SCULPTOR

Richard Long

1945 - Today

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Sir Richard Julian Long, (born 2 June 1945) is an English sculptor and one of the best-known British land artists. Long is the only artist to have been short-listed four times for the Turner Prize. He was nominated in 1984, 1987 and 1988, and then won the award in 1989 for White Water Line. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Long has received more than 27,750 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Richard Long is the 120th most popular sculptor (down from 111th in 2019), the 1,930th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,848th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Sculptor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 28k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Richard Longs by language

Over the past year Richard Long has had the most page views in the with 9,984 views, followed by French (6,714), and German (5,147). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbian (82.41%), Hungarian (65.94%), and Esperanto (53.33%)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Richard Long ranks 120 out of 258. Before him are Konstantin Somov, Medardo Rosso, Bartolomeo Bon, Augustin Pajou, Christian Daniel Rauch, and Jules Dalou. After him are Anish Kapoor, Georg Rafael Donner, Daniel Buren, Adam Kraft, Bryaxis, and Carl Milles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Richard Long ranks 216. Before him are George Dzundza, Jandira Martini, Stanisław Ryłko, Bianca Jagger, Leonid Popov, and Steve Gadd. After him are John Leslie, Wilfried Van Moer, Edwin Catmull, Eric Woolfson, Ferdi Tayfur, and Barbara Kruger.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Long ranks 1,930 out of 8,785. Before him are Cynric (450), John A. Macdonald (1815), Eddie Irvine (1965), Tobias Smollett (1721), Peter Yates (1929), and Louisa Adams (1775). After him are John Gould (1804), June Whitfield (1925), Adele (1988), Andy Whitfield (1971), Arthur Rostron (1869), and David Knopfler (1952).

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Among SCULPTORS In United Kingdom

Among sculptors born in United Kingdom, Richard Long ranks 3. Before him are Henry Moore (1898), and John Flaxman (1755). After him are Tony Cragg (1949), Antony Gormley (1950), Eduardo Paolozzi (1924), Anthony Caro (1924), Anne Seymour Damer (1748), Andy Goldsworthy (1956), Barry Flanagan (1941), W. J. Coffee (1774), and Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781).

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