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Ben Vautier

1935 - 2024

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Benjamin Vautier (French pronunciation: [bɛ̃(ʒamɛ̃) votje]; 18 July 1935 – 5 June 2024), also known mononymously as Ben, was a French visual artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Vautier has received more than 114,559 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ben Vautier is the 1,709th most popular painter (down from 1,479th in 2019), the 3,529th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,206th in 2019) and the 259th most popular Italian Painter.

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  • 110k

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  • 48.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ben Vautier ranks 1,709 out of 2,023Before him are Albert Küchler, Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, William Merritt Chase, Josef Danhauser, August Malmström, and David Octavius Hill. After him are Oton Iveković, Eugène Devéria, Regina Ghazaryan, Joseph Noel Paton, Robert Ryman, and Marianne Stokes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Ben Vautier ranks 327Before him are Jean Tiberi, Paul H. O'Neill, Luigi Radice, Józef Szmidt, Fred Bongusto, and Sadiq al-Mahdi. After him are José María Gil-Robles, Ivan Dimitrov, Peter Grant, Victor J. Stenger, Albín Brunovský, and Hanna Krall. Among people deceased in 2024, Ben Vautier ranks 265Before him are Vyacheslav Ivanov, Piedad Córdoba, Elias Khoury, Józef Szmidt, Eugenio Dal Corso, and Kagney Linn Karter. After him are Lynn Conway, Eliyahu Rips, Anatoliy Konkov, Brian Lumley, Lou Donaldson, and Robert Towne.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ben Vautier ranks 3,529 out of 5,161Before him are Giuseppe Impastato (1948), Eugenio Dal Corso (1939), Lucius Cassius Longinus (-50), Tiziano Ferro (1980), Piero Dusio (1899), and Paola Pitagora (1941). After him are Tullio Regge (1931), Antonio Di Pietro (1950), Luigi Carpaneda (1925), Carlo Urbani (1956), Teoberto Maler (1842), and Domenico Agostini (1825).

Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Ben Vautier ranks 259Before him are Francesco Squarcione (1397), Theodoric of Prague (1319), Domenico Morelli (1826), Bartolomeo della Gatta (1448), Sisto Badalocchio (1585), and Fyodor Bruni (1799). After him are Andrea Benetti (1964), Paolo Salvati (1939), Francesco Clemente (1952), Giovanni d'Alemagna (null), Maria Cosway (1760), and Filippo Randazzo (1692).