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Robert Motherwell

1915 - 1991

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Robert Motherwell (January 24, 1915 – July 16, 1991) was an American abstract expressionist painter, printmaker, and editor of The Dada Painters and Poets: an Anthology. He was one of the youngest of the New York School, which also included Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko. Trained in philosophy, Motherwell then became an artist regarded as among the most articulate spokesmen and the founders of the abstract expressionist painters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Motherwell has received more than 487,027 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Robert Motherwell is the 1,396th most popular painter (down from 1,243rd in 2019), the 5,334th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,078th in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Robert Motherwell ranks 1,396 out of 1,421. Before him are Adolph Gottlieb, Mikhail Matyushin, Durdy Bayramov, Harald Sohlberg, Sofia Adlersparre, and José Malhoa. After him are Christian Rohlfs, Vilmos Aba-Novák, Kazimierz Alchimowicz, Anna Palm de Rosa, Romanino, and Theodor Philipsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Robert Motherwell ranks 161. Before him are Gozo Shioda, Amedeo Biavati, Derek Prince, Regina Ghazaryan, Alan Lomax, and Leigh Brackett. After him are Hasse Ekman, Ferenc Sas, Fuad Abdurahmanov, Ann Sheridan, Boris Paichadze, and John Randolph. Among people deceased in 1991, Robert Motherwell ranks 138. Before him are Luis Miró, Anton Yugov, Yusuf Idris, György Szűcs, Colleen Dewhurst, and Elisaveta Bagriana. After him are Jean Langlais, Nutan, Gene Clark, Boris Papandopulo, Domingo Tarasconi, and Anita Traversi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Motherwell ranks 5,334 out of 18,182. Before him are Little Walter (1930), William Rehnquist (1924), Frances Sternhagen (1930), Richard Lewontin (1929), Camille Paglia (1947), and Irvin McDowell (1818). After him are Tom Noonan (1951), Saunders Mac Lane (1909), James Hansen (1941), Lou Donaldson (1926), Hoagy Carmichael (1899), and Jesse L. Lasky (1880).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Robert Motherwell ranks 75. Before him are Martin Johnson Heade (1819), Frederic Remington (1861), William Merritt Chase (1849), Richard Estes (1932), Edwin Austin Abbey (1852), and Adolph Gottlieb (1903). After him are Robert Henri (1865), Rockwell Kent (1882), Wayne Thiebaud (1920), John Baldessari (1931), Sarah Goodridge (1788), and Lilla Cabot Perry (1848).

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