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Names

New York

New York City

Greater New York

Big Apple

Gotham

New Orange

New Amsterdam

Place Type
inhabited place
Description
Located at mouth of Hudson River; visited by Europeans 16th-17th century. Settled by the Dutch; seized by the British in 1664. Was a cosmopolitan center and the nation's largest city by the 18th century. Today is a huge metropolis composed of five boroughs corresponding to five counties.
Authority
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Source
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988); Canby, Historic Places (1984); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (1994-2002); Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (2002-); GRI Photo Study, Authority File (1989); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); Rand McNally Atlas (Reprinted 1994); Times Atlas of the World (1988); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); USGS, Geographic Names System [online] (1998-); Van Marle, Pittura Italiana (1932)...

Born

Irving Amen (American, 1918-2011)

William Brice (American, 1921-2008)

Paul Cadmus (American, 1904-1999)

Francis Celentano (American, 1928-2016)

Linda Connor (American, born 1944)

Drake Deknatel (American, 1943-2005)

Seena Donneson (American, born 1924)

Tallmadge Doyle (American, active late 20th century-early 21st century)

Jacob Epstein (British, 1880-1959)

Philip Evergood (American, 1901-1973)

Lucas Foglia (American, born 1983)

Murray Gell-Mann (American, born 1929)

Emily Ginsburg (American, born 1964)

Alexis Louis Charles Gouin (French, born United States, died 1855)

William Gropper (American, 1897-1977)

Milton Hebald (American, 1917-2015)

Peter Holbrook (American, 1940-2016)

Karen Karnes (American, born 1925)

Joseph Leboit (American, 1907-2002)

Shepard Levine (American, born 1927)

Seymour Lipton (American, 1903-1986)

Michael Mazur (American, 1935-2009)

Sam Messer (American, born 1955)

George L. K. Morris (American, 1905-1975)

George Negroponte (American, active Sweden, born 1953)

Thomas O'Donohue (American and Irish, born 1942)

Timothy O'Sullivan (American and Irish, 1840-1882)

Roxy Paine (American, born 1966)

Harold Persico Paris (American, 1925-1979)

Betty Parsons (American, 1900-1982)

John Pfahl (American, born 1939)

Rita Robillard (American, born 1944)

Gary Simmons (American, born 1964)

Mitchell Siporin (American, 1910-1976)

Aaron Siskind (American, 1903-1991)

Theodoros Stamos (American, 1922-1997)

Harry Sternberg (American, 1904-2001)

Paul Strand (American, 1890-1976)

Karl Struss (American, 1886-1981)

Tiffany & Co. (American, est. 1837)

Steven Weinberg (American, born 1933)

Leigh Wiener (American, 1929-1993)

Garry Winogrand (American, 1928-1984)

Max Yavno (American, 1911-1985)

Active

Stephen Achimore (American, born 1953)

Mariette Pathy Allen (American, born Egypt, born 1940)

Karel Appel (Dutch, 1921-2006)

Bill Armstrong (American, born 1952)

Associated American Artists (American, established 1934)

E. Balch (American, active mid-19th century)

Ruth Bernhard (American, born Germany, 1905-2006)

Abe Blashko (American, born 1920)

Gay Block (American, born 1942)

Donald Blumberg (American, born 1935)

Richard Bosman (American, born 1944)

Jonathan Calm (African American, born 1971)

Goseong Choi (South Korean, active United States, born 1984)

Charles Cohen (American, born 1968)

Eldzier Cortor (American, 1916-2015)

John Steuart Curry (American, 1897-1946)

Bruce Davidson (American, born 1933)

Carl De Keyzer (American, active United States, born 1958)

G. Ruger Donoho (American, 1857-1916)

Marcel Duchamp (French, 1887-1968)

Experiments in Art and Technology, Inc. (American)

Jacques Flechemuller (French, active United States, born 1945)

Melanie Flood (American, born 1979)

Otto Fried (American, born Germany, 1922-2020)

George C. Miller and Son, Inc. (American, established 1948)

Paul Georges (American, 1923-2002)

Julio Grinblatt (Argentinian, active United States, born 1960)

Hans Haacke (German, born 1936)

Huseyin Halit (Turkish, active United States, active 20th century)

Paul Burty Haviland (French, active United States, 1880-1950)

Su-Li Hung (Taiwanese, active United States, born 1947)

Jessica Jackson Hutchins (American, born 1971)

John Duff (American, born 1943)

Jasper Johns (American, born 1930)

Kimura Risaburō (Japanese, active United States, born 1924)

Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)

Rico Lebrun (American, born Italy, 1900-1964)

Lee Chunghie (Korean, active United States, born 1945)

Sherrie Levine (American, born 1947)

Shiou-Ping Liao (Taiwanese, born 1936)

Allen Maertz (American, born 1951)

Stefana McClure (Irish, born 1959)

George Miller (American, active early 20th century)

George C. Miller (American, 1894-1965)

Jeffrey Milstein (American, born 1944)

John Mincks (American, 1940-2007)

Norma Gloria Morgan (American, 1928-2017)

Hilda Morris (American, 1911-1991)

Robert Morris (American, 1931-2018)

Richard Mosse (Irish, born 1980)

Cyrilla Mozenter (American, born 1947)

Dan Nelken (American, active 20th century)

Suzanne Opton (American, born 1950)

Parasol Press, Ltd. (American)

Betty Parsons (American, 1900-1982)

Alton Pickens (American, 1917-1991)

Věra Prášilova (American, born Czech Republic, 1899-1996)

Alexander Phimister Proctor (American, born Canada, 1862-1950)

Scott Richter (American, born 1943)

Saul Robbins (American, born 1961)

Abby Robinson (American, born 1947)

Susan Rostow (American, active 21st century)

Kikuo Saito (Japanese, born 1939)

David Salle (American, born 1952)

Adriana Lopez Sanfeliu (Spanish, active Spain and United States, born 1976)

Sato Masaaki (Japanese, active in the United States, born 1941)

Peri Schwartz (American, 1951-2021)

Sean Scully (American, born Ireland, born 1945)

Laura Shepherd (American, born 1957)

Harvey Stein (American, born 1946)

Gary Stephan (American, born 1942)

Styria Studio, Inc. (American)

Akio Takamori (Japanese and American, 1950–2017)

The Merrill Shops (American, active 1893-ca. 1931)

Diana Thorne (Canadian, active United States, 1895-1963)

George A. Tice (American, born 1938)

George Tooker (American, 1920-2011)

Jonathan Torgovnik (Israeli, active United States, born 1969)

John Torreano (American, born 1941)

Horacio Torres (Uruguayan, active United States, 1924-1976)

Charles Traub (American, born 1945)

Richard Tuttle (American, born 1941)

Kara Walker (American, born 1969)

Minor White (American, 1908-1976)

Wood & Hughes (American, active 1845-1899)

Bing Wright (American, born 1958)

Gesche Würfel (German, active United States, born 1976)

Yokoi Tomoe (Japanese, born 1942)

Lisa Yuskavage (American, born 1962)

Zarina (American, born India, born 1937)

Zhang Hongtu (Chinese, active United States, born 1943)

Murray Zimiles (American, born 1941)

Dan Ziskie (American, born 1945)

Died

Alexander Archipenko (Russian, 1887-1964)

John Taylor Arms (American, 1887-1953)

Milton Avery (American, 1885-1965)

Mahlon Blaine (American, 1894-1969)

Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976)

Federico Castellón (American, born Spain, 1914-1971)

John Chamberlain (American, 1927-2011)

William Chase (American, 1849-1916)

Stuart Davis (American, 1892-1964)

Peter Dean (American, born Germany, 1939-1993)

Adolf Dehn (American, 1895-1968)

Frank Vincent DuMond (American, 1865-1951)

Jimmy Ernst (American, born Germany, 1920-1984)

Paul Feeley (American, 1910-1966)

Andreas Feininger (American, born, France, 1906-1999)

Jane Freilicher (American, 1924-2014)

Leon Albert Golub (American, 1922-2004)

Harry Gottlieb (American, born Romania, 1895-1993)

George Hausdorf (German, 1888-1959)

Eugene Higgins (American, 1874-1958)

Hans Hofmann (American, born Germany, 1880-1966)

John Hultberg (American, 1922-2005)

William Henry Jackson (American, 1843-1942)

Donald Judd (American, 1928-1994)

Frederick Juengling (American, born Germany, 1846-1889)

Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (American, 1852-1934)

André Kertész (American, born Hungary, 1894-1985)

Don Kunz (American, 1932-2001)

Jack Levine (American, 1915-2010)

Martin Lewis (American, born Australia, 1881-1962)

Sol LeWitt (American, 1928-2007)

Luigi Lucioni (American, born Italy, 1900-1988)

Marisol (American, 1930-2016)

Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1940-2015)

John McCracken (American, 1934-2011)

Clement Meadmore (Australian, active United States, 1929-2005)

Stephen Mueller (American, 1947-2011)

Elie Nadelman (American, born Poland, 1882-1946)

Alice Neel (American, 1900-1984)

Louise Nevelson (American, born Russia, 1899-1988)

Robert Loftin Newman (American, 1827-1912)

Jules Olitski (American, 1922-2007)

Gordon Alexander Buchanan Parks (American, 1912-2006)

James Rosenquist (American, 1933-2017)

Ben Shahn (American, born Lithuania, 1898-1969)

Raghubir Singh (Indian, 1942-1999)

Nancy Spero (American, 1926-2009)

Edward Steichen (American, 1879-1973)

Florine Stettheimer (American, 1871-1944)

John Trumbull (American, 1756-1843)

Carl Van Vechten (American, 1880-1964)

Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)

Julian Alden Weir (American, 1852-1919)

Hale Woodruff (American, 1900-1980)

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