Field Leaders

Conceptual Art

Ranked by authority, profile quality, engagement, and recency. 35 historical artists.

Lothar Späth

German conceptual artist whose practice emerged from the experimental art movements of postwar Europe

Rank	Artist	Nationality	Years	Authority
1	Lothar Späth	German	1937–2016	70
2	Franz Alt	German	1821–1906	70
3	Peter Frankenfeld	German	1913–1979	60
4	Egon Bahr	German	1922–2015	50
5	Karl Moik	Austrian	1938–2015	50
6	Anton Pelinka	Austrian	1941–2025	50
7	Erich Böhme	German	1930–2009	50
8	Ernst Grissemann	Austrian	1934–2023	50
9	Roger Willemsen	German	1955–2016	50
10	Annette von Aretin	German	1920–2006	50
11	Eduard Zimmermann	German	1929–2009	50
12	Harry Valérien	German	1923–2012	50
13	Karl Gass	German	1917–2009	50
14	Margot Ebert	German	1926–2009	50
15	Kurt Felix	Swiss-Italian	1941–2012	50
16	Klaus Bednarz	German	1942–2015	50
17	Dieter Hildebrandt	German	1927–2013	50
18	Dieter Thomas Heck	German	1937–2018	50
19	Wilhelm Wieben	German	1935–2019	50
20	Robert Lembke	German	1913–1989	50
21	Vico Torriani	Swiss	1920–1998	50
22	Werner Veigel	German	1928–1995	50
23	Herbert Zimmermann	German	1917–1966	50
24	Marion Michael	German	1940–2007	40
25	Anneliese Rothenberger	German	1919–2010	30
26	Ann Ladiges	German	1935–2019	30
27	Heinz Eckner	German	1925–2012	30
28	Carl Sagan	American	1934–1996	30
29	Jack Benny	American	1894–1974	30
30	Horst Fuchs	German	1946–2023	20
31	Josef Kirschner	Austrian	1931–2016	20
32	Wolfgang Behrendt	German	1919–2001	30
33	Elizabeth T. Spira	Austrian	1942–2019	20
34	Peter Gatter	German	1943–1997	20
35	Alexandra Freund	German	1967–2001	20