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Ad Reinhardt

1913 - 1967

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Adolph Friedrich Reinhardt (December 24, 1913 – August 30, 1967) was an American abstract painter and art theorist active in New York City for more than three decades. As a theorist he wrote and lectured extensively on art and was a major influence on conceptual art, minimal art and monochrome painting. Most famous for his "black" or "ultimate" paintings, he claimed to be painting the "last paintings" that anyone can paint. He believed in a philosophy of art he called Art-as-Art and used his writing and satirical cartoons to advocate for abstract art and against what he described as "the disreputable practices of artists-as-artists". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ad Reinhardt is the 1,723rd most popular painter (down from 1,552nd in 2019), the 7,144th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,388th in 2019) and the 87th most popular American Painter.

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Among painters, Ad Reinhardt ranks 1,723 out of 2,023. Before him are Josef Danhauser, Boris Grigoriev, Mordecai Ardon, Hendrik Voogd, Alice Neel, and Carl Locher. After him are Augustin Hirschvogel, Otto Modersohn, Antoine Vollon, Alexander Litovchenko, Pieter de Grebber, and Qiu Ying.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Ad Reinhardt ranks 260. Before him are Geraldine Fitzgerald, Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Giorgio Bocchino, Eugene Lazowski, Patrick Steptoe, and Kalpana Datta. After him are Cornelius Johnson, Minoru Honda, Bernard Lovell, Malcom McLean, Bahi Ladgham, and Annette Rogers. Among people deceased in 1967, Ad Reinhardt ranks 198. Before him are Angela Piskernik, Gerald Patterson, Ramón Zabalo, Fritz Schäffer, Ulderico Sergo, and Ann Sheridan. After him are György Bródy, Marcello Bertinetti, James Dunn, Gerhard Ritter, Halina Poświatowska, and Michael J. Adams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ad Reinhardt ranks 7,146 out of 20,380. Before him are Virginia Hall (1906), Ajita Wilson (1950), Alice Neel (1900), Mia Hamm (1972), Kim Raver (1969), and Matt Ross (1970). After him are Trish Van Devere (1941), Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935), Kay Francis (1905), Hugo Benioff (1899), Candida Royalle (1950), and Michael Hoffman (1956).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Ad Reinhardt ranks 87. Before him are John Baldessari (1931), Jim Dine (1935), Alex Katz (1927), Cecilia Beaux (1855), Jenny Holzer (1950), and Alice Neel (1900). After him are Morris Louis (1912), Charles Willson Peale (1741), Frederic Remington (1861), Washington Allston (1779), John Frederick Kensett (1816), and Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877).

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