SCULPTOR

Ruth Asawa

1926 - 2013

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Ruth Aiko Asawa (January 24, 1926 – August 5, 2013) was an American modernist artist known primarily for her abstract looped-wire sculptures inspired by natural and organic forms. In addition to her three-dimensional work, Asawa created an extensive body of works on paper, including abstract and figurative drawings and prints influenced by nature, particularly flowers and plants, and her immediate surroundings. Born in Norwalk, California in 1926, Asawa was the fourth of seven children born to Japanese immigrants. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruth Asawa has received more than 708,676 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Ruth Asawa is the 252nd most popular sculptor, the 12,847th most popular biography from United States and the 22nd most popular American Sculptor.

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  • 47.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Ruth Asawa ranks 252 out of 258. Before her are Augusta Savage, Dale Chihuly, Harriet Hosmer, Nek Chand, Anna Hyatt Huntington, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. After her are Megumi Igarashi, Juan Garaizabal, Enrique Cabrera, Mihran Hakobyan, Eric Adjetey Anang, and Hema Upadhyay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Ruth Asawa ranks 538. Before her are Desmond Connell, André Testut, Lorenzo Wright, Dorothy E. Smith, Ann B. Davis, and Samuel Goldwyn Jr.. After her are Johnny Walker, Chuck Arnold, Alex Groza, Peter Broeker, Ray Price, and Pete Lovely. Among people deceased in 2013, Ruth Asawa ranks 489. Before her are John Kerr, Lajos Für, Mary Ellen Rudin, Tom Foley, Dennis Burkley, and Wilbur Thompson. After her are Otis Bowen, Ilya Tsymbalar, Ann C. Crispin, Harold Camping, Igor Romishevsky, and Stuart Williams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ruth Asawa ranks 12,847 out of 20,380. Before her are Frank Kameny (1925), Brian Boitano (1963), MacKinlay Kantor (1904), Molly Quinn (1993), David Gerrold (1944), and Monica Barbaro (1990). After her are Chris Frantz (1951), Cynthia Lummis (1954), Nanette Fabray (1920), Bill Tuttle (1882), Nick Searcy (1959), and Kerry Kennedy (1959).

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Among SCULPTORS In United States

Among sculptors born in United States, Ruth Asawa ranks 22. Before her are Horatio Greenough (1805), Beverly Pepper (1922), Augusta Savage (1892), Dale Chihuly (1941), Harriet Hosmer (1830), and Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876).

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