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Marlene Dumas

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Marlene Dumas (born 3 August 1953) is a South African artist and painter currently based in the Netherlands. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marlene Dumas has received more than 281,702 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Marlene Dumas is the 1,302nd most popular painter (down from 1,151st in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 52nd in 2019) and the most popular South African Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Marlene Dumas ranks 1,302 out of 2,023. Before her are Maria Wodzińska, Boris Yefimov, M. F. Husain, Gerard de Lairesse, Virginie Demont-Breton, and Philip Guston. After her are On Kawara, Giovanni Santi, Godfried Schalcken, Echion, Carl Blechen, and Urs Graf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Marlene Dumas ranks 187. Before her are Klaus Wowereit, Sergey Mironov, Pat Benatar, Mark Thatcher, Sergio Castellitto, and Dominique Perrault. After her are Richard Bremmer, Francis Cabrel, Serginho Chulapa, Ian Khama, Zoran Janković, and Gérard Krawczyk.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Marlene Dumas ranks 66 out of 454. Before her are Reggie Walker (1889), Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer (1907), Cyril Cusack (1910), Dave Matthews (1967), Abdullah Ibrahim (1934), and Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795). After her are Laurence Oliphant (1829), J. B. M. Hertzog (1866), Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819), Ian Scheckter (1947), Eric Sturgess (1920), and John Cranko (1927).

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Among PAINTERS In South Africa

Among painters born in South Africa, Marlene Dumas ranks 1. After her are William Kentridge (1955), Florence Fuller (1867), Maggie Laubser (1886), and Emily Ford (1851).

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