List of avant-garde artists

Avant-garde (French pronunciation: [avɑ̃ ɡaʁd]) is French for "vanguard".

[1] The term is commonly used in French, English, and German to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art and culture.

Avant-garde represents a pushing of the boundaries of what is accepted as the norm or the status quo, primarily in the cultural realm.

The notion of the existence of the avant-garde is considered by some to be a hallmark of modernism, as distinct from postmodernism.

Postmodernism posits that the age of the constant pushing of boundaries is no longer with us and that avant-garde has little to no applicability in the age of Postmodern art.

Joan Miró 1935, photo by Carl Van Vechten
Duke Ellington , 1965 on tour in Frankfurt, Germany
Philip Glass , 1993 in Florence
James Joyce , c. 1918
Salvador Dalí and Man Ray in Paris, on June 16, 1934, making "wild eyes" for photographer Carl Van Vechten
Lithuanian artist Jonas Mekas , regarded as godfather of American avant-garde cinema
Isadora Duncan performing barefoot. Photo by Arnold Genthe ca. 1915–1918