There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.
I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else. (Pablo Picasso)
==A - D==
==E - J==
==K - N==
==O - R==
==S - Z==
==A - D==
Gertrude Abercrombie - American - Female
Marion Adnams - English - Female
Eileen Agar - English - Photographer - Collagist - Female
Tarsila Do Amaral - Brazilian - Female
John Armstrong - English - Muralist.
Jean Arp - German - French - Sculptor - Poet
Rachel Baes - Belgian - Female
Alice Bailly - Swiss - Female and multimedia artist
Antonio Berni - Argentina?
John Selby Bigge - English
Ejler Bille Danish
Enrico Baj - Italian
Christine Boumeester - Dutch - Female
Victor Brauner - Romanian - Sculptor
Fanny Brennan - American - Miniaturist - Female
Emmy Bridgwater - English - Collagist - Poet and Graphic artist Female
Serge Brignoni - Swiss
Edward Burra - English
Pol Bury - Belgian
Bruno Capacci - Italian
Leonora Carrington - English born, Mexican - Sculptor - Writer - Female
Mario Cesariny - Portuguese - Poet
Serge Charchoune - Russian - Poet
Giorgio de Chirico - Greek-Italian
Elisa Claro - Chilean - Writer - Female
Ithell Colquhoun - British - Writer playwright and Poet - Female
Adrien Dax - French - Writer - Graphic Artist
Artur Do Cruzeiro Seixas - Portuguese - Poet
Salvador Dali - Spanish
Frederic Delanglade - French
Sonia Delaunay Ukranian-French - Female - Textile and stage set designer
Paul Delvaux - Belgian
Enrico Donati - American - Sculptor
Oscar Dominguez - Spanish
Christian Dotremont - Belgian - Writer
Marcel Duchamp - French - American - Art Collector - Sculptor and mixed media artist
== E - J ==
Tony Earnshaw - English - Writer - Box maker
Marc Eemans - Belgian
Camilo Egas - Ecuadorian?
Max Ernst - German later French - Poet - Sculptor - Collagist
Merlyn Evans - Welsh - Printmaker - Sculptor - Teacher
Leonor Fini - Italian - Writer - Female
Esteban Frances - Spanish
Wilhelm Freddie - Danish - Sculptor
Alberto Giacometti - Swiss - Sculptor - draughtsman, and Printmaker.
James Gleeson - Australian - Poet
Henri Goetz - American- French - Painter and Engraver
Arshile Gorky - American
Eugenio Granell - Spanish - Poet - Writer
Jane Graverol - Belgian - Female
Jacoba Haas - Dutch - Female
David Hare - American - Sculptor - Photographer
Stanley William Hayter- English - Printmaker
Charles Howard - American
Jacques Herold - French - Romanian - Sculptor and Printmaker.
Tristram Hillier - English
Valentine Hugo - French and Illustrator - Female
Marcel Janco - Romanian - Dada - Architect
Marcel Jean - French - Writer
==K - N==
Frida Kahlo - Mexican - Female
Rita Kernn-Larsen- Danish - Female
Kiki de Montparnasse - French - Model - Actor - Female - memoirist - nightclub singer
Wifredo Lam - Cuban
Jacqueline Lamba - French - Model and Muse Female
Stanislao Lepri - Italian
Gerardo Lizarraga - Spanish - Film Maker
Mathias Lubeck - German - Poet
Helen Lundeberg - American - Female
Dora Maar - French - Photographer - Model and Muse- Female
Conroy Maddox - English - Collagist - Writer
Rene Magritte - Belgian
Georges Malkine - French
Maruja Mallo - Spanish - Female
Andre Masson - French
Roberto Matta - Chilean - French
Reuben Mednikoff - English
Oscar Mellor - English - and Publisher
John Melville - English
Henri Michaux - Belgian/French - Poet - Writer
Joan Miro - Spanish - Sculptor - Ceramicist
Johannes Moesman - Dutch - railway worker, polemicist, type designer and amateur photographer.
Pierre Molinier - French - Photographer and "maker of objects"
Max Morise - French - Writer - Actor
Cesar Moro - Peruvian - Poet - Painter
Richard Mortensen - Danish
Paul Nash - English
==0 - R==
Octavio Ocampo - Mexican - Sculptor
Richard Oelze - German
Meret Oppenheim - Swiss - Sculptor - Photographer - Model - Poet - Female
Wolfgang Paalen - Austrian - Mexican - Writer
Grace Pailthorpe - English - Female
Mimi Parent - French - Canadian and creator of objects Female
Roland Penrose - English - Patron - historian and Poet
Valentine Penrose nee Bouee - Female - French- Poet
Jules Perahim - Romanian
Bjerke Petersen - Danish - Writer
Francis Picabia - French - Poet
Pablo Picasso - Spanish - Sculptor
Angel Planells - Spanish - Poet
Alice Rahon- French - Writer - Poet - Female
Toni del Renzio - Russian - English - Writer - art historian
Man Ray - American - Photographer - Film Maker
Edith Rimmington - English - Writer - Photographer - Female
Diego Rivera - Mexican - Muralist
==S - Z==
Kay Sage - American - Poet - Female
Alberto Savinio - Italian - Writer - Painter - Musician
Kurt Schwitters - German - Collagist
Osman Austin Spare - English - Occultist and Outsider
Ferdinand Springer - German and Engraver
Edward Steichen -American - Photographer - Patron - Gallery Owner
Jindrich Styrsky - Czech - Poet - Photographer Collagist
Dede Sunbeam
Max Walter Svanberg - Swedish - Illustrator, and Designer.
Sophie Taeuber - Swiss - Sculptor - Tapestry - Female
Yves Tanguy - French
Dorothea Tanning - American - Sculptor - Writer - Female - set and costume designer - printmaker
Virginia Tentindo - Argentinian - Sculptor - Female
Elsa Thorensen? - Danish - Painter - Female
Bona Tibertelli De Pisis - Italian - Poet - Female
Bridget Tichenor - Mexican
Tita - Czech - Female
Toyen - Czech - draftsman and illustrator - Female
Julian Trevelyan - English - Poet
Clovis Trouille - French
Raoul Ubac - Belgian - Photographer - Sculptor
Cordelia Urueta - Mexican - Female
Dino Valls - Spanish
Marcelino Vespeira - Portuguese - Graphic Artist
Remedios Varo - Spanish -- Writer - Female
Edward Wadsworth - English - Printmaker - Draughtsman - Muralist
Willem Wagenaar - Dutch
Marie Wilson - American - Female
Scottie Wilson - English - self taught
Wols - German - Photographer
Ramses Younan - Egyptian - Writer
Unica Zurn - German - Writer - Femail?