| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Edwin Abbey |
Painter |
1-Apr-1852 |
1-Aug-1911 |
American artist in London |
| Josef Albers |
Artist |
19-Mar-1888 |
25-Mar-1976 |
Homage to the Square |
| Washington Allston |
Painter |
5-Nov-1779 |
9-Jul-1843 |
The Dead Man Revived |
| David Antin |
Artist |
1-Feb-1932 |
|
Improv artist, talk poet |
| Allan Arbus |
Actor |
15-Feb-1918 |
|
Dr. Sidney on M*A*S*H |
| John James Audubon |
Naturalist |
26-Apr-1785 |
27-Jan-1851 |
Illustrated Birds of America |
| Matthew Barney |
Film Director |
25-Mar-1967 |
|
The Cremaster Cycle |
| George Barris |
Artist |
1925 |
|
Designed the 1966 Batmobile |
| Leonard Baskin |
Sculptor |
15-Aug-1922 |
3-Jun-2000 |
Sculptor and printmaker |
| Jean-Michel Basquiat |
Painter |
22-Dec-1960 |
12-Aug-1988 |
NYC graffiti artist |
| Romare Bearden |
Painter |
2-Sep-1911 |
12-Mar-1988 |
Collagist |
| Captain Beefheart |
Singer |
15-Jan-1941 |
17-Dec-2010 |
and His Magic Band |
| Julie Bell |
Artist |
20-Sep-1972 |
|
Fantasy airbrush artist |
| George Bellows |
Painter |
12-Aug-1882 |
8-Jan-1925 |
American realist painter |
| Thomas Hart Benton |
Painter |
15-Apr-1889 |
19-Jan-1975 |
Muralist |
| Albert Bierstadt |
Painter |
8-Jan-1830 |
18-Feb-1902 |
Western landscape painter |
| George Caleb Bingham |
Painter |
20-Mar-1811 |
7-Jul-1879 |
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri |
| Gutzon Borglum |
Sculptor |
25-Mar-1867 |
6-Mar-1941 |
Mount Rushmore |
| Louise Bourgeois |
Sculptor |
25-Dec-1911 |
31-May-2010 |
Crouching Spider |
| Sam Brown |
Cartoonist |
? |
|
Exploding Dog |
| Charles Burns |
Artist |
27-Sep-1955 |
|
Creepy graphic novelist |
| Alexander Calder |
Sculptor |
22-Jul-1898 |
11-Nov-1976 |
Creator of the mobile as art form |
| Frederick Carder |
Artist |
18-Sep-1863 |
10-Dec-1963 |
"Aurene" glass artist |
| Mary Cassatt |
Painter |
22-May-1843 |
14-Jun-1926 |
American impressionist, lived in Paris |
| Federico Castelluccio |
Actor |
29-Apr-1964 |
|
Furio on The Sopranos |
| George Catlin |
Painter |
26-Jul-1796 |
23-Dec-1872 |
Portraitist painted Native Americans |
| Judy Chicago |
Artist |
20-Jul-1939 |
|
The Birth Project |
| Dale Chihuly |
Artist |
20-Sep-1941 |
|
Glass artist |
| Christo |
Artist |
13-Jun-1935 |
|
Gift-wraps large monuments |
| Frederic Edwin Church |
Painter |
4-May-1826 |
7-Apr-1900 |
American landscape painter |
| Art Clokey |
Cartoonist |
12-Oct-1921 |
8-Jan-2010 |
Creator of Gumby |
| Chuck Close |
Painter |
5-Jul-1940 |
|
Photo-realist portrait painter, printmaker |
| Frances Bean Cobain |
Relative |
18-Aug-1992 |
|
Kurt and Courtney's child |
| Thomas Cole |
Painter |
1-Feb-1801 |
11-Feb-1848 |
American landscape painter |
| Cassius Marcellus Coolidge |
Painter |
18-Sep-1844 |
13-Jan-1934 |
Painted dogs playing poker |
| Joseph Cornell |
Sculptor |
24-Dec-1903 |
29-Dec-1972 |
Exponent of Assemblage |
| Stuart Davis |
Painter |
7-Dec-1894 |
24-Jun-1964 |
American cubist painter |
| Willem de Kooning |
Painter |
24-Apr-1904 |
19-Mar-1997 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Charles Demuth |
Painter |
8-Nov-1883 |
23-Oct-1935 |
I Saw the Figure Five in Gold |
| Mike Diana |
Artist |
5-Jun-1969 |
|
Boiled Angel |
| William Dunlap |
Playwright |
19-Feb-1766 |
28-Sep-1839 |
Fountainville Abbey |
| Thomas Eakins |
Painter |
25-Jul-1844 |
25-Jun-1916 |
Realist painter, The Gross Clinic |
| Will Eisner |
Cartoonist |
6-Mar-1917 |
3-Jan-2005 |
Turned comic book authors into Sequential Artists |
| Shepard Fairey |
Artist |
15-Feb-1970 |
|
Andre the Giant Has A Posse |
| Karen Finley |
Artist |
7-Mar-1956 |
|
Yam-slathering performance artist |
| James Montgomery Flagg |
Painter |
18-Jun-1877 |
27-May-1960 |
I Want YOU for U.S. Army |
| Phil Foglio |
Artist |
1-May-1956 |
|
Dragon magazine cartoonist |
| John Folinsbee |
Painter |
14-Mar-1892 |
10-May-1972 |
Impressionist painter |
| Llyn Foulkes |
Painter |
1935 |
|
Assemblage artist |
| Sam Francis |
Painter |
25-Jun-1923 |
4-Nov-1994 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Helen Frankenthaler |
Painter |
12-Dec-1928 |
27-Dec-2011 |
Mountains and Sea |
| Frank Frazetta |
Painter |
9-Feb-1928 |
10-May-2010 |
Painted Conan paperback covers |
| Frank Kelly Freas |
Artist |
22-Aug-1922 |
2-Jan-2005 |
Illustrator of science fiction and fantasy |
| Daniel Chester French |
Sculptor |
20-Apr-1850 |
7-Oct-1931 |
Lincoln Memorial |
| Naum Gabo |
Sculptor |
5-Aug-1890 |
23-Aug-1977 |
Constructivist, Realistic Manifesto |
| Arshile Gorky |
Painter |
15-Apr-1904 |
21-Jul-1948 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Alex Grey |
Artist |
29-Nov-1953 |
|
Chapel of Sacred Mirrors |
| Bathsheba Grossman |
Sculptor |
1966 |
|
Mathematical sculptor |
| Robert Grossman |
Artist |
1-Mar-1940 |
|
Versatile illustrator, caricaturist |
| Roger Guillemin |
Scientist |
11-Jan-1924 |
|
Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides) |
| Jessica Hagedorn |
Author |
1949 |
|
Dogeaters |
| Doc Hammer |
Cartoonist |
2-Feb-1966 |
|
Co-Creator of The Venture Bros. |
| Keith Haring |
Painter |
4-May-1958 |
16-Feb-1990 |
Abstract graffiti and mural artist |
| Ray Harryhausen |
Artist |
29-Jun-1920 |
|
Stop-motion genius |
| Childe Hassam |
Painter |
17-Oct-1859 |
27-Aug-1935 |
American impressionist, one of "The Ten" |
| Otto Heino |
Artist |
20-Apr-1915 |
16-Jul-2009 |
Master potter |
| John Hench |
Artist |
29-Jun-1908 |
5-Feb-2004 |
Disney artist, designed the Olympic torch |
| Robert Henri |
Painter |
25-Jun-1865 |
12-Jul-1929 |
Art Students League of New York |
| Lance Henriksen |
Actor |
5-May-1940 |
|
Aliens, Dead Man |
| Edward Hicks |
Painter |
4-Apr-1780 |
23-Aug-1849 |
The Peaceable Kingdom |
| Al Hirschfeld |
Artist |
21-Jun-1903 |
20-Jan-2003 |
Pen and ink caricaturist |
| David Hockney |
Painter |
9-Jul-1937 |
|
Paintings of LA swimming pools |
| Hans Hofmann |
Painter |
21-Mar-1880 |
17-Feb-1966 |
Abstract expressionist, art teacher |
| Winslow Homer |
Painter |
24-Feb-1836 |
30-Sep-1910 |
Maritime painter, Eight Bells |
| Edward Hopper |
Painter |
22-Jul-1882 |
15-May-1967 |
American realist painter, Nighthawks |
| Harriet Goodhue Hosmer |
Sculptor |
9-Oct-1830 |
21-Feb-1908 |
19th c. American sculptor in Rome |
| Trina Schart Hyman |
Artist |
8-Apr-1939 |
19-Nov-2004 |
Children's book illustrator |
| Robert Indiana |
Artist |
12-Sep-1928 |
|
Creator of the "LO/VE" sculpture |
| George Inness |
Painter |
1-May-1825 |
3-Aug-1894 |
American landscape painter |
| Jeanne-Claude |
Artist |
13-Jun-1945 |
18-Nov-2009 |
Gift-wraps large monuments |
| Tom Jennings |
Computer Programmer |
1955 |
|
Author of FidoNet BBS protocols |
| Jasper Johns |
Painter |
15-May-1930 |
|
Neo-Dadaist painter of US Flag |
| Adam Jones |
Guitarist |
15-Jan-1965 |
|
Lead guitarist for Tool |
| Kat Von D |
Artist |
8-Mar-1982 |
|
Tattoo artist, Miami Ink |
| Ellsworth Kelly |
Painter |
31-May-1923 |
|
Hard-Edge Painting |
| Rockwell Kent |
Painter |
21-Jun-1882 |
13-Mar-1971 |
Early 20th c. American realist painter |
| Thomas Kinkade |
Painter |
19-Jan-1958 |
6-Apr-2012 |
Self-proclaimed "Painter of Light" |
| Franz Kline |
Painter |
23-May-1910 |
13-May-1962 |
Abstract expressionist painter |
| Jeff Koons |
Sculptor |
21-Jan-1955 |
|
Artistic hack, Cicciolina's ex-husband |
| Richard Kostelanetz |
Artist |
14-May-1940 |
|
Prodigious avant-garde artist and author |
| Lee Krasner |
Painter |
27-Oct-1908 |
19-Jun-1984 |
Abstract expressionist |
| John La Farge |
Painter |
31-Mar-1835 |
14-Nov-1910 |
Painter, muralist, stained-glass designer |
| Fitz Hugh Lane |
Painter |
19-Dec-1804 |
14-Aug-1865 |
American marine painter, luminist |
| Roy Lichtenstein |
Painter |
27-Oct-1923 |
29-Sep-1997 |
Whaam! |
| Maya Lin |
Artist |
5-Oct-1959 |
|
Designed Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
| Morris Louis |
Painter |
24-Nov-1912 |
7-Sep-1962 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Lee Lozano |
Painter |
5-Nov-1930 |
2-Oct-1999 |
Misogyny as art form |
| George Maciunas |
Artist |
8-Nov-1931 |
9-May-1978 |
Founder of Fluxus |
| Reginald Marsh |
Artist |
14-Mar-1898 |
3-Jul-1954 |
Why Not Use the L? |
| Don Martin |
Artist |
18-May-1931 |
6-Jan-2000 |
Mad Magazine artist |
| Peter Max |
Artist |
19-Oct-1937 |
|
Psychedelic art has featured Statues of Liberty |
| Timothy McSweeney |
Relative |
1943 |
24-Jan-2010 |
Namesake of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern |
| Joan Mitchell |
Painter |
12-Feb-1925 |
30-Oct-1992 |
Abstract Expressionist |
| Samuel F. B. Morse |
Inventor |
27-Apr-1791 |
2-Apr-1872 |
Telegraph inventor and publicist |
| Grandma Moses |
Painter |
7-Sep-1860 |
13-Dec-1961 |
Painter began at age 77 |
| Mark Mothersbaugh |
Musician |
18-May-1950 |
|
Devo |
| Robert Motherwell |
Painter |
24-Jan-1915 |
16-Jul-1991 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Dennis Muren |
Artist |
1-Nov-1946 |
|
Special effects for Star Wars |
| Patrick Nagel |
Artist |
25-Nov-1945 |
4-Feb-1984 |
The Nagel Woman |
| LeRoy Neiman |
Painter |
8-Jun-1921 |
20-Jun-2012 |
Painter of sports scenes |
| Louise Nevelson |
Sculptor |
23-Sep-1899 |
17-Apr-1988 |
Ukrainian-American abstract sculptor |
| Barnett Newman |
Painter |
29-Jan-1905 |
4-Jul-1970 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Georgia O'Keeffe |
Painter |
15-Nov-1887 |
6-Mar-1986 |
American abstract and landscape painter |
| Claes Oldenburg |
Sculptor |
28-Jan-1929 |
|
Pop-Art sculptor |
| Yoko Ono |
Artist |
18-Feb-1933 |
|
Impenetrable musician, wife of John Lennon |
| Nam June Paik |
Artist |
20-Jul-1932 |
29-Jan-2006 |
Korean-American video artist |
| Ron Palillo |
Actor |
2-Apr-1949 |
14-Aug-2012 |
Horshack on Welcome Back, Kotter |
| Maxfield Parrish |
Artist |
25-Jul-1870 |
10-Mar-1966 |
American book and magazine illustrator |
| Harry Partch |
Composer |
24-Jun-1901 |
3-Sep-1974 |
Hobo composer, built his own instruments |
| Charles Willson Peale |
Painter |
15-Feb-1741 |
22-Feb-1827 |
Early American portrait painter |
| Lisa Petrucci |
Artist |
2-Dec-1963 |
|
Kute and karnal |
| Jackson Pollock |
Painter |
28-Jan-1912 |
11-Aug-1956 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Hiram Powers |
Sculptor |
29-Jun-1805 |
27-Jun-1873 |
American neoclassical sculptor |
| Maurice Prendergast |
Painter |
10-Oct-1859 |
1-Feb-1924 |
American Post-Impressionist watercolorist |
| Antonio Prohias |
Artist |
17-Jan-1921 |
24-Feb-1998 |
Spy vs. Spy |
| Tim Prusmack |
Artist |
1962 |
26-Jan-2004 |
Recreated currency notes by hand |
| Martin Puryear |
Sculptor |
23-May-1941 |
|
Post-minimalist |
| Howard Pyle |
Artist |
5-Mar-1853 |
9-Nov-1911 |
Art Nouveau children's book illustrator |
| Rammellzee |
Rapper |
c. 1960 |
27-Jun-2010 |
Beat Bop |
| Robert Rauschenberg |
Sculptor |
22-Oct-1925 |
13-May-2008 |
American modern sculptor and painter |
| Ad Reinhardt |
Painter |
24-Dec-1913 |
30-Aug-1967 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Frederic Remington |
Sculptor |
4-Oct-1861 |
26-Dec-1909 |
The Bronco Buster |
| Paul Revere |
Military |
1-Jan-1735 |
10-May-1818 |
One if by land, two if by sea... |
| Reverend Al Ridenour |
Artist |
6-Mar-1961 |
|
L.A. Cacophony Society |
| Larry Rivers |
Painter |
17-Aug-1923 |
14-Aug-2002 |
American pop artist |
| Norman Rockwell |
Painter |
3-Feb-1894 |
8-Nov-1978 |
Saturday Evening Post artist |
| Sabato Rodia |
Artist |
12-Feb-1879 |
19-Jul-1965 |
Watts Towers |
| John Romero |
Computer Programmer |
28-Oct-1967 |
|
Doom, Quake, Daikatana |
| Tony Rosenthal |
Sculptor |
9-Aug-1914 |
28-Jul-2009 |
Abstract sculptor, Alamo |
| Bob Ross |
TV Personality |
29-Oct-1942 |
4-Jul-1995 |
The Joy of Painting |
| Mark Rothko |
Painter |
25-Sep-1903 |
25-Feb-1970 |
Painter of fuzzy rectangles |
| Edward Ruscha |
Painter |
16-Dec-1937 |
|
Twenty-six Gasoline Stations |
| Albert Pinkham Ryder |
Painter |
19-Mar-1847 |
28-Mar-1917 |
Idyllic American painter |
| Augustus Saint-Gaudens |
Sculptor |
1-Mar-1848 |
3-Aug-1907 |
Leading 19th c. American sculptor |
| James Sanborn |
Sculptor |
1945 |
|
Kryptos sculpture at CIA Headquarters |
| John Singer Sargent |
Painter |
12-Jan-1856 |
15-Apr-1925 |
American portraitist |
| Peter Schlesinger |
Photographer |
2-Apr-1948 |
|
Photographer and painter |
| Julian Schnabel |
Film Director |
26-Oct-1951 |
|
Basquiat |
| John Schoenherr |
Artist |
5-Jul-1935 |
8-Apr-2010 |
Owl Moon |
| Maurice Sendak |
Author |
10-Jun-1928 |
8-May-2012 |
Where The Wild Things Are |
| Andres Serrano |
Artist |
15-Aug-1950 |
|
Piss Christ |
| Dr. Seuss |
Author |
2-Mar-1904 |
24-Sep-1991 |
The Cat in the Hat |
| Ben Shahn |
Painter |
12-Sep-1898 |
14-Mar-1969 |
American Social Realist painter |
| Charles Sheeler |
Painter |
16-Jul-1883 |
7-May-1965 |
American modernist painter, precisionist |
| Mike Shinoda |
Musician |
11-Feb-1977 |
|
Singer/instrumentalist for Linkin Park |
| John Smibert |
Painter |
24-Mar-1688 |
2-Apr-1751 |
The Bermuda Group |
| Yakov Smirnoff |
Comic |
24-Jan-1951 |
|
What a country |
| Clark Ashton Smith |
Author |
13-Jan-1893 |
14-Aug-1961 |
Horror/fantasy author |
| Jessie Willcox Smith |
Artist |
6-Sep-1863 |
3-May-1935 |
The Water-Babies illustrator |
| Ralph Steadman |
Artist |
15-May-1936 |
|
Gonzo artist and caricaturist |
| Eric Stefani |
Musician |
17-Jun-1967 |
|
No Doubt founder, Simpsons animator |
| Frank Stella |
Painter |
12-May-1936 |
|
Minimalist painter, later mixed media artist |
| Clyfford Still |
Painter |
30-Nov-1904 |
23-Jun-1980 |
Abstract expressionist |
| William Wetmore Story |
Sculptor |
12-Feb-1819 |
7-Oct-1895 |
Cleopatra |
| Gilbert Stuart |
Painter |
3-Dec-1755 |
9-Jul-1828 |
American portrait painter |
| Gloria Stuart |
Actor |
4-Jul-1910 |
27-Sep-2010 |
Rose in Titanic |
| Thomas Sully |
Painter |
19-Jul-1783 |
5-Nov-1872 |
19th c. American portrait painter |
| Wayne Thiebaud |
Artist |
15-Nov-1920 |
|
California pop artist |
| Louis Comfort Tiffany |
Artist |
18-Feb-1848 |
17-Jan-1933 |
Stained glassmaker, jewelry designer |
| Douglas Trumbull |
Artist |
8-Apr-1942 |
|
Movie special effects wizard |
| John Trumbull |
Painter |
6-Jun-1756 |
10-Nov-1843 |
American Revolutionary painter |
| Willie Tyler |
Artist |
8-Sep-1940 |
|
Ventriloquist |
| Boris Vallejo |
Painter |
8-Jan-1941 |
|
Fantasy artist |
| John Vanderlyn |
Painter |
15-Oct-1776 |
23-Sep-1852 |
American portrait painter |
| Alberto Vargas |
Artist |
9-Feb-1896 |
30-Dec-1982 |
Creator of the "Vargas Girl" |
| Bessie Potter Vonnoh |
Sculptor |
17-Aug-1872 |
8-Mar-1955 |
American sculptor in bronze |
| Lynd Ward |
Engraver |
26-Jun-1905 |
28-Jun-1985 |
Gods' Man |
| Andy Warhol |
Artist |
6-Aug-1928 |
22-Feb-1987 |
Pop Art movement |
| James Whistler |
Painter |
14-Jul-1834 |
17-Jul-1903 |
Whistler's Mother |
| Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney |
Business |
9-Jan-1875 |
18-Apr-1942 |
Whitney Museum of American Art |
| Roberta Williams |
Artist |
16-Feb-1953 |
|
Queen of the Graphic Adventure |
| Ellen Wilson |
First Lady |
15-May-1860 |
6-Aug-1914 |
First wife of US President Woodrow Wilson |
| Stan Winston |
Artist |
7-Apr-1946 |
15-Jun-2008 |
Special effects artist |
| David Wojnarowicz |
Artist |
14-Sep-1955 |
22-Jul-1992 |
One Day This Kid |
| Basil Wolverton |
Artist |
9-Jul-1909 |
31-Dec-1978 |
Mad magazine artist |
| Beatrice Wood |
Artist |
3-Mar-1893 |
12-Mar-1998 |
Mama of Dada |
| Grant Wood |
Painter |
13-Feb-1892 |
12-Feb-1942 |
American Gothic |
| Andrew Wyeth |
Painter |
12-Jul-1917 |
16-Jan-2009 |
American painter, Christina's World |
