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David Smith

1906 - 1965

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Roland David Smith (March 9, 1906 – May 23, 1965) was an influential and innovative American abstract expressionist sculptor and painter, widely known for creating large steel abstract geometric sculptures. Born in Decatur, Indiana, Smith initially pursued painting, receiving training at the Art Students League in New York from 1926 to 1930. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Smith has received more than 103,552 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. David Smith is the 1,538th most popular painter (down from 1,259th in 2019), the 6,453rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,296th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular American Painter.

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  • 16

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, David Smith ranks 1,538 out of 1,421. Before him are Inji Aflatoun, Christian Wilhelm Allers, William Orpen, Ivan Argunov, Eduard Wiiralt, and Paolo Salvati. After him are Joan Mitchell, Joseph Noel Paton, Kenneth Noland, Frederick Sandys, E. H. Shepard, and Kitty Lange Kielland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, David Smith ranks 257. Before him are Bart Bok, V. J. Sukselainen, Wolfgang Koeppen, Joseph Höffner, Petre Steinbach, and Jan Diddens. After him are Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Arthur Rudolph, Victor Hasselblad, Thelma Todd, Gerardo Romero, and Alberto Soria. Among people deceased in 1965, David Smith ranks 138. Before him are Tommy Hampson, Nancy Carroll, Ingrid Jonker, Louise Dresser, Jeanette MacDonald, and Frederick Browning. After him are Hamo Beknazarian, Eleanor Farjeon, Francisco Garza Gutiérrez, Myra Hess, Jacques Audiberti, and Othmar Ammann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Smith ranks 6,453 out of 18,182. Before him are Raymond J. Barry (1939), Robert S. Langer (1948), Bob Welch (1945), David A. R. White (1970), Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1858), and Todd Haynes (1961). After him are Pia Zadora (1953), Oliver Hazard Perry (1785), Henry Halleck (1815), Eugene McCarthy (1916), Joan Mitchell (1925), and Teddy Mayer (1935).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, David Smith ranks 92. Before him are Edward Hicks (1780), Mel Ramos (1935), Washington Allston (1779), Jim Dine (1935), Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930), and Kay Sage (1898). After him are Joan Mitchell (1925), Kenneth Noland (1924), Edward Ruscha (1937), Charles Willson Peale (1741), Charles R. Knight (1874), and Clyfford Still (1904).

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