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René Pellos (1900–1998), cartoonist •
Madeleine Schlumberger or Marie d’Ailleurs’ (1900–1980), artist, writer •
Marcelle Bergerol (1901–1989), painter •
Michel-Marie Poulain (]1906–1991), painter •
Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966) (Swiss, worked in Paris), sculptor, painter •
Alfred-Georges Regner (1901–1987), painter, engraver •
Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985), painter •
Charles Cobelle (1902–1994), painter •
Hans Bellmer (1902–1975) (French, born in Germany), sculptor, photographer, engraver •
Victor Brauner (1903–1966) (Romanian), painter •
Hans Hartung (1904–1992) (born in Germany), painter •
Jean Hélion (1904–1987), painter •
Pierre Tal-Coat (1905–1985), painter •
Elisa Breton (1906–2000), artist and writer, third wife of French writer and surrealist
André Breton •
Henri Cadiou (1906–1989), painter •
Victor Vasarely (1908–1997) (born in Hungary), painter •
Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, called "Balthus") (1908–2001) (Polish born), painter •
Mario Tauzin (1909–1979) •
Andrée Bordeaux-Le Pecq (1910–1973), illustrator •
Jacques Nathan Garamond (1910–2001), graphic designer, illustrator, painter •
Lucien Hervé (László Elkán) (1910–2007) (born in Hungary), photographer •
Othello Radou (1910–2006), painter •
Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) (lived and died in America), sculptor, other media •
Ervin Marton (1912–1968), photographer and artist •
Wols (1913–1951) (born in Germany), painter •
Pierre Wemaëre (1913–2010), painter •
Etienne Martin (1913–1995), sculptor •
Nicolas de Staël (1914–1955) (French, Russian origin), painter •
Gérard Locardi (1915–1998), painter •
François Lanzi (1916–1988), painter •
Constantine Andreou (1917–2007) (Greek, Brazilian born), painter, sculptor •
Marcel Mouly (1918–2008), painter, print maker •
Bernard Cathelin (1919–2004), painter •
Maurice Boitel (1919–2007), painter •
Pierre Soulages (1919–2022), painter •
Gabrielle Bellocq (1920–1999), painter •
César Baldaccini (called "César") (1921–1998), sculptor •
Claude Bonin-Pissarro (1921–2021), painter •
Georges Mathieu (1921–2012), painter •
Francois Fiedler (1921–2001), painter •
Simon Hantaï (1922–2018) (born in Hungary), painter •
Paul Crotto (1922–2016), painter, sculptor and printmaker •
François Ozenda (1923–1976), painter •
Jean Tinguely (1925–1991) (Swiss), sculptor •
Robert Filliou (1926–1987), other media •
Raymond Hains (1926–2005), other media •
Paul Rebeyrolle (1926–2005), painter •
François Morellet (1926–2016), painter •
Jacques de la Villeglé (1926–2022), other media (ripped posters) •
François Dilasser (1926–2012), painter •
Georges Badin (1927–2014), painter •
Bernard Buffet (1928–1999), painter •
Yves Klein (1928–1962), painter •
Jacques Rivette (1928–2016), filmmaker •
Arman (Armand Fernandez) (1928–2005), sculptor •
Natalie d'Arbeloff (1929–), cartoonist and painter •
Gérard Gasiorowski (1930–1986), painter, other media •
Niki de Saint-Phalle (1930–2002), sculptor •
Alvaro Guillot (1931–2010) (Uruguay/French, died in Santa Fe, New Mexico), abstract realism •
Jules Michel (1931–), painter, sculptor •
Tomi Ungerer (1931–2019), artist, illustrator •
Bernard Rancillac (1931–2021), painter, sculptor •
Jean-Marie Straub (1933–2022) and
Danièle Huillet (1936–2006), filmmakers •
Lydia Corbett (1934–), artist •
Jean Pierre Serrier (1934–1989), painter •
Jean-Pierre Yvaral (1934–2002) (son of Victor Vasarely), painter •
Jean-Michel Sanejouand (1934–2021), sculptor, painter •
Silviane Léger (1935–2012), French sculptor •
Ben Vautier (called "Ben") (1935–), painter, other media •
Martial Raysse (1936–), painter •
Daniel Buren (1938–), sculptor, painter •
Pierre Laffillé (1938–2011), painter •
Henri Sert (1938–1964), painter •
Gérard Fromanger (1939–2021), painter, other media •
Sandra Jayat (c.1939–), painter, poet, author •
Sylvie Selig (born 1941), painter, illustrator, sculptor •
Nancy Wilson-Pajic (1941–), media artist, feminist artist, installation artist, photographer •
Bernar Venet (1941–) (lives in America), sculptor •
Daniel Dezeuze (1942–), other media •
Anne Poirier (1942–), painter, other media •
Ksenia Milicevic (1942–), painter •
Tania Mouraud (1942–), contemporary artist •
Jean Jacques Surian (1942–), painter and ceramist, lives in Marseilles •
Patrick Bokanowski (1943–), filmmaker •
Pierre Risch (1943–), painter, lithograph, engraver, designer, pastellist, watercolorist •
Slobodan Pajic (1943–), painter, media artist, installation artist •
René-Louis Baron (1944–2016), conceptualist, algorithmic music composer •
Christian Boltanski (1944–2021), painter, photographer, other media, sculptor •
Reine Mazoyer, (1944–), painter, illustrator, set designer •
Jacques Pellegrin (1944–2021), painter •
Henri Richelet (1944–2020), painter •
Thierry Agullo (1945–1980), mixed media •
Jean-Yves Lechevallier (1946–), sculptor •
Gérard Garouste (1946–), sculptor, painter, other media •
Jean-Marie Poumeyrol (1946–), painter •
Denis Schneider (1946–), painter •
Yves Hayat (1946–), painter •
Orlan (1947–), performance artist, body artist •
Champion Métadier (1947–), visual artist •
Bracha L. Ettinger (1948–) (born in Tel Aviv), painter, photographer, new media, artists' books •
Thibaut de Reimpré (1949–2023), abstract painter •
Claude-Max Lochu (1951–), painter •
Pierre Toutain-Dorbec (1951–), painter, sculptor, photographer, writer •
Guillerm Zamor (1951–), painter, sculptor, writer •
Jean-Marc Bustamante (1952–), painter, sculptor, photographer •
Hélène Agofroy (1953–), contemporary artist •
Thierry Bisch (1953–), painter •
Bernard Frize (1954–), painter •
Michel Mimran (1954–) •
Jean Paul Leon (1955–), painter, sculptor, writer •
Joel Ducorroy (1955–), licence plate artist •
Patrick Moya (1955–), painter, sculptor, media artist (see
:fr:Patrick Moya) •
Patrick Mimran (1956–), multimedia artist •
Michel De Caso (1956–), painter, sculptor •
Éric Corne (1957–), painter, author, curator, artistic director •
Robert Combas (1957–), painter •
Maurice Benayoun (aka MoBen) (1957–), media artist •
Pascal Lecocq (1958–) painter, set designer •
Emmanuel Flipo (1958–), painter •
Thierry Noir (1958–), artist and muralist •
Hervé Di Rosa (1959–), painter •
Zaven Paré (1961–), new media artist •
Victor Orly (1962–), (lives and works in Marseilles), painter, ceramist •
Pierre Huyghe (1962–), media, film, video •
Bibi (1964–), installation artist •
Damien Valero (1965–), mixed media artist •
Marie Jaffredo (1966–), comics creator •
Manu Farrarons (1967–), tattoo artist, graphic designer, illustrator, other media •
Lionel Estève (1967–), (lives and works in Brussels), sculpture and installation artist •
Phil. Macquet (1967–), painter •
Johanna Schipper (known as "Johanna"; 1967–), bande dessinée artist •
Béatrice Cussol (1970–), watercolor, drawing, mural •
Elsa Dax (1972–), painter •
Béatrice Tillier (1972–), illustrator and bande dessinée cartoonist •
Virginie Augustin (1973–), comics and animated features artist •
Jean-François Batellier (1974–), caricaturist and cartoonist •
Abdelkader Benchamma (1975–), drawings, sculptor •
Morgane Tschiember (1976–), sculptor, video artist •
Y Liver (1977–) (lives and works in Paris), video maker and performance artists •
Thomas Canto (1979–), contemporary artist known for his geometric and architectural interventions •
Aude Massot (1983–), comic book artist •
Oriane Lassus (1987–), cartoonist and illustrator •
Seb Toussaint (1988–), artist and muralist •
Jisbar (1989–), artist and painter •
Youssef Tabti, concept artist ==French photographers==