1928 - 2007
Solomon "Sol" LeWitt (September 9, 1928 – April 8, 2007) was an American artist linked to various movements, including conceptual art and minimalism.LeWitt came to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and "structures" (a term he preferred instead of "sculptures") but was prolific in a wide range of media including drawing, printmaking, photography, painting, installation, and artist's books. He has been the subject of hundreds of solo exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world since 1965. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sol LeWitt has received more than 863,422 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Sol LeWitt is the 489th most popular painter (down from 472nd in 2019), the 1,687th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,531st in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Painter.
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Among painters, Sol LeWitt ranks 489 out of 1,421. Before him are Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Sesshū Tōyō, Frank Stella, Michael Pacher, Mariotto Albertinelli, and Yoshitoshi. After him are Richard Serra, Catharina van Hemessen, Moïse Kisling, Leonor Fini, Pierre Auguste Cot, and Edward Steichen.
1759 - 1840
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 483
1420 - 1506
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 484
1936 - Present
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 485
1435 - 1498
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 486
1474 - 1515
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 487
1839 - 1892
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 488
1928 - 2007
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 489
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 490
1528 - 1600
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 491
1891 - 1953
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 492
1907 - 1996
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 493
1837 - 1883
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 494
1879 - 1973
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 495
Among people born in 1928, Sol LeWitt ranks 97. Before him are Musa al-Sadr, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Cy Twombly, Hans Modrow, Walter Mondale, and Robert Sheckley. After him are Arman, Christa Ludwig, Edward Albee, Joe Jackson, Seymour Papert, and Bernard Buffet. Among people deceased in 2007, Sol LeWitt ranks 53. Before him are Ettore Sottsass, Abbé Pierre, Colin McRae, Ian Smith, Robert Adler, and Magda Szabó. After him are John Backus, Norman Mailer, Taha Yassin Ramadan, Jupp Derwall, Anna Nicole Smith, and Mary Douglas.
1928 - 1978
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 91
1928 - 2021
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 92
1928 - 2011
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 93
1928 - 2023
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 94
1928 - 2021
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 95
1928 - 2005
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 96
1928 - 2007
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 97
1928 - 2005
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 98
1928 - 2021
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 99
1928 - 2016
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 100
1928 - 2018
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 101
1928 - 2016
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 102
1928 - 1999
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 103
1917 - 2007
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 47
1912 - 2007
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 48
1968 - 2007
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 49
1919 - 2007
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 50
1913 - 2007
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 51
1917 - 2007
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 52
1928 - 2007
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 53
1924 - 2007
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 54
1923 - 2007
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 55
1938 - 2007
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 56
1927 - 2007
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 57
1967 - 2007
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 58
1921 - 2007
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 59
Among people born in United States, Sol LeWitt ranks 1,687 out of 18,182. Before him are Sixto Rodriguez (1942), Hank Williams (1923), David Graf (1950), James J. Braddock (1905), Randolph Scott (1898), and Robert Bloch (1917). After him are Edward C. Prescott (1940), John Sculley (1939), Lou Gehrig (1903), Caroline Kennedy (1957), Eric Carr (1950), and Joyce Carol Oates (1938).
1942 - 2023
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 1,681
1923 - 1953
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 1,682
1950 - 2001
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 1,683
1905 - 1974
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 1,684
1898 - 1987
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 1,685
1917 - 1994
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 1,686
1928 - 2007
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 1,687
1940 - 2022
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 1,688
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 1,689
1903 - 1941
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 1,690
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 1,691
1950 - 1991
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,692
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,693
Among painters born in United States, Sol LeWitt ranks 19. Before him are Bob Ross (1942), Frederic Edwin Church (1826), Grant Wood (1891), Bruce Nauman (1941), Cy Twombly (1928), and Frank Stella (1936). After him are Richard Serra (1939), Asher Brown Durand (1796), Andrew Wyeth (1917), Donald Judd (1928), Jasper Johns (1930), and Allan Kaprow (1927).
1942 - 1995
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 13
1826 - 1900
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 14
1891 - 1942
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 15
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 16
1928 - 2011
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 17
1936 - Present
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 18
1928 - 2007
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 19
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 20
1796 - 1886
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 21
1917 - 2009
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 22
1928 - 1994
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 23
1930 - Present
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 24
1927 - 2006
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 25