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Ellsworth Kelly

1923 - 2015

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Ellsworth Kelly (May 31, 1923 – December 27, 2015) was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker associated with hard-edge painting, Color field painting and minimalism. His works demonstrate unassuming techniques emphasizing line, color and form, similar to the work of John McLaughlin and Kenneth Noland. Kelly often employed bright colors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ellsworth Kelly has received more than 671,500 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Ellsworth Kelly is the 1,386th most popular painter (down from 1,023rd in 2019), the 4,654th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,533rd in 2019) and the 59th most popular American Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ellsworth Kelly ranks 1,386 out of 2,023. Before him are Henri Regnault, Charles-Antoine Coypel, Chen Hongshou, Aleksandr Deyneka, Charb, and Alexander Bogomazov. After him are A. R. Penck, Joseph von Führich, Giacomo Ceruti, Edward Robert Hughes, Adolph Gottlieb, and Ludwig Emil Grimm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Ellsworth Kelly ranks 228. Before him are Michael V. Gazzo, Murray Hamilton, Misael Pastrana Borrero, Juan Arza, Juvenal Amarijo, and Ida Vitale. After him are Jesús Rafael Soto, Louise Brough, Barney Kessel, Jacob Taubes, Betsy Blair, and Alice Coachman. Among people deceased in 2015, Ellsworth Kelly ranks 200. Before him are Slavko Avsenik, Frances Oldham Kelsey, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Beau Biden, Daevid Allen, and Charb. After him are Robert Z'Dar, Ján Chryzostom Korec, Ants Antson, Oʻtkir Sultonov, Nicolae Rainea, and Gheorghe Gruia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ellsworth Kelly ranks 4,654 out of 20,380. Before him are Al Jardine (1942), Emmy Rossum (1986), Louis Leon Thurstone (1887), Fats Waller (1904), Lewis Terman (1877), and Nathaniel Palmer (1799). After him are Richard Carpenter (1946), Miriam Hopkins (1902), Carol Kane (1952), Arthur Cronquist (1919), Chip Taylor (1940), and Barbara Walters (1929).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Ellsworth Kelly ranks 59. Before him are Lilla Cabot Perry (1848), Joseph Cornell (1903), Martin Johnson Heade (1819), George Segal (1924), Frank Frazetta (1928), and John Trumbull (1756). After him are Adolph Gottlieb (1903), John Singleton Copley (1738), George Bellows (1882), Edwin Austin Abbey (1852), Haddon Sundblom (1899), and George Catlin (1796).

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