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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1357
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Academic art
10
Appropriationism
5
Kinetic art
13
Conceptual art
81
Art Deco
3
Art nouveau
6
Constructivism
18
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Fauvism
5
Hyperrealism
5
Nouveau Réalisme
6
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Postmodernism
8
Primitivism
6
Realism
36
Socialist Realism
9
Harlem Renaissance
4
Surrealism
54
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
119
Subjects
Abstraction
357
Adolescence
11
Allegory
110
Animals
167
Architecture
127
Autobiography
128
Self-portrait
181
Political issues
368
Social classes
88
Women's status
310
Consumerism
88
Human body
432
Cosmos
46
Colour
220
Dance
80
Discriminations
157
Documentary
125
Ecology
78
Writing
168
Childhood
112
Eroticism
78
Public space
87
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
305
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
154
War & conflicts
148
History
275
Art history & museum
67
Identity
208
Industry
31
Intimacy
105
Irony
60
Language
90
Machine & technology
33
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
114
Mathematics
10
Media
64
Memory
205
Human migration
99
Fashion & clothing
67
Death
72
Music
65
Myths, tales & legends
96
Nation
54
Nature
249
Still life
153
Food
20
Nude
157
Landscape
296
Urban landscape
153
Visual perception
48
Portrait
420
Postcolonialism
106
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
74
Romantic relationships
45
Religion & spirituality
192
Domestic scene
110
Science
52
Sexuality
132
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Time
29
Traditions
232
Work
82
Domestic work
81
Vegetal
162
Everyday life
283
Old age
31
Violence
144
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
77
Mediums
Applied arts
212
Jewellery & silverware
20
Ceramic
79
Costumes
37
Decor
60
Medal
8
Furniture
19
Mosaic
18
Graphic arts
795
Poster
37
Watercolour
187
Collage
206
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
523
Engraving & etching
229
Illustration
101
Artist book
85
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Screen printing
74
Audiovisual
350
Film
126
Digital
56
Sound
77
Video
242
Installation
491
Accumulation
92
Assemblage
230
Environment
138
[Modes]
126
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
112
Monumental
128
Painting
803
Acrylic
162
Mural
36
Gouache
98
Oil
460
Tempera
30
Performance
234
Photography
421
Analogue photography
240
Digital photography
97
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
443
Concrete & cement
32
Wood
113
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
133
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
46
Plastic
47
Plaster
81
Resin
32
Clay
97
Glass
27
Textile
213
Embroidery
75
Sewing
46
Weaving
62
Countries
Africa
92
Egypt
13
Nigeria
16
Central America and the Caribbean
41
Curaçao
3
Jamaica
4
North America
372
United States
325
Mexico
31
South America
102
Argentina
31
Brazil
29
Chile
8
Ecuador
1
Asia
187
Bangladesh
2
China
27
India
15
Japan
59
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Singapore
7
Thailand
4
Europe
760
Germany
113
Austria
18
Belgium
20
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
Denmark
12
Spain
40
Finland
5
France
374
Hungary
41
Ireland
5
Italy
53
Latvia
3
Lithuania
7
North Macedonia
4
Norway
13
Poland
29
Czech Republic
12
Romania
9
United Kingdom
101
Sweden
10
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
12
Middle East
106
Israel
51
Lebanon
22
Syria
3
Oceania
47
Australia
37
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
6
18th century
20
1760s
13
1770s
14
1780s
11
1790s
11
19th century
85
1800s
8
1810s
10
1820s
11
1830s
12
1840s
15
1850s
14
1860s
23
1870s
34
1880s
35
1890s
62
20th century
1234
1900s
92
1910s
146
1920s
219
1930s
279
1940s
305
1950s
381
1960s
507
1970s
607
1980s
710
1990s
848
21st century
803
2000s
803
2010s
716
2020s
521
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
22
— 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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1930 — 2017 | Poland
Magdalena Abakanowicz
1930 — 2017 | Poland
Magdalena Abakanowicz
1853 — 1927 | France
Louise Abbéma
1925 — Switzerland | 2015 — France
Eva Aeppli
1925 — Switzerland | 2015 — France
Eva Aeppli
1939 — Bangladesh | 2015 — France
Novera Ahmed
1939 — Bangladesh | 2015 — France
Novera Ahmed
1939 — Bangladesh | 2015 — France
Novera Ahmed
1963 | Egypt
Ghada Amer
1963 | Egypt
Ghada Amer
1949 | Philippines
Agnes Arellano
1949 | Philippines
Agnes Arellano
1959 | Brasil
Brígida Baltar
1872 — 1954 | France
Jeanne Bardey
1872 — 1954 | France
Jeanne Bardey
1858 — Ukraine | 1884 — France
Marie Bashkirtseff
1858 — Ukraine | 1884 — France
Marie Bashkirtseff
1969 | Italy
Vanessa Beecroft
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)
1822 — 1899 | France
Marie Rosalie Bonheur (dite Rosa Bonheur)
1822 — 1899 | France
Marie Rosalie Bonheur (dite Rosa Bonheur)
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1938 | Latvia
Vija Celmins
1938 | Latvia
Vija Celmins
1938 | Latvia
Vija Celmins
1939 | United States
Barbara Chase-Riboud
1864 — 1943 | France
Camille Claudel
1864 — 1943 | France
Camille Claudel
1896 — Romania | 1985 — France
Irina Codreanu (Irène Codreano)
1896 — Romania | 1985 — France
Irina Codreanu (Irène Codreano)
1748 — 1821 | France
Marie-Anne Collot
1748 — 1821 | France
Marie-Anne Collot
1748 — 1821 | France
Marie-Anne Collot
1956 | Ireland
Dorothy Cross
1956 | Ireland
Dorothy Cross
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1928 — Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | 2014 — Croatia
Vera Dajht-Kralj
1928 — Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | 2014 — Croatia
Vera Dajht-Kralj
1928 — Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | 2014 — Croatia
Vera Dajht-Kralj
1905 — 1985 | Bulgaria
Vaska Emanuilova
1942 | Syria
Simone Fattal
1942 | Syria
Simone Fattal
1942 | Syria
Simone Fattal
1801 — 1886 | Italy
Félicie de Fauveau
1801 — 1886 | Italy
Félicie de Fauveau
1911 — Denmark | 1984 — France
Sonja Ferlov Mancoba
1911 — Denmark | 1984 — France
Sonja Ferlov Mancoba
1924 — Czech Republic | 2006 — France
Ruth Francken
1924 — Czech Republic | 2006 — France
Ruth Francken
1877 — 1967 | France
Geneviève Granger
1939 — 1995 | United States
Nancy Graves
1939 — 1995 | United States
Nancy Graves
1939 — 1995 | United States
Nancy Graves
1940 | United States
Nancy Grossman
1940 | United States
Nancy Grossman
1962 | Egypt
Susan Hefuna
1962 | Egypt
Susan Hefuna
1962 | Egypt
Susan Hefuna
1915 — 1999 | Curaçao
May Henriquez
1915 — 1999 | Curaçao
May Henriquez
1915 — 1999 | Curaçao
May Henriquez
1903 — 1975 | United Kingdom
Barbara Hepworth
1903 — 1975 | United Kingdom
Barbara Hepworth
1885 — 1966 | United States
Malvina Hoffman
1885 — 1966 | United States
Malvina Hoffman
1876 — United States | 1973 — France
Anna Hyatt Huntington
1876 — United States | 1973 — France
Anna Hyatt Huntington
1898 — Russia | 1951 — Poland
Katarzyna Kobro
1898 — Russia | 1951 — Poland
Katarzyna Kobro
1867 — Russia | 1945 — Germany
Käthe Kollwitz
1867 — Russia | 1945 — Germany
Käthe Kollwitz
1876 — Austria | 1956 — Hungary
Elza Kövesházi Kalmár
1876 — Austria | 1956 — Hungary
Elza Kövesházi Kalmár
1876 — Austria | 1956 — Hungary
Elza Kövesházi Kalmár
1863 — France | 1946 — ?
Marcelle Renée Lancelot-Croce
1863 — France | 1946 — ?
Marcelle Renée Lancelot-Croce
1892 — 1967 | Russia
Sarra Lébédéva
1892 — 1967 | Russia
Sarra Lébédéva
1967 | United States
Simone Leigh
1947 | United States
Sherrie Levine
1900 — Ukraine | 1992 — Israel
Batia Lishansky
1900 — Ukraine | 1992 — Israel
Batia Lishansky
1900 — Ukraine | 1992 — Israel
Batia Lishansky
1946 | Philippines
Julie Lluch Dalena
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1962 | United Kingdom
Sarah Lucas
1956 | Ireland
Alice Maher
1956 | Ireland
Alice Maher
1956 | Ireland
Alice Maher
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)
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1894 — 1973 | Brazil
Maria Martins
1859 — 1926 | France
Blanche Adèle Moria
1889 — Latvia | 1953 — Russia
Vera Moukhina
1889 — Latvia | 1953 — Russia
Vera Moukhina
1889 — Latvia | 1953 — Russia
Vera Moukhina
1923 — 1998 | India
Meera Mukherjee
1949 — 2015 | India
Mrinalini Mukherjee
1959 — 2006 | Australia
Bronwyn Oliver
1959 — 2006 | Australia
Bronwyn Oliver
1959 — 2006 | Australia
Bronwyn Oliver
1938 | Nigeria
Elizabeth Olowu
1936 | Argentina
Marie Orensanz
1936 | Argentina
Marie Orensanz
1888 — Ukraine | 1968 — Israel
Chana Orloff
1888 — Ukraine | 1968 — Israel
Chana Orloff
1888 — Ukraine | 1968 — Israel
Chana Orloff
1895 — China | 1977 — France
Pan Yuliang
1895 — China | 1977 — France
Pan Yuliang
1895 — China | 1977 — France
Pan Yuliang
1910 — 2012 | France
Lucile Passavant
1910 — 2012 | France
Lucile Passavant
1910 — 2012 | France
Lucile Passavant
1913 — Argentina | 1982 — France
Alicia Penalba
1913 — Argentina | 1982 — France
Alicia Penalba
1922 — United States | 2020 — Italy
Beverly Pepper
1922 — United States | 2020 — Italy
Beverly Pepper
1964 | France
Françoise Pétrovitch
1913 — 1994 | United States
Helen Phillips
1913 — 1994 | United States
Helen Phillips
1934 — Czechoslovakia | 1999 — Czech Republic
Naděžda Plíšková
1934 — Czechoslovakia | 1999 — Czech Republic
Naděžda Plíšková
1958 | Ireland
Kathy Prendergast
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1928 — 2013 | Australia
Norma Redpath
1928 — 2013 | Australia
Norma Redpath
1928 — 2013 | Australia
Norma Redpath
1902 — 1959 | France
Germaine Richier
1902 — 1959 | France
Germaine Richier
1902 — 1959 | France
Germaine Richier
1878 — 1954 | Germany
Clara Rilke-Westhoff
1878 — 1954 | Germany
Clara Rilke-Westhoff
1878 — 1954 | Germany
Clara Rilke-Westhoff
1957 | France
Anne Rochette
1957 | France
Anne Rochette
1901 — Chili | 1972 — Chile
Laura Rodig Pizarro
1901 — Chili | 1972 — Chile
Laura Rodig Pizarro
1923 — Poland | 2008 — Italy
Maria Papa Rostkowska
1923 — Poland | 2008 — Italy
Maria Papa Rostkowska
1923 — Poland | 2008 — Italy
Maria Papa Rostkowska
1943 | Singapore
Han Sai Por
1943 | Singapore
Han Sai Por
1892 — 1962 | United States
Augusta Savage
1892 — 1962 | United States
Augusta Savage
1892 — 1962 | United States
Augusta Savage
1908 — 1975 | Hungary
Erzsébet Schaár
1927 — 2019 | United States
Lillian Schwartz
1869 — 1940 | United States
Janet Scudder
1869 — 1940 | United States
Janet Scudder
1869 — 1940 | United States
Janet Scudder
1934 — Germany | 2021 — France
Irmgard Sigg
1888 — Poland | 1965 — Germany
Renée Sintenis
1931 — 2014 | United States
Marjorie Strider
1926 — Poland | 1973 — France
Alina Szapocznikow
1926 — Poland | 1973 — France
Alina Szapocznikow
1925 — 2019 | Norway
Aase Texmon Rygh
1925 — 2019 | Norway
Aase Texmon Rygh
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
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
1911 — Switzerland | 1990 — France
Isabelle Waldberg
1911 — Switzerland | 1990 — France
Isabelle Waldberg
1928 — Mandatory Palestine | 2010 — Israel
Ruth Zarfati Sterenshuss
1928 — Mandatory Palestine | 2010 — Israel
Ruth Zarfati Sterenshuss
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