List of American artists 1900 and after

For artists born before 1900, see: List of American artists before 1900

This is a list by date of birth of historically recognized American fine artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature, including traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, and printmaking, as well as more recent genres, including installation art, performance art, body art, conceptual art, and video art.

Born 1900-1909

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1900

• Betty Parsons (1900-1982), painter, gallerist
• Fannie Nampeyo (1900-1987), potter, ceramic artist
• Alice Neel (1900-1984), painter
• Louise Nevelson (1900-1988), assembage artist, sculptor
• Jack Tworkov (1900-1982), painter

1901

• James Richmond Barthé (1901-1989), sculptor
• Dorothy Dehner (1901-1994), sculptor
• Beauford Delaney (1901-1979), painter
• Walt Disney (1901-1966), cartoonist, animator, filmmaker
• Philip Evergood (1901-1973), painter, printmaker, sculptor
• Richard Lindner (1901-1978), painter

1902

• Ansel Easton Adams (1902-1984), photographer
• Isabel Bishop, (1902-1988), painter
• Lee Gatch (1902-1968), painter, muralist
• Kenzo Okada, (1902-1982), painter
• I. Rice Pereira, (1902-1971), painter
• Isaac Soyer, (1902-1981), painter

1903

• Walter Inglis Anderson (1903-1965), painter
• Joseph Cornell (1903-1972), sculptor, filmmaker
• Walker Evans (1903-1975), photographer
• Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974), painter
• Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003), caricaturist
• Isamu Noguchi (1903-1988), sculptor
• Mark Rothko (1903-1970), painter
• Karl Zerbe (1903-1972), painter

1904

• Paul Cadmus (1904-1999), painter
• Clarence Holbrook Carter (1904-2000) painter
• Arshile Gorky (1904-1948), painter
• Chaim Gross (1904-1991), sculptor
• Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), painter
• Clyfford Still (1904-1980), painter

1905

• Leonard Bahr (1905-1990), painter, muralist, illustrator
• Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1998), painter
• Doris Lee (1905-1983), painter
• Barnett Newman (1905-1970), painter
• James Amos Porter (1905-1970), painter, art historian

1906

• Peter Blume (1906-1992), painter
• James Brooks (1906-1992), painter and muralist
• Ralston Crawford (1906-1978), painter, lithographer, and photographer
• Burgoyne Diller (1906-1965), painter
• Philip Johnson (1906-2005), architect, art collector
• David Smith (1906-1965), sculptor
• Leon Polk Smith (1906-1996), painter

1907

• Charles Alston (1907-1977), painter
• Ilya Bolotowsky (1907-1981), painter
• Marie Z. Chino (1907-1982), potter, ceramic artist
• Acee Blue Eagle (1907-1959), painter, muralist
• Jon Gnagy (1907-1981), painter, illustrator, television art instructor
• Albert Kotin (1907-1980), painter
• Fairfield Porter (1907-1975), painter
• George Rickey (1907-2002), sculptor
• Theodore Roszak (1907–1981), sculptor, painter

1908

• Herblock (1908-2001), political cartoonist
• Lee Krasner (1908-1984), painter
• Helen Lundeberg (1908-1999), painter
• Nicholas Marsicano (1908-1991), painter
• Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996), graphic artist, illustrator, naturalist
• Minor White (1908–1976), photographer

1909

• Al Capp (1909-1979), cartoonist
• Enrico Donati (1909-), painter

Born 1910-1919

1910

• Morris Graves (1910-2001), painter, printmaker
• Franz Kline (1910-1962), painter
• Fuller Potter (1910-1990), painter

1911

• Will Barnet, (1911-), painter, printmaker
• Romare Bearden, (1911-1988), painter, printmaker
• Louise Bourgeois (1911-), sculptor
• David Park, (1911-1960), painter

1912

• Charles Addams (1912-1988), cartoonist
• William Baziotes (1912-1963), painter
• Ida Kohlmeyer (1912-1997), painter, sculptor
• Alexander Liberman (1912-1999), painter, sculptor
• Morris Louis (1912-1962), painter
• Agnes Martin (1912-2004), painter
• Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), painter
• Tony Smith (1912-1980), sculptor

1913

• Hyman Bloom (1913), painter
• Philip Guston (1913-1980), painting
• Reuben Kadish (1913 - 1992), sculptor
• Ibram Lassaw (1913-2003), sculptor
• Conrad Marca-Relli (1913- 2000). painter
• Ad Reinhardt (1913-1967), painter

1914

• Allan Houser (1914-1994) painter, sculptor
• Alton Tobey (1914-2005), painter, muralist, illustrator

1915

• Friedel Dzubas (1915-1994), painter
• Jack Levine (1915-), painter
• Richard Lippold (1915-2002), sculptor
• Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), painter

1916

• Elmer Bischoff (1916-1991), painter
• Richard Pousette-Dart (1916-1992), painter
• Jon Schueler (1916-1992), painter

1917

• Maya Deren (1917-1961, Avant-garde filmmaker and theorist, photographer
• David Hare (1917-1992), sculptor and photographer
• Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000), painter, printmaker
• Milton Resnick (1917-2004), painter
• Andrew Wyeth (1917-), painter

1918

• Elaine de Kooning (1918-1989), painter
• Jane Frank (1918-1986), painter

1919

• Elizabeth Catlett (1919-) sculptor, printmaker

Born 1920-1929

1920

• John Coplans (1920-2003), painter, photographer
• Gene Davis (1920-1985), painter
• Jimmy Ernst (1920-1984), painter
• Elaine Hamilton (1920-), painter
• Ray Harryhausen (1920-) stop-motion animator, sculptor
• Wayne Thiebaud (1920-), painter
• George Tooker (1920-), painter

1921

• Norman Bluhm (1921-1999), painter
• Norris Embry (1921), painter
• Al Jaffee (1921-), cartoonist
• Anne Truitt (1921-2004), sculptor

1922

• Leonard Baskin (1922-2000) sculptor
• Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993, painter
• Leon Golub (1922-2004), painter
• Grace Hartigan (1922-), painter
• Robert de Niro, Sr. (1922-1993), painter
• Jules Olitski (1922-2007), painter
• Theodoros Stamos (1922-1997), painter

1923

• Diane Arbus (1923-1971), photographer
• Jess Collins (1923-2004), painter, collage artist
• Sam Francis (1923-1994), painter
• Paul Jenkins (1923-), painter
• Ellsworth Kelly (1923-), painter
• Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), painter, sculptor, printmaker
• Knox Martin (1923-), painter, sculptor, muralist
• Larry Rivers (1923-), painter

1924

• George Brecht (1924-), Fluxus artist, composer
• Robert Frank (1924-), filmmaker, photographer
• Douglas Huebler (1924-1997), conceptual artist
• Kenneth Noland (1924-), painter
• Philip Pearlstein (1924-), painter
• Beverly Pepper (1924-), sculptor, painter
• George Segal (1924-2000), sculptor
• Peter Voulkos (1924-2002), ceramic artist

1925

• John Altoon (1925-1969), painter
• Robert Colescott (1925-), painter
• Duane Hanson (1925-1996), sculptor
• Joan Mitchell (1925-1992), painter
• Robert Rauschenberg (1925-), all media
• Emmett Williams (1925-2007), collage artist, concrete poet

1926

• Wallace Berman (1926-1976), assemblage artist
• Elva Nampeyo (1926–1985), potter, ceramic artist
• Betye Saar (1926-), assemblage artist
• Nancy Spero (1926-) painter, printmaker, collagist

1927

• John Chamberlain (1927-), sculptor
• Ray Johnson (1927-1995), collage artist, mail artist
• Wolf Kahn (1927-), painter
• Alex Katz (1927-)
• Allan Kaprow (1927-2006), painter, assemblagist, performance artist
• Edward Kienholz (1927-1994), installation artist, sculptor
• John Mason (1927-), ceramic artist
• Kenneth Snelson (1927-), sculptor

1928

• Arman (1928-2005), painters, sculptor, experimental artist
• Alice Baber (1928-1982), painter
• Helen Frankenthaler (1928-), painter
• Ralph Goings (1928-), painter
• Al Held (1928-2005), painter
• Robert Irwin (1928-), installation artist
• Robert Indiana (1928-), painter, sculptor
• Donald Judd (1928-1994), sculptor
• Sol Lewitt (1928-2007), conceptual artist, installation artist, sculptor, printmaker
• Nathan Oliveira (1928-), painter
• Dextra Nampeyo Quotskuyva, potter, ceramic artist
• Thomas Downing (1928-1985), painter
• Cy Twombly (1928-), painter
• Andy Warhol (1928-1987), painter, filmmaker, printmaker

1929

• Ida Applebroog (1929-), painter
• Jo Baer (1929-), painter
• Jay DeFeo (1929-1989), painter, visual artist
• Jules Feiffer (1929-), cartoonist
• Nicholas Krushenick (1929-1999), painter
• Lyman Kipp (1929-), sculptor
• Gabriel Laderman (1929-), painter
• Claes Oldenberg (1929-), sculptor

Born 1930-1939

1930

• Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930-), painter, sculptor, printmaker
• Alan D'arcangelo (1930-1998), painter, graphic artist
• Marisol Escobar (1930-), sculptor, printmaker
• Jasper Johns (1930-), painter, sculptor, printmaker
• Robert Natkin (1930-), painter
• Manuel Neri (1930-), sculptor
• Faith Ringgold (1930-), painter and fabric artist
• Robert Ryman (1930-), painter
• Susan Weil (1930-), painter
• Gahan Wilson (1930-), cartoonist

1931

• John Baldessari (1931-), conceptual artist
• Lee Bontecou (1931-), sculptor
• Audrey Flack (1931-), painter
• R.C. Gorman (1931-2005). painter
• Howard Mehring (1931–1978), painter
• Malcolm Morley (1931-), painter
• Robert Morris (1931-), sculptor, conceptual artist
• Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004), painter, collage artist

1932

• Robert Bechtle (1932-), painter
• James Lee Byars (1932-1997), installation artist, sculptor, performance artist
• Nam June Paik (1932-2006), Fluxus, installation artist,

1933

• Bruce Conner (1933-), filmmaker, assemblage artist, sculptor, painter, collagist, graphic artist and photographer
• Dan Flavin (1933-1996), sculptor]]
• Sam Gilliam (1933-), painter
• Phillip Hefferton (1933-)
• Alison Knowles (1933-) Fluxus performance artist, sound artist, papermaker, printmaker
• Charlotte Moorman (1933-1991), Fluxus, performance artist
• Yoko Ono (1933-) installation artist, sculptor, filmmaker
• James Rosenquist (1933-), painter and muralist
• Mark di Suvero (1933-), sculptor

1934

• Don Bachardy (1934-), portrait artist
• Walter Darby Bannard (1934-), painter
• Patrick Ireland (1934-), sculptor, painter, installation artist, conceptual artist
• Yvonne Jacquette (1934-) painter
• Yvonne Rainer (1934-), performance artist, choreographer, dancer
• Dorothea Rockburne (1934-), painter

1935

• Carl Andre (1935-), minimalist sculptor
• Eleanor Antin (1935-), performance artist, filmmaker, installation artist
• Christo (1935-), environmental installation artist
• Walter De Maria (1935-), sculptor
• Jim Dine (1935-), painter, sculptor
• Mel Ramos (1935-), painter

1936

• William Anastasi (1933-), painter
• Richard Estes (1936-), painter
• Hans Haacke (1936-), conceptual artist
• Richard Haas (1936-), muralist
• Eva Hesse (1936-1970), sculptor
• Joan Jonas (1936-), video, performance artist, other media
• Lucas Samaras (1936-) photographer, sculptor
• Frank Stella (1936-), painter

1937

• Peter Campus (1937-), video artist, photographer
• Ronald Davis (1937-), painter
• Red Grooms (1937-), multimedia artist
• Robert Mangold (1937-), painter
• Peter Max (1937-) printmaker, graphic designer
• Edward Ruscha (1937-), painter, printmaker, photographer, conceptual artist
• Fritz Scholder (1937–2005), painter, printmaker, graphic artist
• Larry Zox (1937-2006), painter

1938

• Joan Brown (1938-1990), painter
• Vija Celmins (1938-), painter, graphic artist
• Robert Graham (1938-), sculptor
• Dick Higgins (1938-1998), Fluxus artist, composer, writer
• Brice Marden (1938-), painter
• Eugene J. Martin (1938-2005), collagist, painter, graphic artist
• Robert Smithson (1938-1973), sculptor, installation and earth artist

1939

• Larry Bell (1939-), sculptor
• Judy Chicago (1939-), installation artist, sculptor
• William Eggleston (1939-), photographer
• Nancy Graves (1939-1995), sculptor, painter, printmaker
• Robert Lostutter (1939- ), painter
• Ed Paschke 1939-2004), painter
• Carolee Schneemann (1939-), performance artist
• Richard Serra (1939-), sculptor

Born 1940-1949

1940

• Vito Acconci (1940-), conceptual artist, installation artist, performance artist, filmmaker
• Mel Bochner (1940-), conceptual artist
• Chuck Close (1940-), painter
• Elizabeth Murray (1940), painter
• Jaune Quick-To-See Smith (1940-), painter, printmaker.
• Barbara Rossi (1940- ), painter
• Hannah Wilke (1940-1993), all media

1941

• Dale Chihuly (1941-), glass sculptor
• Mary Kelly (1941), conceptual artist
• Bruce Nauman (1941-), installation artist, video artist, all media
• Martin Puryear (1941-), sculptor
• Keith Sonnier (1941-), sculptor
• Richard Tuttle (1941-), sculptor, painter, installation artist

1942

• Jonathan Borofsky (1942-), painter, sculptor, installation artist
• Dan Christensen (1942-2007), painter
• Susan Crile (1942-), painter
• Dan Graham (1942-), conceptual artist, performance artist
• Bob Ross (1942-1995), painter, television artist
• Lawrence Weiner (1942-), conceptual artist

1943

• Michael Asher (1943-), conceptual artist, installation artist
• Robert Crumb (1943-), cartoonist
• Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978), situationist, site-specific artist, performance artist
• Martha Rosler (1943-), video, photo-text, installation, performance art
• James Turrell (1943-), installation artist

1944

• Don Eddy (1944), painter
• Louis Delsarte (1944- ) painter
• Michael Heizer (1944-), sculptor, earth artist
• Allan McCollum (1944-), conceptual artist, sculptor, all media
• Allen Ruppersberg (1944-), conceptual artist, installation artist

1945

• Jack Goldstein (1945-2003), conceptual artist, filmmaker, painter
• Joseph Kosuth (1945-), conceptual artist
• Barbara Kruger (1945-), photographer, graphic artist, sculptor
• Suzanne Lacy (1945-), installations, video, performance artist
• Paul McCarthy (1945-), sculptor, installation artist, video artist
• Sean Scully (1945-), painter
• Peter Reginato (1945-), sculptor
• Susan Rothenberg (1945-), painter
• Daisy Youngblood (1945-), ceramic artist, sculptor

1946

• Alice Aycock (1946-), sculptor]]
• Betty Beaumont (1946-), site-specific artist, all media
• Chris Burden (1946-), performance artist, sculptor
• T.C. Cannon (1946-1978), painter
• Anthony McCall (1946-), installation artist, projected film
• Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989), photographer
• Lonnie Ortega (1946-), aviation artist
• Jamie Wyeth (1946-), painter

1947

• Laurie Anderson (1947-), experimental performance artist, musician
• Sarah Charlesworth (1947-), conceptual artist, photographer
• Ronnie Landfield (1947-), painter
• Louise Lawler (1947-), photographer
• Sherrie Levine (1947-), conceptual artist

1948

• Eric Fischl (1948-), painter
• Jonathan Lasker (1948-), painter
• Ana Mendieta (1948-1985), performance artist
• Marilyn Minter (1948-), painter, photographer
• Adrian Piper (1948-), conceptual artist
• Brian Wood (1948-), film maker, multiple media, painter, photographer

1949

• Ross Bleckner (1949-), painter
• Deborah Butterfield (1949-), sculptor
• Stephen Hickman (1949-), illustrator, sculptor
• Richard Prince (1949-), painter, photographer, sculptor

Born 1950-1959

1950

• Lesley Dill (1950-), all media
• Jenny Holzer (1950-), conceptual artist
• Archie Rand (1950-), painter, muralist
• Mark Tansey (1949), painter

1951

• Gary Hill (1951-) video installation artist
• Michael Smith, (1951-), performance, video, and installation artist
• Julian Schnabel (1951-), painter, filmmaker
• Bill Viola (1951), video artist

1952

• David Em (1952-), digital art
• Kenneth Feingold (1952-), drawing, film, video, other media
• Tom Otterness (1952-), sculptor
• David Salle (1952-), painter

1953

• Philip-Lorca diCorcia (1953-), photographer
• Peter Halley (1953-), painter
• Robert Longo (1953-) sculptor, graphic artist
• Carrie Mae Weems (1953-), photographer

1954

• Robert Gober (1954-), sculptor
• Mike Kelley (1954-), all media
• Cindy Sherman (1954-), photographer
• Kiki Smith (1954-), sculptor, printmaker, all media
• Fred Wilson (1954-), conceptualist
• David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992), painter, photographer

1955

• Roni Horn (1955-), sculptor, photographer
• Jeff Koons (1955-), sculptor
• Jeffrey Vallance (1955-), conceptual artist

1956

• Alison Saar (1956-), sculptor, installation artist
• Fred Tomaselli (1956), painter

1957

• Julie Ault (1957-), collaborative artist, curator
• George Condo (1957-), painter
• Felix Gonzalez-Torres (1957-1996), sculptor, installation artist, interdisciplinary
• Tony Oursler (1957-), video, performance and installation artist

1958

• Wayne Barlowe (1958-), science fiction and fantasy painter
• Keith Haring (1958-1990), graphic artist, muralist, sculptor
• Wendy W. Jacob (1958-), sculptor
• Kenny Scharf (1958-), painter
• Renee Stout (1958-), assemblagist

1959

• Anne Chu (1959-), sculptor
• Maya Lin (1959-), installation artist
• Christiane Robbins (1959-), artist: various media + installation

Born 1960-1969

1960

• Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), painter
• Bob Eggleton (1960-), science fiction, fantasy, and horror artist.
• Coco Fusco (1960-), performance artist, video artist
• Glenn Ligon (1960-), conceptual artist, all media
• Lorna Simpson (1960-), photographer
• Jack Pierson (1960-), sculptor, photographer, other media

1961

• Catherine Opie (1961-), photographer
• Rirkrit Tiravanija (1961-), conceptual artist, installation artist
• Sam Durant (1961-), variety of media

1962

• Sheldon Brown (1962-), computer, installation artist
• Gregory Crewdson (1962-), photographer
• John Currin (1962-), painter
• Lisa Yuskavage (1962-), painter

1963

• Kathy Butterly (1963-), sculptor

1964

• Janine Antoni (1964-), sculptor, installation artist

1965

• Andrea Fraser (1965-), performance artist
• Tom Friedman (1965-), sculptor
• Jason Rhoades (1965-2006), installation artist
• Andrea Zittel (1965-), sculptor, installation artist

1966

• Rachel Harrison (1966-), sculptor, photographer
• Josiah McElheny (1966-), sculptor, glass artist
• Roxy Paine (1966-), sculptor, kinetic art

1967

• Matthew Barney (1967-), multimedia artist, sculptor, filmmaker
• Harrell Fletcher (1967-), socially engaged interdisciplinary projects

1968

• Doug Aitken (1968-), multimedia artist

1969

• Kara Walker (1969-), collage artist, painter, installation artist

Born 1970-1979

1972

• Charlie White (1972-), photographer
• Josh Gura (1975-), multimedia