renowned artists born in the 20th century (1901 - 2000)


Joseph CornellJoseph Cornell (December 24, 1903 - December 29, 1972) was an American artist and sculptor, one of the pioneers and most celebrated exponents of assemblage. Influenced by the Surrealists, he was also an avant-garde experimental filmmaker.
Walker EvansWalker Evans (November 3, 1903 - April 10, 1975) was an American photographer best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration documenting the effects of the Great Depression.
Salvador DaliSalvador Domenec Felip Jacint Dali Domenech (May 11, 1904 - January 23, 1989) was an important Catalan-Spanish painter, best known for his surrealist works. Dali's work is noted for its striking combination of bizarre dreamlike images with excellent draftsmanship and painterly skills influenced by the Renaissance masters.
Willem de KooningWillem de Kooning (April 24, 1904 - March 19, 1997) an abstract expressionist painter was born in Rotterdam in The Netherlands. The Rotterdam Academy of Fine Art accepted de Kooning as a student in 1916. In 1926 he stowed away on a boat to New York City.
Arshile GorkyVostanik Adoyan, better known as Arshile Gorky (April 15, 1904 - July 21, 1948) was an Armenian/American abstract expressionist painter.
Clyfford StillClyfford Still (November 30, 1904 - June 23, 1980) was an American artist, a painter, and one of the leading figures in Abstract Expressionism.
Hans HartungHans Hartung (21 September 1904 - 8 December 1989) was a German-French painter, known for his gestural abstract style. He was also a decorated World War II veteran of the French Foreign Legion.
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