John Button (1929–12 December 1982) was an American artist, well known for his city-scapes. Educated at the University of California, Berkeley then moved to New York City in the early 1950s. He became friends with Fairfield Porter and Frank O'Hara and assumed his part in the New York School of Painters and Poets. At one point Button was in a relationship with the poet James Schuyler. Button died of a heart attack in New York City on 12 December 1982.