Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) was an American realist painter and printmaker. While he is widely known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching.
Georgia Totto O’Keeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) was an American modernist painter and draftswoman whose career spanned seven decades and whose work remained largely independent of major art movements.
Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of the country’s culture.
20 FAMOUS AMERICAN PAINTERS
- Birth year: 1882
- Death year: 1967
- City of birth: Nyack, New York
- Notable characteristics: Realism, urban and rural scenes, isolation, and loneliness in modern life.
- Notable artwork: Nighthawks (1942), Automat (1927), Early Sunday Morning (1930)
- Birth year: 1912
- Death year: 1956
- City of birth: Cody, Wyoming
- Notable characteristics: Action Painting, Drip Technique
- Notable artwork: No.5 (1948), Autumn Rhythm (Number30) (1950), Blue Poles (Number11) (1952)
- Birth year: 1887
- Death year: 1986
- City of birth: Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
- Main subject matter: Flowers, landscapes, bones
- Famous artwork examples: Jimson Weed/White Flower No.1 (1932), Radiator Building–Night New York (1927), Cow’s Skull: Red White and Blue (1931)
- Birth year: 1928
- Death year: 1987
- City of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Notable characteristics: Pop Art, celebrity portraits, commercial products as subjects.
- Notable artwork: Campbell’s Soup Cans (1962), Marilyn Diptych (1962)
- Birth year: 1960
- Death year: 1988
- City of birth: Brooklyn, New York City
- Notable characteristics: Neo-expressionism, social commentary, graffiti-style artwork
- Notable artwork: “Untitled” (1981); “Dustheads” (1982); “Hollywood Africans” (1983)
- Birth year: 1894
- Death year: 1978
- City of birth: New York City
- Notable characteristics: Everyday life scenes, Americana themes
- Notable artwork: “Freedom from Want,” “The Problem We All Live With,” “Rosie the Riveter”
- Birth year: 1834
- Death year: 1903
- City of birth: Lowell, Massachusetts
- Notable artwork: Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket and Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (Whistler’s Mother)
- Birth year: 1856
- Death year: 1925
- City of birth: Florence, Italy (to American parents)
- Notable characteristics: Portrait painting, landscapes
- Notable artwork: “Madame X,” “Carnation Lily Lily Rose,” “Lady Agnew of Lochnaw”
- Birth year: 1923
- Death year: 1997
- City of birth: New York City, New York
- Notable characteristics/subject matter: Pop Art, Comic Book Imagery, Bold Colors.
- Notable artwork: Whaam (1963), Drowning Girl (1963)
- Birth year: 1844
- Death year: 1926
- City of birth: Allegheny City, Pennsylvania
- Notable subject matter: Depictions of women and children’s intimate moments
- Notable artwork: “The Child’s Bath” and “Little Girl in a Blue Armchair”
- Birth Year: 1891
- Death Year: 1942
- City of Birth: Anamosa, Iowa
- Notable Characteristics: Rural American life and landscapes with a focus on the Midwest region
- Notable Artwork: American Gothic
- Birth Year: 1826
- Death Year: 1900
- City of Birth: Hartford, Connecticut
- Notable Characteristics: Landscapes, dramatic compositions
- Notable Artwork: The Heart Of The Andes, Niagara Falls, The Icebergs
- Birth Year: 1755
- Death Year: 1828
- City of Birth: Saunderstown, Rhode Island
- Notable Characteristics: Realistic portraits, famous American Revolution subjects
- Notable Artwork: The Athenaeum Portrait
- Birth Year: 1958
- Death Year: 1990
- City of Birth: Reading, Pennsylvania
- Notable Characteristics: Used art as activism to raise social issue awareness
- Notable Artwork: “The Radiant Baby,” “Crack Is Wack,” and “Untitled (Three Dancing Figures)”
- Birth Year: 1930
- City of Birth: Augusta, Georgia
- Notable Characteristics: Use of everyday objects as subjects and incorporation of text and mixed media
- Notable Artwork: Flag, TARGETS
- Birth Year: 1903
- Death Year: 1970
- City of Birth: Dvinsk, Russia
- Notable Characteristics: Abstract art and expressionist painting with color and hue variations
- Notable Artwork: No. 61 (Rust and Blue)
- Birth Year: 1801
- Death Year: 1848
- City of Birth: Bolton le Moors, England
- Notable Characteristics: Engraver and landscape painter
- Notable Artwork: The Oxbow, The Course of Empire
- Birth Year: 1830
- Death Year: 1902
- City of Birth: Solingen, Germany
- Notable Characteristics: Landscape painter of the American midwest
- Notable Artwork: The Last of the Buffalo, Among the Sierra Nevada, California
- Birth Year: 1917
- Death Year: 2009
- City of Birth: Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
- Notable Characteristics: Realist painter and book illustrator, watercolor paintings
- Notable Artwork: Coot Hunter, Wind from the Sea, Winter 1946
- Birth Year: 1836
- Death Year: 1910
- City of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts
- Notable Characteristics: Realism and naturalism, seascapes, landscapes, and portraits
- Notable Artwork: The Gulf Stream
