Modernist & Contemporary Pioneers 1-22
18 entries in the Modernist & Contemporary Pioneers compendium.
Modernist & Contemporary Pioneers 1-22 — Era Chart
Joseph KosuthAmerican conceptual artist known for language-based works.Piero ManzoniItalian artist who questioned the art object through ironic, conceptual works.Robert RauschenbergAmerican artist who blurred boundaries between painting and sculpture.Richard SerraAmerican sculptor known for monumental steel works and postminimalism.Robert DelaunayFrench painter associated with the School of Paris; his work influenced Cubism and early SSonia DelaunayFrench artist who co-founded Orphism and pioneered geometric abstraction.Sophie Taeuber-ArpSwiss artist and Dada pioneer of geometric abstraction.Natalia GoncharovaRussian avant-garde artist and co-inventor of Rayonism.Naum GaboRussian and American constructivist sculptor and theorist.Lee KrasnerAmerican painter associated with Abstract Expressionism, known for a style that shifted beLouise NevelsonAmerican sculptor known for abstract 'boxes' of found wood, grouped into unified compositiLygia ClarkBrazilian artist who pioneered viewer participation in art.Marisol EscobarVenezuelan-American sculptor known for pop art portraits and social critique.Kara WalkerAmerican artist known for cut-paper silhouettes exploring race and history.Kehinde WileyAmerican portrait painter known for heroic portraits of Black subjects.Tamara de LempickaPolish painter known for polished Art Deco portraits.Leonora CarringtonSurrealist painter and novelist, women's liberation activist in Mexico.Oskar KokoschkaAustrian expressionist artist, poet, playwright, and teacher.
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