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Philip Guston

1913 - 1980

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Philip Guston (born Phillip Goldstein, June 27, 1913 – June 7, 1980) was a Canadian American painter, printmaker, muralist and draftsman. "Guston worked in a number of artistic modes, from Renaissance-inspired figuration to formally accomplished abstraction," and is now regarded as one of the "most important, powerful, and influential American painters of the last 100 years." He frequently depicted racism, antisemitism, fascism and American identity, as well as—especially in his later most cartoonish and mocking work—the banality of evil. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip Guston has received more than 570,582 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Philip Guston is the 1,301st most popular painter (up from 1,449th in 2019), the 205th most popular biography from Canada (up from 288th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Painter.

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  • 24

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  • 3.27

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  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Philip Guston ranks 1,301 out of 2,023. Before him are Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Maria Wodzińska, Boris Yefimov, M. F. Husain, Gerard de Lairesse, and Virginie Demont-Breton. After him are Marlene Dumas, On Kawara, Giovanni Santi, Godfried Schalcken, Echion, and Carl Blechen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Philip Guston ranks 171. Before him are John Kitzmiller, Reinhard Hardegen, Sonja Wigert, Sourou-Migan Apithy, Friedrich Dickel, and Huang Hua. After him are Helen Levitt, Teodoro Fernández, Luis Miró, Kazimierz Sabbat, Ćamil Sijarić, and Tahir Yahya. Among people deceased in 1980, Philip Guston ranks 153. Before him are Jan Werich, Allan Pettersson, Torcuato Fernández-Miranda, Miliza Korjus, Sonja Wigert, and Ángel Sanz Briz. After him are Gerhard von Schwerin, Alberto Demicheli, Egon Pearson, André Parrot, Arthur Melvin Okun, and Farrokhroo Parsa.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Philip Guston ranks 205 out of 1,622. Before him are Tommy Chong (1938), Peter North (1957), Jean Béliveau (1931), Maud Menten (1879), Chris Benoit (1967), and Henry Clinton (1730). After him are Joanna Shimkus (1943), Ethel Smith (1907), Dave Foley (1963), Gabrielle Roy (1909), Frank Dux (1956), and George Lawrence Price (1892).

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Among PAINTERS In Canada

Among painters born in Canada, Philip Guston ranks 5. Before him are Maud Lewis (1903), Jeff Wall (1946), Emily Carr (1871), and Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923). After him are Agnes Martin (1912), John McCrae (1872), Maurice Prendergast (1858), Tom Thomson (1877), and Rob Gonsalves (1959).

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