List of American artists 1900 and after

Born 1900–1909

1900

Samuel Cashwan (1900–1988), sculptor

Carl Holty (1900–1973), painter

Fred Kabotie (c. 1900 – 1986), painter, silversmith

Rico Lebrun (1900–1964), painter

Fannie Nampeyo (1900–1987), potter, ceramic artist

Alice Neel (1900–1984), painter

Betty Parsons (1900–1982), painter, gallerist

Jack Tworkov (1900–1982), painter

Adja Yunkers (1900–1983), painter

1901

James Richmond Barthé (1901–1989), sculptor

Francis Criss (1901–1973), painter

Dorothy Dehner (1901–1994), sculptor, printmaker

Beauford Delaney (1901–1979), painter

Walt Disney (1901–1966), cartoonist, animator, filmmaker

Philip Evergood (1901–1973), painter, printmaker, sculptor

Greta Kempton (1901–1991), portrait artist

Richard Lindner (1901–1978), painter

Louise Emerson Ronnebeck (1901–1980), painter

Esther Rose (1901–1990), painter, calligrapher

Albert Swinden (1901–1961), painter

John Augustus Walker (1901–1967), painter

1902

Ansel Easton Adams (1902–1984), photographer

Isabel Bishop (1902–1988), painter, printmaker

Dorr Bothwell (1902–2000), painter, printmaker

Roger Wilson Dennis (1902-1996), painter, art conservator

Lee Gatch (1902–1968), painter, muralist

Donal Hord (1902–1966), sculptor

Paul Kelpe (1902–1985), painter

Kenzo Okada (1902–1982), painter

I. Rice Pereira (1902–1971), painter

Pietro Pezzati (1902–1993), painter

Charles Pollock (1902–1988), painter

Isaac Soyer (1902–1981), painter

1903

Maxine Albro (1903–1966), painter, muralist, lithographer, mosaic artist, sculptor

Walter Inglis Anderson (1903–1965), painter

Joseph Cornell (1903–1972), sculptor, filmmaker

Stephen Etnier (1903–1984), painter

Walker Evans (1903–1975), photographer

Adolph Gottlieb (1903–1974), painter

Robert Gwathmey (1903–1988), painter

Al Hirschfeld (1903–2003), caricaturist

Seymour Lipton (1903–1986), sculptor

Isamu Noguchi (1903–1988), sculptor

Mark Rothko (1903–1970), painter

Louis Schanker (1903–1981), painter

Ethel Schwabacher (1903–1984), painter

Bernarda Bryson Shahn (1903–2004), painter, lithographer

Karl Zerbe (1903–1972), painter

1904

Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971), photographer

Hans Burkhardt (1904–1994), painter

Paul Cadmus (1904–1999), painter, printmaker

Clarence Holbrook Carter (1904–2000), painter

Arshile Gorky (1904–1948), painter

Chaim Gross (1904–1991), sculptor

Peter Hurd (1904–1984), painter

Willem de Kooning (1904–1997), painter

Fletcher Martin (1904–1979), painter

Nan Phelps (1904–1990), painter

Jose de Rivera (1904–1985), sculptor

Clyfford Still (1904–1980), painter

1905

Leonard Bahr (1905–1990), painter, muralist, illustrator

Grace Clements (1905-1969), muralist, mosaicist, art critic

Perle Fine (1905–1988), painter

Jared French (1905–1988), painter

Lois Mailou Jones (1905–1998), painter

Doris Lee (1905–1983), painter

Paul Meltsner (1905–1966), painter

Barnett Newman (1905–1970), painter

Sanford Plummer (1905–1974), watercolor painter

James Amos Porter (1905–1970), painter, art historian

Anton Refregier (1905–1979), painter

Kurt Roesch (1905-1984), painter

Ray Strong (1905–2006), painter

1906

Harry Anderson (1906–1996), painter and illustrator

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

Herbert Ferber (1906–1991), sculptor

Philip Johnson (1906–2005), architect, art collector

David Smith (1906–1965), sculptor

Leon Polk Smith (1906–1996), painter

1907

Charles Alston (1907–1977), painter

Acee Blue Eagle (1907–1959), painter, muralist

Ilya Bolotowsky (1907–1981), painter, printmaker

Marie Z. Chino (1907–1982), potter, ceramic artist

Jon Gnagy (1907–1981), painter, illustrator, television art instructor

Jacob Kainen (1909–2001), painter

Albert Kotin (1907–1980), painter

Tom Lea (1907–2001), muralist, illustrator, painter

Michael Loew (1907–1985), painter

Walter Tandy Murch (1907–1967), painter

Fairfield Porter (1907–1975), painter

Gregorio Prestopino (1907–1984), painter

George Rickey (1907–2002), sculptor

Theodore Roszak (1907–1981), sculptor, painter

Millard Sheets (1907–1989), painter

Henriette Wyeth (1907–1997), painter

1908

Claire Falkenstein (1908–1997), sculptor

Sybil Gibson (1908–1995), painter

Herblock (1908–2001), political cartoonist

Lee Krasner (1908–1984), painter

Helen Lundeberg (1908–1999), painter

Nicholas Marsicano (1908–1991), painter

George McNeil (1908–1995), painter

Roger Tory Peterson (1908–1996), graphic artist, illustrator, naturalist

Minor White (1908–1976), photographer

1909

Gertrude Abercrombie (1909–1977), Surrealist painter

Al Capp (1909–1979), cartoonist

Ettore "Ted" DeGrazia (1909–1982), impressionist painter, sculptor, and lithographer

Enrico Donati (1909–2008), painter

Cornelia MacIntyre Foley (1909–2010), painter

Dorothy Stratton King (1909–2007), painter and printmaker

Norman Lewis (1909–1979), painter

Alex Raymond (1909–1956), cartoonist

Herman Rose (1909–2007), painter

Manfred Schwartz (1909–1970), painter

Born 1910–1919

1910

Leonard Bocour (1910–1993), paint-maker, painter

Paul Feeley (1910–1966), painter

James FitzGerald (1910-1973), sculptor, painter

Morris Graves (1910–2001), painter, printmaker

Hiroshi Honda (1910–1970), painter

Franz Kline (1910–1962), painter

Fuller Potter (1910–1990), painter

Mitchell Siporin (1910–1976), painter

Hedda Sterne (1910–2011), painter

Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012), painter, surrealist

1911

Arnold Arbeit (1911–1974), architect, sculptor, painter

Will Barnet (1911–2012), painter, printmaker

Romare Bearden (1911–1988), painter, printmaker

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), sculptor, printmaker

Eleanor Layfield Davis (1911–1985), painter, sculptor

John McCrady (1911–1968), painter

Carl Morris (1911–1993), painter, muralist

Hilda Grossman Morris (1911–1991), sculptor

David Park (1911–1960), painter

1912

Charles Addams (1912–1988), cartoonist

William Baziotes (1912–1963), painter

William Congdon (1912–1998), painter

William Franklin Draper (1912–2003), painter

Fay Kleinman (1912–2012), painter

Ida Kohlmeyer (1912–1997), painter, sculptor

Alexander Liberman (1912–1999), painter, sculptor

Morris Louis (1912–1962), painter

Agnes Martin (1912–2004), painter

Phillip Pavia (1912–2005), sculptor

Jackson Pollock (1912–1956), painter

Tony Smith (1912–1980), sculptor

George Sugarman (1912–1999), sculptor

1913

Peter Agostini (1913–1993)

Hyman Bloom (1913–2009), painter

Lawrence Calcagno (1913–1993), painter

Robert Capa (1913–1954), photographer

Philip Guston (1913–1980), painter, printmaker

Reuben Kadish (1913–1992), sculptor

James Kelly (1913–2003), painter

Ibram Lassaw (1913–2003), sculptor

Conrad Marca-Relli (1913–2000), collage artist, painter

Mercedes Matter (1913–2001), painter

Ad Reinhardt (1913–1967), painter

1914

Glen Alps (1914–1996), printmaker, sculptor

Nassos Daphnis (1914–2010), painter

Allan Houser (1914–1994), painter, sculptor

Gwendolyn Knight (1914–2005), painter

Tony Rosenthal (1914–2009), sculptor

Alton Tobey (1914–2005), painter, muralist, illustrator

Emerson Woelffer (1914–2003), painter

1915

Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012), sculptor, printmaker

Claude Clark (1915–2001), painter

John Rogers Cox (1915–1990), painter

Edward Dugmore (1915–1996), painter

Friedel Dzubas (1915–1994), painter

Ruth Gikow (1915–1982), muralist

Sam Golden (1915–1997), paint-maker, painter

Bob Kane (1915–1998), cartoonist

Jack Levine (1915–2010), painter

Clayton Lewis (1915–1995), painter and sculptor

Richard Lippold (1915–2002), sculptor

Robert Motherwell (1915–1991), painter, printmaker

Hans Namuth (1915–1990), photographer

1916

Elmer Bischoff (1916–1991), painter

Warren Eugene Brandon (1916–1977), painter

Joseph Goto (1916–1994), sculptor

Karl Kasten (1916–2010), painter, printmake

Ethel Magafan (1916–1993), painter

Alfonso Ossorio (1916–1990), painter, collagist

Richard Pousette-Dart (1916–1992), painter

Jon Schueler (1916–1992), painter

Sylvia Sleigh (1916–2010), painter

Reuben Tam (1916–1991), painter

1917

Kathleen Gemberling Adkison (1917–2010), abstract expressionist painter

Albert Alcalay (1917–2008), painter

Nicolas Carone (1917–2010), painter

Maya Deren (1917–1961), avant-garde filmmaker and theorist, photographer

Manny Farber (1917–2008), painter, film critic

Edith Frohock (1917–1997), painter and printmaker

Robert Goodnough (1917–2010), painter

Stephen Greene (1917–1999), painter

David Hare (1917–1992), sculptor and photographer

Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000), painter, printmaker

Louisa Matthíasdóttir (1917–2000), painter

Milton Resnick (1917–2004), painter

Robert Richenburg (1917–2006), painter

Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009), painter

1918

Ronald Bladen (1918–1988), sculptor

Cornell Capa (1918–2008), photographer

Elaine de Kooning (1918–1989), painter

Jane Frank (1918–1986), painter

Cleve Gray (1918–2004), painter

Stephen Pace (1918–2010), painter

David Foster Pratt (1918–2010), painter

Charles Banks Wilson (1918–2013), painter

1919

Theophilus Brown (1919–2012), painter

Fritz Bultman (1919–1985), painter, sculptor

Edward Corbett (1919–1971), painter

Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), painter

Lester Johnson (1919–2010), painter

Irving Kriesberg (1919–2009), painter

Alden Mason (1919–2013), painter

Lee Mullican (1919–1998), painter

John Wilde (1919–2006), painter, draughtsman, printmaker

Born 1920–1929

1920

John Coplans (1920–2003), painter, photographer

Gene Davis (1920–1985), painter, printmaker

Jimmy Ernst (1920–1984), painter

Elaine Hamilton (1920–2010), painter

Ray Harryhausen (1920–2013), stop-motion animator, sculptor

Luchita Hurtado (born 1920), painter

Roger Medearis (1920–2001), painter

Honoré Desmond Sharrer (1920–2009), painter

Wayne Thiebaud (born 1920), painter, printmaker

George Tooker (1920–2011), painter

Hannah Tompkins (1920–1995), painter, printmaker

Paul Wonner (1920–2008), painter

1921

Herbert Abrams (1921–2003), painter

Norman Bluhm (1921–1999), painter

Edward Boccia (1921–2012), painter

William Brice (1921–2008), painter

Thomas Chimes (1921–2009), painter

Norris Embry (1921–1981), painter

Al Jaffee (born 1921), cartoonist

Frank Lobdell (1921–2013), painter

Joe Stefanelli (born 1921), painter

Anne Truitt (1921–2004), sculptor

Ralph Burke Tyree (1921–1979), painter

Leona Wood (1921–2008), painter

1922

Leonard Baskin (1922–2000), sculptor, printmaker

Leland Bell (1922–1991), painter

Nell Blaine (1922–1996), painter

Robert De Niro, Sr. (1922–1993), painter

Virginia Dehn (née Engleman) (1922-2005), painter and printmaker

Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993), painter, printmaker

Kahlil Gibran (1922–2008), sculptor, inventor, painter

Helen Gilbert (1922-2002), painter and kinetic sculptor

Charlotte Gilbertson (born 1922), painter, printmaker

Leon Golub (1922–2004), painter

Grace Hartigan (1922–2008), painter

Julius Hatofsky (1922–2006), painter

John Hultberg (1922–2005), painter

Matsumi Kanemitsu (1922-1992), painter and lithographer

Albert Kresch (born 1922), painter

Harvey Littleton (1922–2013), glass artist

Stan Masters (1922–2005), painter

Jules Olitski (1922–2007), painter

Ray Parker (1922–1990), painter

Charles Cropper Parks (1922–2012), sculptor

Haywood Rivers (1922–2001), painter

Theodoros Stamos (1922–1997), painter

Richard Stankiewicz (1922–1983)

H. C. Westermann (1922–1981), sculptor

1923

Diane Arbus (1923–1971), photographer

David Aronson (born 1923), painter

Richard Artschwager (1923–2013), painter, sculptor

Robert Beauchamp (1923–1995), painter

Ernest Briggs (1923–1984), painter

John Ery Coleman (1923–1993), painter

Jess Collins (1923–2004), painter, collage artist

Sam Francis (1923–1994), painter, printmaker

Charles Garabedian (1923–2016), painter

Paul Georges (1923–2002), painter

Shirley Jaffe (born 1923), painter

Paul Jenkins (1923–2012), painter

Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015), painter, printmaker

Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997), painter, sculptor, printmaker

Knox Martin (born 1923), painter, sculptor, muralist

Fred Mitchell (1923-2013), painter

Ruth Mountaingrove (born 1923), feminist photographer and poet

Larry Rivers (1923–2002), painter

1924

George Brecht (1924–2008), Fluxus artist, composer

Robert Frank (born 1924), filmmaker, photographer

Jane Freilicher (1924–2014), painter

Michael Goldberg (1924–2007), painter

Douglas Huebler (1924–1997), conceptual artist

James Jarvaise (born 1924), painter

LaVerne Krause (1924–1987, printmaker, painter

John Levee (born 1924), painter

Kenneth Noland (1924–2010), painter

Philip Pearlstein (born 1924), painter, printmaker

Beverly Pepper (born 1924), sculptor, painter

George Segal (1924–2000), sculptor

Kendall Shaw (born 1924), painter

Peter Voulkos (1924–2002), ceramic artist

Charles Waterhouse (1924–2013), painter, illustrator and sculptor

Jane Wilson (1924–2015)

1925

John Altoon (1925–1969), painter

Karl Benjamin (1925–2012), painter

Robert Colescott (1925–2009), painter

Joseph Glasco (1925–1996), painter

Duane Hanson (1925–1996), sculptor

Joan Mitchell (1925–1992), painter, printmaker

Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008), all media

Emmett Williams (1925–2007), collage artist, concrete poet

1926

Stephen Antonakos (1926-2013), sculptor, light artist

Hannelore Baron (1926–1987), collage artist

Wallace Berman (1926–1976), assemblage artist

Stanley Boxer (1926–2000), painter

Edward Clark (born 1926), painter

Rosalyn Drexler (born 1926), painter

Nita Engle (born 1926), watercolor painter

Sonia Gechtoff (born 1926), painter

Everett Raymond Kinstler (born 1926), painter

Ellen Lanyon (1926–2013), painter

Ed Moses (born 1926), painter

Elva Nampeyo (1926–1985), potter, ceramic artist

George Earl Ortman (1926-2015), painter

Roland Petersen (born 1926), painter

Betye Saar (born 1926), assemblage artist

Charles Seliger (1926–2009), painter

Nancy Spero (1926–2009), painter, printmaker, collage artist

Don Stivers (1926–2009), painter

Beth Van Hoesen (1926-2010), printmaker

Jack Youngerman (born 1926), painter

1927

John Chamberlain (1927–2011), sculptor

Tony DeLap (born 1927), sculptor

Peter Forakis (1927–2009), sculptor

Al Hansen (1927–1995), performance artist, collage artist, Fluxus artist

Ray Johnson (1927–1995), collage artist, mail artist

Wolf Kahn (born 1927), painter

Allan Kaprow (1927–2006), painter, assemblagist, performance artist

Alex Katz (born 1927), painter, printmaker

Edward Kienholz (1927–1994), installation artist, sculptor

Alfred Leslie (born 1927), painter

John Mason (born 1927), ceramic artist

Jack Roth (1927–2004), painter

William Scharf (born 1927), painter

Lillian Schwartz (born 1927), Digital artist

Kenneth Snelson (1927-2016), sculptor

Anne Tabachnick (1927–1995), painter

John Paul Thomas (1927–2001), painter

Ernest Trova (1927–2009), sculptor

1928

Pat Adams (born 1928), painter

Arman (1928–2005), painter, sculptor, experimental artist

Alice Baber (1928–1982), painter

Allyn Bromley, printmaker

Thomas Downing (1928–1985), painter

Ken Ferguson (1928-2005), ceramist

Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011), painter, printmaker

Ralph Goings (born 1928), painter

Wally Hedrick (1928–2003), painter, collage artist

Al Held (1928–2005), painter, printmaker

Robert Indiana (born 1928), painter, sculptor, printmaker

Robert Irwin (born 1928), installation artist

Donald Judd (1928–1994), sculptor

Sol LeWitt (1928–2007), conceptual artist, installation artist, sculptor, printmaker

Nathan Oliveira (1928–2010), painter, printmaker

Pat Passlof (1928–2011), painter

Dextra Nampeyo Quotskuyva (born 1928), potter, ceramic artist

Paul Resika (born 1928), painter

David Simpson (born 1928), painter

Julian Stanczak (born 1928), painter

Cy Twombly (1928–2011), painter, sculptor

Andy Warhol (1928–1987), painter, filmmaker, printmaker

John Wesley (born 1928), painter

1929

Ida Applebroog (born 1929), painter

Jo Baer (born 1929), painter

John Button (1929–1982), painter

Jay DeFeo (1929–1989), painter, visual artist

Jules Feiffer (born 1929), cartoonist

Jackie Ferrara (born 1929), sculptor

Howard Kanovitz (1929–2009), painter

Lyman Kipp (1929–2014), sculptor

Nicholas Krushenick (1929–1999), painter

Gabriel Laderman (1929–2011), painter

Clement Meadmore (1929–2005), sculptor

Claes Oldenburg (born 1929), sculptor

Charles O. Perry (1929–2011), sculptor

Neil Welliver (1929–2005), painter

Born 1930–1939

1930

Richard Anuszkiewicz (born 1930), painter, sculptor, printmaker

Robert Arneson (1930–1992), sculptor, ceramist

James E. Brewton (1930–1967), painter, printmaker

Annette Corcoran (born 1930), graphic artist and ceramist

Allan D'Arcangelo (1930–1998), painter, graphic artist, printmaker

Marisol Escobar (1930–2016), sculptor, printmaker

Helen Frank (born 1930), painter, printmaker

Judith Godwin (born 1930), painter

Ron Gorchov (born 1930), painter

Jasper Johns (born 1930), painter, sculptor, printmaker

Ken Kerslake (1930–2006), printmaker, painter

Howard Kottler (1930–1989), ceramist, sculpture

Lee Lozano (1930–1999), painter

Robert Natkin (1930–2010), painter

Manuel Neri (born 1930), sculptor, painter

Deborah Remington (1930–2010), painter, printmaker

Faith Ringgold (born 1930), painter and fabric artist

Robert Ryman (born 1930), painter

Anita Steckel (1930–2012), graphic artist

Susan Weil (born 1930), painter

Gahan Wilson (born 1930), cartoonist

1931

John Baldessari (born 1931), conceptual artist, printmaker

John Nelson Battenberg (born 1931)

Jack Beal (1931–2013), painter

Lee Bontecou (born 1931), sculptor, printmaker

Audrey Flack (born 1931), painter

Rolland Golden (born 1931), abstract realist painter

R.C. Gorman (1931–2005), painter

Raymond Han (born 1931), painter

Budd Hopkins (1931–2011), painter

Howard Mehring (1931–1978), painter

Malcolm Morley (born 1931), painter, printmaker

Robert Morris (born 1931), sculptor, conceptual artist

Marjorie Strider (1931–2014), sculptor

Tom Wesselmann (1931–2004), painter, collage artist

1932

Robert Bechtle (born 1932), painter

Emilie Benes Brzezinski (born 1932), sculptor

James Lee Byars (1932–1997), installation artist, sculptor, performance artist

Charles Hinman (born 1932), painter

Craig Kauffman (1932–2010), painter, sculptor

Emily Mason (born 1932), painter

Nora Chapa Mendoza (born 1932), abstract painter

Nam June Paik (1932–2006), Fluxus, installation artist

Harry Tsuchidana(born 1932), abstract painter

1933

William Anastasi (born 1933), painter

George Bogart (1933–2005), painter

Kenneth Wayne Bushnell (born 1933), visual artist

Chryssa (1933–2013), sculptor

Guy Coheleach (born 1933), painter

Bruce Conner (1933–2008), filmmaker, assemblage artist, sculptor, painter, collagist, graphic artist and photographer

Dale Eldred (1933–1993), sculptor

Dan Flavin (1933–1996), sculptor

Sam Gilliam (born 1933), painter, printmaker

Margarete Garvin Gillin (1833-1915), painter

Phillip Hefferton (1933–2008)

John Stuart Ingle (1933–2010), watercolorist

Alison Knowles (born 1933), Fluxus performance artist, sound artist, papermaker, printmaker

Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991), Fluxus, performance artist

Ree Morton (1933–1977), painter, sculptor

Yoko Ono (born 1933), installation artist, sculptor, filmmaker

James Rosenquist (born 1933), painter and muralist, printmaker

Stephen De Staebler (1933–2011), sculptor

Michelle Stuart (born 1933), painter, sculptor, photographer

Mark di Suvero (born 1933), sculptor

Paul Thek (born 1933), installation, painting, sculpture

1934

Don Bachardy (born 1934), portrait artist

Walter Darby Bannard (1934-2016), painter

Bill Barrett (born 1934), sculptor, painter

Billy Al Bengston (born 1934), painter, sculptor

Helen Bershad (born 1934), abstract expressionist painter

Llyn Foulkes (born 1934), painter

Anita Huffington (born 1934), sculptor

Yvonne Jacquette (born 1934), painter, printmaker

Joni T. Johnson (1934–1988), painter

John McCracken (1934–2011), sculptor

Jay Milder (born 1934), painter

Brian O'Doherty, aka Patrick Ireland (born 1934), sculptor, painter, installation artist, conceptual artist

Irving Petlin (born 1934), painter

Yvonne Rainer (born 1934), performance artist, choreographer, dancer

Dorothea Rockburne (born 1934), painter

Peter Saul (born 1934), painter

Harold Joe Waldrum (1934–2003), painter, photographer

Neil Williams (1934–1988), painter

1935

Carl Andre (born 1935), minimalist sculptor

Eleanor Antin (born 1935), performance artist, filmmaker, installation artist

Christo (born 1935), environmental installation artist

Walter De Maria (1935–2013), sculptor

Jim Dine (born 1935), painter, sculptor, printmaker

Simmie Knox (born 1935), portrait artist

Al Loving (1935–2005), painter

Kenneth Price (1935–2012), ceramist

Joseph Rael (born 1935), artist and writer

Mel Ramos (born 1935), painter

Hib Sabin (born 1935), sculptor

Carol Wald (1935–2000), artist and illustrator

1936

Edward Avedisian (1936–2007), painter

Richard Estes (born 1936), painter, printmaker

Hollis Frampton (1936–1984), experimental filmmaker, photographer, theorist

Gregory Gillespie (1936–2000), painter

Hans Haacke (born 1936), conceptual artist

Richard Haas (born 1936), muralist

Eva Hesse (1936–1970), sculptor

Tom Holland (born 1936), painter, mixed media

Dennis Hopper (1936–2010), actor, photographer, painter, other media

Joan Jonas (born 1936), video, performance artist, other media

Evan Lindquist (born 1936), printmaker

Doug Ohlson (1936–2010), painter

Richard Pionk (1936–2007), pastellist, painter

Lucas Samaras (born 1936), photographer, sculptor, printmaker

Frank Stella (born 1936), painter, printmaker

DeWain Valentine (born 1936), sculptor

Leo Valledor (1936–1989), painter

Carlos Villa (1936–2013), painter

Thornton Willis (born 1936), painter

1937

Peter Campus (born 1937), video artist, photographer

Reginald Case (1937–2009), painter, collagist, sculptor

Ronald Davis (born 1937), painter

Red Grooms (born 1937), multimedia artist, printmaker

Robert Mangold (born 1937), painter, printmaker

Peter Max (born 1937), printmaker, graphic designer

Larry Poons (born 1937), painter

Harvey Quaytman (1937–2002), painter

Charles Ross (born 1937), sculptor

Edward Ruscha (born 1937), painter, printmaker, photographer, conceptual artist

Fritz Scholder (1937–2005), painter, printmaker, graphic artist

Bob Thompson (1937–1966), painter

William T. Wiley (born 1937), painter, printmaker

Larry Zox (1937–2006), painter

1938

Joan Brown (1938–1990), painter

Vija Celmins (born 1938), painter, graphic artist, printmaker

Janet Fish (born 1938), painter

Robert Graham (1938–2008), sculptor

Dick Higgins (1938–1998), Fluxus artist, composer, writer

Nancy Holt (1938–2014), sculptor, installation and earth artist

Robert H. Hudson (born 1938), sculptor

Brice Marden (born 1938), painter, printmaker

Eugene J. Martin (1938–2005), collagist, painter, graphic artist

Clark Murray (born 1938), sculptor, painter

Jim Nutt (born 1938), painter

Dennis Oppenheim (1938–2011), sculptor, installation and earth artist

Robert Perless (born 1938), kinetic artist

Robert Smithson (1938–1973), sculptor, installation and earth artist

Dieterich Spahn (born 1938), painter, stained glass designer

Pat Steir (born 1938), painter

1939

Peter Alexander (born 1939), sculptor

Larry Bell (born 1939), sculptor

Scott Burton (1939–1989), sculptor

Rosemarie Castoro (1939–2015), painter, sculptor

Judy Chicago (born 1939), installation artist, sculptor

William Eggleston (born 1939), photographer

Edward J. Fraughton (born 1939), sculptor, inventor

Nancy Graves (1939–1995), sculptor, painter, printmaker

Margia Kramer (born 1939), interdisciplinary mixed-media artist

Robert Lostutter (born 1939), painter

Ed Paschke (1939–2004), painter, printmaker

Carolee Schneemann (born 1939), performance artist

Richard Serra (born 1939), sculptor, printmaker

Paul Shapiro (born 1939), Abstract Expressionist and landscape painter

Mierle Laderman Ukeles (born 1939), feminist artist, installation artist

Jack Whitten (born 1939), painter

Born 1940–1949

1940

Vito Acconci (born 1940), conceptual artist, installation artist, performance artist, filmmaker

Mel Bochner (born 1940), conceptual artist

Chuck Close (born 1940), painter, printmaker

John Connell (1940–2009), painter, sculptor, printmaker

Mimi Gross (born 1940), painter

Pat Lipsky (born 1940), painter

Elizabeth Murray (1940–2007), painter, printmaker

Gladys Nilsson (born 1940), painter

Susan Mohl Powers (born 1944), sculptor, painter

Jaune Quick-To-See Smith (born 1940), painter, printmaker

Barbara Rossi (born 1940), painter

Joan Snyder (born 1940), painter

Mym Tuma (born 1940), painter, mixed media

Hannah Wilke (1940–1993), all media

Peter Young (born 1940), painter

1941

Jennifer Bartlett (born 1941), painter

Lynda Benglis (born 1941), sculptor

Tony Berlant (born 1941), mixed-media artist

Dale Chihuly (born 1941), glass sculptor

John De Andrea (born 1941), sculptor

Peter Erskine (born 1941), light sculptor

André Harvey (born 1941), sculptor

Mary Kelly (born 1941), conceptual artist

William Leavitt (born 1941), conceptual artist, painter, installation artist

Forrest Myers (born 1941), sculptor

Bruce Nauman (born 1941), installation artist, video artist, printmaker

Martin Puryear (born 1941), sculptor, printmaker

John Seery (born 1941), painter

Keith Sonnier (born 1941), sculptor

Richard Tuttle (born 1941), sculptor, painter, installation artist

Jackie Winsor (born 1941), sculptor

Joe Zucker (born 1941), mixed-media artist

1942

Judith Bernstein (born 1942), feminist artist

Jonathan Borofsky (born 1942), painter, sculptor, installation artist

Jerry Dolyn Brown (born 1942), folk artist, potter

Rhea Carmi (born 1942), abstract expressionist and mixed-media artist

Dan Christensen (1942–2007), painter

Susan Crile (born 1942), painter

Porfirio DiDonna (1942 –1986), painter

Dan Graham (born 1942), conceptual artist, performance artist

Jann Haworth (born 1942), sculptor

Michael Kabotie (1942–2009), painter, silversmith

Bob Ross (1942–1995), painter, television artist

David True (born 1942), painter

Lawrence Weiner (born 1942), conceptual artist

William T. Williams (born 1942), painter

1943

Michael Asher (1943–2012), conceptual artist, installation artist

Sandra Bowden (born 1943), painter

Robert Butler (1943–2014), painter

Pauline Campanelli (1943–2001), painter, writer

Cora Cohen (born 1943), painter

Ron Cooper (born 1943), artist

Robert Crumb (born 1943), cartoonist

David Diao (born 1943), painter

William S. Dutterer (1943–2007), painter

Simon Gaon (born 1943), painter

David Hammons (born 1943), installation artist, sculptor

Helen Hardin (1943–1984), painter

Stephen Kline (born 1943), painter, photographer, pen and ink

Gordon Matta-Clark (1943–1978), situationist, site-specific artist, performance artist

David R. Prentice (born 1943), painter

Martha Rosler (born 1943), video, photo-text, installation, performance art

Suze Rotolo (1943–2011), book artist

Susan Louise Shatter (1943-2011), landscape painter

Betty Spindler (born 1943), ceramist

James Surls (born 1943), sculptor and visual artist

James Turrell (born 1943), installation artist

William Wegman (born 1943), video artist, photographer, painter

Jerry Wilkerson (1943–2007), painter

Christopher Wilmarth (1943-1987), sculptor

1944

Louis Delsarte (born 1944), painter

Don Eddy (born 1944), painter

Michael Heizer (born 1944), sculptor, earth artist

Sanit Khewhok (born 1944), painter and sculptor

Allan McCollum (born 1944), conceptual artist, sculptor, all media

Richard Mock (1944–2006), painter

Susan Mohl Powers (born 1944), sculptor, painter

Richard Rappaport (born 1944), painter

Fred H. Roster (born 1944), sculptor

Allen Ruppersberg (born 1944), conceptual artist, installation artist

Alan Saret (born 1944), sculptor

1945

Michele Oka Doner (born 1945), sculptor, public artist, printmaker, video artist

Donray (born 1945), painter

Sheila Elias (born 1945)

Carole Feuerman (born 1945), sculptor

Charles Fincher (born 1945), cartoonist

Jack Goldstein (1945–2003), conceptual artist, filmmaker, painter

Glenda Green (born 1945), painter

Benjamin Harjo, Jr. (born 1945), painter, printmaker

Neil Jenney (born 1945), painter

Charles Hollis Jones (born 1945), furniture designer

Joseph Kosuth (born 1945), conceptual artist

Barbara Kruger (born 1945), photographer, graphic artist, sculptor

Suzanne Lacy (born 1945), installations, video, performance artist

Robert Lawrance Lobe (born 1945), sculptor

Paul McCarthy (born 1945), sculptor, installation artist, video artist

Peter Reginato (born 1945), sculptor

Judy Rifka (born 1945), painter, video artist

Susan Rothenberg (born 1945), painter, printmaker

Sean Scully (born 1945), painter, printmaker

Carol Sutton (born 1945), painter

Daisy Youngblood (born 1945), ceramic artist, sculptor

1946

Charles Arnoldi (born 1946), painter

Dennis Ashbaugh (born 1946), painter

Alice Aycock (born 1946), sculptor

Frances Bagley (born 1946), American sculptor

Betty Beaumont (born 1946), site-specific artist, all media

EC Bell (born 1946), painter

Chris Burden (1946–2015), performance artist, sculptor

T.C. Cannon (1946–1978), painter

Dennis H. Farber (born 1946), painter and photographer

Don Gummer (born 1946), sculptor

Nabil Kanso (born 1946), painter

Fran Lew (born 1946), painter

Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989), photographer

Anthony McCall (born 1946), installation artist, projected film

Anne Neely (born 1946), painter

Lonnie Ortega (born 1946), aviation artist

David Reed (born 1946), painter

Jamie Wyeth (born 1946), painter

1947

Laurie Anderson (born 1947), experimental performance artist, musician

Sarah Charlesworth (1947–2013), conceptual artist, photographer

Ronnie Landfield (born 1947), painter

Louise Lawler (born 1947), photographer

Sherrie Levine (born 1947), conceptual artist

Richard Minsky (born 1947), bookbinder and cover artist

Stephen Mueller (1947–2011), painter

Linda Ridgway (born 1947), sculptor

James Schoppert (1947–1992), Alaskan Native artist

Bill Stoneham (born 1947), feature film (creature shop), surrealist, illustrator

1948

Ronnie Cutrone (1948–2013), painter

Eric Fischl (born 1948), painter, printmaker

David Geiser (born 1948), painter

Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt (born 1948), installation, collage

Jonathan Lasker (born 1948), painter

Ana Mendieta (1948–1985), performance artist

Meridel Rubenstein (born 1948), photographer and installation artist

Judith Shea (born 1948), sculptor

Hollis Sigler (1948–2001), painter, printmaker

Lizbeth Stewart (1948-2013), ceramist

Altoon Sultan (born 1948), painter

J. Craig Thorpe (born 1948), landscape artist

Brian Wood (born 1948), film maker, multiple media, painter, photographer

1949

Ross Bleckner (born 1949), painter

Deborah Butterfield (born 1949), sculptor

Stephen Hickman (born 1949), illustrator, sculptor

Geoffrey Laurence (born 1949), painter

Dellamarie Parrilli (born 1949), abstract expressionist, action painter, jewelry designer

Richard Prince (born 1949), painter, photographer, sculptor

Archie Rand (born 1949), painter, muralist

Barbara Schwartz (1949–2006), painter, sculptor

Laurie Simmons (born 1949), photographer

Josh Simpson (born 1949), glass artist

Mark Tansey (born 1949), painter

Andrea Way (born 1949), painter, sculptor

Jean Wells (born 1949), mosaic sculptor

Born 1950–1959

1950

Lesley Dill (born 1950), all media

Jenny Holzer (born 1950), conceptual artist

Marilyn Kirsch (born 1950), painter

Jack Reilly (born 1950), painter

James Rizzi (born 1950), painter

Mary Michael Shelley (born 1950), carver, painter

Ira Sherman (born 1950), sculptor

Glennray Tutor (born 1950), painter

1951

Douglas Bourgeois (born 1951), sculptor and figurative painter

Louisa Chase (1951-2016), painter

Mary Heebner (born 1951), painter

Gary Hill (born 1951), video installation artist

Lee H. Letts (born 1951), bronze sculptor, goldsmith, and painter

Melissa Miller (born 1951), painter

Matt Mullican (born 1951), video, painting, electronic media, and installation

Joseph Nechvatal (born 1951), digital painter

Nic Nicosia (born 1951), American art photographer

Julian Schnabel (born 1951), painter, filmmaker

Peter Shelton (born 1951), American sculptor

Michael Smith (born 1951), performance, video, and installation artist

Bill Viola (born 1951), video artist

1952

Chris Campbell (born 1952), painter

David Em (born 1952), digital art

Sonya Fe (born 1952), painter

Ken Feingold (born 1952), installation artist, all media

Sam Havadtoy (born 1952), painter, interior designer

Kayla Komito (born 1952), visionary and thanka artist

Dave Merrick (born 1952), painter

Deborah Nehmad (born 1952), printmaker and mixed-media artist

Tom Otterness (born 1952), sculptor

Clifford Ross (born 1952), painter, photographer, video

David Salle (born 1952), painter

1953

Larry Dell Alexander (born 1953), painter

Rebecca Bluestone (born 1953), tapestry weaver

Sean K. L. Browne (born 1953), sculptor

James Casebere (born 1953), photographer

Gordon Chandler (born 1953), sculptor

Jeff Chapman-Crane (born 1953), painter

Philip-Lorca diCorcia (born 1953), photographer

April Gornik (born 1953), painter

Alex Grey (born 1953), artist

Michael Hafftka (born 1953), painter

Peter Halley (born 1953), painter

Robert Longo (born 1953), sculptor, graphic artist

Csaba Markus (born 1953), painter, sculptor, graphic artist

Tom Nussbaum (born 1953), painter, sculptor, graphic artist

Charles Ray (born 1953), sculptor

Carol Wax (born 1953), printmaker

Carrie Mae Weems (born 1953), photographer

Stephen Westfall (born 1953), painter, art critic

1954

Mary Endico (born 1954), painter, watercolorist

Robert Gober (born 1954), sculptor

Joseph Havel (born 1954), sculptor

Mike Kelley (1954–2012), all media

Karen Kilimnik (born 1954), painter, installation artist

Stephen Little (born 1954), painter and scholar

Cindy Sherman (born 1954), photographer

Kiki Smith (born 1954), sculptor, printmaker, all media

Randy Souders (born 1954), painter

Fred Wilson (born 1954), conceptual artist, printmaker

David Wojnarowicz (1954–1992), painter, photographer

1955

Charles Fazzino (born 1955), silkscreen serigraph pop artist

F. Scott Hess (born 1955), painter and conceptual artist

Roni Horn (born 1955), sculptor, photographer

Barbara Januszkiewicz (born 1955), visual artist

Jeff Koons (born 1955), sculptor

Christian Marclay (born 1955), visual artist, composer

Robert Lyn Nelson (born 1955), marine painter

Philip Taaffe (born 1955), painter, printmaker

Jeffrey Vallance (born 1955), conceptual artist

Karen Wheeler (born 1955), painter

Richard Wyatt, Jr. (born 1955), painter, muralist

1956

Mark Beard (born 1956), painter, sculptor, set designer

Mark Bloch (born 1956), interdisciplinary artist

Kaloust Guedel (born 1956), painter, sculptor

Julian Hatton (born 1956), painter

Soraida Martinez (born 1956), painter

Alison Saar (born 1956), sculptor, installation artist

Fred Tomaselli (born 1956), painter

1957

Julie Ault (born 1957), collaborative artist, curator

Sarah Brayer (born 1957), painter, paper artist, printmaker

Fred Cray (born 1957), photographer

Felix Gonzalez-Torres (1957–1996), sculptor, installation artist, interdisciplinary

Jim Hodges (1957), sculptor

Tony Oursler (born 1957), video, performance and installation artist

Adam Shaw (born 1957), painter

James Siena (born 1957), painter

1958

Wayne Barlowe (born 1958), science fiction and fantasy painter

Keith Haring (1958–1990), graphic artist, muralist, sculptor, printmaker

Tracy Harris (born 1958), painter

Wendy W. Jacob (born 1958), sculptor

Thomas Kinkade (1958–2012), painter

Christie Repasy (born 1958), floral painter

James Romberger (born 1958), pastels, comics

Kenny Scharf (born 1958), painter

Renee Stout (born 1958), assemblagist

Ray Turner (born 1958), painter, portraits, landscapes

Jeff Wassmann (born 1958), assemblage

Francesca Woodman (1958–1981), photographer

1959

Ashley Bickerton (born 1959), painter, sculptor

Anne Chu (born 1959), sculptor

Maya Lin (born 1959), installation artist

Raymond Persinger (born 1959), sculptor, public artist

Jerry Weiss (born 1959), painter

Born 1960–1969

1960

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), painter

Joe Boudreau (born 1960), painter

Bob Eggleton (born 1960), science fiction, fantasy, and horror artist.

Laura Ann Jacobs (born 1960), sculptor and mixed media artist.

Glenn Ligon (born 1960), conceptual artist, all media

Jack Pierson (born 1960), sculptor, photographer, other media

Lorna Simpson (born 1960), photographer

1961

Sam Durant (born 1961), variety of media

Zoe Leonard (born 1961), photographer and visual artist

Catherine Opie (born 1961), photographer

Geoffrey C. Smith (born 1961), sculptor

Rirkrit Tiravanija (born 1961), conceptual artist, installation artist

Israel Tsvaygenbaum (born 1961), painter

1962

Daniel Adel (born 1962), painter and illustrator

Gregory Crewdson (born 1962), photographer

John Currin (born 1962), painter

Rebecca Jo Morales (born 1962), painter

Laura Myntti (born 1962), painter

Lisa Yuskavage (born 1962), painter

1963

Gretchen Baer (born 1963), painter and performance artist

Rina Banerjee (born 1963), painter

Steve Bogdanoff (born 1963), painter, fresco artist, muralist

Kathy Butterly (born 1963), sculptor

Jon Coffelt (born 1963), painter, sculptor, book arts, curator

1964

Janine Antoni (born 1964), sculptor, installation artist

Margarete Bagshaw (born 1964), painter, clay artist

Rachel Lachowicz (born 1964), painter

Jason Teraoka (born 1964), painter

1965

Andrea Fraser (born 1965), performance artist

Tom Friedman (born 1965), sculptor

Ellen Gallagher (born 1965), painter, mixed media artist

Elizabeth Peyton (born 1965), painter

Jason Rhoades (1965–2006), installation artist

Brian Rutenberg (born 1965), abstract painter

Andrea Zittel (born 1965), sculptor, installation artist

1966

Margaret Boozer (born 1966), ceramist

Susanne Crane (born 1966), Minnesota artist

Rachel Harrison (born 1966), sculptor, photographer

Annette P. Jimerson (born 1966), painter

Josiah McElheny (born 1966), sculptor, glass artist

Roxy Paine (born 1966), sculptor, kinetic art

Ithaka (born 1966), sculptor, photographer, painter, musician

1967

Matthew Barney (born 1967), multimedia artist, sculptor, filmmaker

Geoffrey Chadsey (born 1967), painter and draftsman

Harrell Fletcher (born 1967), socially engaged interdisciplinary projects

Davyd Whaley (1967–2014), painter

1968

Doug Aitken (born 1968), multimedia artist

Dave Halili (born 1968), painter, illustrator, and designer of album covers, posters, and graphic merchandise

Amanda Matthews (born 1968), sculptor, painter, public art designer

Manuel Rivera-Ortiz (born 1968), documentary photographer

1969

Inka Essenhigh (born 1969), painter

Dana E. Levin (born 1969), Classical Realist painter

Kara Walker (born 1969), collage artist, painter, printmaker, installation artist

Born 1970–1979

1970

Shepard Fairey (born 1970), painter, printmaker, illustrator and muralist

John Newsom (born 1970), painter

1971

Andrew Prokos (born 1971), photographer

1972

Letitia Huckaby (born 1972), photographer, mixed media

Kelly Sueda (born 1972), painter

Erick Swenson (born 1972), sculptor

Charlie White (born 1972), photographer

1973

Rosy Lamb (born 1973), painter and sculptor based in Paris

1974

Carrie Ann Baade (born 1974), painter

Lee Kohse (born 1974), painter

Marni Kotak (born 1974), performance artist

Aaron Padilla (born 1974), ceramist and woodworker

John Ross Palmer (born 1974), painter

1975

Lauren Fensterstock (born 1975), installation artist, sculptor, goldsmith

Sedrick Huckaby (born 1975), painter

Elliott Johnson (born 1975), painter and designer

Greg Simkins (born 1975), painter

1976

William Powhida (born 1976), drawing

1977

Becca Bernstein (born 1977), painter

David Herbert (born 1977), sculpture, installation and video

Tim Lokiec (born 1977), 2-D mixed media

Vadis Turner (born 1977), mixed media

1979

Rachel Bess (born c. 1979), painter

Evan Gruzis (born 1979), painter

Kyle Landas (born 1979)

Jimmy Kuehnle (born 1979), sculpture, performance and installation

Born 1980–1989

1980

Kadar Brock (born 1980), abstract artist

Sarah Beth Goncarova (born 1980), painter, sculptor and installation artist

Richard T. Scott (born 1980), painter

Lindsey White (born 1980), visual artist, photography, video, sculpture, and book making

1981

Corey Ellis (born 1981), multimedia sculpture artist

Dash Snow (1981–2009), artist

Wendy Red Star (born 1981), multimedia artist

1982

Heather Dewey-Hagborg, information artist and bio-hacker

Sylvia Ji, painter using acrylics and wood panels

1984

Brian Michael Reed (born 1984)

1986

Aleah Chapin (born 1986), portrait painter

Rebecca Green (born 1986), illustrator, animator

Alexa Meade (born 1986), body artist

Brenna Murphy (born 1986), psychedelic visual forms combined with three-dimensional objects

Bissan Rafe (born 1986), painter, animator

1987

Jenna Rose Simon (born 1987), artist

Date of birth unknown

Garie Blackwell, painter

Michael D. Fay, war and combat artist

MK Guth, installation artist

Llanakila, painter and digital artist

Pamela Nelson, contemporary painter and installation artist