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
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
 * Virginia True (1900–1989), painter
 * 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
 * Thomas Brownell Eldred (1903–1993), painter, printmaker
 * 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
 * Elof Wedin (1901–1983), artist

1902
 * Ansel Easton Adams (1902–1984), photographer
 * Isabel Bishop (1902–1988), painter, printmaker
 * Dorr Bothwell (1902–2000), painter, printmaker
 * Alexander Cañedo (1902–1978), surrealism and magic realism
 * Roger Wilson Dennis (1902–1996), painter, art conservator
 * Mary Yancey (1902–1992), ceramic artist
 * 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
 * Otis Polelonema (1902–1981), painter, illustrator
 * 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
 * Vestie Davis (1903–1978), self-taught artist
 * Elwood Decker (1903–1992), painter
 * 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
 * Leon Karp (1903–1951), painter and printmaker
 * Seymour Lipton (1903–1986), sculptor
 * Charles S. Martz (1903–1966), painter and photographer
 * 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
 * Murray Hantman (1904–1999), painter and muralist
 * 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
 * Forrest Hibbits (1905–1996), watercolor painter, illustrator
 * Winnifred Hudson (1905–1996), abstract painter
 * Lois Mailou Jones (1905–1998), painter
 * Martin W. Kellogg (1905–1989), portrait painter
 * Doris Lee (1905–1983), painter
 * Joseph Meert (1905 - 1989), painter, muralist, printmaker
 * 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
 * Crockett Johnson (1906-1975), cartoonist, illustrator, mathematical painter
 * Philip Johnson (1906–2005), architect, art collector
 * Henry E McDaniel (1906-2008), painter
 * Dorothy Morang (1906–1994), painter and pastelist
 * 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
 * Constance Edith Fowler (1907–1996), painter, printmaker
 * 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
 * Harry Mintz (1907–2002), 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
 * Bernard Joseph Steffen (1907–1980), painter, printmaker
 * 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
 * Wilber Moore Stilwell (1908–1974), depression era artist
 * Roger Tory Peterson (1908–1996), graphic artist, illustrator, naturalist
 * Minor White (1908–1976), photographer

1909
 * Gertrude Abercrombie (1909–1977), Surrealist painter
 * Jean Cory Beall, (1909–1978), painter and public artist
 * Al Capp (1909–1979), cartoonist
 * Ettore "Ted" DeGrazia (1909–1982), impressionist painter, sculptor, and lithographer
 * Enrico Donati (1909–2008), painter
 * Jacob Lipkin (1909–1996), sculptor
 * Cornelia MacIntyre Foley (1909–2010), painter
 * Charles Gordon (1909–1978), watercolor artist
 * 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
 * Fay Morgan Taylor (1909–1990), modernist artist

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
 * Kara Shepherd (1911–1984), surrealist painter
 * Kurt Sluizer (1911–1988), 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
 * Raymond Francis Robbins (1912–1980), intricate realist paintings
 * Walter Sanford (1912–1987), artist
 * Tony Smith (1912–1980), sculptor
 * George Sugarman (1912–1999), sculptor
 * Carl Thorp (1912–1989), impressionist landscapes

1913
 * Peter Agostini (1913–1993)
 * Ralph Leon Bagley (1913–2008), artist and art instructor
 * Harold Black, painter, muralist
 * Hyman Bloom (1913–2009), painter
 * Lawrence Calcagno (1913–1993), painter
 * Robert Capa (1913–1954), photographer
 * Mario Dal Fabbro (1913–1990), sculptor, furniture designer
 * Mary Gehr (1913–1997), painter and printmaker
 * 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
 * Ruthe Katherine Pearlman (1913–2007), painter and art educator
 * Ad Reinhardt (1913–1967), painter
 * Bettina Steinke (1913–1999), painter and muralist

1914
 * Glen Alps (1914–1996), printmaker, sculptor
 * Ward Brackett (1914–2006), illustrator
 * Nassos Daphnis (1914–2010), painter
 * Allan Houser (1914–1994), painter, sculptor
 * Gwendolyn Knight (1914–2005), painter
 * Tony Rosenthal (1914–2009), sculptor
 * Charles Shannon (1914–1996), painter
 * 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
 * Nellie Meadows (1915–2006), artist
 * Robert Motherwell (1915–1991), painter, printmaker
 * Hans Namuth (1915–1990), photographer

1916
 * Adolf Aldrich (1916–2010), printmaker
 * Elmer Bischoff (1916–1991), painter
 * Warren Eugene Brandon (1916–1977), painter
 * Eyvind Earle (1916–2000), painter
 * Leonard Edmondson (1916–2002) painter, printmaker
 * Joseph Goto (1916–1994), sculptor
 * Karl Kasten (1916–2010), painter, printmaker
 * Ethel Magafan (1916–1993), painter
 * Montyne (1916–1989)
 * Alfonso Ossorio (1916–1990), painter, collagist
 * Eunice Parsons (born 1916), modernist collagist
 * Paul Penczner (1916–2010), painter
 * 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
 * Malcolm H. Myers (1917–2002), painter and printmaker
 * Milton Resnick (1917–2004), painter
 * Robert Richenburg (1917–2006), painter
 * Syd Solomon (1917–2004), painter
 * Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009), painter

1918
 * Ronald Bladen (1918–1988), sculptor
 * Cornell Capa (1918–2008), photographer
 * Keith Crown (1918–2010), abstract painter
 * 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
 * Joseph Rajer (1918-1976), printmaker
 * Gerard Francis Tempest (1918–2009), painter and sculptor
 * Alberto Valdés (1918-1998), 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 (1920–2020), painter
 * Herbert Katzman (1923-2004), painter
 * Eugene Mackaben (1920–1984), painter
 * Roger Medearis (1920–2001), painter
 * Albert Nemethy (1920–1998), painter
 * Honoré Desmond Sharrer (1920–2009), painter
 * Wayne Thiebaud (1920–2021), painter, printmaker
 * George Tooker (1920–2011), painter
 * Hannah Tompkins (1920–1995), painter, printmaker
 * Paul Wonner (1920–2008), painter

1921
 * Herbert Abrams (1921–2003), painter
 * Gertrude Bleiberg (1921–2001), painter
 * Norman Bluhm (1921–1999), painter
 * Edward Boccia (1921–2012), painter
 * William Brice (1921–2008), painter
 * Thomas Chimes (1921–2009), painter
 * Lillian Desow-Fishbein (1921–2004), painter
 * Norris Embry (1921–1981), painter
 * Salvatore Grippi (1921–2017), painter, printmaker
 * Charles Li Hidley (1921–2003), abstract expressionist
 * Al Jaffee (1921–2023), cartoonist
 * Frank Lobdell (1921–2013), painter
 * Joe Stefanelli (1921–2017), 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 (1922–2014), 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 (1922-2022), 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)
 * Jim Steg (1922–2001), printmaker, collage artist
 * H. C. Westermann (1922–1981), sculptor

1923
 * Diane Arbus (1923–1971), photographer
 * David Aronson (1923–2015), painter
 * Richard Artschwager (1923–2013), painter, sculptor
 * Robert Beauchamp (1923–1995), painter
 * Erlena Chisolm Bland (1923–2009), painter
 * John Boatright (1923–2006), 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
 * Stanley Hess (1923-2019), muralist, painter
 * Shirley Jaffe (1923–2016), painter
 * Paul Jenkins (1923–2012), painter
 * Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015), painter, printmaker
 * Jonah Kinigstein (born 1923), painter
 * Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997), painter, sculptor, printmaker
 * Knox Martin (1923—2022), painter, sculptor, muralist
 * Fred Mitchell (1923–2013), painter
 * Ruth Mountaingrove (1923–2016), feminist photographer and poet
 * Larry Rivers (1923–2002), painter

1924
 * John Bageris (1924–2000), artist
 * Al Blaustein (1924–2004), painter and printmaker
 * George Brecht (1924–2008), Fluxus artist, composer
 * Gandy Brodie (1924–1975), painter
 * Robert Frank (1924–2019), filmmaker, photographer
 * Jane Freilicher (1924–2014), painter
 * Michael Goldberg (1924–2007), painter
 * Douglas Huebler (1924–1997), conceptual artist
 * James Jarvaise (1924–2015), painter
 * Chris Karras (1924–2014), painter
 * LaVerne Krause (1924–1987), printmaker, painter
 * John Levee (1924–2017), painter
 * Kenneth Noland (1924–2010), painter
 * Philip Pearlstein (1924–2022), painter, printmaker
 * Beverly Pepper (1924–2020), sculptor, painter
 * George Segal (1924–2000), sculptor
 * Kendall Shaw (1924–2019), 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
 * Nita Engle (1925–2019), watercolor painter
 * Len Gridley Everett (1925–1984), painter
 * Joseph Glasco (1925–1996), draftsman, painter, sculptor
 * Duane Hanson (1925–1996), sculptor
 * Lila Katzen (1925–1998) 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 (1926–2019), painter
 * Rosalyn Drexler (born 1926), painter
 * Sonia Gechtoff (1926–2018), painter
 * Everett Raymond Kinstler (1926–2019), painter
 * Ellen Lanyon (1926–2013), painter
 * Ed Moses (1926–2018), 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 (1926–2020), painter

1927
 * James Bishop (1927–2021), painter
 * Jack Boul (born 1927), painter, sculptor and printmaker
 * Lilian Thomas Burwell (born 1927), painter and sculptor
 * Richard Callner (1927–2007), painter
 * John Chamberlain (1927–2011), sculptor
 * Tony DeLap (1927–2019), 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 (1927–2020), painter
 * Allan Kaprow (1927–2006), painter, assemblagist, performance artist
 * Alex Katz (born 1927), painter, printmaker
 * Edward Kienholz (1927–1994), installation artist, sculptor
 * Alfred Leslie (1927-2023), painter
 * John Mason (1927–2019), ceramic artist
 * Eleanore Mikus (1927–2017), painter
 * Jack Roth (1927–2004), painter
 * William Scharf (1927–2018), painter
 * Lillian Schwartz (born 1927), Digital artist
 * Kenneth Snelson (1927–2016), sculptor
 * Anne Tabachnick (1927–1995), painter
 * John Paul Thomas (1927–2001), painter
 * Reynolds Thomas (1927–1991), painter
 * Ernest Trova (1927–2009), sculptor

1928
 * Pat Adams (born 1928), painter
 * Arman (1928–2005), painter, sculptor, experimental artist
 * Alice Baber (1928–1982), painter
 * Yoong Bae (1928–1992), painter and sculptor
 * Allyn Bromley (born 1928), printmaker
 * Rolando López Dirube (1928–1997), artist
 * Thomas Downing (1928–1985), painter
 * Ken Ferguson (1928–2005), ceramist
 * Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011), painter, printmaker
 * Ralph Goings (1928–2016), painter
 * Wally Hedrick (1928–2003), painter, collage artist
 * Al Held (1928–2005), painter, printmaker
 * Robert Indiana (1928–2018), painter, sculptor, printmaker
 * Robert Irwin (1928-2023), installation artist
 * Donald Judd (1928–1994), sculptor
 * Sol LeWitt (1928–2007), conceptual artist, installation artist, sculptor, printmaker
 * Brian O'Doherty, aka Patrick Ireland (1928-2022), sculptor, painter, installation artist, conceptual artist
 * Nathan Oliveira (1928–2010), painter, printmaker
 * Pat Passlof (1928–2011), painter
 * Wendell Thompson Perkins (1928–1997), painter
 * Dextra Nampeyo Quotskuyva (born 1928), potter, ceramic artist
 * Paul Resika (born 1928), painter
 * Betty Sabo (1928–2016), landscape painter and sculptor
 * David Simpson (born 1928), painter
 * Julian Stanczak (1928–2017), painter
 * Anthony Triano (1928–1997), painter, sculptor, and illustrator
 * Wen-Ying Tsai (1928–2013), sculptor
 * Cy Twombly (1928–2011), painter, sculptor
 * Andy Warhol (1928–1987), painter, filmmaker, printmaker
 * John Wesley (1928–2022), painter

1929
 * Ida Applebroog (1929-2023), painter
 * Jo Baer (born 1929), painter
 * John Button (1929–1982), painter
 * Robert d’Arista (1929–1987), painter
 * Jay DeFeo (1929–1989), painter, visual artist
 * Jules Feiffer (born 1929), cartoonist
 * Jackie Ferrara (born 1929), sculptor
 * Vassilios Giavis (1929–2019), historical illustrator
 * 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 (1929–2022), sculptor
 * Charles O. Perry (1929–2011), sculptor
 * Raquel Rabinovich (born 1929), painter, sculptor
 * Mary Lou Romney (1929-2003), painter, illustrator, educator
 * Neil Welliver (1929–2005), painter

Born 1930–1939
1930
 * Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930–2020), painter, sculptor, printmaker
 * Robert Arneson (1930–1992), sculptor, ceramist
 * William H. Bailey (1930–2020), painter
 * James E. Brewton (1930–1967), painter, printmaker
 * Harold Bruder (born 1930), realist painter
 * 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 (1930–2021), painter
 * Ron Gorchov (1930–2020), 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 (1930–2021), sculptor, painter
 * Walter Pashko (1930–2006), surrealism
 * Deborah Remington (1930–2010), painter, printmaker
 * Faith Ringgold (born 1930), painter and fabric artist
 * Robert Ryman (1930–2019), painter
 * Anita Steckel (1930–2012), graphic artist
 * Susan Weil (born 1930), painter
 * Gahan Wilson (1930–2019), cartoonist

1931
 * Helene Aylon, (1931–2020), painter
 * John Baldessari (1931–2020), conceptual artist, printmaker
 * John Balossi (1931–2007), painter and sculptor
 * John Nelson Battenberg (1931–2012)
 * Jack Beal (1931–2013), painter
 * Lee Bontecou (born 1931), sculptor, printmaker
 * Stan Dann (1931–2013), wood sculptor
 * Audrey Flack (1931-2024), painter
 * Rolland Golden (1931–2019), abstract realist painter
 * R.C. Gorman (1931–2005), painter
 * Raymond Han (1931–2017), painter
 * Fred Holle (born 1931), artist and educator
 * Budd Hopkins (1931–2011), painter
 * Howard Mehring (1931–1978), painter
 * Malcolm Morley (1931–2019), painter, printmaker
 * Robert Morris (1931–2019), sculptor, conceptual artist
 * Christopher Ross (born 1931), sculptor
 * Marjorie Strider (1931–2014), sculptor
 * Tom Wesselmann (1931–2004), painter, collage artist

1932
 * Alan Bean (1932–2018), former American astronaut, painter
 * Robert Bechtle (1932–2020), painter
 * Emilie Benes Brzezinski (born 1932), sculptor
 * James Lee Byars (1932–1997), installation artist, sculptor, performance artist
 * Richard Estes (born 1932), painter, printmaker
 * Ron Ferri (1932–2019), digital artist
 * Charles Hinman (born 1932), painter
 * Morris Katz (1932–2010), painter
 * Craig Kauffman (1932–2010), painter, sculptor
 * Emily Mason (1932–2019), painter
 * Nora Chapa Mendoza (born 1932), abstract painter
 * Nam June Paik (1932–2006), Fluxus, installation artist
 * Dorothea Rockburne (born 1932), painter
 * Harry Tsuchidana (born 1932), abstract painter

1933


 * William Anastasi (born 1933), painter
 * George Bogart (1933–2005), painter
 * Kenneth Wayne Bushnell (1933–2020), visual artist
 * Albert Contreras (1933–2017), painter
 * Chryssa (1933–2013), sculptor
 * Guy Coheleach (born 1933), painter
 * Bruce Conner (1933–2008), filmmaker, assemblage artist, sculptor, painter, collagist, graphic artist and photographer
 * Mary Beth Edelson (1933-2021), artist
 * Dale Eldred (1933–1993), sculptor
 * Dan Flavin (1933–1996), sculptor
 * Sam Gilliam (1933–2022), painter, printmaker
 * Carol Haerer (1933–2002), 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
 * Joseph Raffael (1933–2021), painter
 * James Rosenquist (1933–2017), painter and muralist, printmaker
 * Joe Shannon (born 1933), painter
 * Stephen De Staebler (1933–2011), sculptor
 * Michelle Stuart (born 1933), painter, sculptor, photographer
 * Mark di Suvero (born 1933), sculptor
 * Paul Thek (1933–1988), installation, painting, sculpture

1934
 * Don Bachardy (born 1934), portrait artist
 * Colette Bangert (born 1934), new media 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
 * James Gill (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
 * Forrest Moses (1934–2021), abstract landscape painter
 * Irving Petlin (1934–2018), painter
 * Gloria Plevin (born 1934), painter
 * Yvonne Rainer (born 1934), performance artist, choreographer, dancer
 * Peter Saul (born 1934), painter
 * Selina Trieff (1934–2015), abstract artist
 * Harold Joe Waldrum (1934–2003), painter, photographer
 * Neil Williams (1934–1988), painter

1935
 * Carl Andre (1935–2024), minimalist sculptor
 * Eleanor Antin (born 1935), performance artist, filmmaker, installation artist
 * Christo (1935–2020), 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
 * Ben Fortunado Marcune (born 1935), figurative and representational sculptor and painter
 * Chuck Oberstein (1935–2002), clown paintings
 * Kenneth Price (1935–2012), ceramist
 * Joseph Rael (born 1935), artist and writer
 * Mel Ramos (1935–2018), painter
 * Hib Sabin (born 1935), sculptor
 * Stanley Tomshinsky (1935–2004), artist
 * Carol Wald (1935–2000), artist and illustrator

1936
 * Edward Avedisian (1936–2007), painter
 * 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 (1936–2024), painter, printmaker
 * DeWain Valentine (1936-2022), 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
 * Eugene Gregan (born 1937), painter
 * Red Grooms (born 1937), multimedia artist, printmaker
 * Carolyn Heller (1937–2011), painter and decorative artist
 * LeRoy Johnson (born 1937) painter, sculptor, collagist
 * Robert Mangold (born 1937), painter, printmaker
 * Peter Max (born 1937), printmaker, graphic designer
 * Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly (1937-2012), ceramist
 * 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 (1937–2021), painter, printmaker
 * Marlene Tseng Yu (born 1937), abstract expressionist
 * Richard Van Buren, (born 1937), sculptor
 * Larry Zox (1937–2006), painter

1938


 * Fran Bull (born 1938), painter, printmaker, sculptor, installation artist
 * 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
 * Stephanie Oursler (born 1938), visual artist and political activist
 * Brice Marden (1938–2023), painter, printmaker
 * Eugene J. Martin (1938–2005), collagist, painter, graphic artist
 * Clark Murray (born 1938), sculptor, painter
 * Stephen Howard Naegle (born 1938), watercolor artist
 * Jim Nutt (born 1938), painter
 * Dennis Oppenheim (1938–2011), sculptor, installation and earth artist
 * Robert Perless (born 1938), kinetic artist
 * Ben Sakoguchi (born 1938)
 * Richard Serra (1938–2024), sculptor, printmaker
 * Robert Smithson (1938–1973), sculptor, installation and earth artist
 * Dieterich Spahn (born 1938), painter, stained glass designer
 * Connie Zehr (born 1938), installation artist

1939
 * Peter Alexander (1939–2020), sculptor
 * Larry Bell (born 1939), sculptor
 * Jake Berthot (1939–2014), painter
 * Scott Burton (1939–1989), sculptor
 * Rosemarie Castoro (1939–2015), painter, sculptor
 * Judy Chicago (born 1939), installation artist, sculptor
 * William Eggleston (born 1939), photographer
 * Louise Fishman (1939–2021), painter
 * 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 (1939–2019), performance artist
 * Paul Shapiro (born 1939), Abstract Expressionist and landscape painter
 * Diane Tuckman (born 1939), silk painter
 * Igor Tulipanov (born 1939), painter
 * Mierle Laderman Ukeles (born 1939), feminist artist, installation artist
 * Jack Whitten (1939–2018), painter

Born 1940–1949
1940
 * Vito Acconci (1940–2017), conceptual artist, installation artist, performance artist, filmmaker
 * Mel Bochner (born 1940), conceptual artist
 * James Bohary (born 1940)
 * Gary Bower (born 1940), painter
 * Chuck Close (1940–2021), painter, printmaker
 * John Connell (1940–2009), painter, sculptor, printmaker
 * Mimi Gross (born 1940), painter
 * Paul Havas (1940–2012), landscape painter
 * Harvey Konigsberg (born 1940), artist
 * Paul Laffoley (1940–2015), artist
 * Jean Milant (born 1943), printmaker
 * Elizabeth Murray (1940–2007), painter, printmaker
 * Gladys Nilsson (born 1940), painter
 * Jaune Quick-To-See Smith (born 1940), painter, printmaker
 * Barbara Rossi (born 1940), painter
 * Ernest Ruckle (1940–2018), visual artist
 * Steven L. Sles (born 1940), artist
 * Joan Snyder (born 1940), painter
 * Pat Steir (born 1940), painter
 * Mym Tuma (born 1940), painter, mixed media
 * Joyce Wellman (born 1949), painter, printmaker
 * 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
 * Karen Breschi (born 1941), ceramic artist
 * Gary Hugh Brown (born 1941), painter
 * Dale Chihuly (born 1941), glass sculptor
 * John De Andrea (born 1941), sculptor
 * Peter Erskine (born 1941), light sculptor
 * André Harvey (1941–2018), sculptor
 * Renne Hughes (1941–1991), painter and photographer
 * Mary Kelly (born 1941), conceptual artist
 * William Leavitt (born 1941), conceptual artist, painter, installation artist
 * Pat Lipsky (born 1941), painter
 * Judith Lodge (born 1941), painter and photographer
 * Forrest Myers (born 1941), sculptor
 * Bruce Nauman (born 1941), installation artist, video artist, printmaker
 * Martin Puryear (born 1941), sculptor, printmaker
 * Anita Rodriguez (born 1941), artist incorporating ingenious ceremonialism and mysticism
 * John Seery (born 1941), painter
 * Keith Sonnier (1941–2020), 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 (1942–2016), 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
 * Lucien Dulfan (born 1942), conceptual artist
 * Dan Graham (1942-2022), conceptual artist, performance artist
 * Jann Haworth (born 1942), sculptor
 * Michael Kabotie (1942–2009), painter, silversmith
 * Harry McCormick (born 1942) interior spaces painter
 * Bob Ross (1942–1995), painter, television artist
 * David True (born 1942), painter
 * Lawrence Weiner (1942–2021), 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
 * Steven Kemenyffy (born 1943), ceramic artist
 * 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
 * Lewis Bryden (born 1944), naturalistic landscapes
 * Louis Delsarte (1944–2020), painter
 * Don Eddy (born 1944), painter
 * Jan Harrison (born 1944), painter and sculptor
 * 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
 * Thomas Nozkowski(1944–2019), painter
 * Susan Mohl Powers (born 1944), sculptor, painter
 * Fred H. Roster (1944–2017), sculptor
 * Allen Ruppersberg (born 1944), conceptual artist, installation artist
 * Alan Saret (born 1944), sculptor

1945
 * Louis Briel (1945–2021), portrait artist
 * 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
 * Helen C. Frederick (born 1945), printmaker
 * 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
 * Robert W. Olszewski (born 1945), painter and miniatures artist
 * Louise Parks (born 1945), painter
 * Astrid Preston (born 1945), painter
 * Peter Reginato (born 1945), sculptor
 * Judy Rifka (born 1945), painter, video artist
 * Susan Rothenberg (1945–2020), painter, printmaker
 * Sean Scully (born 1945), painter, printmaker
 * Carol Sutton (born 1945), painter
 * Audrey Ushenko (born 1945), realist figurative 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
 * Jean Bales (1946–2004), painter and printmaker
 * 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 (1946–2017), painter and photographer
 * Don Gummer (born 1946), sculptor
 * David Eugene Henry (born 1946), painter, sculptor
 * Nabil Kanso (born 1946), painter
 * Lev Kublanov (born 1946), graphic artist
 * Fran Lew (born 1946), painter
 * Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989), photographer
 * Anthony McCall (born 1946), installation artist, projected film
 * Ann McCoy (born 1946), sculpture, drawing
 * Anne Neely (born 1946), painter
 * Lonnie Ortega (born 1946), aviation artist
 * David Reed (born 1946), painter
 * Ann Leda Shapiro (born 1946), painter.
 * Marsha Steinberg (born 1946), drawing, etchings, and paintings
 * Jamie Wyeth (born 1946), painter
 * Bhakti Ziek (born 1946), textiles

1947
 * Laurie Anderson (born 1947), experimental performance artist, musician
 * Allen 'Big Al' Carter (1947–2008), painter, printmaker, photographer, sculptor
 * Sarah Charlesworth (1947–2013), conceptual artist, photographer
 * Daniel Kelly (born 1947), painter, printmaker
 * 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
 * Eduardo Oropeza (1947–2003)
 * Linda Ridgway (born 1947), sculptor
 * Christine Rosamond (1947–1994), painter
 * James Schoppert (1947–1992), Alaskan Native artist
 * Larry Stanton (1947–1984) painter
 * Bill Stoneham (born 1947), feature film (creature shop), surrealist, illustrator

1948
 * Cornelia Breitenbach (1948–1984), textile artist
 * Ronnie Cutrone (1948–2013), painter
 * Eric Fischl (born 1948), painter, printmaker
 * David Geiser (1948–2020), 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
 * Joseph Sanchez (born 1948), painter and museum curator
 * 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
 * J. Chris Wilson (born 1948), artist
 * Brian Wood (born 1948), film maker, multiple media, painter, photographer

1949
 * Ross Bleckner (born 1949), painter
 * Deborah Butterfield (born 1949), sculptor
 * Stephen Hickman (1949–2021), 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
 * Bruce Wands (1949–2022), digital artist
 * Andrea Way (born 1949), painter, sculptor
 * Jean Wells (born 1949), mosaic sculptor

Born 1950–1959
1950
 * Lesley Dill (born 1950), all media
 * Lin Evola (born 1950)
 * Margery E. Goldberg (born 1950), painter, sculptor
 * Jenny Holzer (born 1950), conceptual artist
 * Marilyn Kirsch (born 1950), painter
 * Jack Reilly (born 1950), painter
 * James Rizzi (1950–2011), painter
 * Mary Michael Shelley (born 1950), carver, painter
 * Ira Sherman (born 1950), sculptor
 * Glennray Tutor (born 1950), painter

1951
 * Ned Bittinger (born 1951), painter
 * Douglas Bourgeois (born 1951), sculptor and figurative painter
 * Lisa Bradley (born 1951), painter
 * Louisa Chase (1951–2016), painter
 * Philip-Lorca diCorcia (born 1951), photographer
 * 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
 * James Dean Pruner (1951–1987/1988), painter, printmaker, sculptor
 * Julian Schnabel (born 1951), painter, filmmaker
 * Peter Shelton (born 1951), American sculptor
 * Michael Smith (born 1951), performance, video, and installation artist
 * Lynne Woods Turner (born 1951), abstract painter
 * Bill Viola (1951-2024), video artist
 * Russ Warren (born 1951), figurative painter
 * William Wolk (born 1951), realist painter

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
 * Nicholas Hondrogen (1952–2007), painter
 * Cynthia Knott (born 1952), seascapes
 * Deborah Nehmad (born 1952), printmaker and mixed-media artist
 * John Newman (born 1952), sculptor
 * Tom Otterness (born 1952), sculptor
 * Lari Pittman (born 1952), painter
 * John Pomara (born 1952), abstract artist
 * Clifford Ross (born 1952), painter, photographer, video
 * David Salle (born 1952), painter
 * Linda St. Clair (born 1952), wildlife painter

1953
 * Larry Dell Alexander (born 1953), painter
 * Debra Bermingham (born 1953), interior scenes and still lifes
 * 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
 * Sean Earley (born 1953), oil painter, commercial illustrator
 * April Gornik (born 1953), painter
 * Alex Grey (born 1953), artist
 * Michael Hafftka (born 1953), painter
 * Peter Halley (born 1953), painter
 * Malcolm T. Liepke (born 1953), painter
 * Robert Longo (born 1953), sculptor, graphic artist
 * Sergio Rossetti Morosini (born 1953), painter, sculptor
 * Stephen Namara (born 1953), figurative artist
 * Tom Nussbaum (born 1953), painter, sculptor, graphic artist
 * Charles Ray (born 1953), sculptor
 * Geoffrey Raymond (born 1953), painter, executive portraits
 * Alexander Tsiaras (born 1953), artist and photojournalist
 * 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
 * Donna Meistrich (born 1954), wax carver, model maker, painter, sculptor, jewelry designer, animator
 * Francis X. Pavy (born 1954), painter and sculptor
 * Cindy Sherman (born 1954), photographer
 * Michael Sherrill (born 1954), ceramist, sculptor
 * 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
 * Katherine Bowling (born 1955), layered landscapes
 * Mark Staff Brandl (born 1955), painter, installation artist, art historian
 * Charles Fazzino (born 1955), silkscreen serigraph pop artist
 * F. Scott Hess (born 1955), painter and conceptual artist
 * Roni Horn (born 1955), sculptor, photographer
 * Terrell James (born 1955), painter, sculptor
 * Karen Kilimnik (born 1955), painter, installation 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
 * David Tineo (born 1955), cultural and identity issues artist
 * Michael Toombs (born 1955), painter and arts educator
 * Jeffrey Vallance (born 1955), conceptual artist
 * Karen Wheeler (born 1955), painter
 * Richard Wyatt, Jr. (born 1955), painter, muralist

1956
 * Mark Beard (born 1956), painter, sculptor, set designer
 * Mark Bloch (born 1956), interdisciplinary artist
 * F. Lennox Campello (born 1956), visual and multimedia 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
 * Clay Huffman (1957–2001), painter
 * Tony Oursler (born 1957), video, performance and installation artist
 * Adam Shaw (born 1957), painter
 * James Siena (born 1957), painter

1958
 * Ben Aronson (born 1958), painter
 * Wayne Barlowe (born 1958), science fiction and fantasy painter
 * John Dubrow (born 1958), painter
 * Lori K. Gordon (born 1958), multi-media artists
 * 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
 * Moses Ros (born 1958), architect, sculptor, painter, printmaker and muralist
 * 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
 * Laura Bruce (born 1959), artist
 * Anne Chu (1959–2016), sculptor
 * Donny Johnson (born c. 1959), painter, unconventional technique
 * Maya Lin (born 1959), installation artist
 * Raymond Persinger (born 1959), sculptor, public artist
 * Jerry Weiss (born 1959), painter

Born 1960–1969
1960
 * Elliott Arkin (born 1960), sculptor
 * Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), painter
 * Bob Eggleton (born 1960), science fiction, fantasy, and horror artist.
 * Laura Ann Jacobs (born 1960), sculptor and mixed media artist.
 * MaPo Kinnord (born 1960), ceramic artist, sculptor, and educator.
 * Glenn Ligon (born 1960), conceptual artist, all media
 * Sono Osato (born 1960), artist
 * Jack Pierson (born 1960), sculptor, photographer, other media
 * Lorna Simpson (born 1960), photographer
 * Tim Tate (born 1960) multimedia sculptor, video artist

1961
 * Steve Brudniak (born 1961) American sculptor, actor and musician
 * Sam Durant (born 1961), variety of media
 * Nestor Hernández (1961–2006), photographer
 * 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
 * Monica Aissa Martinez (born 1962), painter
 * Renee McGinnis (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
 * Kathy Butterly (born 1963), sculptor
 * Jon Coffelt (born 1963), painter, sculptor, book arts, curator
 * Chris Lattanzio (born 1963), artist
 * Paul Henry Ramirez (born 1963), painter
 * Spar Street (born 1963), painter and sculptor

1964
 * Janine Antoni (born 1964), sculptor, installation artist
 * Thomas Arvid (born 1964), oil painter
 * Margarete Bagshaw (1964–2015), painter, clay artist
 * Meghan Boody (born 1964), surrealist artist
 * Rachel Lachowicz (born 1964), painter
 * Ray Navarro (1964–1990), artist, filmmaker, and HIV/AIDS activist
 * Jason Teraoka (born 1964), painter
 * Erwin Timmers (born 1964), environmental sculptor

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
 * Paul Rusconi (born 1965), painter, mixed media artist
 * Brian Rutenberg (born 1965), abstract painter
 * Andrea Zittel (born 1965), sculptor, installation artist

1966
 * Margaret Boozer (born 1966), ceramist
 * Bela Borsodi, (born 1966), photographer
 * Charlie Bynar, (born 1966), watercolorist
 * 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
 * Ivan Morley (born 1966), painter
 * Ranu Mukherjee (born 1966), multimedia artist
 * Roxy Paine (born 1966), sculptor, kinetic art
 * Jonathan Podwil (born 1966), painter

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 1969
 * Doug Aitken (born 1968), multimedia artist
 * Dave Halili (born 1968), painter, illustrator, and designer of album covers, posters, and graphic merchandise
 * Amanda Matthews (born 1968), sculptor, painter, public art designer
 * Manuel Rivera-Ortiz (born 1968), documentary photographer
 * Andrew Cornell Robinson (born 1968), sculptor, ceramist, painter, printmaker
 * Inka Essenhigh (born 1969), painter
 * Matt Kish (born 1969), artist, illustrator, book cover illustrator
 * Kara Walker (born 1969), collage artist, painter, printmaker, installation artist

Born 1970–1979
1970
 * Noah Becker (born 1970), painter, Whitehot Magazine publisher, saxophonist
 * Bob Coronato (born 1970), painter and printmaker
 * Clandestine Culture (born 1970), painter, multidisciplinary artist
 * Shepard Fairey (born 1970), painter, printmaker, illustrator and muralist
 * Susie Frazier (born 1970), mixed media
 * Ron Laboray (born 1970), conceptual art and painting
 * Da-ka-xeen Mehner (born 1970), photographer and installation artist
 * John Newsom (born 1970), painter

1971 1972
 * Michael Birawer (born 1971), surrealist urban settings painter
 * Paul Kremer (born 1971), artist
 * Andrew Prokos (born 1971), photographer
 * John Waguespack (born 1971), artist
 * Logan Hicks (born 1971), artist
 * Jules de Balincourt, (born 1972), French-American nationality, painter
 * J Stoner Blackwell, (born 1972), American mixed media artist
 * Jeffrey Gibson (born 1972), painter, sculptor


 * Letitia Huckaby (born 1972), photographer, mixed media
 * Monika Steiner (born 1972), artist and sculptor
 * Kelly Sueda (born 1972), painter
 * Erick Swenson (born 1972), sculptor
 * Charlie White (born 1972), photographer

1973
 * Hayley Barker (born 1973), painter and drawer, spiritual experience, landscape, ritual
 * Eric Forman, sculptor and installation artist
 * Violet Hopkins (born 1973), painter
 * Pearl C. Hsiung (born 1973), mixed media
 * Rosy Lamb (born 1973), painter and sculptor based in Paris

1974
 * Carrie Ann Baade (born 1974), painter
 * Jason D'Aquino (born 1974)
 * Lee Kohse (born 1974), painter
 * Marni Kotak (born 1974), performance artist
 * Michael Takeo Magruder (born 1974), new media and digital artist
 * Aaron Padilla (born 1974), ceramist and woodworker
 * John Ross Palmer (born 1974), painter
 * Willy Bo Richardson (born 1974), painter

1975
 * Lauren Fensterstock (born 1975), installation artist, sculptor, goldsmith
 * Jessica Todd Harper (born 1975), portrait photographer
 * Adreon Henry (born 1975), artist
 * Sedrick Huckaby (born 1975), painter
 * Elliott Johnson (born 1975), painter and designer
 * Caroline Kent (born 1975), artist
 * Patrick McGrath Muñíz (born 1975), painter
 * Greg Simkins (born 1975), painter

1976
 * Seamus Conley (born 1976), artist
 * Marlon Forrester (born 1976), painter and educator
 * Mathew Hintz (born 1976), impressionist painter and drawer
 * Casey McKee (born 1976), artist
 * William Powhida (born 1976), drawing

1977
 * Becca Bernstein (born 1977), painter
 * Eric Daigh (born 1977), mixed media
 * David Herbert (born 1977), sculpture, installation and video
 * Tim Lokiec (born 1977), 2-D mixed media
 * Vadis Turner (born 1977), mixed media
 * Lesley Vance, painter

1978
 * Hernan Bas (born 1978), painter
 * Aaron Garber-Maikovska (born 1978), contemporary artist
 * John Kleckner (born 1978), painter
 * Chad Person (born 1978), sculptor and collage artist

1979
 * Rachel Bess (born c. 1979), painter
 * Evan Gruzis (born 1979), painter
 * Jimmy Kuehnle (born 1979), sculpture, performance and installation
 * Tameka Norris (born 1979), performance artist
 * Ali Prosch (born 1979), sculptor, video artist and performance artist

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
 * Michael Tarbi (born 1980), artist
 * Lindsey White (born 1980), visual artist, photography, video, sculpture, and book making
 * Jordan Wolfson (born 1980), visual artist, sculpture, film, instillation, and virtual reality

1981
 * Rafa Esparza (born 1981), performance artist
 * Dash Snow (1981–2009), artist
 * Francesca DiMattio (born 1981), artist
 * Sean Raspet (born 1981), artist
 * Wendy Red Star (born 1981), multimedia artist

1982
 * Heather Dewey-Hagborg, information artist and bio-hacker
 * Wu Tsang (born 1982), filmmaker, performance artist

1983
 * Liza Sylvestre, visual artist from Minneapolis, Minnesota

1986
 * Aleah Chapin (born 1986), portrait painter
 * Alexa Meade (born 1986), body artist
 * Brenna Murphy (born 1986), psychedelic visual forms combined with three-dimensional object
 * Jacolby Satterwhite (born 1986) American artist

1987
 * Autumn Casey (born 1987), multimedia artist
 * Lauren Silva (born 1987), painter

1988
 * Everitte Barbee (born 1988), artist, Arabic calligrapher

1989
 * American Artist (born 1989), new media and installation artist
 * Ari Glass (born 1989), painter, designer and musician

Born 1990–1999
1990 1992
 * Matt Wisniewski (born 1990), collage artist and photographer
 * Clotilde Jiménez, (born 1990), American artist
 * Isabelle Brourman (born 1992 or 1993), mixed media artist and courtroom sketch artist
 * George Pocheptsov, painter and draughtsman

1995
 * Patricia Renee' Thomas, painter, draftswoman, and art educator

Date of birth unknown

 * Michele Banks, painter
 * Andrea Marie Breiling, painter
 * Aisha Tandiwe Bell, mixed media
 * Rora Blue, installation, text-based, and interactive
 * Dorothy Braudy, artist
 * Charlot Byj, greeting card and advertising artist
 * Nancy Calef, figurative painter
 * Sheila Cameron, artist and graphic designer
 * Pritika Chowdhry, artist
 * Adam Cooley, painter and sculptor
 * Rosetta DeBerardinis, painter
 * David Dewey, watercolor landscapes
 * Michael D. Fay, war and combat artist
 * Chawky Frenn, painter and art professor
 * MK Guth, installation artist
 * Scott Jacobs, photorealism
 * Hedy Klineman, celebrity portraits
 * Llanakila, painter and digital artist
 * Don H. Marr, painter, romantic realism and sociocomic surrealism
 * Scape Martinez, abstract artist and muralist
 * Anado McLauchlin, artist
 * Betty Merken, painter and printmaker, abstract geometric monotypes
 * John Randall Nelson, painter and sculptor
 * Pamela Nelson, contemporary painter and installation artist
 * Hal Olsen, artist
 * Chitra Ramanathan, contemporary abstract painter
 * David Wells Roth, figurative painter
 * Diane Tuckman, silk painter
 * Pheoris West, artist