Modernist & Contemporary Pioneers
16 entries in the Modernist & Contemporary Pioneers compendium.
Joseph KosuthAmerican conceptual artist known for language-based works.Piero ManzoniItalian artist who questioned the art object through ironic, conceptual works.Robert RauschenbergWorking in the gap between art and life.Richard SerraLarge-scale sculptor of site-specific steel worksRobert DelaunayCo-founder of Orphism, pioneer of color and geometric abstraction.Sonia DelaunayPioneer of Orphism and modern design, known for bold colours and 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.Louise NevelsonAmerican sculptor known for abstract 'boxes' of found wood, grouped into unified compositions.Lygia 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 naturalistic portraits of Black subjects referencing Old Master paintings.Leonora CarringtonSurrealist painter and novelist, women's liberation activist in Mexico.Oskar KokoschkaAustrian expressionist artist, poet, playwright, and teacher.
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