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Ad Reinhardt

1913 - 1967

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Adolph Friedrich Reinhardt (December 24, 1913 – August 30, 1967) was an abstract painter and Art theorist active in New York City for more than three decades. As a theorist he wrote and lectured extensively on art and was a major influence on conceptual art, minimal art and monochrome painting. Most famous for his "black" or "ultimate" paintings, he claimed to be painting the "last paintings" that anyone can paint. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ad Reinhardt has received more than 307,564 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ad Reinhardt is the 1,552nd most popular painter (down from 1,098th in 2019), the 5,389th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,853rd in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ad Reinhardt ranks 1,552 out of 2,023. Before him are Antonio Berni, Levina Teerlinc, Maria Lassnig, Theodor Philipsen, L. A. Ring, and Willi Baumeister. After him are Georg Schrimpf, Mary Beale, Apollinary Vasnetsov, Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, Francesco Squarcione, and Albert Chmielowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Ad Reinhardt ranks 207. Before him are Geraldine Fitzgerald, Iosif Grigulevich, Gangubai Hangal, Lilian Jackson Braun, Sándor Weöres, and René Llense. After him are Yakov Zak, Eugene Lazowski, Richard Helms, Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, Harald Edelstam, and Yaşar Doğu. Among people deceased in 1967, Ad Reinhardt ranks 168. Before him are Vlastimil Kopecký, André Cluytens, Ramón Encinas, Elmer Rice, Oskar Maria Graf, and Erick-Oskar Hansen. After him are Antonio Riberi, Lajos Kassák, Holcombe Ward, Eddie Tolan, Jobyna Ralston, and Ciro Alegría.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ad Reinhardt ranks 5,389 out of 20,380. Before him are Lainie Kazan (1940), Conan O'Brien (1963), Tom Hamilton (1951), John Warner (1927), Carl Keenan Seyfert (1911), and Charlotte Stewart (1941). After him are Brad Harris (1933), Mona Simpson (1957), Frank James (1843), Henry Cowell (1897), Gregory Hoblit (1944), and Mary Elizabeth Winstead (1984).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Ad Reinhardt ranks 74. Before him are Rockwell Kent (1882), Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847), Elizabeth Jane Gardner (1837), Alice Pike Barney (1857), Charles Demuth (1883), and Joan Mitchell (1925). After him are Kenneth Noland (1924), Alex Katz (1927), Mark Tobey (1890), Robert Henri (1865), Chuck Close (1940), and John William Casilear (1811).

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