List of American artists 1900 and after

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, digital art and video art.

Born 1900–1909

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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
• 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 (born 1927), 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

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
• 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
• 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

• 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

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