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.
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 (1931-2018), American sculptor
- Robert Ryman (1930-2019), 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
- Richard Serra (born 1939), American sculptor
- Bob Law (1934–2004), British painter/sculptor
- James Lee Byars (1932–1997), American sculptor/performance artist
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 Adams (born 1947)
- Roberto Carnevale (born 1966)
- John Cage (1912–1992)
- Kyle Bobby Dunn (born 1986)
- Morton Feldman (1926–1987)
- Jon Gibson (born 1940)
- Philip Glass (born 1937)
- Tom Johnson (born 1939)
- Alvin Lucier (born 1931)
- Charlemagne Palestine (born 1947)
- Steve Reich (born 1936)
- Terry Riley (born 1935)
- Erik Satie (1866–1925)
- Howard Skempton (born 1947)
- Simeon ten Holt (1923–2012)
- Yann Tiersen (born 1970)
- La Monte Young (born 1935)
See also
- Neo-minimalism
- Minimalism (visual arts)