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Jesús Rafael Soto

1923 - 2005

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Jesús Rafael Soto (June 5, 1923 – January 14, 2005) was a Venezuelan kinetic and op artist, a sculptor and a painter. His works can be found in the collections of the main museums of the world, including Tate (London), Museum Ludwig (Germany), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna (Roma) and MoMA (New York). One of the main museums of art in Venezuela, in his home town, has his name in tribute to him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jesús Rafael Soto is the 1,659th most popular painter (down from 1,395th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Venezuela (down from 42nd in 2019) and the most popular Venezuelan Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jesús Rafael Soto ranks 1,659 out of 2,023. Before him are Illarion Pryanishnikov, Hashimoto Gahō, John McCrae, Luis Royo, Antonio Berni, and Eduard Wiiralt. After him are Halil Pasha, Harald Sohlberg, Minas Avetisyan, Victor Meirelles, Miquel Barceló, and Edward Robert Hughes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Jesús Rafael Soto ranks 282. Before him are Norberto Méndez, Alfredo Nobre da Costa, Gabriel Alonso, Gerrit Voorting, Mikhail Pugovkin, and Leon Niemczyk. After him are D. N. Aidit, Brendan Behan, Peter Gay, Barney Kessel, Palden Thondup Namgyal, and Vatroslav Mimica. Among people deceased in 2005, Jesús Rafael Soto ranks 215. Before him are Giuliano Bonfante, Fabrizio Meoni, Frank Gorshin, Cliff Allison, Julián Marías, and Eugene McCarthy. After him are Vladimir Kotelnikov, Colette Besson, Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Michalina Wisłocka, Donald Watson, and Attilâ İlhan.

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In Venezuela

Among people born in Venezuela, Jesús Rafael Soto ranks 58 out of 183. Before him are José Tadeo Monagas (1784), Manuel Blum (1938), Joaquín Crespo (1841), Francisco Rodríguez (1945), Rosalio José Castillo Lara (1922), and Arturo Uslar Pietri (1906). After him are José Gregorio Monagas (1795), Lupita Ferrer (1947), Juan Bautista Pérez (1869), Susana Duijm (1936), Edgar Sanabria (1911), and Andrés Narvarte (1781).

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Among PAINTERS In Venezuela

Among painters born in Venezuela, Jesús Rafael Soto ranks 1. 

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