SCULPTOR

Audrey Munson

1891 - 1996

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Audrey Marie Munson (June 8, 1891 – February 20, 1996) was an American artist's model and film actress, considered to be "America's first supermodel." In her time, she was variously known as "Miss Manhattan", the "Panama–Pacific Girl", the "Exposition Girl" and "American Venus." She was the model or inspiration for more than twelve statues in New York City, and many others elsewhere. Munson appeared in four silent films, including unclothed in Inspiration (1915). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Audrey Munson has received more than 967,434 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Audrey Munson is the 208th most popular sculptor (down from 203rd in 2019), the 6,436th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,595th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Sculptor.

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  • 3.39

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Audrey Munson ranks 208 out of 258. Before her are Fuad Abdurahmanov, Fritz Wotruba, Ferdinand Brokoff, Ara Shiraz, Revaz Gabriadze, and Barry Flanagan. After her are Kārlis Zāle, Erwin Wurm, W. J. Coffee, Jens Galschiøt, Edmonia Lewis, and Josef Václav Myslbek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Audrey Munson ranks 204. Before her are Bert Roach, Hans von Funck, Leopold Vietoris, André Labatut, Nikoloz Muskhelishvili, and Karel Petrů. After her are Eino Leino, Stanley Spencer, Archie Mayo, Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch, Hitoshi Sasaki, and Gustaf Dyrssen. Among people deceased in 1996, Audrey Munson ranks 218. Before her are Pasqualino De Santis, Hermann Kesten, Morton Gould, Gabriel Alonso, Karol Jokl, and Vagn Holmboe. After her are Charles Jewtraw, Jurandir de Freitas, Wolfgang Koeppen, Bernard Edwards, Robert Nisbet, and Bai Yang.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Audrey Munson ranks 6,436 out of 20,380. Before her are Chris Wedge (1957), Eugene Burton Ely (1886), William Henry Conley (1840), Damon Knight (1922), Bobo Brazil (1924), and Charles Bolden (1946). After her are Walt Frazier (1945), Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), Virginia Hall (1906), Roscoe Lockwood (1875), Aaron Sorkin (1961), and William Dwight Whitney (1827).

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Among SCULPTORS In United States

Among sculptors born in United States, Audrey Munson ranks 10. Before her are Robert Morris (1931), Dan Flavin (1933), Anna Coleman Ladd (1878), Walter De Maria (1935), Jacob Epstein (1880), and Dennis Oppenheim (1938). After her are Edmonia Lewis (1844), Duane Hanson (1925), Daniel Chester French (1850), Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875), Chris Burden (1946), and Horatio Greenough (1805).

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