Joan Mitchell was a famous American born female painter associated with the Abstract Expressionism art movement. She is best known for her painterly abstract paintings and pastels. Famous Joan Mitchell artworks include “Parasol", “Bracket”, "Rock Bottom", "Ste. Hilaire", "12 Hawks at 3 O’Clock", "Hemlock", "Sunflowers", "No Rain", "George Went Swimming at Barnes Hole, but It … [Read more...] about Joan Mitchell Quotes about Art
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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Helen Frankenthaler Quotes about Art
Helen Frankenthaler was a famous American abstract painter and printmaker associated with the Abstraction Expressionism art movement. She is best known for her large abstract paintings which were fluid and spontaneous in nature. Famous Helen Frankenthaler artworks include “Mountains and Sea", “Floe IV", "Hotel Cro-Magnon", "Small's Paradise", "Persian Garden", "Tutti-Fruitti" … [Read more...] about Helen Frankenthaler Quotes about Art
Robert Motherwell Quotes about Art
Robert Motherwell was a famous American abstract painter and printmaker associated with the Abstraction Expressionism art movement. He is best known for his bold, gestural works using a limited palette with black being the lead. Famous Robert Motherwell artworks include “Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 110", “The Little Spanish Prison", "The Homely Protestant", "Open No. 122 … [Read more...] about Robert Motherwell Quotes about Art
Barnett Newman Quotes about Art
Barnett Newman was a famous American abstract painter associated with the Abstraction Expressionism and Color Field art movements. He is best known for his minimal abstract paintings. Famous Barnett Newman artworks include “Onement I", “Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue III", "Vir Heroicus Sublimis", "Cathedra", "Black Fire I", "Anna's Light", "The Station of the Cross - … [Read more...] about Barnett Newman Quotes about Art
Roy Lichtenstein Quotes about Art
Roy Lichtenstein was a famous American painter, sculptor and printmaker. He is best known for his comic book styled artworks depicting images of popular culture. Famous Roy Lichtenstein artworks include “Drowning Girl", “Whaam!”, "In the Car", "Masterpiece", "Crying Girl", "Girl with Ball", "Blam", "Hopeless", "Girl with Hair Ribbon", "Takka Takka" and "Little Big … [Read more...] about Roy Lichtenstein Quotes about Art
Grant Wood Quotes about Art
Grant Wood was a famous American realist or regionalist artist. He is best known for his depictions of the Midwest of the United States. Famous Grant Wood artworks include “American Gothic", “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere”, "Daughters of Revolution", "Fall Plowing", "Arnold Comes of Age", "Boy Milking Cow", "Young Corn", "The Birthplace of Herbert Hoover", "Stone City, Iowa" … [Read more...] about Grant Wood Quotes about Art
Robert Rauschenberg Quotes on Art
Robert Rauschenberg was a famous American pop artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker and photographer. He is best known for his Neo-Dadaist or pop art paintings, collages, prints and combines which combined painting and sculpture. Famous Robert Rauschenberg paintings include “Canyon", “Bed”, "Retroactive II", "Studio Painting", "Buffalo II", "Monogram", "Erased de Kooning … [Read more...] about Robert Rauschenberg Quotes on Art
Jasper Johns Quotes on Art
Jasper Johns is a famous American painter, printmaker and sculptor. He is best known for his US flag paintings, targets, and his letters and numbers works. Famous Jasper Johns paintings include “White Flag", “Three Flags”, "0 through 9", "Target with Four Faces", "Corpse and Mirror II", "Painting With Two Balls", "False Start", and "Between the Clock and the Bed". Mini … [Read more...] about Jasper Johns Quotes on Art
Chuck Close Quotes on Art
Chuck Close was a famous American realist painter, printmaker and photographer. He is best known for his large format portraits that range from photorealistic through to pixelated, almost abstractions of the face. Famous Chuck Close paintings include “Mark", “Big Self-Portrait”, "Kate Moss", "Fanny/Fingerpainting", "Phil", "Francesco", "John", and "Lucas". Mini biography: … [Read more...] about Chuck Close Quotes on Art
Andrew Wyeth Quotes on Art
Andrew Wyeth was a famous American realist painter. He is best known for his realist works of rural scenes, usually with a figure, object, or animal in it. His unusual compositions tend to add to the understated drama of his work. Famous Andrew Wyeth paintings include “Christina's World", “Winter Fields”, "Pennsylvania Landscape", "Sea Boots", "Public Sale", "Braids", "Henry … [Read more...] about Andrew Wyeth Quotes on Art
Robert Ryman Quotes on Art
Robert Ryman was a famous American abstract, minimalist and conceptual artist. He is best known for his white on white square abstract paintings. Famous Robert Ryman paintings include “Record", "Rule", "First Conversion", "Classico 5", "Surface Veil", "Conversion", "Points" and many important works were "Untitled". Mini biography: Born Robert Ryman on the 30th of May, 1930 … [Read more...] about Robert Ryman Quotes on Art
Christopher Wool Quotes on Art
Christopher Wool is a famous American abstract painter, printmaker, photographer and sculptor. He is best known for his large black and white text paintings and painterly monochromatic abstract works. Famous Christopher Wool paintings include “Untitled (FOOL)", “Untitled "RIOT)”, "Apocalypse Now", "If you can't take a Joke", "Untitled (CHAMELEON)", "Maggie's Brain", "Black … [Read more...] about Christopher Wool Quotes on Art
Willem de Kooning Quotes on Art
Willem de Kooning was a famous Dutch born American Abstract Expressionist painter and sculptor. He is best known for his wildly expressive paintings at the forefront of the Abstract Expressionism art movement and was part of the informal New York School group of artists. Famous Willem de Kooning paintings include “Woman I", “Excavation”, "Black Untitled", "Clamdigger", … [Read more...] about Willem de Kooning Quotes on Art