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George Maciunas

1931 - 1978

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George Maciunas (English: ; Lithuanian: Jurgis Mačiūnas; November 8, 1931 Kaunas – May 9, 1978 Boston, Massachusetts) was a Lithuanian American artist, art historian, and art organizer who was the founding member and central coordinator of Fluxus, an international community of artists, architects, composers, and designers. He is most famous for organizing and performing in early Fluxus Happenings and Festivals, for his Fluxus graphic art work, and for assembling a series of highly influential Fluxus artists' multiples. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Maciunas is the 1,043rd most popular painter (down from 988th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 71st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Lithuanian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, George Maciunas ranks 1,043 out of 2,023. Before him are Carlo Saraceni, Jaume Huguet, Thomas de Keyser, Franz Pforr, Benjamin West, and Toriyama Sekien. After him are Jacques Blanchard, Timarete, Wolf Huber, Hans von Kulmbach, Abraham Janssens, and Apollodorus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, George Maciunas ranks 200. Before him are Stelios Kazantzidis, Tosiwo Nakayama, Cecil Andrus, Cleopa Msuya, Michael O. Rabin, and Dean Jones. After him are Ladislav Novák, Françoise Arnoul, Neil Postman, Bobby Collins, David Janssen, and Ola Ullsten. Among people deceased in 1978, George Maciunas ranks 103. Before him are Emilio Portes Gil, Ángel Bossio, Jacques Bergier, Max Mallowan, Joe Davis, and Jens Otto Krag. After him are Mstislav Keldysh, Louis Prima, Gig Young, Carlos Chávez, Ivan Tyulenev, and Jean Acker.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, George Maciunas ranks 75 out of 328. Before him are Laurence Harvey (1928), Donatas Banionis (1924), Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł (1547), Daumantas of Pskov (1240), Vydūnas (1868), and Ingrida Šimonytė (1974). After him are Justas Paleckis (1899), Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz (1883), Bruno Abakanowicz (1852), Antanas Sniečkus (1903), Varvara Stepanova (1894), and Iosif Igelström (1737).

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Among PAINTERS In Lithuania

Among painters born in Lithuania, George Maciunas ranks 4. Before him are Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875), Isaac Levitan (1860), and Jacques Lipchitz (1891). After him are Varvara Stepanova (1894), Michał Elwiro Andriolli (1836), Stanisław Witkiewicz (1851), Ben Shahn (1898), and Yehuda Pen (1854).

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