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Francisco Toledo

1940 - 2019

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Francisco Benjamín López Toledo (17 July 1940 – 5 September 2019) was a Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist. In a career that spanned seven decades, Toledo produced thousands of works of art and became widely regarded as one of Mexico's most important contemporary artists. An activist as well as an artist, he promoted the artistic culture and heritage of Oaxaca state. Toledo was considered part of the Breakaway Generation of Mexican art. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Toledo is the 1,860th most popular painter (down from 1,817th in 2019), the 306th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 281st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Mexican Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Francisco Toledo ranks 1,860 out of 2,023. Before him are Mikayil Abdullayev, Maria Cosway, Käthe Kruse, Ben Vautier, Hanna Pauli, and Kanō Hōgai. After him are Willard Metcalf, David Payne, Andrei Ryabushkin, Edwin Long, Dmitri Vrubel, and Georg Holtzendorff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Francisco Toledo ranks 458. Before him are S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, Sven-Gunnar Larsson, Thue Christiansen, Phelekezela Mphoko, Gianni De Michelis, and Viktor Pavlov. After him are Ermindo Onega, Nicolae Lupescu, Alex Trebek, Lance Larson, Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo, and Luke Kelly. Among people deceased in 2019, Francisco Toledo ranks 419. Before him are Nina Fyodorova, Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, Ingemar Hedberg, Francesco Janich, Gianni De Michelis, and Ismail Petra of Kelantan. After him are Kornel Morawiecki, Judith Krantz, Pat Crawford Brown, Andrea Pollack, Bernard Lietaer, and Yuri Artsutanov.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Francisco Toledo ranks 306 out of 729. Before him are Enrique Borja (1945), María Guadalupe García Zavala (1878), Antonio Roldán (1946), Horacio Casarín (1918), Javier Fragoso (1942), and Luis Donaldo Colosio (1950). After him are Giovani dos Santos (1989), George W. Romney (1907), Ofelia Medina (1950), Hilario López (1907), Carlos Vela (1989), and Isidoro Díaz (1938).

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Among PAINTERS In Mexico

Among painters born in Mexico, Francisco Toledo ranks 8. Before him are Diego Rivera (1886), David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896), José Clemente Orozco (1883), Rufino Tamayo (1899), Juan O'Gorman (1905), and Emmanuel Lubezki (1964). After him are Ignacio Ortiz (1934).

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