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 * For artists born before 1900, see: List of American artists before 1900

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, and video art.

Born 1900-1909
1900


 * Alice Neel (1900-1984), painter
 * Jack Tworkov (1900-1982), painter

1901


 * James Richmond Barthé (1901-1989), sculptor
 * Philip Evergood (1901-1973), painter, printmaker, sculptor

1902


 * Lee Gatch (1902-1968), painter, muralist
 * Ansel Easton Adams (1902-1984), photographer

1903


 * Walter Inglis Anderson (1903-1965), painter
 * Joseph Cornell (1903-1972), sculptor, filmmaker
 * Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974), painter
 * Isamu Noguchi (1903-1988), sculptor
 * Mark Rothko (1903-1970), painter
 * Karl Zerbe (1903-1972), painter

1904


 * Arshile Gorky (1904-1948), painter
 * Clyfford Still (1904-1980), painter
 * Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), painter

1905


 * Leonard Bahr (1905-1990), painter, muralist, illustrator
 * Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1998), painter
 * Barnett Newman (1905-1970), painter
 * James Amos Porter (1905-1970), painter, art historian

1906


 * James Brooks (1906-1992), painter and muralist
 * Ralston Crawford (1906-1978), painter, lithographer, and photographer
 * Burgoyne Diller (1906-1965), painter
 * David Smith (artist) (1906-1965), sculptor
 * Leon Polk Smith (1906-1996), painter

1907


 * Acee Blue Eagle (1907-1959), painter, muralist
 * Jon Gnagy (1907-1981), painter, illustrator, television art instructor
 * Albert Kotin (1907-1980), painter
 * Fairfield Porter (1907-1975), painter
 * Theodore Roszak (1907–1981), sculptor, painter

1908


 * Lee Krasner (1908-1984), painter
 * Helen Lundeberg (1908-1999), painter
 * Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996), graphic artist, illustrator, naturalist

1909


 * Al Capp (1909-1979), cartoonist
 * Enrico Donati (1909-), painter

Born 1910-1919
1910


 * Franz Kline (1910-1962), painter
 * Fuller Potter (1910-1990), painter

1911


 * Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010), sculptor

1912


 * William Baziotes (1912-1963), painter
 * Ida Kohlmeyer (1912-1997), painter, sculptor
 * Alexander Liberman (1912-1999), painter, sculptor
 * Morris Louis (1912-1962), painter
 * Agnes Martin (1912-2004), painter
 * Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), painter
 * Tony Smith (1912-1980), sculptor

1913


 * Hyman Bloom (1913-2009), painter
 * Philip Guston (1913-1980), painting
 * Ibram Lassaw (1913-2003), sculptor
 * Conrad Marca-Relli (1913-2000). painter
 * Ad Reinhardt (1913-1967), painter

1914


 * Alton Tobey (1914-2005), painter, muralist, illustrator
 * Allan Houser (1914-1994) painter, sculptor

1915


 * Friedel Dzubas (1915-1994), painter
 * Jack Levine (1915-2010), painter
 * Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), painter

1916


 * Richard Pousette-Dart (1916-1992), painter

1917


 * David Hare (1917-1992), sculptor and photographer
 * Milton Resnick (1917-2004), painter
 * Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009), painter

1918


 * Elaine de Kooning (1918-1989), painter
 * Jane Frank (1918-1986), painter

1919


 * Elizabeth Catlett (1919-2012) sculptor, printmaker
 * Lee Mullican (1919-1998), painter

Born 1920-1929
1920


 * John Coplans (1920-2003), painter, photographer
 * Gene Davis (1920-1985), painter
 * Elaine Hamilton (1920-2010), painter
 * Wayne Thiebaud (1920-2021), painter
 * George Tooker (1920-2011), painter

1921


 * Norman Bluhm (1921-1999), painter
 * Norris Embry (1921-1981), painter

1922


 * Leonard Baskin (1922-2000) sculptor
 * Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993, painter
 * Leon Golub (1922-2004), painter
 * Grace Hartigan (1922-2008), painter
 * Jules Olitski (1922-2007), painter
 * Theodoros Stamos (1922-1997), painter

1923


 * Jess Collins (1923-2004), painter, collage artist
 * Sam Francis (1923-1994), painter
 * Paul Jenkins (1923-2012), painter
 * Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015), painter
 * Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), painter, sculptor, printmaker
 * Knox Martin (1923-2022), painter, sculptor, muralist
 * Larry Rivers (1923-2022), painter

1924


 * George Brecht (1924-2008), Fluxus artist, composer
 * Douglas Huebler (1924-1997), conceptual artist
 * Kenneth Noland (1924-2010), painter
 * Beverly Pepper (1924-2020), sculptor, painter
 * George Segal (1924-2000), sculptor
 * Peter Voulkos (1924-2002), ceramic artist

1925


 * Robert Colescott (1925-2009), painter
 * Duane Hanson (1925-1996), sculptor
 * Joan Mitchell (1925-1992), painter
 * Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008), all media
 * Emmett Williams (1925-2007), collage artist, concrete poet

1926


 * Wallace Berman (1926-1976), assemblage artist
 * Betye Saar (1926-), assemblage artist
 * Nancy Spero (1926-2009) painter, printmaker, collagist

1927


 * John Chamberlain (1927-2011), sculptor
 * Ray Johnson (1927-1995), collage artist, mail artist
 * Wolf Kahn (1927-2020), painter
 * Allan Kaprow (1927-2006), painter, assemblagist, performance artist
 * Edward Kienholz (1927-1994), installation artist, sculptor
 * John Mason (1927-2019), ceramic artist

1928


 * Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011), painter
 * Ralph Goings (1928-2016), painter
 * Al Held (1928-2005), painter
 * Robert Irwin (1928-), installation artist
 * Robert Indiana (1928-2018), painter, sculptor
 * Donald Judd (1928-1994), sculptor
 * Sol Lewitt (1928-2007), conceptual artist, installation artist, sculptor, printmaker
 * Cy Twombly (1928-2011), painter
 * Andy Warhol (1928-1987), painter, filmmaker, printmaker

1929


 * Ida Applebroog (1929-), painter
 * Nicholas Krushenick (1929-1999), painter
 * Claes Oldenberg (1929-2022), sculptor

Born 1930-1939
1930


 * Alan D'arcangelo (1930-1998), painter, graphic artist
 * Jasper Johns (1930-), painter, sculptor, printmaker
 * Robert Natkin (1930-), painter
 * Faith Ringgold (1930-), painter and fabric artist
 * Robert Ryman (1930-), painter

1931


 * John Baldessari (1931-), conceptual artist
 * Lee Bontecou (1931-), sculptor
 * Audrey Flack (1931-), painter
 * R.C. Gorman (1931-2005). painter
 * Malcolm Morley (1931-), painter
 * Robert Morris (1931-), sculptor, conceptual artist
 * Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004), painter, collage artist

1932


 * Robert Bechtle (1932-), painter
 * James Lee Byars (1932-1997), installation artist, sculptor, performance artist

1933


 * Dan Flavin (1933-1996), sculptor]]
 * Sam Gilliam (1933-), painter
 * Alison Knowles (1933-) Fluxus performance artist, sound artist, papermaker, printmaker
 * Yoko Ono (1933-) installation artist, sculptor, filmmaker
 * James Rosenquist (1933-), painter and muralist

1934


 * Don Bachardy (1934-), portrait artist
 * Walter Darby Bannard (1934-), painter

1935


 * Carl Andre (1935-), minimalist sculptor
 * Eleanor Antin (1935-), performance artist, filmmaker, installation artist
 * Christo (1935-), environmental installation artist
 * Walter De Maria (1935-), sculptor
 * Jim Dine (1935-), painter, sculptor
 * Mel Ramos (1935-), painter

1936


 * Richard Estes (1936-), painter
 * Eva Hesse (1936-1970), sculptor
 * Lucas Samaras (1936-) photographer, sculptor
 * Hans Haacke (1936-), conceptual artist
 * Joan Jonas (1936-), video, performance artist, other media
 * Frank Stella (1936-), painter

1937


 * Ronald Davis (1937-), painter
 * Red Grooms (1937-), multimedia artist
 * Peter Max (1937-) prinmaker, graphic designer
 * Edward Ruscha (1937-), painter, printmaker, photographer, conceptual artist
 * Larry Zox (1937-2006), painter

1938


 * Vija Celmins (1938-), painter, graphic artist
 * Robert Graham (1938-2008), sculptor
 * Dick Higgins (1938-1998), Fluxus artist, composer, writer
 * Brice Marden (1938-), painter
 * Robert Smithson (1938-1973), sculptor, installation and earth artist

1939


 * Larry Bell (1939-), sculptor
 * Judy Chicago (1939-), installation artist, sculptor
 * Ed Paschke 1939-2004), painter
 * Carolee Schneemann (1939-), performance artist
 * Richard Serra (1939-), sculptor

Born 1940-1949
1940


 * Vito Acconci (1940-2017), conceptual artist, installation artist, performance artist, filmmaker
 * Mel Bochner (1940-), conceptual artist
 * Chuck Close (1940-1921), painter
 * Nancy Graves (1940-1995), sculptor, painter, printmaker
 * Elizabeth Murray (1940-2007), painter
 * Jaune Quick-To-See Smith (1940-), painter, printmaker.
 * Hannah Wilke (1940-1993), all media

1941


 * Dale Chihuly (1941-), glass sculptor
 * Mary Kelly (1941), conceptual artist
 * Bruce Nauman (1941-), installation artist, video artist, all media
 * Richard Tuttle (1941-), sculptor, painter, installation artist

1942


 * Jonathan Borofsky (1942-), painter, sculptor, installation artist
 * Dan Graham (1942-2022), conceptual artist, performance artist
 * Bob Ross (1942-1995), painter, television artist
 * Lawrence Weiner (1942-2021), conceptual artist

1943


 * Michael Asher (1943-2012), conceptual artist, installation artist
 * Martha Rosler (1943-), video, photo-text, installation, performance art
 * James Turrell (1943-), installation artist]]

1944


 * Don Eddy (1944), painter
 * Michael Heizer (1944-), sculptor, earth artist
 * Paul McCarthy (1944-), sculptor, installation artist, video artist
 * Allan McCollum (1944-), conceptual artist, sculptor, all media
 * Richard Rappaport (1944-), painter
 * Allen Ruppersberg (1944-), conceptual artist, installation artist

1945


 * Jack Goldstein (1945-2003), conceptual artist, filmmaker, painter
 * Joseph Kosuth (1945-), conceptual artist
 * Barbara Kruger (1945-), photographer, graphic artist, sculptor
 * Suzanne Lacy (1945-), installations, video, performance artist
 * Sean Scully (1945-), painter
 * Peter Reginato (1945-), sculptor
 * Susan Rothenberg (1945-), painter

1946


 * Alice Aycock (1946-), sculptor]]
 * Betty Beaumont (1946-), site-specific artist, all media
 * Chris Burden (1946-2015), performance artist, sculptor
 * T.C. Cannon (1946-1978), painter
 * Anthony McCall (1946-), installation artist, projected film
 * Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989), photographer
 * Jamie Wyeth (1946-), painter

1947


 * Laurie Anderson (1947-), experimental performance artist, musician
 * Sarah Charlesworth (1947-), conceptual artist, photographer
 * Ronnie Landfield (1947-), painter
 * Louise Lawler (1947-), photographer
 * Sherrie Levine (1947-), conceptual artist

1948


 * Jonathan Lasker (1948-), painter
 * Ana Mendieta (1948-1985), performance artist
 * Marilyn Minter (1948-), painter, photographer
 * Adrian Piper (1948-), conceptual artist

1949


 * Ross Bleckner (1949-), painter
 * Deborah Butterfield (1949-), sculptor
 * Stephen Hickman (1949-), illustrator, sculptor

Born 1950-1959
1950


 * Richard Prince (1949-), painter, photographer, sculptor
 * Mark Tansey (1949), painter

1950


 * Lesley Dill (1950-), all media
 * Jenny Holzer (1950-), conceptual artist

1951


 * Gary Hill (1951-) video installation artist
 * Matt Mullican (1951-), conceptual artist, multimedia
 * Michael Smith, (1951-), performance, video, and installation artist
 * Julian Schnabel (1951-), painter, filmmaker
 * Bill Viola (1951), video artist

1952


 * Kenneth Feingold (1952-), drawing, film, video, other media
 * Tom Otterness (1952-), sculptor
 * David Salle (1952-), painter

1953


 * Eric Bogosian (1953-), performance artist
 * Peter Halley (1953-), painter
 * Robert Longo (1953-) sculptor, graphic artist

1954


 * Robert Gober (1954-), sculptor
 * Mike Kelley (1954-2012), all media
 * Cindy Sherman (1954-), photographer
 * Kiki Smith (1954), sculptor, printmaker, all media
 * David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992), painter, photographer

1955


 * Christopher D'Arcangelo (1955-1979), performance artist, installation artist
 * Roni Horn (1955-), sculptor, photographer
 * Jeff Koons (1955-), sculptor
 * Jeffrey Vallance (1955-), conceptual artist

1956


 * Alison Saar (1956-), sculptor, installation artist
 * Fred Tomaselli (1956), painter

1957


 * Julie Ault (1957-), collaborative artist, curator
 * George Condo (1957-), painter
 * Felix Gonzalez-Torres (1957-1996), sculptor, installation artist, interdisciplinary
 * Tony Oursler (1957-), video, performance and installation artist

1958


 * Keith Haring (1958-1990), graphic artist, muralist, sculptor
 * Kenny Scharf (1958-), painter

1959


 * Anne Chu (1959-), sculptor
 * Maya Lin (1959-), installation artist

Born 1960-1969
1960
 * Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), painter
 * Coco Fusco (1960-), performance artist, video artist
 * Glenn Ligon (1960-), conceptual artist, all media
 * Lorna Simpson (1960-), photographer
 * Jack Pierson (1960-), sculptor, photographer, other media

1961


 * Catherine Opie (1961-), photographer
 * Rirkrit Tiravanija (1961-), conceptual artist, installation artist
 * Sam Durant (1961-), variety of media

1962


 * Gregory Crewdson (1962-), photographer

1964


 * Janine Antoni (1964-), sculptor, installation artist

1965


 * Andrea Fraser (1965-), performance artist
 * Tom Friedman (1965-), sculptor
 * Jason Rhoades (1965-2006), installation artist
 * Andrea Zittel (1965-), sculptor, installation artist

1966


 * Rachel Harrison (1966-), sculptor, photographer
 * Josiah McElheny (1966-), sculptor, glass artist
 * Roxy Paine (1966-), sculptor, kinetic art

1967


 * Matthew Barney (1967-), multimedia artist, sculptor, filmmaker
 * Harrell Fletcher (1967-), socially engaged interdisciplinary projects

1968


 * Doug Aitken (1968-), multimedia artist

1969


 * Kara Walker (1969-), collage artist, painter, installation artist

Born 1970-1979
1972


 * Charlie White (1972-), photographer

1975


 * Anna Craycroft (1975-), conceptual artist, sculpture, installation artist

Born 1990-1999
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