List of minimalist artists
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Minimalism was an art movement that began during the 1960s and this list of minimalist artists are primarily artists whose works were done in the 1960s; and are considered minimal. Although some artists subsequently radically changed their work in the 1970s and in subsequent decades. This list in incomplete.
[edit] Among the artists to whom the term minimalist was originally applied are:
- Carl Andre (born 1935), American sculptor
- Jo Baer (born 1929), American artist, associated with minimalist art
- Larry Bell (born 1939), American sculptor,
- Dan Flavin (1933–1996), American installation artist, fluorescent light sculpture
- Donald Judd (1928–1994), American sculptor
- Sol LeWitt (born 1928), American installation artist
- Robert Mangold (born 1937), American painter
- Agnes Martin (born 1912), Canadian/American painter
- John McCracken (born 1934), American sculptor
- Robert Morris (born 1931), American sculptor
- Robert Ryman (born 1930), American painter
- Fred Sandback (1943–2003), American installation artist
- Tony Smith (sculptor) (1912–1980), pioneer of minimalist sculpture
- Frank Stella (born 1936), American painter/sculptor
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- Anthony Caro (born 1924), British sculptor
- Ellsworth Kelly (born 1923), American painter/sculptor
- Richard Serra (born 1939), American sculptor
- Anne Truitt (1921–2004), American sculptor
[edit] Among the other artists whose work might be regarded as proto-minimalist are:
- Kasimir Malevich (1878–1935), Russian painter, pioneer of abstract art
- Giorgio Morandi (1890–1964), Italian Still-life painter, proto-Minimalist
- Barnett Newman (1905–1970), American painter, abstract expressionist
- Ad Reinhardt (1913–1967), American painter, abstract expressionist
- David Smith (sculptor) (1906–1965), pioneer of geometric and minimalist sculpture
[edit] In music artists whose work might be regarded as minimalist include:
- Roberto Carnevale
- Morton Feldman
- Kyle Bobby Dunn
- John Luther Adams
- Jon Gibson
- Philip Glass
- Tom Johnson
- Alvin Lucier
- Steve Reich
- Terry Riley
- La Monte Young
