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Beatrice Wood

1893 - 1998

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Beatrice Wood (March 3, 1893 – March 12, 1998) was an American artist and studio potter involved in the Dada movement in the United States; she founded and edited The Blind Man and Rongwrong magazines in New York City with French artist Marcel Duchamp and writer Henri-Pierre Roché in 1917. She had earlier studied art and theater in Paris, and was working in New York as an actress. She later worked at sculpture and pottery. Wood was characterized as the "Mama of Dada". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Beatrice Wood is the 904th most popular painter (down from 882nd in 2019), the 3,490th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,876th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Painter.

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Among painters, Beatrice Wood ranks 904 out of 2,023. Before her are Frans Hogenberg, Adriaen van der Werff, Barbara Hepworth, Constantin Hansen, Józef Brandt, and James Turrell. After her are Thomas Rowlandson, Bruno Liljefors, Simon Hollósy, Isaak Brodsky, Władysław Strzemiński, and Effie Gray.

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Among people born in 1893, Beatrice Wood ranks 112. Before her are Kathryn Adams, Mikheil Gelovani, Israel Joshua Singer, Dorothy Parker, Léopold Szondi, and Clas Thunberg. After her are Władysław Strzemiński, Madeleine Astor, Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa, Miloš Crnjanski, Farabundo Martí, and Otto Lasch. Among people deceased in 1998, Beatrice Wood ranks 103. Before her are Patricia Hayes, Ed Ablowich, John Derek, E. G. Marshall, Georgy Sviridov, and Jerome Robbins. After her are Slava Metreveli, Jane Bell, Shinichi Suzuki, Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Barry Goldwater, and Bruno Munari.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Beatrice Wood ranks 3,490 out of 20,380. Before her are Ed Sullivan (1901), James Turrell (1943), Walker Evans (1903), Oliver Winchester (1810), Norman Taurog (1899), and Josh Charles (1971). After her are Edith Massey (1918), Linda Nochlin (1931), Dominic Chianese (1931), A.J. Styles (1977), Diana Nyad (1949), and Paul Michael Glaser (1943).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Beatrice Wood ranks 36. Before her are Anna Lea Merritt (1844), Henry Hill (1943), Donald Judd (1928), Grandma Moses (1860), Lee Krasner (1908), and James Turrell (1943). After her are Bruce Nauman (1941), Gilbert Stuart (1755), Evel Knievel (1938), Winslow Homer (1836), James Rosenquist (1933), and Richard Estes (1932).

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