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James Turrell

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James Turrell (born May 6, 1943) is an American artist known for his work within the Light and Space movement. He is considered the "master of light" often creating art installations that mix natural light with artificial color through openings in ceilings thereby transforming internal spaces by ever shifting and changing color. Much of Turrell's career has been devoted to a still-unfinished work, Roden Crater, a natural cinder cone crater located outside Flagstaff, Arizona, that he is turning into a massive naked-eye observatory; and for his series of skyspaces, enclosed spaces that frame the sky. Turrell was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in a Quaker family. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Turrell is the 903rd most popular painter (up from 973rd in 2019), the 3,485th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,193rd in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, James Turrell ranks 903 out of 2,023. Before him are Bartolomeo Montagna, Frans Hogenberg, Adriaen van der Werff, Barbara Hepworth, Constantin Hansen, and Józef Brandt. After him are Beatrice Wood, Thomas Rowlandson, Bruno Liljefors, Simon Hollósy, Isaak Brodsky, and Władysław Strzemiński.

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Among people born in 1943, James Turrell ranks 223. Before him are Eduardo Mendoza Garriga, Stanley Kamel, Walter Godefroot, Kazimira Prunskienė, Nasr Abu Zayd, and André Téchiné. After him are Inna Churikova, Paul Michael Glaser, Dragan Nikolić, Alfio Basile, Murtaz Khurtsilava, and Alain Corneau.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Turrell ranks 3,485 out of 20,380. Before him are Lizzie Borden (1860), Whitey Bulger (1929), Derrick Rose (1988), Mary Astor (1906), Ralph Craig (1889), and Ed Sullivan (1901). After him are Walker Evans (1903), Oliver Winchester (1810), Norman Taurog (1899), Josh Charles (1971), Beatrice Wood (1893), and Edith Massey (1918).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, James Turrell ranks 35. Before him are Barbara Kruger (1945), Anna Lea Merritt (1844), Henry Hill (1943), Donald Judd (1928), Grandma Moses (1860), and Lee Krasner (1908). After him are Beatrice Wood (1893), Bruce Nauman (1941), Gilbert Stuart (1755), Evel Knievel (1938), Winslow Homer (1836), and James Rosenquist (1933).

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