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Robert Indiana

1928 - 2018

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Robert Indiana (born Robert Clark; September 13, 1928 – May 19, 2018) was an American artist associated with the pop art movement. His iconic image LOVE was first created in 1964 in the form of a card which he sent to several friends and acquaintances in the art world. In 1965, Robert Indiana was invited to propose an artwork to be featured on the Museum of Modern Art's annual Christmas card. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Indiana has received more than 593,088 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Robert Indiana is the 62nd most popular artist (down from 57th in 2019), the 3,639th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,881st in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Artist.

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  • 590k

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  • 53.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Robert Indiana ranks 62 out of 125. Before him are Sennedjem, Vito Acconci, Hu Zhengyan, John Butler Yeats, Günter Brus, and Damien Hirst. After him are Onfim, Gilbert & George, Gilbert Baker, Gunta Stölzl, Nikolay Shmatko, and Wang Xianzhi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Robert Indiana ranks 234. Before him are Eric Dolphy, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, Ara Güler, Vitaliy Masol, Maurice Sendak, and Frederick Stafford. After him are Ethel Kennedy, Bengt Gustavsson, Franciszek Pieczka, Horace Silver, William Berger, and Kevin Hagen. Among people deceased in 2018, Robert Indiana ranks 163. Before him are Vladimir Voinovich, Walter Laqueur, Sinan Sakić, David Ogden Stiers, Ara Güler, and Vitaliy Masol. After him are Roger Bannister, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Avicii, Serge Dassault, Antonio Valentín Angelillo, and Lewis Gilbert.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Indiana ranks 3,639 out of 20,380. Before him are Christina Grimmie (1994), Jane Lynch (1960), Lucia Berlin (1936), Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850), Whitfield Diffie (1944), and Lawrence Block (1938). After him are David Arquette (1971), Maureen Connolly (1934), Donald Davidson (1917), Ethel Kennedy (1928), Andrea Mead Lawrence (1932), and Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929).

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Among ARTISTS In United States

Among artists born in United States, Robert Indiana ranks 12. Before him are Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848), Jeff Koons (1955), Bill Viola (1951), Judy Chicago (1939), James Montgomery Flagg (1877), and Vito Acconci (1940). After him are Gilbert Baker (1951), Gordon Matta-Clark (1943), Mary Blair (1911), Dan Graham (1942), Carolee Schneemann (1939), and Martha Rosler (1943).

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