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Daniel Buren

1938 - Today

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Daniel Buren (born 25 March 1938, in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French conceptual artist, painter, and sculptor. He has won numerous awards including the Golden Lion for best pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1986), the International Award for best artist in Stuttgart (1991) and the prestigious Premium Imperiale for painting in Tokyo in 2007. He has created several world-famous installations, including "Les Deux Plateaux"(1985) in the Cour d'honneur of the Palais-Royal, and the Observatory of the Light in Fondation Louis Vuitton. He is one of the most active and recognised artists on the international scene, and his work has been welcomed by the most important institutions and sites around the world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Buren is the 118th most popular sculptor (up from 123rd in 2019), the 2,819th most popular biography from France (up from 2,904th in 2019) and the 25th most popular French Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Daniel Buren ranks 118 out of 258. Before him are John Flaxman, Yevgeny Vuchetich, Silanion, Kresilas, Apollonius of Tralles, and Emmanuel Frémiet. After him are Maurizio Cattelan, Vulca, Bryaxis, Dani Karavan, Giacomo Manzù, and Jules Dalou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Daniel Buren ranks 202. Before him are Ian St John, Jonathan Motzfeldt, Grethe Ingmann, José Torres, Myroslav Skoryk, and Evel Knievel. After him are Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama, Philippe Nahon, Isao Inokuma, Luis Artime, Richard Beymer, and Juan Carlos Wasmosy.

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In France

Among people born in France, Daniel Buren ranks 2,819 out of 6,770. Before him are Cécile Aubry (1928), Maurice Joly (1829), Jacques Ozanam (1640), Marie-Thérèse Walter (1909), Georges Wilson (1921), and Richard Simon (1638). After him are Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737), Lionel Terray (1921), Françoise Dolto (1908), Andréa Ferréol (1947), Catherine Charlotte de Gramont (1639), and Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons (1606).

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Among SCULPTORS In France

Among sculptors born in France, Daniel Buren ranks 25. Before him are César Baldaccini (1921), Jean de Chelles (1200), Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876), Antoine-Louis Barye (1795), Augustin Pajou (1730), and Emmanuel Frémiet (1824). After him are Jules Dalou (1838), Germain Pilon (1525), Henri Laurens (1885), Charles Despiau (1874), Auguste Clésinger (1814), and Augustin-Alexandre Dumont (1801).

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