American Artists

Browse our list of famous American artists and creatives who were born or spent much of their life living in the United States of America. Includes painters, photographers, sculptors, print makers, and more. See the Art in America section for a more specific type of artist.

• Jean-Michel Basquiat - - Art Quotes
  Famous African American artist known for his bold expressionist works.
• Alexander Calder - - Sculpture Quotes
  Popular American sculptor known for abstract mobiles, wire portraits, and monumental public sculpture.
• Mary Cassatt - - Art Quotes
  Popular American female painter and printmaker of domestic scenes and portraits of women.
• Chuck Close - - Art Quotes
  Famous American painter, printmaker and photographer known for his large portrait paintings.
• Elaine de Kooning - - Art Quotes
  Notable abstract expressionist American female painter known for her portraits and abstract works.
• Willem de Kooning - - Art Quotes
  Famous Dutch-born American Abstract Expressionist painter known for his Woman series of paintings.
• Jim Dine - - Art Quotes
  Notable American painter, draftsman and printmaker known for his hearts, bathrobes and tools.
• Thomas Eakins - - Art Quotes
  Notable American realist painter, sculptor and photographer of the nude and portraits.
• Ron English - - Art Quotes
  Popular American artist, illustrator, activist, designer and political artist of the Popaganda business.
• Shepard Fairey - - Art Quotes
  Famous American street artist, printmaker, illustrator, activist, and political artist known for his OBEY and HOPE posters.
• Helen Frankenthaler - - Art Quotes
  American abstract expressionist female artist known for her large fluid abstractions.
• Keith Haring - - Art Quotes
  Famous American LGBT artist and muralist influenced by the pop art movement and graffiti.
• Edward Hopper - - Art Quotes
  Notable American realist painter, draftsman, printmaker and watercolorist depicting modern life in America.
• Jasper Johns - - Art Quotes
  Notable American pop artist, painter and printmaker known for his US flag paintings.
• Franz Kline - - Art Quotes
  American abstract expressionist artist known for his large black and white gestural paintings.
• Jeff Koons - - Art Quotes
  Famous American pop kitsch painter and sculptor known for his large shiny works that sell for record prices at auction.
• Lee Krasner - - Art Quotes
  Famous American abstract expressionist painter who was married to Jackson Pollock.
• Jacob Lawrence - - Art Quotes
  Notable black artist depicting the struggles of African-Americans in the 20th century.
• Roy Lichtenstein - - Art Quotes
  American painter, sculptor and printmaker best known for his comic book style pop art paintings.
• Joan Mitchell - - Art Quotes
  Notable American female abstract artist associated with abstract expressionism.
• Robert Motherwell - - Art Quotes
  20th century American abstract expressionist painter and printmaker.
• Alice Neel - - Art Quotes
  Famous American feminist artist and portrait painter.
• Barnett Newman - - Art Quotes
  American abstract expressionist and color field painter known for his minimalist abstract paintings.
• Isamu Noguchi - - Art Quotes
  Famous American sculptor, furniture designer and landscape architect.
• Georgia O'Keefe - - Art Quotes
  Notable American female artist famous for her erotic flower paintings and landscapes.
• Claus Oldenburg - - Art Quotes
  Swedish American sculptor and artist known for his soft sculptures and monumental outdoor sculptures.
• Jackson Pollock - - Art Quotes
  Famous American abstract expressionist painter known for his large drip paintings.
• Robert Rauschenberg - - Art Quotes
  Famous American painter, printmaker and collagist known for his pop art inspired combine paintings.
• James Rosenquist - - Art Quotes
  Famous American painter known for his large scale billboard influenced pop art paintings.
• Susan Rothenberg - - Art Quotes
  Notable American contemporary painter and printmaker famous for her depictions of horses.
• Mark Rothko - - Art Quotes
  Latvian born American abstract expressionist painter known for his large color field paintings.
• Robert Ryman - - Art Quotes
  American abstract painter known for his minimalist white square abstract paintings.
• Frank Stella - - Art Quotes
  Famous American abstract painter, printmaker and sculptor.
• Wayne Thiebaud - - Art Quotes
  Popular American painter, draftsman and printmaker known for his colorful images of popular culture.
• Cy Twombly - - Art Quotes
  Famous American artist who also lived in Italy. Created expressive childlike drawings and paintings.
• Andy Warhol - - Art Quotes
  Famous 20th century artist and leading proponent of the pop art movement in the United States.
• James McNeill Whistler - - Art Quotes
  Notable American portrait painter of the iconic "Whistler's Mother" painting.
• Grant Wood - - Art Quotes
  Famous American realist or regionalist who created the iconic American Gothic painting.
• Christopher Wool - - Art Quotes
  Popular American abstract painter and sculptor known for his text paintings, gray abstract works and wire sculptures.
• Andrew Wyeth - - Art Quotes
  Famous American realist artist of portraits, interiors and the landscapes of Pennsylvania.

 

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