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Allan Kaprow

1927 - 2006

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Allan Kaprow (August 23, 1927 – April 5, 2006) was an American performance artist, installation artist, painter, and assemblagist . He helped to develop the "Environment" and "Happening" in the late 1950s and 1960s, as well as their theory. His Happenings — some 200 of them — evolved over the years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Allan Kaprow has received more than 302,671 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Allan Kaprow is the 956th most popular painter (down from 710th in 2019), the 3,137th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,452nd in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Painter.

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  • 54.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Allan Kaprow ranks 956 out of 2,023. Before him are Grandma Moses, Matthew Paris, Kanō Eitoku, Mario Merz, Allaert van Everdingen, and Wilhelm von Kaulbach. After him are Paulus Moreelse, Vincenzo Foppa, Jan Sanders van Hemessen, Vanessa Bell, Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, and Giovanni di Paolo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Allan Kaprow ranks 142. Before him are Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Gordon Cooper, L. K. Advani, Chandra Shekhar, Althea Gibson, and Coretta Scott King. After him are Gae Aulenti, William Labov, Roger Walkowiak, Stanisław Kania, Christian Marquand, and Colin Davis. Among people deceased in 2006, Allan Kaprow ranks 126. Before him are Prince George William of Hanover, Vera Aceva, George Koval, Esther Lederberg, Faas Wilkes, and Coretta Scott King. After him are Marie Tharp, Ferenc Szusza, W. Montgomery Watt, Johannes Willebrands, Wilson Pickett, and Valentín Paniagua.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Allan Kaprow ranks 3,137 out of 20,380. Before him are Abel Ferrara (1951), James Montgomery Flagg (1877), Richard Wright (1908), John Marshall (1755), Coretta Scott King (1927), and Edwin Moses (1955). After him are John B. Kelly Sr. (1889), Marie Tharp (1920), Victoria Woodhull (1838), Dean Rusk (1909), Janet Jagan (1920), and Wilder Penfield (1891).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Allan Kaprow ranks 35. Before him are Andrew Wyeth (1917), Helen Frankenthaler (1928), Beatrice Wood (1893), Henry Hill (1943), Gutzon Borglum (1867), and Grandma Moses (1860). After him are Will Sampson (1933), James Turrell (1943), Lee Krasner (1908), Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823), Winslow Homer (1836), and Franz Kline (1910).

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