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Alex Katz

1927 - Today

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Alex Katz (born July 24, 1927) is an American figurative artist known for his paintings, sculptures, and prints. Since 1951, Katz's work has been the subject of more than 200 solo exhibitions and nearly 500 group exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alex Katz has received more than 374,992 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Alex Katz is the 1,606th most popular painter (down from 1,481st in 2019), the 5,713th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,952nd in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alex Katzs by language

Over the past year Alex Katz has had the most page views in the with 41,229 views, followed by German (8,679), and Spanish (5,021). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (582.72%), Ido (527.71%), and Hebrew (203.04%)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Alex Katz ranks 1,606 out of 2,023. Before him are Kenneth Noland, Szymon Czechowicz, Ernest Hébert, Miquel Barceló, Carl Joseph Begas, and Gerhard Munthe. After him are Teresa Feoderovna Ries, Maria Wiik, Simon Ushakov, Domenico Morelli, Dirck Barendsz, and Thomas Moran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Alex Katz ranks 268. Before him are Joan Feynman, Elisabeth Söderström, Nikola Kljusev, Herbert W. Franke, Carmen Basilio, and Nguyễn Thị Bình. After him are Abdelaziz Ben Tifour, Robert Mills, Giovanni Arpino, Pierre Aubert, Pasquale Festa Campanile, and Robert Alt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alex Katz ranks 5,713 out of 20,380. Before him are Sabrina Carpenter (1999), Carmen Basilio (1927), Johnny Appleseed (1774), Catherine Hardwicke (1955), Wil Wheaton (1972), and Chad Hurley (1977). After him are John Corbett (1961), Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (1920), Diane Disney Miller (1933), Edwin Frederick O'Brien (1939), William Shepherd (1949), and Jim Lightbody (1882).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Alex Katz ranks 76. Before him are Elizabeth Jane Gardner (1837), Alice Pike Barney (1857), Charles Demuth (1883), Joan Mitchell (1925), Ad Reinhardt (1913), and Kenneth Noland (1924). After him are Mark Tobey (1890), Robert Henri (1865), Chuck Close (1940), John William Casilear (1811), Frederic Remington (1861), and John Baldessari (1931).

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