1928 - 2005
Arman (November 17, 1928 – October 22, 2005) was a French-born American artist. Born Armand Fernandez in Nice, France, Arman was a painter who moved from using objects for the ink or paint traces they leave (cachets, allures d'objet) to using them as the artworks themselves. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arman has received more than 345,149 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Arman is the 497th most popular painter (down from 458th in 2019), the 1,561st most popular biography from France (down from 1,408th in 2019) and the 99th most popular French Painter.
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Among painters, Arman ranks 497 out of 1,421. Before him are Catharina van Hemessen, Moïse Kisling, Leonor Fini, Pierre Auguste Cot, Edward Steichen, and Sebastiano Ricci. After him are Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Kurt Westergaard, Gu Kaizhi, Michael Wolgemut, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, and Guo Xi.
1528 - 1600
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 491
1891 - 1953
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 492
1907 - 1996
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 493
1837 - 1883
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 494
1879 - 1973
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 495
1659 - 1734
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 496
1928 - 2005
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 497
1806 - 1858
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 498
1935 - 2021
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 499
345 - 406
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 500
1434 - 1519
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 501
1727 - 1804
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 502
1020 - 1090
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 503
Among people born in 1928, Arman ranks 98. Before him are Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Cy Twombly, Hans Modrow, Walter Mondale, Robert Sheckley, and Sol LeWitt. After him are Christa Ludwig, Edward Albee, Joe Jackson, Seymour Papert, Bernard Buffet, and Pierre Mauroy. Among people deceased in 2005, Arman ranks 58. Before him are Emmanuelle Arsan, John DeLorean, Barbara Bel Geddes, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, William Westmoreland, and Robert Sheckley. After him are Victoria de los Ángeles, Dana Elcar, Urie Bronfenbrenner, Will Eisner, Robert Moog, and Carlo Maria Giulini.
1928 - 2021
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 92
1928 - 2011
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 93
1928 - 2023
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 94
1928 - 2021
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 95
1928 - 2005
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 96
1928 - 2007
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 97
1928 - 2005
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 98
1928 - 2021
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 99
1928 - 2016
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 100
1928 - 2018
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 101
1928 - 2016
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 102
1928 - 1999
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 103
1928 - 2013
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 104
1932 - 2005
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 52
1925 - 2005
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 53
1922 - 2005
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 54
1935 - 2005
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 55
1914 - 2005
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 56
1928 - 2005
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 57
1928 - 2005
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 58
1923 - 2005
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 59
1927 - 2005
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 60
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 61
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 62
1934 - 2005
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 63
1914 - 2005
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 64
Among people born in France, Arman ranks 1,561 out of 6,011. Before him are Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency (1594), Claude Garamond (1499), Gilles de Roberval (1602), Pierre Auguste Cot (1837), Charles, Duke of Brittany (1319), and Adam de la Halle (1245). After him are Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon (1754), Liane de Pougy (1869), Joan of England, Queen of Sicily (1165), Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy (1360), Adalbert of Magdeburg (910), and Louis Henri, Prince of Condé (1756).
1594 - 1650
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,555
1499 - 1561
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,556
1602 - 1675
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,557
1837 - 1883
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,558
1319 - 1364
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 1,559
1245 - 1288
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 1,560
1928 - 2005
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 1,561
1754 - 1818
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 1,562
1869 - 1950
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 1,563
1165 - 1199
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 1,564
1360 - 1391
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 1,565
910 - 981
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 1,566
1756 - 1830
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 1,567
Among painters born in France, Arman ranks 99. Before him are Ernest Meissonier (1815), Hubert Robert (1733), Jean Clouet (1480), Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749), Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1774), and Pierre Auguste Cot (1837). After him are Bernard Buffet (1928), Françoise Gilot (1921), Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836), Paloma Picasso (1949), Christian Boltanski (1944), and Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville (1803).
1815 - 1891
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 93
1733 - 1808
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 94
1480 - 1541
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 95
1749 - 1803
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 96
1774 - 1833
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 97
1837 - 1883
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 98
1928 - 2005
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 99
1928 - 1999
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 100
1921 - 2023
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 101
1836 - 1911
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 102
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 103
1944 - 2021
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 104
1803 - 1847
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 105