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Jesús Rafael Soto

1923 - 2005

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Jesús Rafael Soto (June 5, 1923 – January 17, 2005) was a Venezuelan op and kinetic artist, a sculptor and a painter. His works can be found in the collections of the main museums of the world, including Tate (London), Museum Ludwig (Germany), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna (Roma) and MoMA (New York). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jesús Rafael Soto has received more than 166,468 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jesús Rafael Soto is the 1,395th most popular painter (down from 1,104th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Venezuela (down from 26th in 2019) and the most popular Venezuelan Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jesús Rafael Soto ranks 1,395 out of 2,023. Before him are Giacomo Ceruti, Edward Robert Hughes, Adolph Gottlieb, Ludwig Emil Grimm, Vilhelms Purvītis, and Virgil Solis. After him are Anni Albers, Austin Osman Spare, Giusto de' Menabuoi, Óscar Domínguez, Karl Hofer, and Igor Grabar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Jesús Rafael Soto ranks 229. Before him are Murray Hamilton, Misael Pastrana Borrero, Juan Arza, Juvenal Amarijo, Ida Vitale, and Ellsworth Kelly. After him are Louise Brough, Barney Kessel, Jacob Taubes, Betsy Blair, Alice Coachman, and Rafael Addiego Bruno. Among people deceased in 2005, Jesús Rafael Soto ranks 163. Before him are Shirley Horn, Pál Losonczi, Link Wray, Françoise d'Eaubonne, Juan José Saer, and Vizma Belševica. After him are John Spencer, Mustai Karim, Erik Balling, Johnny Haynes, Frank Gorshin, and Netti Witziers-Timmer.

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In Venezuela

Among people born in Venezuela, Jesús Rafael Soto ranks 42 out of 183. Before him are Cristóbal Mendoza (1772), Pedro Carmona (1941), Patricia Velásquez (1971), Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo (1944), Luis Herrera Campins (1925), and Juan Guaidó (1983). After him are Arturo Sosa (1948), Germán Suárez Flamerich (1907), Manuel Blum (1938), Leonardo Jardim (1974), Gabriela Spanic (1973), and Susana Duijm (1936).

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Among PAINTERS In Venezuela

Among painters born in Venezuela, Jesús Rafael Soto ranks 1. 

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