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Richard Serra

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Richard Serra (November 2, 1938 – March 26, 2024) was an American artist known for his large-scale abstract sculptures made for site-specific landscape, urban, and architectural settings, whose work has been primarily associated with Postminimalism. Described as "one of his era's greatest sculptors", Serra became notable for emphasizing the material qualities of his works and exploration of the relationship between the viewer, the work, and the site. Serra pursued English literature at the University of California, Berkeley, before shifting to visual art. He graduated with a B.A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Serra has received more than 860,239 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Richard Serra is the 490th most popular painter (up from 537th in 2019), the 1,696th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,792nd in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Painter.

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  • 31

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  • 6.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Richard Serra ranks 490 out of 1,421. Before him are Sesshū Tōyō, Frank Stella, Michael Pacher, Mariotto Albertinelli, Yoshitoshi, and Sol LeWitt. After him are Catharina van Hemessen, Moïse Kisling, Leonor Fini, Pierre Auguste Cot, Edward Steichen, and Sebastiano Ricci.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Richard Serra ranks 84. Before him are Cynthia Lennon, Ruud Lubbers, Helmut Haller, Lucia Popp, Joaquim Chissano, and John Sculley. After him are Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, Lee Majors, Leland H. Hartwell, Amancio Amaro, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, and Guntis Ulmanis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Serra ranks 1,696 out of 18,182. Before him are Lou Gehrig (1903), Caroline Kennedy (1957), Eric Carr (1950), Joyce Carol Oates (1938), Chris Evans (1981), and William Styron (1925). After him are John Backus (1924), Charles Mingus (1922), Samuel R. Delany (1942), Robert E. Park (1864), Michael Dudikoff (1954), and Tom Regan (1938).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Richard Serra ranks 20. Before him are Frederic Edwin Church (1826), Grant Wood (1891), Bruce Nauman (1941), Cy Twombly (1928), Frank Stella (1936), and Sol LeWitt (1928). After him are Asher Brown Durand (1796), Andrew Wyeth (1917), Donald Judd (1928), Jasper Johns (1930), Allan Kaprow (1927), and Will Sampson (1933).

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