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Duane Hanson

1925 - 1996

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Duane Hanson (January 17, 1925 – January 6, 1996) was an American artist and sculptor born in Minnesota. He spent most of his career in South Florida. He was known for his life-sized realistic sculptures of people. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Duane Hanson has received more than 302,534 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Duane Hanson is the 217th most popular sculptor (down from 142nd in 2019), the 7,218th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,236th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Sculptor.

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  • 300k

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  • 47.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Duane Hanson ranks 217 out of 258. Before him are W. J. Coffee, Jens Galschiøt, Edmonia Lewis, Josef Václav Myslbek, Lola Mora, and Yervand Kochar. After him are Franz West, Imre Varga, Giuseppe Prinzi, Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, Alfred Hrdlicka, and El Anatsui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Duane Hanson ranks 373. Before him are Tony Benn, Roque Olsen, Alfred Kelbassa, Curt Lowens, Fernando Birri, and Lucien Carr. After him are Álvaro Magaña, Geoffrey Burbidge, Raimondo D'Inzeo, Anne V. Coates, Guru Dutt, and Darry Cowl. Among people deceased in 1996, Duane Hanson ranks 247. Before him are Latifa al-Zayyat, Pavel Solovyov, Václav Hovorka, Viktor Konovalenko, Kusuo Kitamura, and Petre Steinbach. After him are Ali Hatami, Vyacheslav Lemeshev, Rafaela Aparicio, Walter M. Miller Jr., David Tudor, and Joonas Kokkonen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Duane Hanson ranks 7,218 out of 20,380. Before him are Bob Menendez (1954), Jocelyn Brando (1919), Taylor Kinney (1981), Ginnifer Goodwin (1978), Kevin Tighe (1944), and Robert Armstrong (1890). After him are Nat Adderley (1931), Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859), David Belasco (1853), Lewis Binford (1932), Polly Holliday (1937), and Janis Ian (1951).

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Among SCULPTORS In United States

Among sculptors born in United States, Duane Hanson ranks 12. Before him are Anna Coleman Ladd (1878), Walter De Maria (1935), Jacob Epstein (1880), Dennis Oppenheim (1938), Audrey Munson (1891), and Edmonia Lewis (1844). After him are Daniel Chester French (1850), Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875), Chris Burden (1946), Horatio Greenough (1805), Beverly Pepper (1922), and Augusta Savage (1892).

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