1919 - 2022
Pierre Jean Louis Germain Soulages (French: [sulaʒ]; 24 December 1919 – 25 October 2022) was a French painter, printmaker, and sculptor. In 2014, President François Hollande of France described him as "the world's greatest living artist." His works are held by leading museums of the world, and there is a museum dedicated to his art in his hometown of Rodez. Soulages is known as "the painter of black", owing to his interest in the colour "both as a colour and a non-colour. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Soulages has received more than 371,392 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Pierre Soulages is the 764th most popular painter (up from 774th in 2019), the 2,265th most popular biography from France (down from 2,210th in 2019) and the 135th most popular French Painter.
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Among painters, Pierre Soulages ranks 764 out of 1,421. Before him are Jean Fautrier, Moritz von Schwind, Spinello Aretino, Zurab Tsereteli, Jules Breton, and Maximilien Luce. After him are Vladimir Borovikovsky, Andrea Schiavone, Jan van der Heyden, Francesco Botticini, Franz von Lenbach, and George Stubbs.
1898 - 1964
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 758
1804 - 1871
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 759
1350 - 1410
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 760
1934 - Present
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 761
1827 - 1906
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 762
1858 - 1941
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 763
1919 - 2022
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 764
1757 - 1825
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 765
1510 - 1563
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 766
1637 - 1712
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 767
1446 - 1498
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 768
1836 - 1904
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 769
1724 - 1806
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 770
Among people born in 1919, Pierre Soulages ranks 88. Before him are Joop den Uyl, P. F. Strawson, Ginette Neveu, Margaret Burbidge, Hermann Gmeiner, and Uta Hagen. After him are Janko Bobetko, José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, Mitja Ribičič, Ferdinand Kübler, J. Presper Eckert, and Marina Ginestà. Among people deceased in 2022, Pierre Soulages ranks 128. Before him are Michel Bouquet, Olavo de Carvalho, Eduard Kukan, Leonel Sánchez, Gal Costa, and Ronnie Spector. After him are Jürgen Grabowski, Alain Tanner, Mario Terán, Coolio, Douglas Trumbull, and Sally Kellerman.
1919 - 1987
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 82
1919 - 2006
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 83
1919 - 1949
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 84
1919 - 2020
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 85
1919 - 1986
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 86
1919 - 2004
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 87
1919 - 2022
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 88
1919 - 2003
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 89
1919 - 2019
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 90
1919 - 2013
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 91
1919 - 2016
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 92
1919 - 1995
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 93
1919 - 2014
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 94
1925 - 2022
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 122
1947 - 2022
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 123
1939 - 2022
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 124
1936 - 2022
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 125
1945 - 2022
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 126
1943 - 2022
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 127
1919 - 2022
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 128
1944 - 2022
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 129
1929 - 2022
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 130
1942 - 2022
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 131
1963 - 2022
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 132
1942 - 2022
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 133
1937 - 2022
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 134
Among people born in France, Pierre Soulages ranks 2,265 out of 6,011. Before him are Maximilien Luce (1858), Thomas Piketty (1971), Michel Leiris (1901), Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne (1727), Auguste Charlois (1864), and Nominoe (800). After him are Joan, Duchess of Brittany (1324), Pierre Lemaitre (1951), Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331), Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806), Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724), and Eustache Deschamps (1346).
1858 - 1941
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 2,259
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 2,260
1901 - 1990
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 2,261
1727 - 1794
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 2,262
1864 - 1910
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 2,263
800 - 851
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 2,264
1919 - 2022
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 2,265
1324 - 1384
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 2,266
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 2,267
1331 - 1391
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 2,268
1806 - 1893
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 2,269
1724 - 1772
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 2,270
1346 - 1406
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 2,271
Among painters born in France, Pierre Soulages ranks 135. Before him are Carle Vernet (1758), Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686), Léon Cogniet (1794), Jean Fautrier (1898), Jules Breton (1827), and Maximilien Luce (1858). After him are Victorine Meurent (1844), Jean-Paul Laurens (1838), Roman Opałka (1931), Sébastien Bourdon (1616), Marie-Guillemine Benoist (1768), and Nicolas Lancret (1690).
1758 - 1836
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 129
1686 - 1755
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 130
1794 - 1880
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 131
1898 - 1964
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 132
1827 - 1906
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 133
1858 - 1941
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 134
1919 - 2022
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 135
1844 - 1927
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 136
1838 - 1921
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 137
1931 - 2011
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 138
1616 - 1671
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 139
1768 - 1826
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 140
1690 - 1743
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 141