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Fields
Architecture
7
Decorative arts & design
3
Visual arts
1407
Artistic Movements
Lyrical abstraction
22
Academic art
10
Appropriationism
5
Conceptual art
84
Context art
12
Body art
11
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Digital art
18
Bauhaus
13
Institutional critique
11
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Fauvism
5
Hyperrealism
5
Impressionism
11
Mail art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
14
Straight photography
12
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postmodernism
8
Primitivism
6
Purisme
2
Realism
36
Surrealism
55
Symbolism
13
Subjects
Abstraction
370
Adolescence
11
Allegory
128
Animals
176
Architecture
134
Autobiography
133
Self-portrait
191
Body positivity
13
Political issues
386
Social classes
98
Women's status
324
Consumerism
91
Human body
456
Cosmos
55
Colour
228
Dance
80
Discriminations
160
Documentary
131
Ecology
82
Writing
177
Childhood
115
Eroticism
81
Public space
95
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
313
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geography
15
Geometry
158
War & conflicts
155
History
288
Art history & museum
73
Identity
222
Intimacy
113
Irony
64
Games & toys
17
Language
90
Light
88
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
119
Media
64
Memory
212
Human migration
101
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Death
73
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nation
56
Nature
270
Still life
159
Food
21
Nude
164
Landscape
310
Urban landscape
161
Spatial perception
29
Portrait
441
Postcolonialism
107
Advertisement
50
Queer
28
Racism
74
Romantic relationships
47
Religion & spirituality
202
Science
54
Sexuality
133
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Time
30
Traditions
240
Work
84
Domestic work
82
Drag
28
Vegetal
176
Everyday life
295
Aging
31
Violence
146
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
80
Mediums
Objects
222
Ceramic
83
Medal
6
Furniture
21
Fashion
13
Silverware
5
Graphic arts
822
Poster
38
Watercolour
193
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
538
Engraving & etching
233
Illustration
105
Artist book
89
Pastel & wax
110
Journal
26
Screen printing
75
Performing arts
34
Costume
38
Set design
60
Audiovisual
355
Film
128
Digital
57
Sound
81
Video
248
Concepts
27
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
10
Space & installation
512
Accumulation
95
Assemblage
243
Environment
141
Light installation
48
Mosaic
20
[Modes]
133
Site-specific
118
Monumental
131
Painting
842
Acrylic
169
Mural
40
Gouache
99
Oil
485
Tempera
33
Performance
239
Photography
426
Analogue photography
243
Digital photography
99
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
73
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
457
Wood
116
Bronze
98
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
139
Stone
47
Plastic
48
Plaster
83
Resin
33
Clay
98
Glass
25
Textile
211
Embroidery
74
Sewing
39
Weaving
66
Countries
Africa
98
Algeria
12
Kenya
3
Madagascar
2
Morocco
4
Uganda
3
Central America and the Caribbean
41
Costa Rica
2
Guatemala
4
Haiti
6
Jamaica
5
North America
381
Canada
26
United States
334
Mexico
31
South America
107
Argentina
31
Brazil
30
Peru
7
Uruguay
5
Venezuela
5
Asia
204
China
27
India
17
Indonesia
9
Japan
67
Malaysia
6
Pakistan
4
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Singapore
7
Taiwan
4
Vietnam
7
Europe
793
Germany
116
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Bulgaria
8
Denmark
14
Spain
40
Estonia
16
Finland
5
France
386
Hungary
41
Italy
59
Latvia
3
Lithuania
7
Norway
13
Netherlands
34
Poland
30
Portugal
8
United Kingdom
105
Slovakia
3
Sweden
10
Switzerland
37
Ukraine
12
Middle East
109
Saudi Arabia
1
Armenia
1
Israel
51
Lebanon
22
Palestine
14
Oceania
49
Australia
39
New Zealand
11
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XVIe siècle
3
17th century
8
18th century
24
1730s
6
1740s
8
1750s
9
1760s
14
1770s
17
1780s
14
1790s
13
19th century
93
1800s
11
1810s
13
1820s
14
1830s
14
1850s
15
1860s
25
1870s
36
1880s
37
1890s
65
20th century
1279
1900s
95
1910s
153
1920s
227
1930s
289
1940s
314
1950s
395
1960s
527
1970s
629
1980s
735
1990s
881
21st century
832
2000s
831
2010s
739
2020s
541
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
27
— 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
3
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
48
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
174
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1853 — 1927 | France
Louise Abbéma
1963 | Singapore
Mastura Abdul Rahman
1963 | Singapore
Mastura Abdul Rahman
1963 | Singapore
Mastura Abdul Rahman
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1950 — Belgium | 2015 — France
Chantal Akerman
1950 — Belgium | 2015 — France
Chantal Akerman
1950 — Belgium | 2015 — France
Chantal Akerman
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1937 — 2020 | United States
Emma Amos
1937 — 2020 | United States
Emma Amos
1937 — 2020 | United States
Emma Amos
1971 | Madagascar
Malala Andrialavidrazana
1971 | Madagascar
Malala Andrialavidrazana
1845 — 1932 | Norway
Harriet Backer
1845 — 1932 | Norway
Harriet Backer
1845 — 1932 | Norway
Harriet Backer
1858 — Ukraine | 1884 — France
Marie Bashkirtseff
1858 — Ukraine | 1884 — France
Marie Bashkirtseff
1935 — 1981 | France
Claude Batho
1855 — 1942 | United States
Cecilia Beaux
1892 — Russia | 1981 — Latvia
Aleksandra Beļcova
1892 — Russia | 1981 — Latvia
Aleksandra Beļcova
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1844 — 1923 | France
Sarah Bernhardt
1904 — 1991 | Slovakia
Irén Blüh (Irena Blühova)
1937 | Germany
Anna Blume
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1856 — Germany | 1927 — France
Louise Breslau
1856 — Germany | 1927 — France
Louise Breslau
1856 — Germany | 1927 — France
Louise Breslau
1935 — 2021 | Peru
Teresa Burga
1935 — 2021 | Peru
Teresa Burga
1950 | United-States
Victoria Cabezas
1815 — India | 1879 — Sri Lanka
Julia Margaret Cameron
1815 — India | 1879 — Sri Lanka
Julia Margaret Cameron
1844 — United States | 1926 — France
Mary Cassatt
1844 — United States | 1926 — France
Mary Cassatt
1938 | Latvia
Vija Celmins
1938 | Latvia
Vija Celmins
1938 | Latvia
Vija Celmins
1878 — 1974 | France
Émilie Charmy
1878 — 1974 | France
Émilie Charmy
1907 — 1988 | Taiwan
Chen Chin
1907 — 1988 | Taiwan
Chen Chin
1944 — United States | 2014 — Canada
Lynne Cohen
1958 — 2005 | Guatemala
Rosa Elena Curruchich
1861 — Finland | 1919 — Italy
Elin Danielson-Gambogi
1861 — Finland | 1919 — Italy
Elin Danielson-Gambogi
1861 — Finland | 1919 — Italy
Elin Danielson-Gambogi
1859 — 1935 | France
Virginie Demont-Breton
1940 — 2018 | Germany
Christa Dichgans
1940 — 2018 | Germany
Christa Dichgans
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
1956 | Morocco
Lalla Essaydi
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1940 — 2021 | Malaysia
Sylvia Lee Goh
1940 — 2021 | Malaysia
Sylvia Lee Goh
1847 — 1883 | France
Eva Gonzalès
1895 — 1993 | Hungary
Margit Gráber
1895 — 1993 | Hungary
Margit Gráber
1895 — 1993 | Hungary
Margit Gráber
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1784 — 1845 | France
Antoinette Cécile Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot, née Viel
1784 — 1845 | France
Antoinette Cécile Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot, née Viel
1926 — Jamaica | 2018 — United States
Dorothy Henriques-Wells
1885 — 1948 | Sweden
Sigrid Hjertén
1885 — 1948 | Sweden
Sigrid Hjertén
1885 — 1948 | Sweden
Sigrid Hjertén
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1944 | Germany
Candida Höfer
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1902 — 1955 | Mexico
María Izquierdo
1876 — United Kingdom | 1939 — France
Gwen John
1876 — United Kingdom | 1939 — France
Gwen John
1876 — United Kingdom | 1939 — France
Gwen John
1949 — 2003 | Austria
Birgit Jürgenssen
1928 — Kenya | 2021 — Ireland
Rosemary Namuli Karuga
1852 — 1934 | United States
Gertrude Käsebier
1889 — 1943 | Norway
Ragnhild Keyser
1889 — 1943 | Norway
Ragnhild Keyser
1889 — 1943 | Norway
Ragnhild Keyser
1843 — 1914 | Norway
Kitty Lange Kielland
1843 — 1914 | Norway
Kitty Lange Kielland
1843 — 1914 | Norway
Kitty Lange Kielland
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
1863 — France | 1946 — ?
Marcelle Renée Lancelot-Croce
1863 — France | 1946 — ?
Marcelle Renée Lancelot-Croce
1910 — Canada | 1997 — United States
Ida Lansky
1898 — Prussia (now Pasłęk, Poland) | 1993 — Sweden
Lotte Laserstein
1898 — Prussia (now Pasłęk, Poland) | 1993 — Sweden
Lotte Laserstein
1947 | United States
Louise Lawler
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1705 — 1783 | France
Marie-Anne Loir
1904 — Estonia | 1993 — Sweden
Karin Luts
1904 — Estonia | 1993 — Sweden
Karin Luts
1904 — Estonia | 1993 — Sweden
Karin Luts
1914 — 2012 | Philippines
Anita Magsaysay-Ho
1889 — 1964 | Brazil
Anita Malfatti
1889 — 1964 | Brazil
Anita Malfatti
1945 | Lebanon
Seta Manoukian (Ani Pema Drolma)
1945 | Lebanon
Seta Manoukian (Ani Pema Drolma)
1945 | Lebanon
Seta Manoukian (Ani Pema Drolma)
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)
1964 | Lebanon
Rania Matar
1964 | Lebanon
Rania Matar
1901 — Germany | 1987 — United Kingdom
Else Meidner
1901 — Germany | 1987 — United Kingdom
Else Meidner
1901 — Germany | 1987 — United Kingdom
Else Meidner
1947 | Japan
Miyako Ishiuchi
1947 | Japan
Miyako Ishiuchi
1917 — United Kingdom | 1994 — Pakistan
Anna Molka Ahmed
1917 — United Kingdom | 1994 — Pakistan
Anna Molka Ahmed
1859 — 1926 | France
Blanche Adèle Moria
1876 — Poland | 1967 — France
Mela Muter
1876 — Poland | 1967 — France
Mela Muter
1876 — Poland | 1967 — France
Mela Muter
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
1853 — 1933 | Norway
Asta Elise Jacobine Nørregaard
1853 — 1933 | Norway
Asta Elise Jacobine Nørregaard
1853 — 1933 | Norway
Asta Elise Jacobine Nørregaard
1946 | Spain
Isabel Oliver Cuevas
1957 | Spain
Ouka Leele
1964 | France
Florence Paradeis
1961 | France
Françoise Quardon
1930 — 2023 | Indonesia
Siti Ruliyati
1930 — 2023 | Indonesia
Siti Ruliyati
1930 — 2023 | Indonesia
Siti Ruliyati
1894 — Sweden | 1970 — Norway
Hannah Ryggen
1894 — Sweden | 1970 — Norway
Hannah Ryggen
1911 — 2013 | Spain
Ángeles Santos Torroella
1911 — 2013 | Spain
Ángeles Santos Torroella
1941 | Germany
Deidi von Schaewen
1884 — Ukraine | 1967 — France
Zinaida Serebriakova
1884 — Ukraine | 1967 — France
Zinaida Serebriakova
1905 — 1999 | Japan
Setsuko Migishi
1951 | États-Unis
Cindy Sherman
1875 — 1949 | Japan
Shōen Uemura
1961 | India
Dayanita Singh
1961 | India
Dayanita Singh
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
1910 — Palestina | 1999 — Israel
Sima Slonim
1910 — Palestina | 1999 — Israel
Sima Slonim
1910 — Palestina | 1999 — Israel
Sima Slonim
1955 | United States
Seton Smith
1955 | United States
Seton Smith
1955 | United States
Seton Smith
1953 | Czech Republic
Jana Sterbak
1953 | Czech Republic
Jana Sterbak
1910 — 1943 | Hungary
Kata Sugár
1876 — 1960 | Denmark
Christine Swane
1876 — 1960 | Denmark
Christine Swane
1876 — 1960 | Denmark
Christine Swane
1965 | Hungary
Ágnes Szépfalvi
1900 — Palestine | 1988 — Israel
Sionah Tagger
1900 — Palestine | 1988 — Israel
Sionah Tagger
1900 — Palestine | 1988 — Israel
Sionah Tagger
1910 — Japan | 2001 — United States
Fumie Taniguchi
1910 — Japan | 2001 — United States
Fumie Taniguchi
1910 — 2012 | United States
Dorothea Tanning
1910 — 2012 | United States
Dorothea Tanning
1900 — 1981 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mileva Todorović
1900 — 1981 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mileva Todorović
1952 | Vietnam
Trinh T. Minh-ha
1952 | Vietnam
Trinh T. Minh-ha
1732 — 1803 | Netherlands
Sara Troost
1968 | Italy
Tatiana Trouvé
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1865 — 1938 | France
Suzanne Valadon
1964 | Brazil
Adriana Varejão
1876 — 1918 | Spain
Lluïsa Vidal i Puig
1876 — 1918 | Spain
Lluïsa Vidal i Puig
1876 — 1918 | Spain
Lluïsa Vidal i Puig
1908 — Portugal | 1992 — France
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
1895 — 1960 | Uruguay
Petrona Viera
1885 — 1940 | Denmark
Gerda Wegener
1885 — 1940 | Denmark
Gerda Wegener
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1963 | United Kingdom
Rachel Whiteread
1905 — 1986 | United States
May Wilson
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1962 | United States
Lisa Yuskavage
1903 — 1985 | China
GUAN Zilan (Violet Kwan)
1903 — 1985 | China
GUAN Zilan (Violet Kwan)
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