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Dorothea Tanning

1910 - 2012

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Dorothea Margaret Tanning (25 August 1910 – 31 January 2012) was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer, and poet. Her early work was influenced by Surrealism. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothea Tanning is the 576th most popular painter (up from 804th in 2019), the 2,239th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,625th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Dorothea Tanning ranks 576 out of 2,023. Before her are Mattia Preti, Jules Bastien-Lepage, Max Pechstein, Raoul Hausmann, Tsuguharu Foujita, and Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid. After her are Kunisada, Jens Juel, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Michael Pacher, Asger Jorn, and Marià Fortuny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Dorothea Tanning ranks 75. Before her are John Sturges, Imi Lichtenfeld, Karel Zeman, John Hammond, Ruan Lingyu, and Aladár Gerevich. After her are Pavel Batitsky, Barthélemy Boganda, Joy Adamson, Johan Ferrier, Nouhak Phoumsavanh, and Louis Slotin. Among people deceased in 2012, Dorothea Tanning ranks 92. Before her are Herbert Lom, Paul L. Smith, Gore Vidal, Alexander Arutiunian, Miguel de la Madrid, and Maurice Herzog. After her are Santiago Carrillo, Meles Zenawi, Warda Al-Jazairia, Estanislau Basora, Kathryn Joosten, and Alfred Schmidt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothea Tanning ranks 2,239 out of 20,380. Before her are Robby Krieger (1946), Van Heflin (1908), Piper Laurie (1932), Christopher A. Sims (1942), Chris Kyle (1974), and George Stevens (1904). After her are Lance Armstrong (1971), John Frankenheimer (1930), Michael McDonald (1952), John Carradine (1906), Daniel Bell (1919), and H. Robert Horvitz (1947).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Dorothea Tanning ranks 17. Before her are Robert Rauschenberg (1925), Lyonel Feininger (1871), Richard Serra (1939), Grant Wood (1891), John La Farge (1835), and Frank Stella (1936). After her are Helen Frankenthaler (1928), Will Sampson (1933), Sol LeWitt (1928), Thomas Eakins (1844), Cindy Sherman (1954), and Margaret Keane (1927).

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