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On Kawara

1932 - 2014

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On Kawara (河原温, Kawara On, December 24, 1932 – July 10, 2014) was a Japanese conceptual artist who lived in SoHo, New York City, from 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of On Kawara has received more than 267,788 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). On Kawara is the 1,303rd most popular painter (down from 1,184th in 2019), the 956th most popular biography from Japan (down from 886th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Japanese Painter.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, On Kawara ranks 1,303 out of 2,023. Before him are Boris Yefimov, M. F. Husain, Gerard de Lairesse, Virginie Demont-Breton, Philip Guston, and Marlene Dumas. After him are Giovanni Santi, Godfried Schalcken, Echion, Carl Blechen, Urs Graf, and Janis Rozentāls.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, On Kawara ranks 231. Before him are Arnold Wesker, Henri Namphy, Per Nørgård, Siegfried Rauch, Mika Antić, and Henri Nouwen. After him are Yakir Aharonov, Henri Schwery, Eileen Brennan, Geoff Bent, Ted Cassidy, and Colville Young. Among people deceased in 2014, On Kawara ranks 177. Before him are Sulejman Tihić, Marinho Chagas, Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Jean Béliveau, Ante Žanetić, and Paul Mazursky. After him are Harun Farocki, Pierre Bec, Christophe de Margerie, Abdul Qadir, Wu Ma, and Gustavo Cerati.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, On Kawara ranks 956 out of 6,245. Before him are Saburō Kawabuchi (1936), Uichiro Hatta (1903), Yoshitada Yamaguchi (1944), Gyoji Matsumoto (1934), Itō Noe (1895), and Kazuki Takahashi (1961). After him are Tsuru Aoki (1892), Ryozo Suzuki (1939), Chieko Baisho (1941), Satoru Nakajima (1953), Kanō Motonobu (1476), and Kafū Nagai (1879).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, On Kawara ranks 20. Before him are Torii Kiyonaga (1752), Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539), Utagawa Toyokuni (1769), Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570), Torii Kiyonobu I (1664), and Kuroda Seiki (1866). After him are Kanō Motonobu (1476), Tarō Okamoto (1911), Katsukawa Shunshō (1726), Maruyama Ōkyo (1733), Hiroshi Yoshida (1876), and Unkei (1151).

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