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Richard Serra

1939 - 2024

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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, and 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 942,422 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Richard Serra is the 344th most popular painter (up from 489th in 2019), the 1,108th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,696th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Painter.

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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.57

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  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Richard Serra ranks 344 out of 2,023. Before him are Giovanni Paolo Panini, Palma Vecchio, Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Giovanni Segantini, Lucio Fontana, and John Singer Sargent. After him are Federico Zuccari, Dosso Dossi, Polygnotus, William Holman Hunt, Philipp Otto Runge, and Domenico Veneziano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Richard Serra ranks 53. Before him are Henry Mintzberg, Phil Spector, Harry Kroto, Claude François, Joel Schumacher, and Pak Pong-ju. After him are João Bernardo Vieira, Amancio Amaro, Carlo Ginzburg, Ruud Lubbers, Beate Klarsfeld, and Carolina Herrera. Among people deceased in 2024, Richard Serra ranks 55. Before him are Roberto Cavalli, Philip Zimbardo, Marcello Gandini, David Soul, Ira von Fürstenberg, and Robin Warren. After him are Shelley Duvall, Bernard Hill, Gena Rowlands, Jerry West, Susan Wojcicki, and Yahya Sinwar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Serra ranks 1,108 out of 20,380. Before him are Laura Bush (1946), Robert Vaughn (1932), Idina Menzel (1971), Andrew S. Tanenbaum (1944), George Jung (1942), and Mary Ainsworth (1913). After him are Robert F. Furchgott (1916), Edmund Phelps (1933), Meir Kahane (1932), Mark Wahlberg (1971), Andrew Dickson White (1832), and Robert W. Holley (1922).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Richard Serra ranks 7. Before him are Jackson Pollock (1912), Mary Cassatt (1844), Man Ray (1890), Edward Hopper (1882), Georgia O'Keeffe (1887), and Grant Wood (1891). After him are Norman Rockwell (1894), Robert Rauschenberg (1925), Frederic Edwin Church (1826), Joseph Kosuth (1945), James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834), and Bob Ross (1942).

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