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Clyfford Still

1904 - 1980

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Clyfford Still (November 30, 1904 – June 23, 1980) was an American painter, and one of the leading figures in the first generation of Abstract Expressionists, who developed a new, powerful approach to painting in the years immediately following World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clyfford Still has received more than 426,943 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Clyfford Still is the 1,794th most popular painter (down from 1,567th in 2019), the 7,263rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,879th in 2019) and the 97th most popular American Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Clyfford Still ranks 1,794 out of 2,023. Before him are Ion Andreescu, Francesco Clemente, Lawrence Weiner, George Inness, Lajos Tihanyi, and Moshe Castel. After him are Hale Asaf, Alberto Vargas, Theodor Pallady, Victor Borisov-Musatov, Józef Pankiewicz, and Frank Brangwyn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Clyfford Still ranks 256. Before him are Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, Tommy Douglas, Boris Livanov, Jeane Dixon, Vasili Merkuryev, and Antonio Vojak. After him are Emil František Burian, Renzo Minoli, Giorgio La Pira, Humberto Elgueta, Bernard Schmetz, and Gladys George. Among people deceased in 1980, Clyfford Still ranks 233. Before him are Zezé Procópio, Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Marin Preda, Luis Muñoz Marín, Joseph Banks Rhine, and Carl Ebert. After him are James Smith McDonnell, Jóhann Hafstein, Alexander Nesmeyanov, Fumio Gotō, Strother Martin, and Barbara Loden.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clyfford Still ranks 7,263 out of 20,380. Before him are Ellsworth Huntington (1876), Joyce Van Patten (1934), Alan Dean Foster (1946), Jimmy Kimmel (1967), Vic Damone (1928), and Oscar Pettiford (1922). After him are Paul R. Ehrlich (1932), Jack Finney (1911), Kathryn Grayson (1922), Molly Ringwald (1968), Vikki Carr (1941), and Maynard James Keenan (1964).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Clyfford Still ranks 97. Before him are Washington Allston (1779), Paul McCarthy (1945), Kay Sage (1898), Charles Sheeler (1883), Lawrence Weiner (1942), and George Inness (1825). After him are Mel Ramos (1935), Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877), John Marin (1870), Charles Dana Gibson (1867), Alice Neel (1900), and Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849).

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