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Fields
Architecture
9
Decorative arts & design
3
Visual arts
1441
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Academic art
10
Appropriationism
5
Kinetic art
14
Conceptual art
85
Art Deco
3
Art nouveau
6
Digital art
18
Constructivism
18
Institutional critique
11
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
44
Fauvism
5
Hyperrealism
5
Member of a collective
112
Nouveau Réalisme
6
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Postmodernism
8
Primitivism
6
Realism
37
Socialist Realism
8
Harlem Renaissance
4
Surrealism
55
Symbolism
13
Subjects
Abstraction
372
Adolescence
11
Allegory
132
Animals
181
Architecture
140
Autobiography
135
Self-portrait
198
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
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
158
War & conflicts
158
History
293
Art history & museum
76
Identity
225
Industry
32
Intimacy
118
Irony
65
Language
90
Machine & technology
36
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
42
Maternity
120
Mathematics
10
Media
64
Memory
217
Human migration
104
Fashion & clothing
68
Death
74
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nation
56
Nature
281
Still life
160
Food
22
Nude
167
Landscape
320
Urban landscape
167
Visual perception
52
Portrait
453
Postcolonialism
110
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
51
Queer
28
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
Vegetal
180
Everyday life
303
Aging
34
Violence
148
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
80
Mediums
Objects
224
Jewellery
15
Ceramic
86
Medal
6
Furniture
21
Silverware
5
Graphic arts
833
Poster
38
Watercolour
195
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
547
Engraving & etching
234
Illustration
106
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
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
10
Space & installation
522
Accumulation
98
Assemblage
247
Environment
145
Mosaic
20
Stained glass
18
[Modes]
136
Ephemeral
30
Site-specific
119
Monumental
133
Painting
862
Acrylic
170
Mural
42
Gouache
100
Oil
502
Tempera
34
Performance
245
Photography
434
Analogue photography
250
Digital photography
101
Historical techniques
30
Sculpture
466
Cement & concrete
35
Wood
119
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
140
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
48
Plastic
48
Plaster
84
Resin
33
Clay
99
Glass
26
Textile
212
Embroidery
75
Sewing
39
Weaving
66
Countries
Africa
102
Egypt
14
Nigeria
18
Central America and the Caribbean
42
Curaçao
3
Jamaica
5
North America
387
United States
339
Mexico
32
South America
108
Argentina
31
Brazil
30
Chile
10
Ecuador
2
Asia
212
Bangladesh
2
China
27
India
17
Japan
69
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Singapore
8
Thailand
6
Europe
810
Germany
116
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
Denmark
23
Spain
40
Finland
5
France
388
Hungary
41
Ireland
5
Italy
60
Latvia
3
Lithuania
7
North Macedonia
4
Norway
13
Poland
31
Czech Republic
13
Romania
9
United Kingdom
106
Sweden
12
Switzerland
37
Ukraine
13
Middle East
110
Israel
51
Lebanon
22
Syria
4
Oceania
49
Australia
39
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
8
18th century
25
1760s
14
1770s
17
1780s
14
1790s
14
19th century
103
1800s
12
1810s
13
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.
1930 — 2017 | Poland
Magdalena Abakanowicz
1853 — 1927 | France
Louise Abbéma
1925 — Switzerland | 2015 — France
Eva Aeppli
1939 — Bangladesh | 2015 — France
Novera Ahmed
1963 | Egypt
Ghada Amer
1949 | Philippines
Agnes Arellano
1959 | Brasil
Brígida Baltar
1872 — 1954 | France
Jeanne Bardey
1858 — Ukraine | 1884 — France
Marie Bashkirtseff
1969 | Italy
Vanessa Beecroft
1941 | United States
Lynda Benglis
1844 — 1923 | France
Sarah Bernhardt
1825 — 1909 | France
Hélène Bertaux
1822 — 1899 | France
Marie Rosalie Bonheur (dite Rosa Bonheur)
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1863 — 1945 | Denmark
Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1938 | Latvia
Vija Celmins
1770 — 1845 | France
Marguerite Julie Charpentier
1939 | United States
Barbara Chase-Riboud
1864 — 1943 | France
Camille Claudel
1896 — Romania | 1985 — France
Irina Codreanu (Irène Codreano)
1748 — 1821 | France
Marie-Anne Collot
1956 | Ireland
Dorothy Cross
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1928 — Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | 2014 — Croatia
Vera Dajht-Kralj
1905 — 1985 | Bulgaria
Vaska Emanuilova
1942 | Syria
Simone Fattal
1801 — 1886 | Italy
Félicie de Fauveau
1911 — Denmark | 1984 — France
Sonja Ferlov Mancoba
1924 — Czech Republic | 2006 — France
Ruth Francken
1877 — 1967 | France
Geneviève Granger
1939 — 1995 | United States
Nancy Graves
1940 | United States
Nancy Grossman
1962 | Egypt
Susan Hefuna
1915 — 1999 | Curaçao
May Henriquez
1903 — 1975 | United Kingdom
Barbara Hepworth
1885 — 1966 | United States
Malvina Hoffman
1876 — United States | 1973 — France
Anna Hyatt Huntington
1928 — 1980 | Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic)
Eva Kmentová
1898 — Russia | 1951 — Poland
Katarzyna Kobro
1867 — Russia | 1945 — Germany
Käthe Kollwitz
1876 — Austria | 1956 — Hungary
Elza Kövesházi Kalmár
1863 — France | 1946 — ?
Marcelle Renée Lancelot-Croce
1892 — 1967 | Russia
Sarra Lébédéva
1812 — 1877 | France
Marie-Louise Lefèvre-Deumier
1967 | United States
Simone Leigh
1947 | United States
Sherrie Levine
1900 — Ukraine | 1992 — Israel
Batia Lishansky
1946 | Philippines
Julie Lluch Dalena
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1962 | United Kingdom
Sarah Lucas
1956 | Ireland
Alice Maher
1836 — Switzerland | 1879 — Italy
Marcello (Adèle d’Affry, duchesse de Castiglione Colonna, dite)
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1859 — 1926 | France
Blanche Adèle Moria
1889 — Latvia | 1953 — Russia
Vera Moukhina
1923 — 1998 | India
Meera Mukherjee
1949 — 2015 | India
Mrinalini Mukherjee
1959 — 2006 | Australia
Bronwyn Oliver
1938 | Nigeria
Elizabeth Olowu
1936 | Argentina
Marie Orensanz
1888 — Ukraine | 1968 — Israel
Chana Orloff
1895 — China | 1977 — France
Pan Yuliang
1910 — 2012 | France
Lucile Passavant
1913 — Argentina | 1982 — France
Alicia Penalba
1922 — United States | 2020 — Italy
Beverly Pepper
1964 | France
Françoise Pétrovitch
1913 — 1994 | United States
Helen Phillips
1934 — Czechoslovakia | 1999 — Czech Republic
Naděžda Plíšková
1874 — 1932 | France
Jane Poupelet
1958 | Ireland
Kathy Prendergast
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1928 — 2013 | Australia
Norma Redpath
1902 — 1959 | France
Germaine Richier
1878 — 1954 | Germany
Clara Rilke-Westhoff
1957 | France
Anne Rochette
1901 — Chili | 1972 — Chile
Laura Rodig Pizarro
1923 — Poland | 2008 — Italy
Maria Papa Rostkowska
1943 | Singapore
Han Sai Por
1892 — 1962 | United States
Augusta Savage
1908 — 1975 | Hungary
Erzsébet Schaár
1927 — 2019 | United States
Lillian Schwartz
1869 — 1940 | United States
Janet Scudder
1934 — Germany | 2021 — France
Irmgard Sigg
1888 — Poland | 1965 — Germany
Renée Sintenis
1975 | United Kingdom
Lucy Skaer
1954 | Germany
Kiki Smith
1931 — 2014 | United States
Marjorie Strider
1926 — Poland | 1973 — France
Alina Szapocznikow
1925 — 2019 | Norway
Aase Texmon Rygh
1961 | Jamaica
Jasmine Thomas-Girvan
1968 | Italy
Tatiana Trouvé
1875 — 1942 | United States
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
1877 — 1968 | United States
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
1828 — 1888 | France
Claude Vignon (Marie-Noémi Cadiot-Constant Rouvier, dite)
1911 — Switzerland | 1990 — France
Isabelle Waldberg
1966 | United States
Melanie Yazzie
1928 — Mandatory Palestine | 2010 — Israel
Ruth Zarfati Sterenshuss
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