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Alice Neel

1900 - 1984

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Alice Neel (January 28, 1900 – October 13, 1984) was an American visual artist. Recognized for her paintings of friends, family, lovers, poets, artists, and strangers, Neel is considered one of the greatest American portraitists of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alice Neel has received more than 660,105 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Alice Neel is the 1,820th most popular painter (down from 1,275th in 2019), the 7,495th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,608th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Alice Neel ranks 1,820 out of 2,023. Before her are Peter Doig, John Marin, Kanō Hōgai, Francisco Toledo, Charles Dana Gibson, and Betzy Akersloot-Berg. After her are Käthe Kruse, Maria Cosway, Vassily Maximov, Edwin Long, Abbott Handerson Thayer, and Paul Raud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Alice Neel ranks 244. Before her are Elizabeth Goudge, Devdas Gandhi, Konrad Hirsch, Ernie Pyle, Christian Matras, and Nikolai Pogodin. After her are Zenón Noriega Agüero, Zoltán Lajos Bay, Stamatios Nikolopoulos, Simon Janashia, Colin Clive, and Malvina Reynolds. Among people deceased in 1984, Alice Neel ranks 194. Before her are Ken Carpenter, Simón Lecue, Jean De Clercq, Isaak Kikoin, Elizabeth Goudge, and Víctor Balaguer. After her are Martin Luther King Sr., Bernard Lonergan, Balasaraswati, Anna Świrszczyńska, Chester Himes, and Chuck Cooper.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alice Neel ranks 7,495 out of 20,380. Before her are Richard Davalos (1930), Mel Patton (1924), Dana Vespoli (1972), Frederick C. Weyand (1916), Justin Gaethje (1988), and Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (1978). After her are Verna Felton (1890), William Castle (1914), Strother Martin (1919), Sarah Silverman (1970), Louis L'Amour (1908), and Andy Stanfield (1927).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Alice Neel ranks 102. Before her are George Inness (1825), Clyfford Still (1904), Mel Ramos (1935), Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877), John Marin (1870), and Charles Dana Gibson (1867). After her are Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849), Marsden Hartley (1877), Thomas Hart Benton (1889), Charles Willson Peale (1741), Jim Dine (1935), and Edward Hicks (1780).

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