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Carl Andre

1935 - 2024

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Carl Andre (September 16, 1935 – January 24, 2024) was an American minimalist artist recognized for his ordered linear and grid format sculptures. His sculptures range from large public artworks (such as Stone Field Sculpture, 1977, in Hartford, Connecticut, and Lament for the Children, 1976, in Long Island City, New York), to large interior works exhibited on the floor (such as 144 Magnesium Square, 1969), to small intimate works (such as Satier: Zinc on Steel, 1989, and 7 Alnico Pole, 2011). In 1985 his third wife, contemporary artist Ana Mendieta, fell from their 34th-floor apartment window and died. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Andre has received more than 632,033 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Carl Andre is the 621st most popular painter (up from 805th in 2019), the 1,943rd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,767th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Painter.

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  • 30

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  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Carl Andre ranks 621 out of 2,023. Before him are Vlaho Bukovac, Wenceslaus Hollar, Christian Boltanski, Melchior Broederlam, Wifredo Lam, and Pierre Soulages. After him are Nicolas de Staël, Tom Wesselmann, Ambrosius Bosschaert, Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Otto van Veen, and Domenico Fetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Carl Andre ranks 90. Before him are Fritz Honka, Ron Paul, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Lee Remick, Viktor Bryukhanov, and Luis del Sol. After him are Serge Klarsfeld, Judd Hirsch, Yury Solomin, Gene Vincent, Fernando del Paso, and Agne Simonsson. Among people deceased in 2024, Carl Andre ranks 91. Before him are Roger Corman, Brigitte Bierlein, Don Murray, Miguel Ángel González Suárez, Frank Stella, and Maria Branyas. After him are Ram Narayan, Irene Camber, Alexandre do Nascimento, Silvia Pinal, Yury Solomin, and Daniel Revenu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Andre ranks 1,943 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim Henson (1936), Wilbur Scoville (1865), Martha Stewart (1941), Avery Brundage (1887), Sequoyah (1770), and Lee Majors (1939). After him are Robert E. Park (1864), Donna Karan (1948), Robert Fogel (1926), Billy Dee Williams (1937), Dean Koontz (1945), and Langston Hughes (1902).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Carl Andre ranks 19. Before him are Bob Ross (1942), Lyonel Feininger (1871), Sol LeWitt (1928), Margaret Keane (1927), Jasper Johns (1930), and Frank Stella (1936). After him are John Frederick Kensett (1816), Thomas Eakins (1844), Cy Twombly (1928), Julian Schnabel (1951), Bruce Nauman (1941), and Donald Judd (1928).

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