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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
Bauhaus
11
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
8
Expressionism
36
Fauvism
5
Futurism
9
Land art
10
Mail art
12
Neo-expressionism
6
Nouveau Réalisme
6
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Primitivism
6
Rayonism
3
Socialist Realism
9
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
52
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
115
Subjects
Abstraction
340
Adolescence
11
Allegory
106
Animals
163
Architecture
126
Autobiography
124
Self-portrait
175
Body positivity
11
Political issues
351
Social classes
81
Women's status
301
Consumerism
85
Human body
415
Cosmos
43
Colour
212
Dance
78
Discriminations
150
Documentary
120
Ecology
74
Writing
162
Childhood
108
Eroticism
76
Public space
85
Fantasy & dreams
84
Feminism
298
Party & nightlife
37
Geometry
150
War & conflicts
143
History
267
Identity
201
Industry
31
Intimacy
103
Irony
60
Games & toys
15
Language
89
Light
81
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
112
Memory
197
Human migration
97
Fashion & clothing
66
Modernity
34
Music
63
Myths, tales & legends
94
Nation
53
Nature
236
Still life
151
Nude
152
Landscape
287
Urban landscape
149
Spatial perception
23
Visual perception
43
Portrait
407
Postcolonialism
99
Advertisement
49
Racism
67
Romantic relationships
44
Religion & spirituality
181
Domestic scene
110
Science
49
Sexuality
129
Entertainment
55
Traditions
227
Work
78
Domestic work
78
Drag
28
Vegetal
159
Everyday life
277
Old age
30
Violence
142
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
75
Mediums
Applied arts
208
Jewellery & silverware
20
Ceramic
77
Costumes
37
Medal
8
Furniture
19
Mosaic
15
Stained glass
15
Graphic arts
776
Poster
35
Watercolour
183
Collage
202
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
509
Engraving & etching
224
Illustration
97
Artist book
84
Pastel & wax
107
Journal
26
Screen printing
71
Audiovisual
340
Film
124
Digital
51
Video
239
Installation
481
Accumulation
86
Assemblage
224
Environment
135
Light installation
44
[Modes]
124
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
110
Monumental
127
Painting
773
Acrylic
157
Mural
35
Gouache
95
Oil
444
Tempera
28
Performance
227
Photography
413
Analogue photography
236
Digital photography
93
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
435
Wood
111
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Marble
28
Metal
131
Paper & cardboard
25
Stone
44
Plastic
47
Plaster
79
Resin
32
Clay
96
Glass
26
Textile
205
Embroidery
72
Sewing
45
Weaving
58
Countries
Africa
89
Algeria
12
Senegal
4
Central America and the Caribbean
38
France (Antilles)
7
North America
363
Canada
25
United States
317
Mexico
30
South America
99
Argentina
31
Brazil
28
Asia
170
Japan
50
Malaysia
4
Uzbekistan
1
Philippines
10
Russia
32
Europe
740
Germany
112
Austria
17
Belarus
2
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
9
Spain
40
Estonia
13
France
367
Greece
4
Hungary
39
Ireland
5
Italy
50
Latvia
3
North Macedonia
4
Poland
28
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
12
United Kingdom
100
Sweden
9
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
11
Middle East
99
Iran
6
Oceania
45
Periods of
activity
17th century
2
18th century
20
19th century
82
1800s
8
1810s
10
1820s
11
1830s
11
1840s
14
1890s
60
20th century
1196
1900s
88
1910s
143
1920s
215
1930s
274
1940s
296
1950s
368
1960s
487
1970s
587
1980s
686
1990s
820
21st century
780
2000s
780
2010s
697
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
— Le Louvre & AWARE
7
— 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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1935 | Italy
Camilla Adami
1935 | Italy
Camilla Adami
1899 — Germany | 1994 — United States
Anni Albers
1899 — Germany | 1994 — United States
Anni Albers
1899 — Germany | 1994 — United States
Anni Albers
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1933 — 2023 | Algeria
Djamila Bent Mohamed
1957 | Canada
Dominique Blain
1973 | Bulgaria
Rada Boukova
1973 | Bulgaria
Rada Boukova
1930 | Croatia (before Yugoslavia)
Jagoda Buić
1930 | Croatia (before Yugoslavia)
Jagoda Buić
1930 | Croatia (before Yugoslavia)
Jagoda Buić
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1881 — 1967 | France
Germaine Casse
1881 — 1967 | France
Germaine Casse
1881 — 1967 | France
Germaine Casse
1967 | Senegal
Fatou Kiné Diakhaté
1893 — Russia | 1937 — Kazakhstan
Vera Ermolaeva
1893 — Russia | 1937 — Kazakhstan
Vera Ermolaeva
1893 — Russia | 1937 — Kazakhstan
Vera Ermolaeva
1882 — Poland | 1949 — France
Alexandra Exter
1882 — Poland | 1949 — France
Alexandra Exter
1882 — Poland | 1949 — France
Alexandra Exter
1940 — 2024 | Philippines
Brenda Fajardo
1922 — 2019 | Iran
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
1922 — 2019 | Iran
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
1881 — Russia | 1962 — France
Natalia Gontcharova
1881 — Russia | 1962 — France
Natalia Gontcharova
1939 — 1995 | United States
Nancy Graves
1939 — 1995 | United States
Nancy Graves
1939 — 1995 | United States
Nancy Graves
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1934 | United States
Sheila Hicks
1885 — 1948 | Sweden
Sigrid Hjertén
1885 — 1948 | Sweden
Sigrid Hjertén
1885 — 1948 | Sweden
Sigrid Hjertén
1887 — 1968 | France
Valentine Hugo
1971 | Malaysia
Yee I-Lann
1971 | Malaysia
Yee I-Lann
1908 — Ukraine | 1958 — Poland
Maria Jarema
1908 — Ukraine | 1958 — Poland
Maria Jarema
1967 | Uzbekistan
Dilyara Kaipova
1959 | Estonia
Kai Kaljo
1936 | United States
Barbara Kasten
1933 | Hungary
Ilona Keserű
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
1910 — 1993 | France
Jacqueline Lamba
1883 — 1956 | France
Marie Laurencin
1883 — 1956 | France
Marie Laurencin
1883 — 1956 | France
Marie Laurencin
1892 — 1967 | Russia
Sarra Lébédéva
1892 — 1967 | Russia
Sarra Lébédéva
1882 — Poland | 1973 — France
Sarah Lipska
1882 — Poland | 1973 — France
Sarah Lipska
1946 — 2012 | Brazil
Maria Lídia Magliani
1946 — 2012 | Brazil
Maria Lídia Magliani
1934 — Italy | 2010 — France
Milvia Maglione
1866 — 1932 | France
Jacqueline Marval
1889 — Latvia | 1953 — Russia
Vera Moukhina
1889 — Latvia | 1953 — Russia
Vera Moukhina
1889 — Latvia | 1953 — Russia
Vera Moukhina
1932 | Japan
Fujiko Nakaya
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1923 — Hungary | 2008 — France
Marta Pan
1923 — Hungary | 2008 — France
Marta Pan
1923 — Hungary | 2008 — France
Marta Pan
1886 — 1952 | Russia
Véra Pestel
1886 — 1952 | Russia
Véra Pestel
1951 | Morocco
Chantal Petit (dite chantalpetit)
1951 | Morocco
Chantal Petit (dite chantalpetit)
1964 | France
Françoise Pétrovitch
1889 — 1924 | Russia
Lioubov Popova
1889 — 1924 | Russia
Lioubov Popova
1958 | Ireland
Kathy Prendergast
1942 — Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 2003 — Czech Republic
Zorka Ságlová
1942 — Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 2003 — Czech Republic
Zorka Ságlová
1930 — France | 2002 — United States
Niki de Saint Phalle
1930 — France | 2002 — United States
Niki de Saint Phalle
1930 — France | 2002 — United States
Niki de Saint Phalle
1940 | Senegal
Younousse Seye
1940 | Senegal
Younousse Seye
1894 — Lithuania | 1958 — Russia
Varvara Stepanova
1894 — Lithuania | 1958 — Russia
Varvara Stepanova
1871 — 1944 | United States
Florine Stettheimer
1871 — 1944 | United States
Florine Stettheimer
1923 | Canada
Françoise Sullivan
1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic
Eva Švankmajerová
1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic
Eva Švankmajerová
1910 — 2012 | United States
Dorothea Tanning
1910 — 2012 | United States
Dorothea Tanning
1908 — Spain | 1963 — Mexico
Remedios Varo
1908 — Spain | 1963 — Mexico
Remedios Varo
1908 — Spain | 1963 — Mexico
Remedios Varo
1884 — Russia | 1957 — France
Marie Vassilieff
1884 — Russia | 1957 — France
Marie Vassilieff
1969 | United States
Kara Walker
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
1956 | France
Mâkhi Xenakis
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