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Abstract Art

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abstract impressionismMovement · TerminologyAbstract impressionism is an art movement that originated in New York City, in the 1940s.
Ad ReinhardtEngraver · PrintsAdolph Friedrich Reinhardt (December 24, 1913 – August 30, 1967) was an American abstract painter and art theorist active in New York City for more than three decades.
Adolph GottliebArtist · PaintingsAdolph Gottlieb (March 14, 1903 – March 4, 1974) was an American abstract expressionist painter who also made sculpture and became a printmaker.
Alexander RodchenkoDesigner · FashionAleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (Russian: Александр Михайлович Родченко; 5 December [O.S.
Alfred HrdlickaArtist · SculptureAlfred Hrdlicka (27 February 1928 – 5 December 2009) was an Austrian sculptor, painter, and professor. His surname is sometimes written Hrdlička.
Alicia PenalbaArtist · SculptureAlicia Penalba (August 9, 1913 – November 4, 1982) was an Argentine sculptor, tapestry designer, and weaver.
Alina SzapocznikowArtist · SculptureAlina Szapocznikow (lang; May 16, 1926 – March 2, 1973) was a Polish artist and Holocaust survivor.
Allen JonesArtist · SculptureAllen Jones (born 1 September 1937) is a British pop artist best known for his paintings, sculptures, and lithography. He was awarded the Prix des Jeunes Artistes at the 1963 Paris Biennale.
Anish KapoorArtist · PaintingsSir Anish Mikhail Kapoor (born 12 March 1954) is a British Indian sculptor specializing in installation art and conceptual art.
Arshile GorkyArtist · SculptureArshile Gorky (born Vostanik Manoug Adoian; April 15, 1904 – July 21, 1948) was an Armenian-American painter.
Baltasar LoboArtist · SculptureBaltasar Lobo (22 February 1910 – 4 September 1993) was a Spanish artist, anarchist and sculptor best known for his compositions depicting mother and child.
Barbara Chase-RiboudArtist · PaintingsBarbara Chase-Riboud (born June 26, 1939) is an American and French visual artist, sculptor, novelist, and poet.
Barbara HepworthPhotographer · PhotographyDame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth (10 January 1903 – 20 May 1975) was an English sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture.
Barnett NewmanEngraver · PrintsBarnett Newman (January 29, 1905 – July 4, 1970) was an American painter. He has been critically regarded as one of the major figures of abstract expressionism, and one of the foremost…
Bjørn NørgaardIllustrator · IllustrationIllustration — Björn Nörgaard in Malmö Art hall 1988
Blinky PalermoIllustrator · IllustrationBlinky Palermo, artistic name of Peter Schwarze (2 June 1943 - 18 February 1977), was a German abstract painter.
Buky SchwartzArtist · SculptureBuky Schwartz (ˈbuki ˈʃvaʁts; June 16, 1932 – September 1, 2009, Tel Aviv) was an Israeli sculptor and video artist.
Carel VisserArtist · SilverCarel Nicolaas Visser (3 May 1928 – 1 March 2015) was a Dutch sculptor. He is considered an important representative of Dutch abstract-minimalist constructivism in sculpture.
Carmen HerreraArtist · PaintingsShe was born in Havana and lived in New York City from the mid-1950s. Herrera's abstract works b
Clyfford StillEngraver · PrintsClyfford Still (November 30, 1904 – June 23, 1980) was an American painter, and one of the leading figures in the first generation of abstract expressionists, who developed a new, powerful…
Cy TwomblyArtist · SculptureEdwin Parker "Cy" Twombly Jr. (April 25, 1928July 5, 2011) was an American painter, sculptor, and photographer.
Dan GrahamPhotographer · PhotographyDaniel Graham (March 31, 1942 – February 19, 2022) was an American visual artist, writer, and curator in the writer-artist tradition.
Eduardo ChillidaEngraver · PrintsEduardo Chillida Juantegui (Basque: Eduardo Txillida Juantegi; 10 January 1924 – 19 August 2002) was a Spanish Basque sculptor notable for his abstract works.
El AnatsuiArtist · CeramicsEl Anatsui (born 4 February 1944) is a Ghanaian sculptor active for much of his career in Nigeria. He has drawn particular international attention for his "bottle-top installations".
Emil SchumacherArtist · CeramicsEmil Schumacher (29 August 1912 in Hagen, Westfalen – 4 October 1999 in San José, Ibiza) was a German painter.
Emy RoederArtist · SculptureEmy Roeder (30 January 1890 – 7 February 1971) was a modern German sculptor born in Würzburg, Germany.
Frans KrajcbergArtist · SculptureFrans Krajcberg (12 April 1921 – 15 November 2017) was a Polish-born Brazilian painter, sculptor, engraver and photographer.
František KupkaIllustrator · IllustrationFrantišek Kupka (also known as Frank Kupka or François Kupka; 23 September 1871 – 24 June 1957) was a Czech painter and illustrator who moved from realism to abstract art, pioneering…
Franz MarcArtist · PaintingsFranz Moritz Wilhelm Marc (8 February 1880 – 4 March 1916) was a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of German Expressionism.
Friedrich Vordemberge-GildewartArtist · SculptureIllustration — Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart
George RickeyArtist · SculptureGeorge Warren Rickey (June 6, 1907 – July 17, 2002) was an American kinetic sculptor known for geometric abstractions, often large-scale, engineered to move in response to air currents.
Gertrude GreeneEngraver · PrintsGertrude Glass Greene (1904 – November 25, 1956) was an abstract sculptor and painter from New York City.
Gloria FriedmannArtist · SculptureGloria Friedmann (born 1950 in Kronach) is a German-French sculptor, painter, photographer and installation artist.
Heinz MackPhotographer · PhotographyHeinz Mack (born 8 March 1931) is a German artist. Together with Otto Piene he founded the ZERO movement in 1957.
Henri LaurensArtist · SculptureHenri Laurens (18 February 1885 – 5 May 1954) was a French sculptor and illustrator.
Ilya KabakovEngraver · PrintsIlya Iosifovich Kabakov (Illia Yosypovych Kabakov; September 30, 1933 – May 27, 2023) was an American and Soviet conceptual artist, born in Dnipropetrovsk in what was then the Ukrainian SSR…
Isa GenzkenPhotographer · PhotographyIsa Genzken (born 27 November 1948) is a German artist who lives and works in Berlin.
Isamu NoguchiDesigner · Modern designIsamu Noguchi was a Japanese and American sculptor, designer, painter and architect (1904–1988). He was born in Los Angeles and died in New York City.
James RosenquistEngraver · PrintsJames Albert Rosenquist (November 29, 1933 – March 31, 2017) was an American artist and one of the proponents of the pop art movement.
Jasper JohnsEngraver · PrintsJasper Johns (born May 15, 1930) is an American painter, sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker.
Jaune Quick–to–See SmithArtist · PaintingsJaune Quick-to-See Smith (January 15, 1940 – January 24, 2025) was a Native American visual artist and curator.
Jean DubuffetEngraver · PrintsJean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet (ʒɑ̃ filip aʁtyʁ dybyfɛ; 31 July 1901 – 12 May 1985) was a French painter and sculptor of the École de Paris (School of Paris).
Jean René BazaineArtist · PaintingsJean René Bazaine (21 December 1904 – 4 March 2001) was a French painter, designer of stained glass windows and writer.
Jean TinguelyArtist · SculptureJean Tinguely (22 May 1925 – 30 August 1991) was a Swiss sculptor best known for his kinetic art sculptural machines (known officially as Métamatics) that extended the Dada tradition into…
Joan MiróEngraver · Prints
Joan MitchellEngraver · PrintsJoan Mitchell (February 12, 1925 – October 30, 1992) was an American artist who worked primarily in painting and printmaking, and also used pastel and made other works on paper.
Joaquín Torres-GarcíaArtist · PaintingsJoaquín Torres-García (28 July 1874 – 8 August 1949), was a Spanish Uruguayan painter, theorist, teacher and author, who spent most of his adult life in Spain.
Joel ShapiroEngraver · PrintsJoel Elias Shapiro (September 27, 1941 – June 14, 2025) was an American sculptor. Classified by art critics as a Postminimalist, his works consisted of sculptures composed of simple…
Jorge OteizaArtist · CeramicsJorge Oteiza Enbil (21 October 1908 – 9 April 2003), was a Spanish sculptor, painter, designer and writer from the Basque Country, renowned for being one of the main theorists on Basque…
Josef AlbersEngraver · PrintsJosef Albers (USalso, lang; March 19, 1888March 25, 1976) was a German-born American artist and educator who is considered one of the most influential 20th-century art teachers in the…
Juan GrisEngraver · Prints
Judith ScottArtist · SculptureJudith Scott (May 1, 1943 – March 15, 2005) was an American fiber sculptor. She was deaf and had Down Syndrome.
Julian SchnabelEngraver · PrintsJulian Schnabel (born October 26, 1951) is an American painter and filmmaker. In the 1980s, he received international attention for his "plate paintings"—with broken ceramic plates set onto…
Julio GonzálezArtist · Ceramics
Katarzyna KobroArtist · SculptureKatarzyna Kobro (26 January 1898 – 21 February 1951) was a Polish avant-garde sculptor and a prominent representative of the Constructivist movement in Poland.
Kay SageIllustrator · IllustrationKatherine Linn Sage (June 25, 1898 – January 8, 1963), usually known as Kay Sage, was an American Surrealist artist and poet active between 1936 and 1963.
Kenneth NolandEngraver · PrintsKenneth Noland (April 10, 1924 – January 5, 2010) was an American painter. He was one of the best-known American color field painters, although in the 1950s he was thought of as an abstract…
Kurt Laurenz MetzlerPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Kurt Laurenz Metzler
Kurt SchwittersArtist · SculptureKurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters (20 June 1887 – 8 January 1948) was a German artist. He was born in Hanover, Germany, but lived in exile from 1937.
László Moholy-NagyArtist · Sculpture
Laura OwensPhotographer · PhotographyLaura Owens (born 1970) is an American painter, gallery owner and educator. She emerged in the late 1990s from the Los Angeles art scene.
Loïs Mailou JonesArtist · PaintingsLois Mailou Jones (November 3. 1905 – June 9 1998) was an artist and educator.
Louise NevelsonArtist · SculptureLouise Nevelson (September 23, 1899 – April 17, 1988) was an American sculptor known for her monumental, monochromatic, wooden wall pieces and outdoor sculptures.
Lucio FontanaArtist · CeramicsLucio Fontana (lang; 19 February 1899 – 7 September 1968) was an Argentine-Italian sculptor, painter, and theorist. He is known as the founder of Spatialism and exponent of abstraction.
Lynda BenglisArtist · SculptureLynda Benglis (born October 25, 1941) is an American sculptor and visual artist known especially for her wax paintings and poured latex sculptures.
Mainie Harriet JellettDesigner · Modern designMary Harriet Jellett (29 April 1897 – 16 February 1944) was an Irish painter whose Decoration (1923) was among the first abstract paintings shown in Ireland when it was exhibited at the…
Man RayArtist · PaintingsMan Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky; August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American-born, French-naturalized visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris.
Marc QuinnEngraver · PrintsMarc Quinn (born 8 January 1964) is a British contemporary visual artist whose work includes sculpture, installation, and painting.
Maria RoosenArtist · SculptureMaria Lucia Cecilia («Maria») Roosen (born 2 April 1957) is a Dutch sculptor and illustrator, as well as jewelry designer. Roosen works mainly with glass and watercolor.
Menashe KadishmanEngraver · PrintsMenashe Kadishman (Hebrew: מנשה קדישמן; August 21, 1932 – May 8, 2015) was an Israeli sculptor and painter.
Michael HeizerEngraver · PrintsMichael Heizer (born 9 November 1944) is an American land artist specializing in large-scale and site-specific sculptures.
Miguel Ortiz BerrocalArtist · SculptureMiguel Ortiz Berrocal (Villanueva de Algaidas, Málaga, 28 September 1933 – Antequera, Málaga, 31 May 2006) was a Spanish figurative and abstract sculptor.
Mona HatoumArtist · SculptureMona Hatoum (born 1952) is a British-Palestinian multimedia and installation artist who lives in London.
Ossip ZadkineArtist · SculptureOssip Alexeevich Zadkine (Yossel Aronovich Tsadkin; Osip Alekseyevich Tsadkin; 28 January 1888 – 25 November 1967) was a Russian and French sculptor, painter, lithographer and…
Otto FreundlichArtist · SculptureOtto Freundlich (10 July 1878 – 9 March 1943) was a German painter and sculptor of Jewish origin.
Phillip KingArtist · CeramicsPhillip King PRA (1 May 1934 – 27 July 2021) was a British sculptor. He was one of Anthony Caro's best-known students, even though the two artists were near contemporaries.
Piero ManzoniArtist · SculptureManifesto for the International Exhibition of Nothing is dated 1960.
Piet MondrianIllustrator · IllustrationPieter Cornelis Mondriaan (7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), known after 1911 as Piet Mondrian (USalso), was a Dutch painter and art theoretician, who is regarded as one of the greatest…
Princess Fahrelnissa ZeidEngraver · PrintsPrincess Fahrelnissa Zeid (Fakhr un-nisa or Fahr-El-Nissa, born Fahrünissa Şakir (Kabaağaçlı);
Richard ArtschwagerArtist · PaintingsRichard Ernst Artschwager (December 26, 1923 – February 9, 2013) was an American painter, illustrator and sculptor. His work has associations with pop art, conceptual art, and minimalism.
Robert DelaunayArtist · PaintingsRobert Delaunay (lang; 12 April 1885 – 25 October 1941) was a French artist of the School of Paris movement;
Rudolf BauerIllustrator · IllustrationAlexander Georg Rudolf Bauer (11 February 188928 November 1953) was a German-born painter who was involved in the avant-garde group Der Sturm in Berlin, and whose work would become central…
Salvatore GarauArtist · SculptureSalvatore Garau (born 1953) is an Italian artist from the Mediterranean island of Sardinia.
Shirana ShahbaziPhotographer · PhotographyShirana Shahbazi (born 1974) is an Iranian-born photographer who now lives in Switzerland. Her work includes installations and large prints of conceptual photography.
Shirazeh HoushiaryArtist · SculptureShirazeh Houshiary (born 15 January 1955) is an Iranian-born English sculptor, installation artist, and painter. She lives and works in London.
Sigmar PolkeEngraver · PrintsSigmar Polke (13 February 1941 – 10 June 2010) was a German painter and photographer. Polke experimented with a wide range of styles, subject matters and materials.
Sonia DelaunayEngraver · PrintsSonia Delaunay (Stern, lang; 14 November 1885 – 5 December 1979) was a French artist born to Jewish parents, who spent most of her working life in Paris.
Tomie OhtakeArtist · Sculpture
Tony CraggArtist · SculptureSir Anthony Douglas Cragg (born 9 April 1949) is an Anglo-German sculptor, resident in Wuppertal, Germany since 1977.
Tony SmithArtist · SculptureAnthony Peter Smith (September 23, 1912 – December 26, 1980) was an American sculptor, painter, architectural designer, and a noted art theorist.
Victor VasarelyEngraver · Prints
Willi BaumeisterIllustrator · IllustrationWilli Baumeister (22 January 1889 – 31 August 1955) was a German painter, scenic designer, art professor, and typographer.
Winold ReissIllustrator · IllustrationHe was born in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Yayoi KusamaArtist · Sculpture22 March 1929 – 14 August 2026 was a Japanese artist who worked primarily in sculpture and installation.
Yves KleinArtist · SculptureYves Klein (lang; 28 April 1928 – 6 June 1962) was a French artist and an important figure in postwar European art.

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