This article lists people whose artwork has been featured on stamps of the United States. For this purpose "featured" is not limited to complete works but includes any identifiable representation of their works. Thus the "Geophysical Year" stamp of 1958 is considered to feature the work of Michelangelo because it shows two hands from his The Creation of Adam. The "issue year" refers to the year when that person's work listed appeared on a stamp of the United States. Many artists have had the same work appear on different U.S. postages stamps and many artists have had multiple works appear on U.S. postage stamps.
The list does not include artists who were commissioned by the U.S. Post Office Department (or its successor, the United States Postal Service) to specifically create artwork for a postage stamp. Scenes from American history, famous Americans, and traditional Christmas images are postage stamp themes frequently employing original artwork.
The main references for the list are: National Postal Museum online database "Arago: Philately",[1] the Colnect Worldwide Stamp Catalog,[2] and the US Stamp Gallery.[3]
| Issue Year | Series/Issues | Stamp | Artwork Title | Artist | Artwork Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 1861 | 1861 Issues | George Washington bust | |||
| 68 | 1861 | 1861 Issues | George Washington portrait | |||
| 69 | 1861 | 1861 Issues | George Washington portrait | Gilbert Stuart | ||
| 119 | 1869 | Pictorial Issues | The Landing of Columbus | |||
| 120 | 1869 | Pictorial Issues | The Declaration of Independence | |||
| 147 | 1870 | Large Bank Note Issues | George Washington bust | Jean-Antoine Houdon | ||
| 148 | 1870 | Large Bank Note Issues | Abraham Lincoln bust | |||
| 150 | 1870 | Large Bank Note Issues | Thomas Jefferson bust | |||
| 230 | 1893 | Columbian Exposition Issues[4] | Columbus in Sight of Land | |||
| 231 | 1893 | Columbian Exposition Issues | The Landing of Columbus | John Vanderlyn | ||
| 232 | 1893 | Columbian Exposition Issues | Unknown | Unknown | destroyed in the Spanish Civil War | |
| 233 | 1893 | Columbian Exposition Issues | The Ships of Columbus | |||
| 234 | 1893 | Columbian Exposition Issues | Columbus at the Court of Ferdinand and Isabella | |||
| 235 | 1893 | Columbian Exposition Issues | Columbus door panel at the U.S. Capitol building | U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., United States | ||
| 236 | 1893 | Columbian Exposition Issues | The Affectionate Reception of Columbus by Ferdinand and Isabella | Valladolid University, Valladolid, Spain | ||
| 237 | 1893 | Columbian Exposition Issues | Return of Columbus and Reception at Court | University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States | ||
| 238 | 1893 | Columbian Exposition Issues | Unknown | destroyed in the Spanish Civil War | ||
| 239 | 1893 | Columbian Exposition Issues | Columbus Before the Franciscans at La Rabida | |||
| 240 | 1893 | Columbian Exposition Issues | The Recall of Columbus | |||
| 241 | 1893 | Columbian Exposition Issues | Isabella Pledging Her Jewels | |||
| 242 | 1893 | Columbian Exposition Issues | Columbus in Chains | Germantown, Philadelphia, United States | ||
| 243 | 1893 | Columbian Exposition Issues | Columbus Before the Catholic Kings | Francisco Jover y Casanova | ||
| 244 | 1893 | Columbian Exposition Issues | Isabella portrait | |||
| 244 | 1893 | Columbian Exposition Issues | Christopher Columbus portrait | |||
| 245 | 1893 | Columbian Exposition Issues | Christopher Columbus portrait | |||
| 289 | 1898 | Troops Guarding Train | ||||
| 291 | 1898 | Trans-Mississippi Exposition Issue | The Gold Bug | Frederic Remington | ||
| 292 | 1898 | Trans-Mississippi Exposition Issue | Western Cattle in Storm | |||
| 302 | 1903 | Second Bureau Issues | Andrew Jackson portrait | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States | ||
| 306 | 1902 | Martha Washington portrait | Gilbert Stuart | |||
| 328 | 1907 | Jamestown Exposition Issue | John Smith portrait | |||
| 330 | 1907 | Jamestown Exposition Issue | Pocahontas portrait | |||
| 331 | 1908 | Third Bureau Issues | Benjamin Franklin bust | |||
| 332 | 1908 | Third Bureau Issues | George Washington bust | Jean-Antoine Houdon | ||
| 367 | 1909 | Lincoln Centenary of Birth Issue | Abraham Lincoln statue | |||
| 551 | 1925 | Nathan Hale statue | ||||
| 554 | 1923 | George Washington bust | ||||
| 556 | 1925 | Martha Washington portrait | ||||
| 566 | 1922 | Statue of Liberty | ||||
| 567 | 1923 | Golden Gate | ||||
| 569 | 1923 | American Buffalo | ||||
| 618 | 1925 | Battle of Lexington | ||||
| 619 | 1925 | The Minute Man | ||||
| 628 | 1926 | |||||
| 629 | 1926 | Battle of White Plains | ||||
| 651 | 1929 | Capture of Fort Sackville | ||||
| 680 | 1929 | Battle of Fallen Timbers Monument | ||||
| 688 | 1930 | George Washington statue | ||||
| 690 | 1931 | Casimir Pulaski portrait | ||||
| 704 | 1932 | George Washington portrait | Charles Willson Peale | |||
| 705 | 1932 | Washington Bicentennial Issue | George Washington bust | Jean-Antoine Houdon | ||
| 706 | 1932 | Washington Bicentennial Issue | George Washington portrait | Charles Willson Peale | ||
| 707 | 1932 | Washington Bicentennial Issue | George Washington portrait | |||
| 708 | 1932 | Washington Bicentennial Issue | George Washington portrait | Charles Willson Peale | ||
| 709 | 1932 | Washington Bicentennial Issue | George Washington portrait | |||
| 710 | 1932 | Washington Bicentennial Issue | George Washington portrait | Charles Willson Peale | ||
| 711 | 1932 | Washington Bicentennial Issue | George Washington portrait | John Trumbull | ||
| 712 | 1932 | Washington Bicentennial Issue | George Washington portrait | John Trumbull | ||
| 713 | 1932 | Washington Bicentennial Issue | George Washington portrait | |||
| 714 | 1932 | Washington Bicentennial Issue | George Washington portrait | |||
| 715 | 1932 | Washington Bicentennial Issue | George Washington portrait | Gilbert Stuart | ||
| 719 | 1932 | Discobolus | ||||
| 720 | 1932 | George Washington portrait | Gilbert Stuart | |||
| 734 | 1933 | Tadeusz Kościuszko statue | ||||
| 737 | 1934 | |||||
| 798 | 1937 | Signing of the Constitution | ||||
| 799 | 1937 | Kamehameha statue | ||||
| 803 | 1938 | Benjamin Harrison bust | ||||
| 808 | 1938 | Presidential Issue | James Madison bust | |||
| 812 | 1938 | Presidential Issue | Andrew Jackson statue | |||
| 814 | 1938 | Presidential Issue | William Henry Harrison bust | |||
| 815 | 1938 | Presidential Issue | John Tyler bust | |||
| 821 | 1938 | Presidential Issue | Abraham Lincoln bust | |||
| 823 | 1938 | Presidential Issue | Ulysses S. Grant statue | |||
| 895 | 1940 | Pan American Union Issue | Primavera | Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy | ||
| 898 | 1940 | 400th Anniversary of the Coronado Expedition Issue | Coronado and His Captains | |||
| 899 | 1940 | Statue of Liberty | Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi | |||
| 902 | 1940 | Emancipation Memorial | Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C., United States | |||
| 904 | 1942 | Daniel Boone mural | ||||
| 949 | 1947 | Doctors Issue | The Doctor | Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom | ||
| 973 | 1948 | Bucky O'Neill Monument | Courthouse Plaza, Prescott, Arizona, United States | |||
| 989 | 1950 | Statue of Freedom | U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., United States | |||
| 1001 | 1951 | 75th Anniversary of Colorado Statehood Issue | Bucking Bronco | Denver, Colorado, United States | ||
| 1011 | 1952 | Black Hills, Keystone, South Dakota, United States | ||||
| 1020 | 1953 | Louisiana Purchase statue | ||||
| 1035 | 1954 | Statue of Liberty | Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi | |||
| 1038 | 1954 | James Monroe portrait | James Monroe Law Office, Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States | |||
| 1041 | 1954 | Statue of Liberty | Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi | |||
| 1044A | 1961 | Statue of Liberty | Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi | |||
| 1060 | 1954 | The Sower | Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States | |||
| 1064 | 1955 | American Bicentennial Issue | The Artist in His Museum | Charles Willson Peale | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | |
| 1073 | 1956 | Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky | Benjamin West | Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | ||
| 1082 | 1956 | Labor is Life | AFL–CIO Headquarters Building, Washington, D.C. United States | |||
| 1105 | 1958 | James Monroe portrait | Gilbert Stuart | |||
| 1107 | 1958 | Geophysical Year Issue | The Creation of Adam | |||
| 1113 | 1959 | Lincoln Sesquicentennial Issue | Abraham Lincoln portrait | Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States | ||
| 1114 | 1959 | Lincoln Sesquicentennial Issue | Abraham Lincoln bust | U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., United States | ||
| 1116 | 1959 | Lincoln Sesquicentennial Issue | Abraham Lincoln | Daniel Chester French | Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., United States | |
| 1176 | 1961 | Range Conservation Issue | The Trail Boss | Charles Marion Russell | ||
| 1187 | 1961 | The Smoke Signal | Frederic Remington | Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, United States | ||
| 1207 | 1962 | Winslow Homer Issue | Breezing Up (A Fair Wind) | |||
| 1241 | 1963 | Columbia Jays | ||||
| 1243 | 1964 | Charles M. Russell Issue | Jerked Down | Charles Marion Russell | ||
| 1244 | 1964 | Unisphere | ||||
| 1259 | 1964 | Fine Arts Issue | To the Fine Arts | |||
| 1273 | 1965 | The Copley Family | ||||
| 1321 | 1966 | Christmas Issue | Madonna and Child with Angels | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States | ||
| 1322 | 1966 | The Boating Party | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States | |||
| 1335 | 1967 | The Biglin Brothers Racing | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States | |||
| 1336 | 1967 | Christmas Issue | Madonna and Child with Angels | Hans Memling | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States | |
| 1363 | 1968 | Christmas Issue | The Annunciation | |||
| 1364 | 1968 | American Indian Issue | Chief Joseph portrait | National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., United States | ||
| 1370 | 1969 | July Fourth | ||||
| 1384 | 1969 | Christmas Issue | Winter Sunday in Norway, Maine | Unknown | Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York, United States | |
| 1386 | 1969 | Old Models | ||||
| 1390 | 1970 | The Age of Reptiles | Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven, Connecticut, United States | |||
| 1391 | 1970 | The Lighthouse at Two Lights | ||||
| 1414 | 1970 | Christmas Issue | The Nativity | |||
| 1426 | 1971 | Independence and the Opening of the West | ||||
| 1433 | 1971 | The Wake of the Ferry | ||||
| 1444 | 1971 | Christmas Issue | The Adoration of the Shepherds | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States | ||
| 1470 | 1972 | American Folklore Issue | Tom Sawyer | |||
| 1471 | 1972 | Christmas Issue | Mary, Queen of Heaven | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States | ||
| 1475 | 1973 | Love | ||||
| 1503 | 1973 | Lyndon B. Johnson portrait | ||||
| 1507 | 1973 | Christmas Issue | The Small Cowper Madonna | |||
| 1530 | 1974 | Universal Postal Union Issue | School of Athens | Raphael | ||
| 1531 | 1974 | Universal Postal Union Issue | Five Feminine Virtues | |||
| 1532 | 1974 | Universal Postal Union Issue | Old Scraps | |||
| 1533 | 1974 | Universal Postal Union Issue | The Lovely Reader | |||
| 1534 | 1974 | Universal Postal Union Issue | Lady Writing Letter | |||
| 1535 | 1974 | Universal Postal Union Issue | Inkwell & Quill | |||
| 1536 | 1974 | Universal Postal Union Issue | Mrs. John Douglas | |||
| 1537 | 1974 | Universal Postal Union Issue | Don Antonio Noriega | |||
| 1550 | 1974 | The Road, Winter | ||||
| 1579 | 1975 | Madonna and Child | ||||
| 1629-1631 | 1976 | The Spirit of '76 | ||||
| 1686 | 1976 | American Bicentennial Issues | Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown | John Trumbull | ||
| 1687 | 1976 | American Bicentennial Issues | Declaration of Independence | John Trumbull | ||
| 1688 | 1976 | American Bicentennial Issues | Washington Crossing the Delaware | |||
| 1689 | 1976 | American Bicentennial Issues | Washington Reviewing His Army at Valley Forge | |||
| 1691-1694 | 1976 | American Bicentennial Issue | Declaration of Independence | John Trumbull | ||
| 1701 | 1976 | Christmas Issue | The Nativity | John Singleton Copley | ||
| 1704 | 1977 | American Bicentennial Issue | Washington at Princeton | Charles Willson Peale | ||
| 1722 | 1977 | American Bicentennial Issue | Herkimer at Oriskany | Frederick Coffay Yohn | ||
| 1728 | 1977 | American Bicentennial Issue | Surrender of General Burgoyne | John Trumbull | ||
| 1729 | 1977 | Christmas Issue | George Washington at Valley Forge | |||
| 1732 | 1978 | James Cook portrait | ||||
| 1768 | 1978 | Madonna and Child with Cherubim | ||||
| 1799 | 1979 | Christmas Issue | The Rest on the Flight into Egypt | |||
| 1833 | 1980 | Education Issue | Homage to the Square: Glow | |||
| 2026 | 1982 | Madonna of the Goldfinch | ||||
| 2107 | 1984 | Christmas Issue | Madonna and Child | |||
| 2165 | 1985 | Christmas Issue | Madonna and Child | |||
| 2244 | 1986 | Christmas Issue | Madonna and Child | |||
| 2367 | 1987 | Christmas Issue | A Gentleman in Adoration before the Madonna | |||
| 2427 | 1989 | Christmas Issue | The Dream of St. Catherine of Alexandria | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States | ||
| 2513 | 1990 | Dwight D. Eisenhower portrait | ||||
| 2514 | 1990 | Christmas Issue | Madonna and Child | |||
| 2578 | 1991 | Christmas Issue | Virgin and Child with Donor | |||
| 2625 | 1992 | The Landing of Columbus | John Vanderlyn | |||
| 2710 | 1992 | Christmas Issue | Madonna and Child With Saints | |||
| 2789 | 1993 | Christmas Issue | Madonna and Child in a Landscape | |||
| 2871 | 1994 | Christmas Issue | Virgin and Child | |||
| 3003 | 1995 | Christmas Issue | Madonna and Child | |||
| 3069 | 1996 | Red Poppy | Private Collection[5] | |||
| 3088 | 1996 | Young Corn | ||||
| 3107 | 1996 | Christmas Issue | Madonna and Child from Adoration of the Shepherds | |||
| 3176 | 1997 | Christmas Issue | Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States | ||
| 3182h | 1998 | Celebrate the Century Issue | Stag at Sharkey's | |||
| 3182m | 1998 | Celebrate the Century Issue | Gibson Girl | |||
| 3183d | 1998 | Celebrate the Century Issue | Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 | |||
| 3183i | 1998 | Celebrate the Century Issue | I Want You | |||
| 3184c | 1998 | Celebrate the Century Issue | Prohibition Enforced[6] | Museum of the City of New York, New York, United States | ||
| 3184h | 1998 | Celebrate the Century Issue | The Blues | |||
| 3184n | 1998 | Celebrate the Century Issue | Automat | Edward Hopper | ||
| 3198 | 1998 | Alexander Calder Issue | Black Cascade, 13 Verticals | |||
| 3199 | 1998 | Alexander Calder Issue | Untitled | Alexander Calder | ||
| 3200 | 1998 | Alexander Calder Issue | Rearing Stallion | Alexander Calder | ||
| 3201 | 1998 | Alexander Calder Issue | Portrait of a Young Man | Alexander Calder | ||
| 3202 | 1998 | Alexander Calder Issue | Un effet du japonais | Alexander Calder | ||
| 3236a | 1998 | American Art Issue | Portrait of Richard Mather | |||
| 3236b | 1998 | American Art Issue | Mrs. Elizabeth Freake and Baby Mary | |||
| 3236c | 1998 | American Art Issue | Girl in Red Dress with Cat and Dog | |||
| 3236d | 1998 | American Art Issue | Rubens Peale with a Geranium | |||
| 3236e | 1998 | American Art Issue | Long-billed Curlew, Numenis Longrostris | John James Audubon | ||
| 3236f | 1998 | American Art Issue | Boatmen on the Missouri | |||
| 3236g | 1998 | American Art Issue | Kindred Spirits | |||
| 3236h | 1998 | American Art Issue | The Westwood Children | |||
| 3236i | 1998 | American Art Issue | Music and Literature | |||
| 3236j | 1998 | American Art Issue | The Fog Warning | Winslow Homer | ||
| 3236k | 1998 | American Art Issue | White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas | |||
| 3236l | 1998 | American Art Issue | Cliffs of Green River | |||
| 3236m | 1998 | American Art Issue | The Last of the Buffalo | |||
| 3236n | 1998 | American Art Issue | Niagara | |||
| 3236o | 1998 | American Art Issue | Breakfast in Bed | Mary Cassatt | The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, United States | |
| 3236p | 1998 | American Art Issue | Nighthawks | Edward Hopper | Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States | |
| 3236q | 1998 | American Art Issue | American Gothic | Grant Wood | ||
| 3236r | 1998 | American Art Issue | Two Against the White | |||
| 3236s | 1998 | American Art Issue | Mahoning | |||
| 3236t | 1998 | American Art Issue | No. 12 | |||
| 3187h | 1999 | Celebrate the Century Issue | The Cat in the Hat | |||
| 3338 | 1999 | Frederick Olmsted Issue | Frederick Law Olmsted | Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina, United States | ||
| 3355 | 1999 | Christmas Issue | Madonna and Child | |||
| 3662 | 2002 | Andy Warhol Issue | Self-Portrait 1964 | |||
| 3675 | 2002 | Christmas Issue | Madonna and Child | Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States | ||
| 3804 | 2003 | American Treasures Series | Young Mother | Mary Cassatt | ||
| 3805 | 2003 | American Treasures Series | Children Playing on the Beach | Mary Cassatt | ||
| 3806 | 2003 | American Treasures Series | On a Balcony | Mary Cassatt | ||
| 3807 | 2003 | American Treasures Series | Child in a Straw Hat | Mary Cassatt | ||
| 3937a | 2005 | To Form a More Perfect Union | Training for War | |||
| 3937d | 2005 | To Form a More Perfect Union | America Cares/Little Rock Nine | Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site visitor center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States | ||
| 3937e | 2005 | To Form a More Perfect Union | Walking | |||
| 3937f | 2005 | To Form a More Perfect Union | Freedom Riders | |||
| 3937g | 2005 | To Form a More Perfect Union | Dixie Café | |||
| 3937h | 2005 | To Form a More Perfect Union | March on Washington | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States | ||
| 3937i | 2005 | To Form a More Perfect Union | The Crossing of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma | |||
| 3937j | 2005 | To Form a More Perfect Union | The Lamp | |||
| 4021 | 2006 | Benjamin Franklin Issue | The Declaration of Independence | John Trumbull | ||
| 4021 | 2006 | Benjamin Franklin Issue | Benjamin Franklin portrait | |||
| 4022 | 2006 | Benjamin Franklin Issue | Benjamin Franklin portrait | Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, United States | ||
| 4023 | 2006 | Benjamin Franklin Issue | Benjamin Franklin portrait | |||
| 4024 | 2006 | Benjamin Franklin Issue | Benjamin Franklin portrait | Charles Willson Peale | ||
| 4024 | 2006 | Benjamin Franklin Issue | Benjamin Franklin portrait | The White House Historical Association, Washington, D.C., United States | ||
| 4346 | 2008 | American Treasures Series | Valley of the Yosemite | Albert Bierstadt | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States | |
| 4444a | 2010 | American Expressionists | The Golden Wall | |||
| 4444b | 2010 | American Expressionists | Asheville | |||
| 4444c | 2010 | American Expressionists | Orange and Yellow | Mark Rothko | ||
| 4444d | 2010 | American Expressionists | Convergence | |||
| 4444e | 2010 | American Expressionists | The Liver is the Cock’s Comb | |||
| 4444f | 2010 | American Expressionists | 1948-C | |||
| 4444g | 2010 | American Expressionists | Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 34 | |||
| 4444h | 2010 | American Expressionists | La Grande Vallée | |||
| 4444i | 2010 | American Expressionists | Romanesque Façade | |||
| 4444j | 2010 | American Expressionists | Achilles | |||
| 4558 | 2011 | American Treasures Series | The Long Leg | Edward Hopper | The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, United States | |
| 4748a | 2013 | Modern Art in America | I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold | |||
| 4748b | 2013 | Modern Art in America | Sunset, Maine Coast | |||
| 4748c | 2013 | Modern Art in America | House and Street | Stuart Davis | ||
| 4748d | 2013 | Modern Art in America | Painting Number 5 | |||
| 4748e | 2013 | Modern Art in America | Black Mesa Landscape, New Mexico/Out Back of Marie’s II | Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico | ||
| 4748f | 2013 | Modern Art in America | Noire et Blanche | |||
| 4748g | 2013 | Modern Art in America | The Prodigal Son | |||
| 4748h | 2013 | Modern Art in America | American Landscape | Charles Sheeler | ||
| 4748i | 2013 | Modern Art in America | Brooklyn Bridge | |||
| 4748j | 2013 | Modern Art in America | Razor | |||
| 4748k | 2013 | Modern Art in America | Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 | Marcel Duchamp | ||
| 4748l | 2013 | Modern Art in America | Fog Horns | |||