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Robert Smithson

1938 - 1973

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Robert Smithson (January 2, 1938 – July 20, 1973) was an American artist known for sculpture and land art who often used drawing and photography in relation to the spatial arts. His work has been internationally exhibited in galleries and museums and is held in public collections. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Smithson has received more than 514,130 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Robert Smithson is the 62nd most popular sculptor (down from 49th in 2019), the 2,174th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,741st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Robert Smithson ranks 62 out of 189Before him are Chares of Lindos, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Bernardo Rossellino, Antenor, Katarzyna Kobro, and Magdalena Abakanowicz. After him are Igor Mitoraj, Wäinö Aaltonen, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Francesco Laurana, Bonanno Pisano, and Stefano Maderno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Robert Smithson ranks 117Before him are Girish Karnad, Morihiro Hosokawa, Lill-Babs, Willy Claes, Radivoj Korać, and Heino. After him are Wu Yi, David Baltimore, Mamadou Tandja, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Ivan Sutherland, and Amfilohije Radović. Among people deceased in 1973, Robert Smithson ranks 75Before him are Milunka Savić, Alexander Orlov, Robert Ryan, Roger Williamson, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, and Frank Jack Fletcher. After him are Hans Globke, Merian C. Cooper, Bruno Maderna, Clas Thunberg, Sessue Hayakawa, and Soong Ai-ling.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Smithson ranks 2,174 out of 18,182Before him are Paul P. Harris (1868), Pat Martino (1944), Kevin A. Lynch (1918), Nina Hartley (1959), Sam Loyd (1841), and Jack Warden (1920). After him are Fred Willard (1939), Whitey Bulger (1929), Alyssa Milano (1972), Tony Lip (1930), Peter Agre (1949), and Henry J. Heinz (1844).

Among SCULPTORS In United States

Among sculptors born in United States, Robert Smithson ranks 3Before him are Alexander Calder (1898) and Isamu Noguchi (1904). After him are Dan Flavin (1933), Walter De Maria (1935), Robert Morris (1931), Dennis Oppenheim (1938), Anna Coleman Ladd (1878), Duane Hanson (1925), Jacob Epstein (1880), Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875), and Audrey Munson (1891).