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Agnes Martin

1912 - 2004

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Agnes Bernice Martin (March 22, 1912 – December 16, 2004) was an American abstract painter known for her minimalist style and abstract expressionism. Born in Canada, she moved to the United States in 1931, where she pursued higher education and became a U.S. citizen in 1950. Martin's artistic journey began in New York City, where she immersed herself in modern art and developed a deep interest in abstraction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Agnes Martin has received more than 637,810 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Agnes Martin is the 1,250th most popular painter (up from 1,264th in 2019), the 223rd most popular biography from Canada (up from 270th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Agnes Martin ranks 1,250 out of 1,421Before her are Jan van de Cappelle, Childe Hassam, Félix Bracquemond, Simon Bening, Franz Defregger, and George Catlin. After her are Antonio Berni, Edward Robert Hughes, Paul César Helleu, Apollinary Vasnetsov, Gerard de Lairesse, and Joseph Duplessis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Agnes Martin ranks 177Before her are Christopher Hill, Luiz Gonzaga, Ioannis Alevras, Yusuf Lule, B. D. Jatti, and Sabiha Kasimati. After her are Pál Kovács, Wilfrid Sellars, István Örkény, Sándor Végh, Sabicas, and Roger Courtois. Among people deceased in 2004, Agnes Martin ranks 142Before her are Naomi Shemer, Muhammad Zaidan, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, Xenophon Zolotas, and Briek Schotte. After her are Rick James, Jacques Georges, Carlo Rustichelli, Juan Carlos Aramburu, Barney Kessel, and Carvalho Leite.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Agnes Martin ranks 223 out of 1,350Before her are Ernest Burgess (1886), Neil Peart (1952), Robbie Robertson (1943), Peter North (1957), Kim Coates (1958), and Henry Clinton (1730). After her are Deborah Kara Unger (1966), Guy Laliberté (1959), Norm Macdonald (1959), David Baszucki (1963), Gaëtan Dugas (1952), and Percy Faith (1908).

Among PAINTERS In Canada

Among painters born in Canada, Agnes Martin ranks 4Before her are Maud Lewis (1903), Emily Carr (1871), and Jeff Wall (1946). After her are Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923), Philip Guston (1913), John McCrae (1872), Tom Thomson (1877), Rob Gonsalves (1959), and Maurice Prendergast (1858).