SCULPTOR

Marisol Escobar

1930 - 2016

Photo of Marisol Escobar

Icon of person Marisol Escobar

Marisol Escobar (May 22, 1930 – April 30, 2016), otherwise known simply as Marisol, was a Venezuelan-American sculptor born in Paris, who lived and worked in New York City. She became world-famous in the mid-1960s, but lapsed into relative obscurity within a decade. She continued to create her artworks and returned to the limelight in the early 21st century, capped by a 2014 major retrospective show organized by the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marisol Escobar has received more than 272,882 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Marisol Escobar is the 189th most popular sculptor (up from 202nd in 2019), the 3,989th most popular biography from France (up from 4,433rd in 2019) and the 37th most popular French Sculptor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Marisol Escobar ranks 189 out of 258. Before her are Hermann Obrist, Gregorio Fernández, Robert Jacobsen, Léon Delagrange, Stepan Erzia, and Jacob Epstein. After her are Mona Hatoum, Gerhard Marcks, Dennis Oppenheim, Lev Kerbel, Anthony Caro, and Anne Seymour Damer.

Most Popular Sculptors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Marisol Escobar ranks 333. Before her are Hank Mobley, Babushka Lady, William R. Pogue, Suraphol Sombatcharoen, André Lerond, and Hector Bianciotti. After her are Jean-Louis de Rambures, Vera T. Sós, Justinas Marcinkevičius, Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Estela de Carlotto, and Bobby Bland. Among people deceased in 2016, Marisol Escobar ranks 273. Before her are László Sárosi, Ken Adam, Brigitte Hamann, Jan Němec, Susana Duijm, and Émile Derlin Zinsou. After her are Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Garry Shandling, Sushil Koirala, Mrinalini Sarabhai, Alan Young, and Ruth Leuwerik.

Others Born in 1930

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2016

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In France

Among people born in France, Marisol Escobar ranks 3,989 out of 6,770. Before her are Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700), Antoine Duhamel (1925), Pierre Veyron (1903), Émile Veinante (1907), Philippe de Villiers (1949), and Simone Segouin (1925). After her are Édouard-Alfred Martel (1859), Charles Dancla (1817), Wladimir Aïtoff (1879), Nicolas de Fer (1646), Paul Déroulède (1846), and Jacqueline de Romilly (1913).

Others born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SCULPTORS In France

Among sculptors born in France, Marisol Escobar ranks 37. Before her are Antoine-Denis Chaudet (1763), Georges Lacombe (1868), Alexandre Falguière (1831), Augustin-Alexandre Dumont (1801), Charles Despiau (1874), and Léon Delagrange (1872). After her are Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841).

French born Sculptors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous