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James Turrell

1943 - Today

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James Turrell (born May 6, 1943) is an American artist known for his work within the Light and Space movement. He is considered the "master of light" often creating art installations that mix natural light with artificial color through openings in ceilings thereby transforming internal spaces by ever shifting and changing color. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Turrell has received more than 1,096,648 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. James Turrell is the 1,092nd most popular painter (down from 1,067th in 2019), the 3,841st most popular biography from United States (up from 3,862nd in 2019) and the 48th most popular American Painter.

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  • 18

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, James Turrell ranks 1,092 out of 1,421. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Debret, Eugène Isabey, Fritz von Uhde, Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, Jacques-Émile Blanche, and Aloïse Corbaz. After him are Anton Janša, Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, Justus Sustermans, Frederick Arthur Bridgman, Giovanni Fattori, and Vladimir Makovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, James Turrell ranks 254. Before him are Don Simpson, Christine McVie, Bjørn Wirkola, Nasr Abu Zayd, Lobo, and William Calley. After him are Giovanni Goria, Walter Godefroot, Valery Nepomnyashchy, Jim Croce, Sani Abacha, and Dušan Uhrin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Turrell ranks 3,841 out of 18,182. Before him are Roy Chapman Andrews (1884), Ray Wise (1947), William Calley (1943), Wanda Jackson (1937), Stephen J. Cannell (1941), and Bill Cobbs (1934). After him are Brenda Vaccaro (1939), Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898), Willie Dixon (1915), James Mark Baldwin (1861), Thomas Gibson (1962), and Larry Semon (1889).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, James Turrell ranks 48. Before him are Beatrice Wood (1893), Ellsworth Kelly (1923), Franz Kline (1910), Maso di Banco (1250), Helen Frankenthaler (1928), and Benjamin West (1738). After him are Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847), Ad Reinhardt (1913), James Rosenquist (1933), John Singleton Copley (1738), George Segal (1924), and Joseph Cornell (1903).

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