Arts and Music

20th-century Contemporary Artists

Artists of the second half of the 20th century, including those associated with Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and other experimental styles.

  • Alice Neel (born 1900, died 1984)

    American painter.

    • Painted Margaret Evans Pregnant
  • Isabel Bishop (born 1902, died 1988)

    American painter.

    • Painted Bootblack
  • Kay Sage (born 1898, died 1963)

    American contemporary painter.

    • Painted I Saw Three Cities
  • Dorothea Tanning (born 1910)

    American painter.

    • Painted Guardian Angels
  • Remedios Varo (born 1913, died 1963)

    Spanish painter.

    • Painted Creation of the Birds
  • Leonora Carrington (born 1917)

    English painter.

    • Painted Self-Portrait
  • Leonor Fini (born 1908)

    Argentine Surrealist painter.

    • Painted Red Vision
  • Helen Lundeberg (born 1908)

    American painter.

    • Painted Tree Shadows
  • Lee Krasner (born 1908, died 1984)

    American Abstract Expressionist painter.

    • Painted Cornucopia
  • Elaine de Kooning (born 1920, died 1989)

    American art critic and Abstract Expressionist painter. Wife of painter Willem de Kooning

    • Painted Sunday Afternoon
  • Grace Hartigan (born 1922)

    American Abstract Expressionist painter.

    • Painted The Year of the Cicada
  • Helen Frankenthaler (born 1928)

    American Abstract Expressionist painter.

    • Painted Mountains and Sea
  • Joan Mitchell (born 1926)

    American Abstract Expressionist painter.

    • Painted Lucky Seven
  • Dorothy Dehner (born 1901)

    American Abstract Expressionist sculptor.

    • Created Scaffold
  • Marisol (Escobar) (born 1930)

    French-born American Pop sculptor.

    • Created Women and Dog
  • Niki de Saint-Phalle (born 1930)

    French sculptor.

    • Created the interactive sculpture Hon
  • Bridget Riley (born 1931)

    English Op Art painter.

    • Painted Recollections
  • Anne Truitt (born 1921)

    American Minimalist sculptor.

    • Created King''s Heritage
  • Mary Martin (born 1907, died 1969)

    English sculptor.

    • Produced Compound Rhythms
  • Alice Aycock (born 1946)

    American sculptor.

    • Created How to Catch and Manufacture Ghosts
  • Judy Pfaff (born 1946)

    American sculptor.

    • Created the mixed-media installation piece 3-D
  • Beverly Pepper (born 1924)

    American environmental sculptor.

    • Created Sand Dunes
  • Nancy Holt (born 1938)

    American environmental sculptor.

    • Created Dark Star Park
  • Magdalena Abakanowicz (born 1930)

    Polish sculptor.

    • Created the bronze sculptural series Catharsis
  • Lee Bontecou (born 1931)

    American sculptor.

    • Known for mixed-media pieces that include discarded industrial equipment
  • Barbara Chase-Riboud (born 1939)

    American sculptor.

    • Created The Cape
  • Nancy Graves (born 1940)

    American sculptor.

    • Created Camels VI, VII, VIII
  • Lynda Benglis (born 1941)

    American sculptor.

    • Created Heraklion
  • Judy Chicago (born 1939)

    American artist and feminist.

    • Created The Dinner Party
  • Miriam Schapiro (born 1923)

    American sculptor.

    • Created High Steppin'' Strutter I
  • Eleanor Antin (born 1935)

    American performance artist.

    • Created Loves of a Ballerina
  • Audrey Flack (born 1931)

    American painter.

    • Painted Marilyn (Vanitas)
  • Janet Fish (born 1938)

    American painter.

    • Painted Black Vase with Daffodils
  • Elizabeth Murray (born 1940)

    American painter.

    • Created Join
  • Susan Rothenberg (born 1945)

    American painter.

    • Created IXI
  • Jennifer Bartlett (born 1940)

    American painter.

    • Painted Boy

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