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Louise Nevelson

1899 - 1988

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Louise Nevelson (September 23, 1899 – April 17, 1988) was an American sculptor known for her monumental, monochromatic, wooden wall pieces and outdoor sculptures. Born in the Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine), she emigrated with her family to the United States in the early 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louise Nevelson has received more than 546,327 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Louise Nevelson is the 197th most popular sculptor (down from 188th in 2019), the 670th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 628th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Ukrainian Sculptor.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Louise Nevelson ranks 197 out of 258. Before her are Gerhard Marcks, Dennis Oppenheim, Lev Kerbel, Anthony Caro, Anne Seymour Damer, and Louis-Ernest Barrias. After her are Matthias Braun, Rudolph Schadow, Halyna Sevruk, Andy Goldsworthy, Fuad Abdurahmanov, and Fritz Wotruba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Louise Nevelson ranks 202. Before her are Jobyna Ralston, Aldo Nadi, Giuseppe Amato, Marcel Arland, John Bodkin Adams, and Ramón Muttis. After her are Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Colleen Moore, Juan Trippe, Max Petitpierre, Jafar Jabbarly, and Mikhail Zharov. Among people deceased in 1988, Louise Nevelson ranks 152. Before her are Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Seth Neddermeyer, Ernest Labrousse, Frederick Loewe, Roy Urquhart, and Sylvester. After her are Colleen Moore, Phạm Hùng, Brigitte Horney, Kurt Raab, Jaú, and Emeric Pressburger.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Louise Nevelson ranks 670 out of 1,365. Before her are Leopold Staff (1878), Viorica Ursuleac (1894), Dobrodeia of Kiev (1101), Maryna Poroshenko (1962), Anatoliy Zlenko (1938), and Yurii Andrukhovych (1960). After her are Jascha Horenstein (1898), Anatoly Artsebarsky (1956), Lidiya Alfeyeva (1946), Alexander Litovchenko (1835), Oleksandr Murashko (1875), and Vladimir Dudintsev (1918).

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Among SCULPTORS In Ukraine

Among sculptors born in Ukraine, Louise Nevelson ranks 6. Before her are Alexander Archipenko (1887), Yevgeny Vuchetich (1908), Chana Orloff (1888), Ivan Martos (1754), and Lev Kerbel (1917).

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