If you wish to be generally familiar with art history, here is a short list of artists you should know from this period:
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Name |
Birth |
Death |
Nationality |
Movement(s) |
Primary Medium |
Representative Works |
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1930 |
Polish |
Socialist Realism | Sculpture Fiber Art |
Agora Abakans War Games |
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1960 |
1988 |
American |
Neo-expressionism Primitivism |
Painting | Scull Profit I |
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1965 |
|
British |
Young British Artists | Painting Installation Art |
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living For the Love of God Spot Paintings |
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1955 |
American |
Neo-pop | Sculpture Installation Art |
Balloon Dog (Orange) Puppy |
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1963 |
British |
often labeled Young British Artists |
Sculpture Drawing |
Nobson Newtown The Doley Game |
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1924 |
2010 |
American |
Color Field | Painting | Beginnings Mysteries: Infanta |
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1966 |
British |
Installation Art | The Woolworths Choir of 1979 The User Group Disco |
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1952 |
American |
Neo-expressionism Postmodernism |
Painting Printmaking |
Muscular Paper Mingus in Mexico |
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1936 |
American |
Minimalism Modernism |
Painting Printmaking |
Harran II Scarlatti K Series |
If you are a student of Art or Art History, here is a more detailed list of artists you should know from this period:
|
Name |
Birth |
Death |
Nationality |
Movement(s) |
Primary Medium |
Representative Works |
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1930 |
Polish |
Socialist Realism | Sculpture Fiber Art |
Agora Abakans War Games |
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1946 |
Serbian |
Conceptual Art | Performance Art Body Art |
Seven Easy Pieces Rhythm (series) |
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1960 |
1988 |
American |
Neo-expressionism Primitivism |
Painting | Scull Profit I |
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1957 |
British |
Neo-romanticism | Painting Photography |
Guest (series) | ||
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1965 |
|
British |
Young British Artists | Painting Installation Art |
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living For the Love of God Spot Paintings |
|
|
1955 |
American |
Neo-pop | Sculpture Installation Art |
Balloon Dog (Orange) Puppy |
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|
1963 |
British |
often labeled Young British Artists |
Sculpture Drawing |
Nobson Newtown The Doley Game |
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|
1924 |
2010 |
American |
Color Field | Painting | Beginnings Mysteries: Infanta |
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1966 |
British |
Installation Art | The Woolworths Choir of 1979 The User Group Disco |
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1978 |
French |
Installation Art | It, Heat, Hit For Forgetting |
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1952 |
American |
Neo-expressionism Postmodernism |
Painting Printmaking |
Muscular Paper Mingus in Mexico |
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1951 |
American |
Neo-expressionism | Painting | Plate Paintings Sonanbul |
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1936 |
American |
Minimalism Modernism |
Painting Printmaking |
Harran II Scarlatti K Series |
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1957 |
Chinese |
Sculpture Installation Art |
Sunflower Seeds S.A.C.R.E.D. |
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1957 |
American |
Surrealism Pop Art |
Painting Sculpture Cinema |
Nixon Sarge |
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1968 |
Japanese |
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Installation Art Shadow Art |
Light & Shadow (series) Constellation (series) |