List of minimalist artists
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Minimalism was an art movement that began during the 1960s. This list of minimalist artists are primarily artists whose works were done in the 1960s, and are considered minimal, although some artists subsequently radically changed their work in the 1970s and in subsequent decades. This list is incomplete.
Contents
Artists to whom the term minimalist was originally applied
- Carl Andre (born 1935), American sculptor
- Jo Baer (born 1929), American artist, associated with minimalist art
- Larry Bell (born 1939), American sculptor
- Ronald Bladen (1918–1988), American sculptor
- Dan Flavin (1933–1996), American installation artist, fluorescent light sculpture
- Donald Judd (1928–1994), American sculptor
- Sol LeWitt (1928-2007), American installation artist
- Robert Mangold (born 1937), American painter
- Agnes Martin (1912-2004), Canadian/American painter
- John McCracken (1934-2011), American sculptor
- Robert Morris (born 1931), American sculptor
- Robert Ryman (born 1930), American painter
- Fred Sandback (1943–2003), American installation artist
- Tony Smith (1912–1980), pioneer of minimalist sculpture
- Frank Stella (born 1936), American painter/sculptor
- Anne Truitt (1921–2004), American sculptor
- Frederick Spratt (1927-2008), American painter/sculptor
- Anthony Caro (1924-2013), British sculptor
- Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015), American painter/sculptor
- Robert Ryman (born 1930), American painter
- Richard Serra (born 1939), American sculptor
- Bob Law (1934–2004) British painter/sculptor
Other artists whose work might be regarded as proto-minimalist
- Piet Mondrian (1872–1944), Dutch painter
- Kasimir Malevich (1878–1935), Russian painter, pioneer of abstract art
- Josef Albers (1888–1976), German-American painter
- Giorgio Morandi (1890–1964), Italian Still-life painter, proto-Minimalist
- Barnett Newman (1905–1970), American painter, abstract expressionist
- David Smith (1906–1965), pioneer of geometric and minimalist sculpture
- Ad Reinhardt (1913–1967), American painter, abstract expressionist
Musical artists whose work might be regarded as minimalist
- John Luther Adams
- Roberto Carnevale
- John Cage
- Kyle Bobby Dunn
- Morton Feldman
- Jon Gibson
- Philip Glass
- Tom Johnson
- Alvin Lucier
- Charlemagne Palestine
- Steve Reich
- Terry Riley
- Erik Satie
- Howard Skempton
- Simeon ten Holt
- Yann Tiersen
- La Monte Young