SCULPTOR

Dan Flavin

1933 - 1996

Photo of Dan Flavin

Icon of person Dan Flavin

Dan Flavin (April 1, 1933 – November 29, 1996) was an American minimalist artist famous for creating sculptural objects and installations from commercially available fluorescent light fixtures. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dan Flavin is the 141st most popular sculptor (down from 132nd in 2019), the 4,402nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,560th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Sculptor.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Dan Flavin by language

Loading...

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Dan Flavin ranks 141 out of 258. Before him are Henri Laurens, Charles Despiau, Nek Chand, Hans Multscher, Bartolomeo Bon, and Olafur Eliasson. After him are Clara Westhoff, Chana Orloff, Robert Morris, Anish Kapoor, George Minne, and Auguste Clésinger.

Most Popular Sculptors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Dan Flavin ranks 210. Before him are Françoise Fabian, Diane Cilento, Nicola Pietrangeli, Nino Vaccarella, Christian Ferras, and Kadriye Nurmambet. After him are Guido Crepax, Kamal Ganzouri, Hope Lange, Jörn Donner, Ruzena Bajcsy, and Paul de Senneville. Among people deceased in 1996, Dan Flavin ranks 129. Before him are Tito Okello, Jerry Siegel, Hussein Kamel al-Majid, Gottfried von Einem, Jack Churchill, and Annabella. After him are Henri Nouwen, José Manuel Fuente, Stanko Todorov, Hyman Minsky, Brunó Ferenc Straub, and Ljuba Welitsch.

Others Born in 1933

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1996

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Dan Flavin ranks 4,402 out of 20,380. Before him are John C. Woods (1911), Viscera (1971), Alec John Such (1951), Gregory Jarvis (1944), John Lasseter (1957), and Lita (1975). After him are Stacey Abrams (1973), Robert Serber (1909), Rosalind Russell (1907), Henrietta Szold (1860), Connie Booth (1944), and June Squibb (1929).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SCULPTORS In United States

Among sculptors born in United States, Dan Flavin ranks 4. Before him are Alexander Calder (1898), Isamu Noguchi (1904), and Robert Smithson (1938). After him are Robert Morris (1931), Anna Coleman Ladd (1878), Dennis Oppenheim (1938), Walter De Maria (1935), Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875), Duane Hanson (1925), Jacob Epstein (1880), and Audrey Munson (1891).

American born Sculptors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous