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Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

1875 - 1942

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Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (January 9, 1875 – April 18, 1942) was an American sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney has received more than 976,326 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney is the 233rd most popular sculptor (down from 201st in 2019), the 9,177th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,243rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Sculptor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 980k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitneys by language

Over the past year Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney has had the most page views in the with 115,045 views, followed by Spanish (4,973), and German (3,709). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are West Frisian (70.66%), Hebrew (55.60%), and Arabic (55.44%)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney ranks 233 out of 258. Before her are Martin Kippenberger, Nikolai Tomsky, Anna Golubkina, Sabiha Bengütaş, Erzsébet Schaár, and Hellmuth Marx. After her are Chris Burden, Horatio Greenough, Francis Leggatt Chantrey, Knut Steen, Beverly Pepper, and Ronald Pope.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney ranks 180. Before her are Matt McGrath, Angeliki Panagiotatou, Wilfred Hudson Osgood, Andreas Michalakopoulos, Eddie Polo, and Shaqe Çoba. After her are Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov, Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah, Émile Wegelin, Jean-Guy Gautier, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Charles Perrin. Among people deceased in 1942, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney ranks 227. Before her are Clinton Hart Merriam, Františka Plamínková, Heinz Körvers, James Cruze, Carl Gustav Fleischer, and Oleg Losev. After her are Gyula Prassler, Sidney Fox, Valentin Loos, Birger Cederin, Max Bodenstein, and Käthe Leichter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney ranks 9,177 out of 20,380. Before her are Mimi Kennedy (1948), Anthony Anderson (1970), Jenna Dewan (1980), Deb Haaland (1960), Mark Lenard (1924), and William H. Keeler (1931). After her are Randy Barnes (1966), Kay Johnson (1904), Robert Pearce (1908), Ben Alexander (1911), Christy Mathewson (1880), and Peabo Bryson (1951).

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Among SCULPTORS In United States

Among sculptors born in United States, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney ranks 14. Before her are Jacob Epstein (1880), Dennis Oppenheim (1938), Audrey Munson (1891), Edmonia Lewis (1844), Duane Hanson (1925), and Daniel Chester French (1850). After her are Chris Burden (1946), Horatio Greenough (1805), Beverly Pepper (1922), Augusta Savage (1892), Dale Chihuly (1941), and Harriet Hosmer (1830).

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