1915 - 1991
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.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
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.
1903 - 1974
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 1,390
1861 - 1934
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 1,391
1938 - 2014
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 1,392
1869 - 1935
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 1,393
1808 - 1862
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 1,394
1855 - 1933
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 1,395
1915 - 1991
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 1,396
1849 - 1938
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 1,397
1894 - 1941
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 1,398
1840 - 1916
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 1,399
1859 - 1924
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 1,400
1485 - 1566
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 1,401
1840 - 1920
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 1,402
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.
1915 - 1994
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 155
1915 - 1979
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 156
1915 - 2003
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 157
1915 - 1999
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 158
1915 - 2002
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 159
1915 - 1978
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 160
1915 - 1991
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 161
1915 - 2004
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 162
1915 - 1988
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 163
1915 - 1971
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 164
1915 - 1967
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 165
1915 - 1990
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 166
1915 - 2004
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 167
1913 - 1991
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 132
1904 - 1991
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 133
1927 - 1991
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 134
1912 - 1991
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 135
1924 - 1991
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 136
1893 - 1991
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 137
1915 - 1991
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 138
1907 - 1991
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 139
1936 - 1991
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 140
1944 - 1991
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 141
1906 - 1991
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 142
1903 - 1991
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 143
1937 - 1991
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 144
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).
1930 - 1968
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 5,328
1924 - 2005
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 5,329
1930 - 2023
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 5,330
1929 - 2021
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 5,331
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 5,332
1818 - 1885
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 5,333
1915 - 1991
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 5,334
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 5,335
1909 - 2005
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 5,336
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 5,337
1926 - Present
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 5,338
1899 - 1981
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 5,339
1880 - 1958
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 5,340
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).
1819 - 1904
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 69
1861 - 1909
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 70
1849 - 1916
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 71
1932 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 72
1852 - 1911
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 73
1903 - 1974
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 74
1915 - 1991
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 75
1865 - 1929
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 76
1882 - 1971
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 77
1920 - 2021
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 78
1931 - 2020
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 79
1788 - 1853
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 80
1848 - 1933
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 81