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Bas Jan Ader

1942 - 1975

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Bastiaan Johan Christiaan "Bas Jan" Ader (19 April 1942 – disappeared 1975) was a Dutch conceptual and performance artist, and photographer. His work was in many instances presented as photographs and film of his performances. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bas Jan Ader has received more than 312,152 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Bas Jan Ader is the 79th most popular artist (down from 70th in 2019), the 709th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 626th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Dutch Artist.

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  • 16

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  • 4.11

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  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Bas Jan Ader ranks 79 out of 125Before him are Mary Blair, Aleksandr Golovin, Heorhiy Narbut, Antonie Brentano, Annette Messager, and Daniel Hopfer. After him are Dan Graham, Carolee Schneemann, Vlado Goreski, Martha Rosler, Maud Wagner, and Sergei Sviatchenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Bas Jan Ader ranks 429Before him are Chris Hani, Rildo da Costa Menezes, Roshan Seth, Gustavo Peña, Yevhen Stankovych, and Gray Davis. After him are Kenichi Ogata, Dan Graham, Mimis Domazos, Terry Melcher, Danièle Thompson, and Jaroslav Holík. Among people deceased in 1975, Bas Jan Ader ranks 178Before him are Paul Verhoeven, Heinz Müller, Nicolas Rossolimo, Antonín Vodička, Fritz Wotruba, and Ernst Alexanderson. After him are Max Gluckman, Piero Dusio, Syed Nazrul Islam, Rod Serling, Valeri Popenchenko, and Benjamin Jekhowsky.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Bas Jan Ader ranks 709 out of 1,646Before him are Job Cohen (1947), Hendrik Voogd (1768), Eddy Treijtel (1946), Albert Kluyver (1888), Alexander Rueb (1882), and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands (1966). After him are Gérard Blitz (1901), Thérèse Schwartze (1851), Mieke Bal (1946), Adrie Koster (1954), Erwin Olaf (1959), and Anouk (1975).

Among ARTISTS In Netherlands

Among artists born in Netherlands, Bas Jan Ader ranks 4Before him are M. C. Escher (1898), Theo van Doesburg (1883), and Theo Jansen (1948). After him are Joseph Smit (1836).