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Barnett Newman

1905 - 1970

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Barnett Newman (January 29, 1905 – July 4, 1970) was an American artist. He has been critically regarded as one of the major figures of abstract expressionism, and one of the foremost color field painters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barnett Newman has received more than 708,067 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Barnett Newman is the 32nd most popular artist, the 1,385th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,377th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Artist.

Barnett Newman is most famous for his series of paintings called "The Stations of the Cross."

Memorability Metrics

  • 710k

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  • 59.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Barnett Newman ranks 32 out of 78. Before him are Émile Gallé, Jeff Koons, Ulay, Edward Burne-Jones, Ai Weiwei, and Akira Yoshizawa. After him are Méret Oppenheim, Bernt Notke, André Charles Boulle, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Theo Jansen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Barnett Newman ranks 52. Before him are Carl Gustav Hempel, Erwin Chargaff, Lale Andersen, Emmanuel Mounier, Kurt Gerstein, and Sada Abe. After him are Hans Urs von Balthasar, Joseph Cotten, Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, Severo Ochoa, Sebastian Shaw, and Piet Hein. Among people deceased in 1970, Barnett Newman ranks 50. Before him are Arthur Adamov, E. M. Forster, Sonny Liston, Lev Kuleshov, B. H. Liddell Hart, and Percy Spencer. After him are Jean Giono, Elsa Triolet, Maud Lewis, Pedro Cea, Erich Heckel, and Leslie Groves.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barnett Newman ranks 1,385 out of 18,182. Before him are Annie Leibovitz (1949), Alan Silvestri (1950), Rosemary Kennedy (1918), Paul Stanley (1952), Tom Ford (1961), and Ethan Hawke (1970). After him are Jane Wyman (1917), Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (1941), Mary Todd Lincoln (1818), John Sturges (1910), Wes Anderson (1969), and Richard Winters (1918).

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Among ARTISTS In United States

Among artists born in United States, Barnett Newman ranks 5. Before him are Andy Warhol (1928), Roy Lichtenstein (1923), Keith Haring (1958), and Jeff Koons (1955). After him are Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848), Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960), James Montgomery Flagg (1877), Bill Viola (1951), Dan Graham (1942), Vito Acconci (1940), and Robert Indiana (1928).

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