American artists famous

American artists of the 20th century were the catalysts of modern and contemporary art. Artsper now presents 10 of the most famous of them!

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Njideka Akunyili Crosby was largely unknown until the Los Angeles-based Nigerian painter won a 2017 MacArthur fellowship. Join a visit to her studio as she debuts work in Baltimore, New Orleans and New York.

Robert Indiana, the artist who created the iconic image of the word “LOVE,” died on Saturday at his home on Vinalhaven at the age of 89.Indiana is being…

Chuck Close, Big Self-Portrait, 1967–1968 acrylic on gessoed canvas 107.5 x 83.5 in. (273.1 x 212.1 cm) Close is a photorealist artist known for his portraiture. The meticulous nature of his images reflects how he sees the world. He has prosopagnosia- an inability to recognize faces. He can remember things that are flat which is why he works from pictures. Q. What skill or challenge effects how you see the world? Does your unique perspective inform how you see yourself or others?

Recently, Bisa Butler created the quilted portrait of Ahmir Thompson, also known as Questlove, for The New York Times Magazine. Questlove is a drummer, D.J., and producer and was featured in the magazine for his obsession with spreading Black music's joys.

Jackson Pollock is the father of abstract expressionism the king of the “all-over” painting technique. Learn more about this iconic artist!

5 th grade students love looking at Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night and creating their own personalized version. Students learn abo...

“It is the depth and intensity of an artist’s experience that are the first importance in art.” ~Grant Wood Grant Wood was an early American artist made famous for his honest depictions of American life, such as his famous painting, ‘American Gothic.’

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Aaron Douglas has become known as the pioneer of African American Modernism. Learn more with this free homeschool artist study.

San Diego-based artist Hugo Crosthwaite will be given $25,000 and a commission to create a portrait for the museum.

Grant Wood is best known for paintings of rural America in a style known as Regionalism. He died the day before his 51st birthday of pancreatic cancer. This is his story.

With so many famous artists, it can be hard to pinpoint which ones to teach about. Check out our list of some of our favorites.

Ramon “Richie” Lerma, director of Salcedo Auctions, was told he was inspecting photographs of a boceto of the “Spoliarium”—Juan Luna’s most celebrated, larger-than-life painting currently on display at the National Museum. A boceto, he explained to reporters, is a “prelude or study,” like a first draft for writers, of what a painter plans to execute…

Andy Worhol's John Lennon. Look at those colors! OMG.

At 36, he is already one of the art world's brightest lights. We hang with Kehinde Wiley as he handpicks his subjects and transforms them, step by step,

Painting of a bust-length woman looking over her shoulder and wearing a headdress and a large pearl earring.

This list of famous female painters is ranked by their level of prominence, with photos when available. This greatest female painters list contains the most ...

Claude Monet Most Famous Paintings Who is Claude Monet? Claude Monet was born in Paris on November 14, 1840. When he was five years old, his family moved to Le Havre, where his father founded a grocery store. Monet has started drawing since he was a child.