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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1335
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
44
Lyrical abstraction
21
Outsider art
4
Kinetic art
12
Conceptual art
79
Naïve art
12
Bauhaus
11
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
8
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Fauvism
5
Fluxus
8
Futurism
9
Minimalism
37
New Objectivity
13
Op art
3
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postminimalism
7
Primitivism
6
Purisme
2
Rayonism
3
Realism
36
Socialist Realism
9
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
52
Symbolism
13
[Artist collectives]
118
Subjects
Abstraction
348
Allegory
108
Animals
166
Architecture
126
Autobiography
127
Self-portrait
179
Political issues
362
Social classes
86
Women's status
306
Consumerism
87
Human body
424
Cosmos
45
Colour
214
Dance
80
Discriminations
154
Ecology
78
Writing
165
Childhood
111
Eroticism
76
Fantasy & dreams
85
Feminism
301
Party & nightlife
37
Geometry
151
War & conflicts
147
History
271
Art history & museum
67
Homophobia
14
Identity
206
Industry
31
Intimacy
103
Irony
60
Games & toys
15
Language
90
Light
83
Machine & technology
33
Magic & esotericism
8
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
113
Mathematics
10
Media
64
Memory
203
Human migration
98
Fashion & clothing
66
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
64
Myths, tales & legends
95
Nature
245
Still life
152
Nude
155
Landscape
294
Urban landscape
153
Spatial perception
24
Visual perception
44
Portrait
416
Postcolonialism
102
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
71
Romantic relationships
45
Religion & spirituality
188
Domestic scene
110
Science
50
Sexuality
129
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Time
29
Traditions
231
Work
81
Domestic work
80
Drag
28
Vegetal
161
Everyday life
278
Old age
30
Violence
142
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
77
Mediums
Applied arts
209
Ceramic
77
Costumes
37
Decor
59
Furniture
19
Mosaic
17
Stained glass
16
Graphic arts
782
Poster
36
Watercolour
185
Collage
204
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
513
Engraving & etching
226
Illustration
98
Artist book
84
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Screen printing
71
Audiovisual
348
Film
126
Digital
54
Video
241
Installation
484
Accumulation
87
Assemblage
226
Environment
136
[Modes]
125
Site-specific
110
Monumental
128
Painting
786
Acrylic
162
Mural
35
Oil
452
Tempera
30
Performance
230
Photography
418
Analogue photography
239
Photomontage
72
Sculpture
438
Concrete & cement
32
Wood
111
Bronze
95
Marble
28
Metal
132
Paper & cardboard
25
Stone
45
Plastic
47
Plaster
79
Resin
32
Clay
96
Glass
27
Textile
210
Embroidery
74
Sewing
46
Weaving
60
Countries
Africa
91
Algeria
12
Egypt
13
Morocco
4
Central America and the Caribbean
39
Cuba
10
Haiti
5
North America
369
United States
322
Mexico
31
South America
102
Argentina
31
Brazil
29
France (French Guiana)
2
Uruguay
5
Asia
179
China
27
Indonesia
8
Japan
54
Pakistan
3
Russia
33
Europe
750
Germany
113
Austria
18
Belarus
2
Belgium
20
Denmark
12
Spain
40
France
368
Hungary
39
Italy
51
Latvia
3
North Macedonia
4
Moldova
2
Norway
13
Poland
29
Portugal
8
United Kingdom
100
Sweden
9
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
12
Middle East
102
Iran
6
Israel
51
Jordan
3
Turkey
19
Oceania
46
Australia
36
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
1
17th century
3
18th century
20
19th century
83
1840s
14
1850s
13
1860s
22
1870s
33
1880s
35
1890s
61
20th century
1216
1900s
90
1910s
145
1920s
217
1930s
277
1940s
301
1950s
376
1960s
498
1970s
598
1980s
698
1990s
835
21st century
793
2000s
793
2010s
707
2020s
514
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
20
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
27
— 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
8
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
9
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
46
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
167
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1899 — Argentina | 1991 — United Kingdom
Eileen Agar
1899 — Argentina | 1991 — United Kingdom
Eileen Agar
1899 — Germany | 1994 — United States
Anni Albers
1899 — Germany | 1994 — United States
Anni Albers
1899 — Germany | 1994 — United States
Anni Albers
1903 — Poland | 2000 — Germany
Gertrud Arndt
1903 — Poland | 2000 — Germany
Gertrud Arndt
1940 — 2015 | Spain
Elena Asins
1940 — 2015 | Spain
Elena Asins
1940 — 2015 | Spain
Elena Asins
1956 | Switzerland
Silvia Bächli
1956 | Switzerland
Silvia Bächli
1908 — 2004 | Spain
Francis Bartolozzi (Pitti)
1908 — 2004 | Spain
Francis Bartolozzi (Pitti)
1908 — 2004 | Spain
Francis Bartolozzi (Pitti)
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1934 — 2023 | Algeria
Souhila Bel Bahar
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1956 — 1999 | Turkey
Deniz Bilgin
1956 — 1999 | Turkey
Deniz Bilgin
1956 — 1999 | Turkey
Deniz Bilgin
1854 — Poland (now Ukraine) | 1893 — Poland
Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz
1854 — Poland (now Ukraine) | 1893 — Poland
Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz
1820 — Italy | 1904 — France
Mathilde Létizia Wilhelmine Bonaparte
1820 — Italy | 1904 — France
Mathilde Létizia Wilhelmine Bonaparte
1938 — 1966 | United Kingdom
Pauline Boty
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1906 — 1999 | United Kingdom
Emmy Bridgwater
1906 — 1999 | United Kingdom
Emmy Bridgwater
1969 | United Kingdom
Cecily Brown
1969 | United Kingdom
Cecily Brown
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1920 — 1988 | Brazil
Lygia Clark
1920 — 1988 | Brazil
Lygia Clark
1899 — 1986 | Denmark
Franciska Clausen
1899 — 1986 | Denmark
Franciska Clausen
1885 — Australia | 1951 — France
Anne Dangar
1885 — Australia | 1951 — France
Anne Dangar
1860 — 1957 | France
Gabrielle Debillemont-Chardon
1882 — Poland | 1949 — France
Alexandra Exter
1882 — Poland | 1949 — France
Alexandra Exter
1882 — Poland | 1949 — France
Alexandra Exter
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1955 — Iran | 1996 — France
Chohreh Feyzdjou
1955 — Iran | 1996 — France
Chohreh Feyzdjou
1917 — 2015 | Uruguay
María Freire
1946 | China
Wang Gongyi
1946 | China
Wang Gongyi
1881 — Russia | 1962 — France
Natalia Gontcharova
1881 — Russia | 1962 — France
Natalia Gontcharova
1877 — Russia | 1913 — Finland
Elena Gouro
1877 — Russia | 1913 — Finland
Elena Gouro
1953 | United States
Joanne Greenbaum
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1939 — 2019 | United States
Barbara Hammer
1855 — 1931 | Norway
Frida Hansen
1855 — 1931 | Norway
Frida Hansen
1855 — 1931 | Norway
Frida Hansen
1936 — Germany | 1970 — United States
Eva Hesse
1920 — 1960 | Australia
Joy Hester
1920 — 1960 | Australia
Joy Hester
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1929 — 1970 | Ukraine
Alla Horska
1929 — 1970 | Ukraine
Alla Horska
1929 — 1970 | Ukraine
Alla Horska
1926 — 2012 | Iran
Mansoureh Hosseini
1926 — 2012 | Iran
Mansoureh Hosseini
1814 — Spain | 1884 — United Kingdom
Georgiana Houghton
1933 — United States | 2022 — Germany
Dorothy Iannone
1902 — 1955 | Mexico
María Izquierdo
1908 — Ukraine | 1958 — Poland
Maria Jarema
1908 — Ukraine | 1958 — Poland
Maria Jarema
1876 — United Kingdom | 1939 — France
Gwen John
1876 — United Kingdom | 1939 — France
Gwen John
1876 — United Kingdom | 1939 — France
Gwen John
1905 — Moldova | 1990 — France
Ida Karskaya
1905 — Moldova | 1990 — France
Ida Karskaya
1905 — Moldova | 1990 — France
Ida Karskaya
1889 — 1943 | Norway
Ragnhild Keyser
1889 — 1943 | Norway
Ragnhild Keyser
1889 — 1943 | Norway
Ragnhild Keyser
1904 — Belarus | 1982 — France
Nadia Khodossiévitch-Léger
1904 — Belarus | 1982 — France
Nadia Khodossiévitch-Léger
1904 — Belarus | 1982 — France
Nadia Khodossiévitch-Léger
1898 — Prussia (now Pasłęk, Poland) | 1993 — Sweden
Lotte Laserstein
1898 — Prussia (now Pasłęk, Poland) | 1993 — Sweden
Lotte Laserstein
1900 — 1981 | Italy
Bice Lazzari
1900 — 1981 | Italy
Bice Lazzari
1971 | French Guiana
Nathalie Leroy Fiévée
1882 — Poland | 1973 — France
Sarah Lipska
1882 — Poland | 1973 — France
Sarah Lipska
1960 | France
Frédérique Lucien
1902 — 1995 | Spain
Maruja Mallo
1902 — 1995 | Spain
Maruja Mallo
1902 — 1995 | Spain
Maruja Mallo
1912 — 1999 | United States
Barbara Maples
1928 | Hungary
Anna Mark
1928 | Hungary
Anna Mark
1948 — Cuba | 1985 — United States
Ana Mendieta
1948 — Cuba | 1985 — United States
Ana Mendieta
1924 — Hungary | 2023 — France
Vera Molnár
1924 — Hungary | 2023 — France
Vera Molnár
1889 — Latvia | 1953 — Russia
Vera Moukhina
1889 — Latvia | 1953 — Russia
Vera Moukhina
1889 — Latvia | 1953 — Russia
Vera Moukhina
1966 — 2006 | Indonesia
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih
1966 — 2006 | Indonesia
I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih
1898 — Egypt | 1974 — France
Amy Nimr
1898 — Egypt | 1974 — France
Amy Nimr
1898 — Egypt | 1974 — France
Amy Nimr
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1900 — 1982 | United States
Betty Parsons
1900 — 1982 | United States
Betty Parsons
1886 — 1952 | Russia
Véra Pestel
1886 — 1952 | Russia
Véra Pestel
1889 — 1924 | Russia
Lioubov Popova
1889 — 1924 | Russia
Lioubov Popova
1904 — France | 1987 — Mexico
Alice Rahon
1904 — France | 1987 — Mexico
Alice Rahon
1908 — 1989 | France
Marie Raymond
1908 — 1989 | France
Marie Raymond
1908 — 1989 | France
Marie Raymond
1904 — China | 1991 — France
Colette Richarme
1904 — China | 1991 — France
Colette Richarme
1904 — China | 1991 — France
Colette Richarme
1985 — United States | 1970 — Mexico
Rosa Rolanda (Rosemonde Cowan)
1985 — United States | 1970 — Mexico
Rosa Rolanda (Rosemonde Cowan)
1985 — United States | 1970 — Mexico
Rosa Rolanda (Rosemonde Cowan)
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1917 — Germany | 1943 — Poland
Charlotte Salomon
1885 — 1963 | United Kingdom
Helen Saunders
1939 — 1988 | Japan
Sayako Kishimoto
1939 — 1988 | Japan
Sayako Kishimoto
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1962 | France
Anne-Marie Schneider
1962 | France
Anne-Marie Schneider
1884 — Ukraine | 1967 — France
Zinaida Serebriakova
1884 — Ukraine | 1967 — France
Zinaida Serebriakova
1875 — 1949 | Japan
Shōen Uemura
1944 | Jerusalem
Suha Shoman
1944 | Jerusalem
Suha Shoman
1969 | Pakistan
Shahzia Sikander
1969 | Pakistan
Shahzia Sikander
1935 — 1974 | Brazil
Maria Auxiliadora da Silva
1898 — Russian Empire (today Ukraine) | 1984 — Soviet Union
Maria Siniakova
1929 — 2015 | Norway
Inger Sitter
1929 — 2015 | Norway
Inger Sitter
1929 — 2015 | Norway
Inger Sitter
1892 — 1966 | Russia
Antonina Sofronova
1892 — 1966 | Russia
Antonina Sofronova
1908 — Ukraine | 1981 — France
Anna Staritsky
1908 — Ukraine | 1981 — France
Anna Staritsky
1908 — Ukraine | 1981 — France
Anna Staritsky
1894 — Lithuania | 1958 — Russia
Varvara Stepanova
1894 — Lithuania | 1958 — Russia
Varvara Stepanova
1924 — 2019 | United States
May Stevens
1924 — 2019 | United States
May Stevens
1933 — 2013 | Austria
Ceija Stojka
1929 — 2004 | Morocco
Chaïbia Talal
1929 — 2004 | Morocco
Chaïbia Talal
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1922 — Mandatory Palestine | 1989 — Israel
Aviva Uri
1908 — Spain | 1963 — Mexico
Remedios Varo
1908 — Spain | 1963 — Mexico
Remedios Varo
1908 — Spain | 1963 — Mexico
Remedios Varo
1896 — 1983 | United States
Charmion von Wiegand
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1897 — Poland | 1949 — United States
Teresa Żarnowerówna (Teresa Żarnower)
1897 — Poland | 1949 — United States
Teresa Żarnowerówna (Teresa Żarnower)
1903 — 1985 | China
GUAN Zilan (Violet Kwan)
1903 — 1985 | China
GUAN Zilan (Violet Kwan)
1965 | United States
Andrea Zittel
1965 | United States
Andrea Zittel
1916 — Germany | 1970 — France
Unica Zürn
1916 — Germany | 1970 — France
Unica Zürn
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