Jennifer Bartlett
Born in 1941, Jennifer Bartlett is a famous American painter based in new York.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Bartlett

Tom Burr
Based in New York, American Artist Tom Burr is a famous installation and sculpture artist.
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/tom_burr.htm


Mary Cassatt
Not only was she a woman who succeeded in what was, in the nineteenth century, a predominantly male profession, Cassatt was the only American artist to exhibit with the French Impressionists.


Self Portrait (detail), 1890

Chuck Close
American portraitist, Chuck Close, is one of the world's leading modern artists and is best known for his large-scale hyperrealist portraits of friends, fellow artists and often himself.
http://www.chuckclose.coe.uh.edu/

Verne Dawson
Verne Dawson is a famous figurative fantasy painter who lives and works in New York.
http://www.gavinbrown.biz/artists/view/verne-dawson

Mark Grotjahn
Predominantly an abstract artist, Grotjahn's main focus to date is the exploration of his signature motif, the butterfly.
http://blumandpoe.com/artistpages/grotjahn/index.html

Alex Katz
Born in 1927, Alex Katz is a famous American figurative painter known for his portraits of family and friends, landscapes and still-lifes.
http://www.alexkatz.com/

Jeff Koons
Best known for his marriage to Italian porn-star La Cicciolina and his Jacko and Bubbles sculpture, Jeff Koons is one of the art world's most famous conceptual artists. Koons lives and works in New York.
http://www.jeffkoons.com/

Susan Graham
Born in 1968, Susan Graham is an American sculptor and photographer based in New York, who creates expressive sculpture.
http://www.susangrahamart.com/

Robert Longo
Based in New York, Robert Longo is famous for his 1980s charcoal drawing series, 'Men in the Cities'.
http://www.robertlongo.com/

Julie Mehretu
Born in Ethiopia in 1970 and based in New York, Julie Mehretu is famous for her stunning & complex large scale abstract drawings and paintings.
http://www.whitecube.com/artists/mehretu/

Georgia O'Keeffe
Famous for for her large abstract paintings of desert flowers and scenery, Georgia O'Keeffe is considered as one of the most significant modern artists of America.
http://www.okeeffeemuseum.org/

Elizabeth Peyton
Based in New York, Elizabeth Peyton is famous for her painted portraits of famous people.
http://www.gavinbrown.biz/artists/view/elizabeth-peyton

Judy Pfaff
Born in 1946, Judy Pfaff is famous for her organic sprawling installations, which she's been recognized for since the 1970s.
http://www.judypfaff.org/

Ed Ruscha
Associated with the Pop Art movement, Ed Ruscha has worked in the media of painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, and film. http//www.edruscha.com/

Richard Serra
Richard Serra is famous for his ground breaking, massive steel sculptures. Serra is based in New York and is considered to be one of the most significant artists of his generation.
http://www.gagosian.com/artists/richard-serra/

Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman is famous for her conceptual photography that explores themes of the modern woman through using herself as a model in her portaits, posing as fictional characters.
http://www.cindysherman.com/

Cy Twombly
American artist who subverted the traditional relationship of painting and drawing and is considered as having made a significant contribution to the development of twentieth-century art.
http://www.gagosian.com/artists/cy-twombly/

Sara VanDerBeek
American artist who combines photography and sculpture to create assemblages, which are then photographed.
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/sara_vanderbeek.htm


June Wayne
Wayne is highly regarded internationally for her innovations in the printmaking field.
http://www.junewayne.com/





Noon Self, lithograph, 1973

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