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Richard Estes

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Richard Estes (born May 14, 1932, in Kewanee, Illinois) is an American artist, best known for his photorealist paintings. The paintings generally consist of reflective, clean, and inanimate city and geometric landscapes. He is regarded as one of the founders of the international photo-realist movement of the late 1960s, with such painters as John Baeder, Chuck Close, Robert Cottingham, Audrey Flack, Ralph Goings, and Duane Hanson. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Estes has received more than 243,334 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Richard Estes is the 1,190th most popular painter (up from 1,379th in 2019), the 3,915th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,237th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Richard Estes ranks 1,190 out of 2,023. Before him are Bridget Riley, Orest Kiprensky, Jörg Breu the Elder, Arthur Hughes, Isidor Kaufmann, and Henriëtte Ronner-Knip. After him are Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior, Josef Mánes, Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, Eugène Jansson, and Cuno Amiet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Richard Estes ranks 208. Before him are Karekin I, Erró, Javier Ambrois, Saul Friedländer, Lia Manoliu, and Vasco de Almeida e Costa. After him are Saye Zerbo, John Glen, Dabney Coleman, Dana Scott, Parry O'Brien, and Patsy Cline.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Estes ranks 3,915 out of 20,380. Before him are Stuart Rosenberg (1927), Clarence Thomas (1948), Nick Bollettieri (1931), Hope Lange (1933), Kit Carson (1809), and Carol Potter (1948). After him are Robert Crumb (1943), Earl Hines (1903), Gene Kranz (1933), Charlie Kaufman (1958), Anthony Franciosa (1928), and Robert Evans (1930).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Richard Estes ranks 46. Before him are Winslow Homer (1836), Franz Kline (1910), Benjamin West (1738), Evel Knievel (1938), Barbara Kruger (1945), and Gilbert Stuart (1755). After him are Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844), Robert Motherwell (1915), Sam Francis (1923), Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856), Sarah Goodridge (1788), and Childe Hassam (1859).

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