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Abstract Expressionism

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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.
Arshile GorkyArtist · SculptureArshile Gorky (born Vostanik Manoug Adoian; April 15, 1904 – July 21, 1948) was an Armenian-American painter.
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…
Betty ParsonsArtist · SculptureBetty Parsons (born Betty Bierne Pierson, January 31, 1900 – July 23, 1982) was an American artist, art dealer, and collector known for her early promotion of Abstract Expressionism.
Captain BeefheartArtist · PaintingsDon Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010), known by his stage name Captain Beefheart, was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual…
Charles AlstonArtist · SculptureCharles Henry "Spinky" Alston (November 28, 1907 – April 27, 1977) was an American painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist and teacher who lived and worked in the New York City…
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…
Conrad Marca-RelliDesigner · Modern designConrad Marca-Relli (born Corrado Marcarelli; June 5, 1913 – August 29, 2000) was an American artist who belonged to the early generation of New York School Abstract Expressionist artists…
Cy TwomblyArtist · SculptureEdwin Parker "Cy" Twombly Jr. (April 25, 1928July 5, 2011) was an American painter, sculptor, and photographer.
Daan van GoldenPhotographer · PhotographyDaniël (Daan) van Golden (4 February 1936 – 10 January 2017) was a Dutch artist, who has been active as a painter, photographer, collagist, installation artist, wall painter and graphic…
David SmithPhotographer · PhotographyRoland David Smith (March 9, 1906 – May 23, 1965) was an American abstract expressionist sculptor and painter, best known for creating large steel abstract geometric sculptures.
Edward DugmoreArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Edward Dugmore in his studio, New York City, c.
Emil SchumacherArtist · CeramicsEmil Schumacher (29 August 1912 in Hagen, Westfalen – 4 October 1999 in San José, Ibiza) was a German painter.
Enrico DonatiArtist · SculptureEnrico Donati (February 19, 1909 – April 25, 2008) was an Italian-American Surrealist painter and sculptor.
Estelle AsmodellePerson · Music memorabiliaEstelle Asmodelle (22 April 1964 – 18 April 2026), formerly known as Estelle Maria Croot, was an Australian polymath and transgender activist.
Fayga OstrowerEngraver · PrintsFayga Perla Ostrower (née Krakowski; 14 September 1920, Łódź — 13 September 2001, Rio de Janeiro) was a Polish-Brazilian engraver, painter, designer, illustrator, art theorist and…
Georges MathieuArtist · CeramicsGeorges Mathieu (27 January 1921 – 10 June 2012) was a French abstract painter, art theorist, and member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Giorgio CavallonIllustrator · IllustrationGiorgio Cavallon (March 3, 1904 – December 22, 1989) was a founding member of the American Abstract Artists and a pioneer Abstract Expressionist.
Hans HartungArtist · CeramicsHans Hartung (21 September 1904 – 7 December 1989) was a German-French painter, known for his gestural abstract style. He was also a decorated World War II veteran of the Legion d'honneur.
Ion ȚuculescuArtist · PaintingsIon Țuculescu (iˈon t͡sukuˈlesku; 19 May 1910 – 27 July 1962) was a Romanian expressionist and abstract oil painter, although professionally he worked as a biologist and physician.
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.
Jack TworkovEngraver · PrintsJack Tworkov (15 August 1900 – 4 September 1982) was an American abstract expressionist painter.
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.
Jean-Pierre RivesArtist · SculptureJean-Pierre Rives (born 31 December 1952) is a French former rugby union player and visual artist.
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.
John ChamberlainArtist · Sculpture
John CopnallArtist · PaintingsJohn Bainbridge Copnall (1928–2007) was an English artist best known for his abstract expressionist painting of richly coloured stylised realism, often on a grand scale.
Joseph PaceArtist · Sculpture
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…
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.
Malcolm MorleyArtist · SculptureMalcolm A. Morley (June 7, 1931 – June 1, 2018) was a British-American visual artist and painter.
Mark TobeyIllustrator · IllustrationMark George Tobey (December 11, 1890 – April 24, 1976) was an American painter. His densely structured compositions, inspired by Asian calligraphy, resemble Abstract expressionism, although…
Mary AbbottArtist · PaintingsMary Lee Abbott (July 27, 1921 – August 23, 2019) was an American artist, known as a member of the New York School of abstract expressionists in the late 1940s and 1950s.
Norman BluhmIllustrator · IllustrationNorman Bluhm (March 28, 1921 – February 3, 1999), was an American painter classified as an abstract expressionist, and as an action painter.
Paul-Émile BorduasArtist · SculpturePaul-Émile Borduas (November 1, 1905 – February 22, 1960) was a Canadian artist known for his abstract paintings.
Perle FineArtist · PaintingsFine's work was most known by its combination of fluid and brushy rendering of the materials and the use of biomorphic forms encased
Robert De Niro Sr.Artist · Sculpture
Serge PoliakoffArtist · CeramicsSerge Poliakoff (January 8, 1900 – October 12, 1969) was a Russian-born French modernist painter belonging to the 'New' École de Paris (Tachisme).
Seymour FogelArtist · SculptureSeymour Fogel (August 24, 1911 – December 4, 1984) was an American artist whose artistic output included social realist art early in the century, abstract art and expressionist art at…
Umberto PettinicchioArtist · SculptureUmberto Pettinicchio (born 1943) is an Italian painter and sculptor.
Wilhelmina Weber FurlongArtist · PaintingsWilhelmina Weber Furlong (1878–1962) was a German American artist and teacher.
William RonaldArtist · PaintingsWilliam Ronald Smith (August 13, 1926 – February 9, 1998), known professionally as William Ronald, was a Canadian painter, best known as the founder of the influential Canadian abstract art…

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