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Antoni Tàpies

1923 - 2012

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Antoni Tàpies i Puig, 1st Marquess of Tàpies (Catalan: [ənˈtɔni ˈtapi.əs]; 13 December 1923 – 6 February 2012) was a Spanish painter, sculptor and art theorist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoni Tàpies has received more than 286,373 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Antoni Tàpies is the 261st most popular painter (up from 286th in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from Spain (up from 237th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Spanish Painter.

Antoni Tàpies is most famous for his paintings and sculptures that are made up of a mixture of paint, sand, and other materials.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Antoni Tàpies has had the most page views in the with 43,727 views, followed by English (31,691), and French (16,606). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Dutch (192.58%), Min Nan (77.31%), and Serbian (75.13%)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Antoni Tàpies ranks 261 out of 2,023. Before him are Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, Salvator Rosa, Gentile da Fabriano, Kees van Dongen, August Macke, and Henri Fantin-Latour. After him are Francesco Hayez, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Giorgio Morandi, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Rosalba Carriera, and Guercino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Antoni Tàpies ranks 29. Before him are Jack Kilby, Richard Attenborough, Yma Sumac, Lee Teng-hui, Bert Trautmann, and Alan Shepard. After him are Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, Arvid Carlsson, Markus Wolf, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Anne Baxter, and Nizar Qabbani. Among people deceased in 2012, Antoni Tàpies ranks 26. Before him are Carroll Shelby, Ernest Borgnine, Donna Summer, Robin Gibb, Matilde Camus, and Carlos Fuentes. After him are Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, Sven Hassel, Jean Giraud, John Demjanjuk, Antonio Tabucchi, and Ravi Shankar.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Antoni Tàpies ranks 225 out of 3,355. Before him are Manuel Castells (1942), Juan Pujol García (1912), Alfonso VII of León and Castile (1105), Sancho II of Castile and León (1036), Petronilla of Aragon (1136), and Luis Enrique (1970). After him are Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (1460), Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465), Carlota Joaquina of Spain (1775), Louis Blanc (1811), Ibn al-Baitar (1197), and Blanche I of Navarre (1387).

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Among PAINTERS In Spain

Among painters born in Spain, Antoni Tàpies ranks 10. Before him are Diego Velázquez (1599), Joan Miró (1893), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617), Francisco de Zurbarán (1598), Juan Gris (1887), and Joaquín Sorolla (1863). After him are Enrique Simonet (1866), Marià Fortuny (1838), Remedios Varo (1908), Francisco Pacheco (1564), Alonso Sánchez Coello (1531), and Ignacio Zuloaga (1870).

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