The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)
Medium Hub
Drawing Artists
30,347 works at MoMA
8 nationalities
Leading Artists in Drawing
- 15338 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe American
- 1139 Ellsworth Kelly American
- 749 Lilly Reich German
- 646 Frank Lloyd Wright American
- 481 Frédéric Bruly Bouabré Ivorian
- 235 Ben Kinmont American
- 199 Pierre Bonnard French
- 164 Jean Dubuffet French
- 155 Stan VanDerBeek American
- 148 Alexander Calder American
National Distribution
Classification Sub-types
| Classification | Works | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mies van der Rohe Archive | 16078 | 53% |
| Drawing | 7069 | 23.3% |
| Architecture | 2018 | 6.6% |
| Photograph | 1353 | 4.5% |
| Notebook | 1126 | 3.7% |
| Illustrated Book | 850 | 2.8% |
| Frank Lloyd Wright Archive | 647 | 2.1% |
| 466 | 1.5% |
Department Distribution
- Architecture & Design (MOMA) — 19016
- Drawings & Prints (MOMA) — 9698
- Drawings and Prints (MET) — 7124
- Asian Art (MET) — 6832
- Photography (MOMA) — 1295
- The American Wing (MET) — 427
- Robert Lehman Collection (MET) — 420
- Media and Performance (MOMA) — 168
- Arms and Armor (MET) — 110
- Painting & Sculpture (MOMA) — 99
Production by Decade
1676
0s
1
1840s
6
1860s
6
1870s
15
1880s
72
1890s
278
1900s
519
1910s
1807
1920s
4034
1930s
5383
1940s
5451
1950s
3366
1960s
1933
1970s
1086
1980s
1548
1990s
1662
2000s
1330
2010s
174
2020s
Physical Scale Distribution
| Scale bracket | Works | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small (< 30 cm) | 6272 | 38.6% |
| Medium (30–100 cm) | 8147 | 50.1% |
| Large (1–3 m) | 1761 | 10.8% |
| Monumental (> 3 m) | 78 | 0.5% |
Artist Birth Cohorts
10
1825–1849
52
1850–1874
237
1875–1899
319
1900–1924
676
1925–1949
548
1950–1974
167
1975–1999
2
2000–2024
Gender of Artists Working in Drawing
- Male — 1,540
- Female — 445
- Female (transwoman) — 1
Met Cultural Context
| Culture | Country | Met Records |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 5559 | |
| China | 1182 | |
| American | 421 | |
| French, Versailles | 73 | |
| Korea | 47 | |
| India, Madurai, Tamil Nadu | 17 | |
| Italian | 13 | |
| Iran | 12 | |
| French | 10 | |
| British | 9 |
On View Now
71 Drawing works currently installed in Met galleries
Notable Highlights
아미타불과 지장보살도 고려|阿彌陀佛・地藏菩薩圖 高麗|Amitabha and Kshitigarba
Unidentified artist · first half of the 14th century
Korea