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Ben Nicholson

1894 - 1982

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Benjamin Lauder Nicholson, OM (10 April 1894 – 6 February 1982) was an English painter of abstract compositions (sometimes in low relief), landscapes, and still-life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Nicholson has received more than 365,126 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ben Nicholson is the 1,625th most popular painter (down from 1,324th in 2019), the 4,143rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,287th in 2019) and the 90th most popular British Painter.

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  • 44.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ben Nicholson ranks 1,625 out of 1,421. Before him are Alfred John Keene, Miroslav Kraljević, Ksenia Milicevic, Jacek Yerka, Albert Paris Gütersloh, and Georgina de Albuquerque. After him are William Dobson, Blanka Teleki, Randolph Caldecott, Katherine Sophie Dreier, John Sloan, and Helen Allingham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Ben Nicholson ranks 213. Before him are Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson, Georgy Ivanov, Agnes von Krusenstjerna, Viktor Vinogradov, Jean Gachet, and Oliver Leese. After him are Bo Ekelund, Roger Vercel, Alfred Romer, Lois Wilson, Walter Byron, and ZaSu Pitts. Among people deceased in 1982, Ben Nicholson ranks 224. Before him are Marco Cimatti, Celia Johnson, Renato Sáinz, Walt Ader, Vitaly Daraselia, and Reta Shaw. After him are Paul Lynde, Virginia Bruce, Max de Terra, Jakob Streitle, Sheikh Abdullah, and Marty Robbins.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ben Nicholson ranks 4,143 out of 7,765. Before him are Jacqueline Wilson (1945), Vincent Nichols (1945), Richard Gunn (1871), Val McDermid (1955), Ian Charleson (1949), and John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792). After him are Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741), Frank Bruno (1961), Talulah Riley (1985), Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773), William John Swainson (1789), and Sharleen Spiteri (1967).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Ben Nicholson ranks 90. Before him are Howard Hodgkin (1932), Margaret Mee (1909), Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760), Paul Nash (1889), Samuel Palmer (1805), and Mary Moser (1744). After him are William Dobson (1610), Randolph Caldecott (1846), Helen Allingham (1848), Barbara Bodichon (1827), Gerald Scarfe (1936), and Benjamin Wilson (1721).

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