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Francisco Toledo

1940 - 2019

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Francisco Benjamín López Toledo (17 July 1940 – 5 September 2019) was a Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist. In a career that spanned seven decades, Toledo produced thousands of works of art and became widely regarded as one of Mexico's most important contemporary artists. An activist as well as an artist, he promoted the artistic culture and heritage of Oaxaca state. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Toledo has received more than 177,760 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Francisco Toledo is the 1,817th most popular painter (down from 1,574th in 2019), the 281st most popular biography from Mexico (down from 254th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Mexican Painter.

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  • 180k

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  • 46.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Francisco Toledo ranks 1,817 out of 2,023. Before him are Maria Röhl, Konstantin Yuon, Markus Lüpertz, Peter Doig, John Marin, and Kanō Hōgai. After him are Charles Dana Gibson, Betzy Akersloot-Berg, Alice Neel, Käthe Kruse, Maria Cosway, and Vassily Maximov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Francisco Toledo ranks 411. Before him are John Iliopoulos, Vojislav Melić, Van McCoy, Alex Trebek, Liang Guanglie, and Yamini Krishnamurthy. After him are Richard Attwood, David Jason, Manuel Esquivel, Marju Lauristin, Gianni De Michelis, and Patrick Leahy. Among people deceased in 2019, Francisco Toledo ranks 364. Before him are Sheila Dikshit, Hubert Hahne, Jaegwon Kim, Anatoly Krutikov, Imre Varga, and Norbert Eder. After him are Thomas Remengesau Sr., Kjell Bäckman, Gianni De Michelis, Miguel León-Portilla, Ken Kavanagh, and Stoyanka Mutafova.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Francisco Toledo ranks 281 out of 729. Before him are Guillermo Haro (1913), Sara Ramirez (1975), José Justo Corro (1794), José Ignacio Pavón (1791), Valentín Canalizo (1794), and Jaime Gómez (1929). After him are Carlos Monsiváis (1938), Moisés Solana (1935), Héctor Rebaque (1956), George W. Romney (1907), Miguel León-Portilla (1926), and Marcelo Ebrard (1959).

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Among PAINTERS In Mexico

Among painters born in Mexico, Francisco Toledo ranks 8. Before him are Diego Rivera (1886), David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896), José Clemente Orozco (1883), Rufino Tamayo (1899), Juan O'Gorman (1905), and Emmanuel Lubezki (1964). After him are Ignacio Ortiz (1934).

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