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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 521,687 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Robert Motherwell is the 1,207th most popular painter (up from 1,395th in 2019), the 3,985th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,322nd in 2019) and the 48th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Robert Motherwell ranks 1,207 out of 2,023. Before him are Willem Drost, Odd Nerdrum, Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz, Euphranor, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, and Maso di Banco. After him are Araniko, Sam Francis, Erik Werenskiold, Benedetto Luti, Nicolas Mignard, and Jan van Kessel the Elder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Robert Motherwell ranks 118. Before him are Willie Dixon, Albert Ghiorso, Takeshi Kamo, Maxime Rodinson, Nam Il, and Sergio Bertoni. After him are Henry Kuttner, David Stirling, Hoàng Văn Thái, Nikos Beloyannis, Torcuato Fernández-Miranda, and Eddie Bracken. Among people deceased in 1991, Robert Motherwell ranks 115. Before him are Nicholas Poppe, Miodrag Bulatović, Abderrahmane Farès, Billy Vaughn, Gloria Holden, and Ho Jong-suk. After him are Ali Sabri, Antoine Berman, Edwin H. Land, Jack Crawford, Fred MacMurray, and Vilma Bánky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Motherwell ranks 3,985 out of 20,380. Before him are Parry O'Brien (1932), Edward Gorey (1925), Queen Latifah (1970), Surangel Whipps Jr. (1968), Patsy Cline (1932), and Shirley Jones (1934). After him are Tammi Terrell (1945), Scott Walker (1943), Arnold Rothstein (1882), Jeanne Tripplehorn (1963), Maureen Stapleton (1925), and Nancy Spungen (1958).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Robert Motherwell ranks 48. Before him are Benjamin West (1738), Evel Knievel (1938), Barbara Kruger (1945), Gilbert Stuart (1755), Richard Estes (1932), and Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844). After him are Sam Francis (1923), Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856), Sarah Goodridge (1788), Childe Hassam (1859), Lilla Cabot Perry (1848), and Joseph Cornell (1903).

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