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Fields
Architecture
7
Decorative arts & design
3
Visual arts
1424
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Outsider art
4
Conceptual art
85
Art Deco
3
Bauhaus
13
Artist collective
10
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
9
Dada
6
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
44
Futurism
9
Hyperrealism
5
Land art
11
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Neues Sehen
11
Pop art
46
Surrealism
55
Symbolism
13
Subjects
Abstraction
372
Allegory
129
Animals
178
Architecture
135
Autobiography
134
Self-portrait
196
Political issues
389
Social classes
100
Women's status
328
Consumerism
91
Human body
463
Cosmos
55
Colour
230
Dance
80
Discriminations
161
Documentary
133
Ecology
83
Writing
178
Childhood
118
Eroticism
81
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
315
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
158
War & conflicts
156
History
291
Art history & museum
75
Identity
225
Industry
31
Irony
64
Games & toys
17
Light
88
Machine & technology
34
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
120
Media
64
Memory
215
Human migration
103
Fashion & clothing
68
Modernity
34
Death
73
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nation
56
Nature
273
Still life
159
Food
21
Nude
165
Landscape
315
Urban landscape
164
Spatial perception
29
Visual perception
52
Portrait
449
Advertisement
50
Queer
28
Religion & spirituality
205
Domestic scene
117
Science
54
Sexuality
134
Entertainment
57
Traditions
243
Work
84
Domestic work
84
Vegetal
177
Everyday life
300
Violence
147
Travel
80
Mediums
Objects
223
Ceramic
84
Graphic arts
827
Poster
38
Watercolour
193
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
541
Engraving & etching
234
Illustration
106
Artist book
90
Pastel & wax
111
Journal
26
Screen printing
76
Performing arts
34
Costume
38
Set design
60
Dolls & puppets
11
Audiovisual
357
Film
130
Sound
81
Video
250
Concepts
27
Critical writing
11
Space & installation
515
Assemblage
246
Environment
142
Light installation
48
Stained glass
17
[Modes]
134
Ephemeral
29
Site-specific
119
Monumental
132
Painting
852
Acrylic
169
Gouache
99
Oil
495
Tempera
34
Performance
241
Photography
431
Analogue photography
248
Digital photography
100
Photomontage
73
Sculpture
461
Wood
117
Bronze
98
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
140
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
47
Plastic
48
Plaster
84
Resin
33
Clay
98
Textile
212
Embroidery
75
Weaving
66
Countries
Africa
98
Tunisia
8
Central America and the Caribbean
42
Guatemala
4
North America
382
United States
335
Mexico
31
South America
107
Argentina
31
Brazil
30
Asia
208
China
27
Russia
33
Europe
804
Germany
116
Belgium
21
France
386
Italy
60
Norway
13
Netherlands
34
Poland
31
United Kingdom
105
Middle East
110
Turkey
19
Oceania
49
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
8
18th century
24
1750s
9
1760s
14
1770s
17
1780s
14
1790s
13
19th century
101
1850s
16
1860s
27
1870s
41
1880s
44
1890s
72
20th century
1290
1900s
101
1910s
159
1920s
231
1930s
292
1940s
316
1950s
396
1960s
531
1970s
633
1980s
739
1990s
885
21st century
838
2000s
837
2010s
743
2020s
545
Programmes
— + 1
23
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
18
— 18th-Century Women Artists
28
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
30
— 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
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
13
— Les architectes
6
— 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
176
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1925 — Switzerland | 2015 — France
Eva Aeppli
1925 — Switzerland | 2015 — France
Eva Aeppli
1946 | USA
Lita Albuquerque
1946 | USA
Lita Albuquerque
1886 — 1964 | Switzerland
Aloïse (Aloïse Corbaz dite)
1886 — 1964 | Switzerland
Aloïse (Aloïse Corbaz dite)
1956 | Switzerland
Silvia Bächli
1956 | Switzerland
Silvia Bächli
1872 — 1938 | Switzerland
Alice Bailly
1872 — 1938 | Switzerland
Alice Bailly
1955 | Switzerland
Ursula Biemann
1955 | Switzerland
Ursula Biemann
1955 | Switzerland
Ursula Biemann
1970 | Switzerland
Louise Bonnet
1970 | Switzerland
Louise Bonnet
1856 — Germany | 1927 — France
Louise Breslau
1856 — Germany | 1927 — France
Louise Breslau
1856 — Germany | 1927 — France
Louise Breslau
1949 | Switzerland
Miriam Cahn
1955 — Tunisia | 2018 — Switzerland
Fatma Charfi
1955 — Tunisia | 2018 — Switzerland
Fatma Charfi
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1959 | Switzerland
Valérie Favre
1959 | Switzerland
Valérie Favre
1964 | China
WONG Lai-ching Fiona
1964 | China
WONG Lai-ching Fiona
1964 | China
WONG Lai-ching Fiona
1955 | Switzerland
Pia Fries
1955 | Switzerland
Pia Fries
1881 — United Kingdom | 1962 — Switzerland
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
1881 — United Kingdom | 1962 — Switzerland
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
1893 — United States | 1982 — France
Florence Henri
1893 — United States | 1982 — France
Florence Henri
1741 — Switzerland | 1807 — Italy
Angelica Kauffman
1941 | Turkey
Nur Koçak
1941 | Turkey
Nur Koçak
1941 | Turkey
Nur Koçak
1898 — Poland | 1980 — Mexico
Tamara de Lempicka
1898 — Poland | 1980 — Mexico
Tamara de Lempicka
1898 — Poland | 1980 — Mexico
Tamara de Lempicka
1912 — 1986 | Switzerland
Verena Loewensberg
1934 — Italy | 2010 — France
Milvia Maglione
1836 — Switzerland | 1879 — Italy
Marcello (Adèle d’Affry, duchesse de Castiglione Colonna, dite)
1836 — Switzerland | 1879 — Italy
Marcello (Adèle d’Affry, duchesse de Castiglione Colonna, dite)
1913 — Germany | 1985 — Switzerland
Meret Oppenheim
1913 — Germany | 1985 — Switzerland
Meret Oppenheim
1953 | Bolivia
Carmen Perrin
1953 | Bolivia
Carmen Perrin
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1962 | Switzerland
Pipilotti Rist
1962 | Switzerland
Pipilotti Rist
1859 — Switzerland | 1937 — Germany
Ottilie W. Roederstein
1859 — Switzerland | 1937 — Germany
Ottilie W. Roederstein
1894 — Sweden | 1970 — Norway
Hannah Ryggen
1894 — Sweden | 1970 — Norway
Hannah Ryggen
1967 | Switzerland
Gerda Steiner
1949 | Argentina
Vivian Suter
1949 | Argentina
Vivian Suter
1949 | Argentina
Vivian Suter
1889 — 1943 | Switzerland
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
1889 — 1943 | Switzerland
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
1889 — 1943 | Switzerland
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
1876 — 1959 | Netherlands
Adya Van Rees
1876 — 1959 | Netherlands
Adya Van Rees
1876 — 1959 | Netherlands
Adya Van Rees
1943 | Brazil
Cybèle Varela
1943 | Brazil
Cybèle Varela
1943 | Brazil
Cybèle Varela
1951 — 1997 | Switzerland
Hannah Villiger
1951 — 1997 | Switzerland
Hannah Villiger
1951 — 1997 | Switzerland
Hannah Villiger
1911 — Switzerland | 1990 — France
Isabelle Waldberg
1911 — Switzerland | 1990 — France
Isabelle Waldberg
1911 — Switzerland | 1990 — France
Isabelle Waldberg
1924 — Switzerland | 2021 — France
Sabine Weiss
1924 — Switzerland | 2021 — France
Sabine Weiss
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
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