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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1364
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Academic art
10
Conceptual art
81
Art Deco
3
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Bauhaus
12
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
8
Dada
6
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Futurism
9
Impressionism
11
Land art
11
Minimalism
37
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
13
Neues Sehen
11
Straight photography
12
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Realism
36
Socialist Realism
9
Harlem Renaissance
4
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
54
[Artist collectives]
119
Subjects
Abstraction
359
Allegory
113
Animals
167
Architecture
127
Autobiography
130
Self-portrait
183
Body positivity
13
Political issues
371
Social classes
90
Women's status
313
Consumerism
88
Human body
436
Cosmos
48
Colour
221
Dance
80
Discriminations
157
Documentary
126
Ecology
78
Writing
171
Childhood
114
Eroticism
79
Public space
87
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
307
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
154
War & conflicts
150
History
278
Art history & museum
67
Homophobia
14
Identity
211
Industry
31
Intimacy
107
Irony
60
Games & toys
16
Language
90
Light
84
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
116
Mathematics
10
Media
64
Memory
208
Human migration
100
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
65
Myths, tales & legends
96
Nation
55
Nature
252
Still life
153
Food
20
Nude
159
Landscape
300
Spatial perception
28
Visual perception
49
Portrait
422
Postcolonialism
107
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
74
Romantic relationships
46
Religion & spirituality
192
Domestic scene
110
Science
53
Sexuality
132
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Time
29
Traditions
233
Work
82
Domestic work
81
Drag
28
Vegetal
163
Everyday life
284
Old age
31
Violence
145
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
16
Travel
78
Mediums
Applied arts
214
Jewellery & silverware
21
Ceramic
79
Costumes
37
Decor
61
Medal
8
Furniture
19
Mosaic
18
Stained glass
17
Graphic arts
800
Poster
37
Watercolour
187
Collage
207
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
527
Engraving & etching
229
Illustration
102
Artist book
86
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Screen printing
74
Audiovisual
351
Film
127
Digital
56
Sound
77
Video
243
Installation
493
Accumulation
92
Assemblage
231
Environment
139
Light installation
46
[Modes]
128
Ephemeral
27
Site-specific
114
Monumental
129
Painting
810
Acrylic
163
Mural
36
Gouache
98
Oil
463
Tempera
31
Performance
236
Photography
421
Analogue photography
240
Digital photography
97
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
445
Concrete & cement
32
Wood
113
Bronze
95
Marble
29
Metal
133
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
46
Plastic
47
Plaster
81
Resin
32
Clay
97
Glass
27
Textile
214
Embroidery
75
Sewing
46
Weaving
63
Countries
Africa
94
South Africa
12
Algeria
12
Egypt
13
Ghana
5
Nigeria
17
Tunisia
8
Central America and the Caribbean
42
Curaçao
3
Haiti
6
North America
374
Canada
25
United States
327
Mexico
31
South America
103
Argentina
31
Bolivia
2
Brazil
29
Chile
9
Guyana
2
Paraguay
1
Peru
7
Asia
191
China
27
South Korea
8
India
16
Indonesia
8
Japan
60
Malaysia
5
Nepal
1
Uzbekistan
2
Pakistan
3
Russia
33
Europe
763
Germany
113
Austria
18
Belarus
2
Belgium
20
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
Denmark
12
Spain
40
Estonia
13
France
376
Georgia
1
Greece
5
Hungary
41
Ireland
5
Iceland
3
Italy
53
Norway
13
Netherlands
34
Poland
29
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
12
Romania
9
United Kingdom
102
Slovenia
1
Sweden
10
Switzerland
36
Ukraine
12
Middle East
106
Armenia
1
Irak
4
Israel
51
Lebanon
22
Palestine
13
Syria
3
Turkey
19
Oceania
47
Australia
37
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
6
18th century
20
1770s
14
1780s
11
1790s
11
19th century
86
1860s
24
1870s
35
1880s
36
1890s
63
20th century
1241
1900s
93
1910s
147
1920s
220
1930s
281
1940s
306
1950s
382
1960s
511
1970s
611
1980s
714
1990s
852
21st century
807
2000s
807
2010s
720
2020s
525
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
24
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
29
— 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
10
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
10
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
48
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
168
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1895 — 1978 | United Kingdom
Gluck (Hannah Gluckstein, dite)
1895 — 1978 | United Kingdom
Gluck (Hannah Gluckstein, dite)
1898 — 1991 | United States
Berenice Abbott
1898 — 1991 | United States
Berenice Abbott
1898 — 1991 | United States
Berenice Abbott
1922 — 1997 | Pakistan
Zubeida Agha
1922 — 1997 | Pakistan
Zubeida Agha
1922 — 1997 | Pakistan
Zubeida Agha
1893 — 1969 | Estonia
Ellinor Aiki
1893 — 1969 | Estonia
Ellinor Aiki
1935 | Mandatory Palestine
Tamam Al-Akhal
1935 | Mandatory Palestine
Tamam Al-Akhal
1935 | Mandatory Palestine
Tamam Al-Akhal
1890 — 1985 | United States
Grace Albee
1890 — 1985 | United States
Grace Albee
1890 — 1985 | United States
Grace Albee
1885 — 1969 | France
Lou Albert-Lasard
1885 — 1969 | France
Lou Albert-Lasard
1885 — 1969 | France
Lou Albert-Lasard
1907 — 1993 | Mexico
Lola Álvarez Bravo
1886 — 1973 | Brazil
Tarsila do Amaral
1886 — 1973 | Brazil
Tarsila do Amaral
1905 — Turkey | 1938 — France
Hale Asaf
1905 — Turkey | 1938 — France
Hale Asaf
1905 — Turkey | 1938 — France
Hale Asaf
1927 — 1977 | Bolivia
María Esther Ballivián
1927 — 1977 | Bolivia
María Esther Ballivián
1927 — 1977 | Bolivia
María Esther Ballivián
1937 | Algeria
Martine Barrat
1937 | Algeria
Martine Barrat
1937 | Algeria
Martine Barrat
1934 — 2015 | Germany
Hilla Becher
1934 — 2015 | Germany
Hilla Becher
1964 | France
Carole Benzaken
1964 | France
Carole Benzaken
1941 — 2010 | Germany
Sibylle Bergemann
1941 — 2010 | Germany
Sibylle Bergemann
1844 — 1923 | France
Sarah Bernhardt
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1854 — Poland (now Ukraine) | 1893 — Poland
Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz
1854 — Poland (now Ukraine) | 1893 — Poland
Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz
1899 — Germany | 1998 — United States
Ilse Bing
1899 — Germany | 1998 — United States
Ilse Bing
1899 — Germany | 1998 — United States
Ilse Bing
1921 | Paraguay
Olga Blinder
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1904 — 1971 | United States
Margaret Bourke-White
1865 — Poland | 1940 — France
Olga Boznańska
1865 — Poland | 1940 — France
Olga Boznańska
1865 — Poland | 1940 — France
Olga Boznańska
1909 — Germany | 2001 — Switzerland
Marianne Breslauer
1909 — Germany | 2001 — Switzerland
Marianne Breslauer
1909 — Germany | 2001 — Switzerland
Marianne Breslauer
1930 — 2020 | Poland
Urszula Broll
1930 — 2020 | Poland
Urszula Broll
1970 | Turkey
CANAN (Şenol)
1916 — 1985 | Argentina
Aída Zulema Carballo
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1919 — 2003 | Perú
Julia Chambi López
1933 — 2013 | Greece
Chryssa
1933 — 2013 | Greece
Chryssa
1883 — 1976 | United States
Imogen Cunningham
1883 — 1976 | United States
Imogen Cunningham
1883 — 1976 | United States
Imogen Cunningham
1931 | Hungary
Ágnes Dénes
1877 — 1915 | Hungary
Valéria Dénes
1940 — 2018 | Germany
Christa Dichgans
1940 — 2018 | Germany
Christa Dichgans
1915 — Romania | 1997 — France
Natalia Dumitresco
1915 — Romania | 1997 — France
Natalia Dumitresco
1941 — 2016 | Malaysia
Nirmala Dutt Shanmughalingam
1941 — 2016 | Malaysia
Nirmala Dutt Shanmughalingam
1941 — 2016 | Malaysia
Nirmala Dutt Shanmughalingam
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1882 — Poland | 1949 — France
Alexandra Exter
1882 — Poland | 1949 — France
Alexandra Exter
1882 — Poland | 1949 — France
Alexandra Exter
1932 | Argentina
Sara Facio
1939 | Egypt
Wissam Fahmy
1942 | Syria
Simone Fattal
1942 | Syria
Simone Fattal
1942 | Syria
Simone Fattal
1924 — 1990 | Spain
Juana Francés
1924 — 1990 | Spain
Juana Francés
1908 — Germany | 2000 — France
Gisèle Freund
1908 — Germany | 2000 — France
Gisèle Freund
1908 — Germany | 2000 — France
Gisèle Freund
1929 | Argentina
Ilse Fuskova (Felka)
1960 — 2006 | Spain
Patricia Gadea
1960 — 2006 | Spain
Patricia Gadea
1960 — 2006 | Spain
Patricia Gadea
1965 | France
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
1965 | France
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
1923 — 2008 | Canada
Betty Goodwin
1895 — 1993 | Hungary
Margit Gráber
1895 — 1993 | Hungary
Margit Gráber
1895 — 1993 | Hungary
Margit Gráber
1877 — 1967 | France
Geneviève Granger
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1964 | Palestine
Rula Halawani
1878 — 1961 | USA
Josephine Hale
1878 — 1961 | USA
Josephine Hale
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1937 — India | 2020 — United Kingdom
Zarina Hashmi (dite Zarina)
1937 — India | 2020 — United Kingdom
Zarina Hashmi (dite Zarina)
1945 | United States
Candace Hill-Montgomery
1885 — 1948 | Sweden
Sigrid Hjertén
1885 — 1948 | Sweden
Sigrid Hjertén
1885 — 1948 | Sweden
Sigrid Hjertén
1889 — 1978 | Germany
Hannah Höch
1889 — 1978 | Germany
Hannah Höch
1944 | Germany
Candida Höfer
1966 | Ireland
Jaki Irvine
1971 | Uzbekistan
Anna Ivanova
1864 — 1952 | United States
Frances Benjamin Johnston
1864 — 1952 | United States
Frances Benjamin Johnston
1905 — 1998 | United States
Lois Mailou Jones
1905 — 1998 | United States
Lois Mailou Jones
1905 — 1998 | United States
Lois Mailou Jones
1972 | Lebanon
Lamia Joreige
1972 | Lebanon
Lamia Joreige
1964 | France
Valérie Jouve
1964 | France
Valérie Jouve
1964 | France
Valérie Jouve
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1912 — 1977 | Hungary
Judit Kárász
1970 | Tunisia
Mouna Karray
1970 | Tunisia
Mouna Karray
1970 | Tunisia
Mouna Karray
1903 — 1993 | Norvège
Else Christie Kielland
1903 — 1993 | Norvège
Else Christie Kielland
1903 — 1993 | Norvège
Else Christie Kielland
1843 — 1914 | Norway
Kitty Lange Kielland
1843 — 1914 | Norway
Kitty Lange Kielland
1843 — 1914 | Norway
Kitty Lange Kielland
1957 | South Africa
Vivienne Koorland
1957 | South Africa
Vivienne Koorland
1957 | South Africa
Vivienne Koorland
1897 — Poland | 1985 — Germany
Germaine Krull
1897 — Poland | 1985 — Germany
Germaine Krull
1743 — 1813 | Netherlands
Maria Margaretha la Fargue
1896 — Hungary | 1967 — France
Ergy Landau
1896 — Hungary | 1967 — France
Ergy Landau
1895 — 1965 | United States
Dorothea Lange
1898 — Poland | 1980 — Mexico
Tamara de Lempicka
1898 — Poland | 1980 — Mexico
Tamara de Lempicka
1898 — Poland | 1980 — Mexico
Tamara de Lempicka
1950 | United States
Erica Lennard
1961 | United States
Zoe Leonard
1913 — 2009 | United States
Helen Levitt
1954 | France
Catherine Lopès-Curval
1964 | China
Qing Lu
1964 | China
Qing Lu
1948 | Egypt
Huda Lutfi
1960 | Germany
Vera Lutter
1972 | United States
Maha Maamoun
1972 | United States
Maha Maamoun
1907 — 1997 | France
Dora Maar
1926 — 2009 | United States
Vivian Maier
1926 — 2009 | United States
Vivian Maier
1945 | Lebanon
Seta Manoukian (Ani Pema Drolma)
1945 | Lebanon
Seta Manoukian (Ani Pema Drolma)
1945 | Lebanon
Seta Manoukian (Ani Pema Drolma)
1912 — 1999 | United States
Barbara Maples
1951 — 1994 | Argentina
Liliana Maresca
1951 — 1994 | Argentina
Liliana Maresca
1952 | Australia
Mandy Martin
1878 — 1961 | Hungary
Olga Máté
1878 — 1961 | Hungary
Olga Máté
1878 — 1961 | Hungary
Olga Máté
1907 — United States | 1977 — United Kingdom
Lee Miller
1907 — United States | 1977 — United Kingdom
Lee Miller
1907 — United States | 1977 — United Kingdom
Lee Miller
1901 — Austria | 1983 — United States
Lisette Model
1901 — Austria | 1983 — United States
Lisette Model
1901 — Austria | 1983 — United States
Lisette Model
1896 — 1971 | Hungary
Mária Modok
1896 — Italy | 1942 — Mexico
Tina Modotti
1896 — Italy | 1942 — Mexico
Tina Modotti
1896 — Italy | 1942 — Mexico
Tina Modotti
1921 — 2009 | Argentina
Ana María Moncalvo
1921 — 2009 | Argentina
Ana María Moncalvo
1921 — 2009 | Argentina
Ana María Moncalvo
1958 | Ireland
Shani Mootoo
1958 | Ireland
Shani Mootoo
1967 | United Kingdom
Sarah Morris
1877 — 1962 | Germany
Gabriele Münter
1877 — 1962 | Germany
Gabriele Münter
1877 — 1962 | Germany
Gabriele Münter
1908 — Ottoman Empire (today North Macedonia) | 1996 — Bulgaria
Vera Todorova Nedkova
1908 — Ottoman Empire (today North Macedonia) | 1996 — Bulgaria
Vera Todorova Nedkova
1957 | France
Marylène Negro
1887 — 1986 | United States
Georgia O’Keeffe
1887 — 1986 | United States
Georgia O’Keeffe
1970 | United States
Wura-Natasha Ogunji
1970 | United States
Wura-Natasha Ogunji
1922 — 2015 | Ghana
Theodosia Salome Okoh
1922 — 2015 | Ghana
Theodosia Salome Okoh
1966 | United Kingdom
Lucy Orta
1966 | United Kingdom
Lucy Orta
1871 — 1955 | Russie
Anna Ostroumova Lebedeva
1907 — Georgia | 1988 — France
Vera Pagava
1907 — Georgia | 1988 — France
Vera Pagava
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1904 — 1992 | United States
Delilah W. Pierce
1754 — 1789 | Italy
Laura Piranesi
1953 | Guyana
Ingrid Pollard
1953 | Guyana
Ingrid Pollard
1967 | Spain
Tere Recarens
1967 | Spain
Tere Recarens
1967 | Spain
Tere Recarens
1911 — 1991 | Hungary
Marian Reismann
1918 — South Korea | 2009 — France
Seund Ja Rhee
1918 — South Korea | 2009 — France
Seund Ja Rhee
1949 | France
Sophie Ristelhueber
1884 — 1982 | France
Juliette Roche
1884 — 1982 | France
Juliette Roche
1884 — 1982 | France
Juliette Roche
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
1943 | United States
Martha Rosler
1943 | United States
Martha Rosler
1930 — 2023 | Indonesia
Siti Ruliyati
1930 — 2023 | Indonesia
Siti Ruliyati
1930 — 2023 | Indonesia
Siti Ruliyati
1939 — Algeria | 2018 — Tunisia
Shasha Safir Guiga
1969 | Israel
Yehudit Sasportas
1969 | Israel
Yehudit Sasportas
1969 | Israel
Yehudit Sasportas
1941 | Germany
Deidi von Schaewen
1946 | France
Dorothée Selz
1935 — 1974 | Brazil
Maria Auxiliadora da Silva
1898 — Russian Empire (today Ukraine) | 1984 — Soviet Union
Maria Siniakova
1925 — 2021 | Egypt
Gazbia Sirry
1925 — 2021 | Egypt
Gazbia Sirry
1925 — 2021 | Egypt
Gazbia Sirry
1929 — 2015 | Norway
Inger Sitter
1929 — 2015 | Norway
Inger Sitter
1929 — 2015 | Norway
Inger Sitter
1955 | United States
Seton Smith
1955 | United States
Seton Smith
1955 | United States
Seton Smith
1950 | United States
Ming Smith
1892 — 1966 | Russia
Antonina Sofronova
1892 — 1966 | Russia
Antonina Sofronova
1953 | Czech Republic
Jana Sterbak
1953 | Czech Republic
Jana Sterbak
1940 | Spain
Isabel Steva Hernández (dite Colita)
1940 | Spain
Isabel Steva Hernández (dite Colita)
1940 | Spain
Isabel Steva Hernández (dite Colita)
1900 — Palestina | 1988 — Israel
Sionah Tagger
1900 — Palestina | 1988 — Israel
Sionah Tagger
1900 — Palestina | 1988 — Israel
Sionah Tagger
1910 — Japan | 2001 — United States
Fumie Taniguchi
1910 — Japan | 2001 — United States
Fumie Taniguchi
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
1950 | Nepal
Shashikala Tiwari
1950 — 2004 | Japon
Toeko Tatsuno
1891 — Netherlands | 1955 — Norway
Charley Toorop
1891 — Netherlands | 1955 — Norway
Charley Toorop
1913 — Iceland | 1968 — United States
Nína Tryggvadóttir
1913 — Iceland | 1968 — United States
Nína Tryggvadóttir
1913 — Iceland | 1968 — United States
Nína Tryggvadóttir
1943 | Brazil
Cybèle Varela
1943 | Brazil
Cybèle Varela
1943 | Brazil
Cybèle Varela
1908 — Portugal | 1992 — France
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
1896 — 1983 | United States
Charmion von Wiegand
1967 | United States
Marie Watt
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1887 — 1948 | United States
Laura Wheeler Waring
1887 — 1948 | United States
Laura Wheeler Waring
1963 | United Kingdom
Rachel Whiteread
1967 | People’s Republic of China
Danwen Xing
1967 | People’s Republic of China
Danwen Xing
1963 | China
Yin Xiuzhen
1921 — Iraq | 2015 — Israel
Claire Yaniv
1921 — Iraq | 2015 — Israel
Claire Yaniv
1921 — Iraq | 2015 — Israel
Claire Yaniv
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1928 — Mandatory Palestine | 2010 — Israel
Ruth Zarfati Sterenshuss
1928 — Mandatory Palestine | 2010 — Israel
Ruth Zarfati Sterenshuss
1949 | East Germany
Doris Ziegler
1949 | East Germany
Doris Ziegler
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