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Cy Twombly

1928 - 2011

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Edwin Parker "Cy" Twombly Jr. (; April 25, 1928 – July 5, 2011) was an American painter, sculptor, and photographer. Twombly influenced artists such as Anselm Kiefer, Francesco Clemente, Julian Schnabel, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. His best-known works are typically large-scale, freely-scribbled, calligraphic and graffiti-like works on solid fields of mostly gray, tan, or off-white colors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cy Twombly is the 1,004th most popular painter (down from 694th in 2019), the 3,828th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,250th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Cy Twombly ranks 1,004 out of 2,023. Before him are Jean-Baptiste van Loo, Giovanni di Paolo, Richard Estes, Antonio López García, Jan Wildens, and Nikolai Yaroshenko. After him are Emanuel Leutze, David Roberts, Adriaen Coorte, Taddeo Zuccari, George Hendrik Breitner, and Auguste Herbin.

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Among people born in 1928, Cy Twombly ranks 212. Before him are Jörg Demus, William Peter Blatty, Sisavath Keobounphanh, Jack Kevorkian, Willy Mairesse, and Luigi Colani. After him are Gerard Damiano, Nicolas Roeg, Anatoly Filipchenko, Édouard Glissant, Jimmy Jones, and Hans Herrmann. Among people deceased in 2011, Cy Twombly ranks 134. Before him are Charles Napier, Abdul Fatah Younis, Anatole Abragam, Varkey Vithayathil, Eliyahu M. Goldratt, and Jack Kevorkian. After him are Lazar Mojsov, Frederick Chiluba, María Elena Walsh, Ali Saibou, Édouard Glissant, and Hella Haasse.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cy Twombly ranks 3,828 out of 20,380. Before him are Chelsea Manning (1987), Terry Brooks (1944), Robert Davi (1953), Candice King (1987), Arthur Janov (1924), and Mildred Dresselhaus (1930). After him are Johnny Kitagawa (1931), Captain Beefheart (1941), Carl Brashear (1931), Gerard Damiano (1928), Dee Wallace (1948), and Kenny Loggins (1948).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Cy Twombly ranks 43. Before him are Bruce Nauman (1941), Gilbert Stuart (1755), Evel Knievel (1938), Winslow Homer (1836), James Rosenquist (1933), and Richard Estes (1932). After him are Gutzon Borglum (1867), Allan Kaprow (1927), Benjamin West (1738), Frederic Edwin Church (1826), Carl Andre (1935), and Franz Kline (1910).

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