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Frank Stella

1936 - 2024

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Frank Philip Stella (May 12, 1936 – May 4, 2024) was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker, noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction. He lived and worked in New York City for much of his career before moving his studio to Rock Tavern, New York. Stella's work catalyzed the minimalist movement in the late 1950s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Stella has received more than 1,125,633 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Frank Stella is the 612th most popular painter (down from 484th in 2019), the 1,918th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,666th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Painter.

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  • 29

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  • 6.52

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  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Frank Stella ranks 612 out of 2,023. Before him are Nikolaos Gyzis, Felix Nussbaum, Constant Troyon, Roberto Matta, Giovanni Battista Moroni, and Ludolf Bakhuizen. After him are Francesco Francia, Leonid Pasternak, Vlaho Bukovac, Wenceslaus Hollar, Christian Boltanski, and Melchior Broederlam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Frank Stella ranks 110. Before him are Nicos Poulantzas, Théo Sarapo, Henry Lee Lucas, Glenda Jackson, Aleida March, and Didier Ratsiraka. After him are Christiane Martel, James Mirrlees, Jim Henson, Jacques Mesrine, Frances Shand Kydd, and Raimonds Pauls. Among people deceased in 2024, Frank Stella ranks 89. Before him are Iris Apfel, Jerzy Stuhr, Roger Corman, Brigitte Bierlein, Don Murray, and Miguel Ángel González Suárez. After him are Maria Branyas, Carl Andre, Ram Narayan, Irene Camber, Alexandre do Nascimento, and Silvia Pinal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Stella ranks 1,918 out of 20,380. Before him are Bernard Baruch (1870), Elizabeth Bishop (1911), Lady Bird Johnson (1912), Ben Shapiro (1984), Jeffery Deaver (1950), and Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929). After him are Lee Remick (1935), Fred Haise (1933), Bruno Mars (1985), Eddie Constantine (1913), Jean Arthur (1900), and Whitey Bulger (1929).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Frank Stella ranks 18. Before him are James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834), Bob Ross (1942), Lyonel Feininger (1871), Sol LeWitt (1928), Margaret Keane (1927), and Jasper Johns (1930). After him are Carl Andre (1935), John Frederick Kensett (1816), Thomas Eakins (1844), Cy Twombly (1928), Julian Schnabel (1951), and Bruce Nauman (1941).

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