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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 680,028 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Agnes Martin is the 1,503rd most popular painter (down from 1,249th in 2019), the 266th most popular biography from Canada (down from 223rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Canadian Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Agnes Martin ranks 1,503 out of 2,023. Before her are Peter Michal Bohúň, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, Tomás Maldonado, Teodor Axentowicz, Ivan Grohar, and Miklós Barabás. After her are Henry Salt, Charles Laval, Aleksandr Gerasimov, Pekka Halonen, Nathan Altman, and Tamar Abakelia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Agnes Martin ranks 216. Before her are John Templeton, Gholam Reza Azhari, Alfred Deller, Sabiha Kasimati, Carlos Guastavino, and George Devol. After her are Otto Siffling, Émile Allais, Heikki A. Alikoski, Peter Walker, Leonardo Cilaurren, and Julián Berrendero. Among people deceased in 2004, Agnes Martin ranks 169. Before her are Christl Cranz, Carvalho Leite, Veríssimo Correia Seabra, Torsten Hägerstrand, Gennadi Strekalov, and Tony Randall. After her are Jacek Kuroń, Angus Ogilvy, Joan Aiken, Ljubiša Spajić, Virginia Grey, and Bror Mellberg.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Agnes Martin ranks 266 out of 1,622. Before her are Alan Thicke (1947), Anne Hébert (1916), Guy Laliberté (1959), Mario Lemieux (1965), Louis St. Laurent (1882), and Percy Faith (1908). After her are Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661), Albert S. Ruddy (1930), Anna Paquin (1982), Manly P. Hall (1901), Robert Langlands (1936), and Roberta Bondar (1945).

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Among PAINTERS In Canada

Among painters born in Canada, Agnes Martin ranks 6. Before her are Maud Lewis (1903), Jeff Wall (1946), Emily Carr (1871), Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923), and Philip Guston (1913). After her are John McCrae (1872), Maurice Prendergast (1858), Tom Thomson (1877), and Rob Gonsalves (1959).

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