Novera Ahmed
1939 — Bangladesh | 2015 — France
Novera Ahmed
1939 — Bangladesh | 2015 — France
Novera Ahmed
1949 | Philippines
Agnes Arellano
1949 | Philippines
Agnes Arellano
1931 — 1998 | Guatemala
Margarita Azurdia
1931 — 1998 | Guatemala
Margarita Azurdia
1918 — 1991 | Brazil
Judith Bacci
1959 | Brasil
Brígida Baltar
1936 — Czech Republic | 1996 — Slovakia
Mária Bartuszová
1936 — Czech Republic | 1996 — Slovakia
Mária Bartuszová
1941 | United States
Lynda Benglis
1934 | Belgium
Marianne Berenhaut
1844 — 1923 | France
Sarah Bernhardt
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1974 | Belgium
Aline Bouvy
1974 | Belgium
Aline Bouvy
1974 | Belgium
Aline Bouvy
1900 — 1995 | United States
Selma Hortense Burke
1900 — 1995 | United States
Selma Hortense Burke
1939 — 2015 | United States
Rosemarie Castoro
1933 — 2013 | Greece
Chryssa
1933 — 2013 | Greece
Chryssa
1864 — 1943 | France
Camille Claudel
1864 — 1943 | France
Camille Claudel
1896 — Romania | 1985 — France
Irina Codreanu (Irène Codreano)
1896 — Romania | 1985 — France
Irina Codreanu (Irène Codreano)
1748 — 1821 | France
Marie-Anne Collot
1748 — 1821 | France
Marie-Anne Collot
1748 — 1821 | France
Marie-Anne Collot
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1929 — 1989 | United States
Jay DeFeo
1929 — 1989 | United States
Jay DeFeo
1929 — 1989 | United States
Jay DeFeo
1942 | Argentina
Diana Dowek
1922 — 2019 | Iran
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
1922 — 2019 | Iran
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
1801 — 1886 | Italy
Félicie de Fauveau
1801 — 1886 | Italy
Félicie de Fauveau
1911 — Denmark | 1984 — France
Sonja Ferlov Mancoba
1911 — Denmark | 1984 — France
Sonja Ferlov Mancoba
1924 — Czech Republic | 2006 — France
Ruth Francken
1924 — Czech Republic | 2006 — France
Ruth Francken
1956 | Germany
Katharina Fritsch
1948 | Germany
Isa Genzken
1864 — 1927 | Russia
Anna Goloubkina
1864 — 1927 | Russia
Anna Goloubkina
1877 — 1967 | France
Geneviève Granger
1939 — 1995 | United States
Nancy Graves
1939 — 1995 | United States
Nancy Graves
1939 — 1995 | United States
Nancy Graves
1945 — 2022 | Argentina
Graciela Gutiérrez Marx
1945 — 2022 | Argentina
Graciela Gutiérrez Marx
1915 — 1999 | Curaçao
May Henriquez
1915 — 1999 | Curaçao
May Henriquez
1915 — 1999 | Curaçao
May Henriquez
1908 — Ukraine | 1958 — Poland
Maria Jarema
1908 — Ukraine | 1958 — Poland
Maria Jarema
1922 — 2014 | Serbia
Olga Jevrić
1909 — 1981 | Martinique, France
Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou
1909 — 1981 | Martinique, France
Marie-Thérèse Julien Lung-Fou
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
1892 — 1967 | Russia
Sarra Lébédéva
1892 — 1967 | Russia
Sarra Lébédéva
1882 — Poland | 1973 — France
Sarah Lipska
1882 — Poland | 1973 — France
Sarah Lipska
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1962 | United Kingdom
Sarah Lucas
1960 | France
Frédérique Lucien
1942 | Italy
Anna Maria Maiolino
1942 | Italy
Anna Maria Maiolino
1942 | Italy
Anna Maria Maiolino
1966 | Italia
Eva Marisaldi
1930 — France | 2016 — United States
Marisol Escobar (dite Marisol)
1930 — France | 2016 — United States
Marisol Escobar (dite Marisol)
1959 | Australia
Linda Marrinon
1907 — 1969 | United Kingdom
Mary Martin
1926 — 2019 | Italy
Marisa Merz
1926 — 2019 | Italy
Marisa Merz
1964 | Gabon
Myriam Mihindou
1964 | Gabon
Myriam Mihindou
1911 — Chile | 1952 — France
Juana Muller
1911 — Chile | 1952 — France
Juana Muller
1965 | Tunisia
Asma M’Naouar
1965 | Tunisia
Asma M’Naouar
1929 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — Israel
Gedula Ogen
1929 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — Israel
Gedula Ogen
1929 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — Israel
Gedula Ogen
1938 | Nigeria
Elizabeth Olowu
1910 — 2012 | France
Lucile Passavant
1910 — 2012 | France
Lucile Passavant
1910 — 2012 | France
Lucile Passavant
1947 — 2013 | Estonia
Anu Põder
1947 — 2013 | Estonia
Anu Põder
1941 | France
Anne Poirier
1941 | France
Anne Poirier
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1885 — Turkey | 1954 — United Sates
Mihri Rasim
1885 — Turkey | 1954 — United Sates
Mihri Rasim
1885 — Turkey | 1954 — United Sates
Mihri Rasim
1928 — 2013 | Australia
Norma Redpath
1928 — 2013 | Australia
Norma Redpath
1928 — 2013 | Australia
Norma Redpath
1957 | France
Anne Rochette
1957 | France
Anne Rochette
1901 — Chili | 1972 — Chile
Laura Rodig Pizarro
1901 — Chili | 1972 — Chile
Laura Rodig Pizarro
1892 — 1962 | United States
Augusta Savage
1892 — 1962 | United States
Augusta Savage
1892 — 1962 | United States
Augusta Savage
1955 | Israel
Iris Sara Schiller
1955 | Israel
Iris Sara Schiller
1934 — Germany | 2021 — France
Irmgard Sigg
1959 | United States
Jessica Stockholder
1959 | United States
Jessica Stockholder
1958 | United States
Renee Stout
1958 | United States
Renee Stout
1926 — Poland | 1973 — France
Alina Szapocznikow
1926 — Poland | 1973 — France
Alina Szapocznikow
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1925 — 2019 | Norway
Aase Texmon Rygh
1925 — 2019 | Norway
Aase Texmon Rygh
1925 — 2019 | Norway
Aase Texmon Rygh
1962 | France
Agnès Thurnauer
1973 | Brazil
Clarissa Tossin
1973 | Brazil
Clarissa Tossin
1877 — 1968 | United States
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
1877 — 1968 | United States
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
1952 | France
Françoise Vergier
1911 — Switzerland | 1990 — France
Isabelle Waldberg
1911 — Switzerland | 1990 — France
Isabelle Waldberg
1911 — Switzerland | 1990 — France
Isabelle Waldberg
1963 | United Kingdom
Rachel Whiteread
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
1920 — 2002 | Vietnam
Điềm Phùng Thị
1920 — 2002 | Vietnam
Điềm Phùng Thị
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