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Joseph Cornell

1903 - 1972

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Joseph Cornell (December 24, 1903 – December 29, 1972) was an American visual artist and filmmaker, one of the pioneers and most celebrated exponents of assemblage. Influenced by the Surrealists, he was also an avant-garde experimental filmmaker. He was largely self-taught in his artistic efforts, and improvised his own original style incorporating cast-off and discarded artifacts. He lived most of his life in relative physical isolation, caring for his mother and his disabled brother at home, but remained aware of and in contact with other contemporary artists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Cornell is the 1,316th most popular painter (up from 1,325th in 2019), the 4,953rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,385th in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Joseph Cornell ranks 1,316 out of 2,023. Before him are Jean Carzou, Otto Marseus van Schrieck, Anna Elizabeth Klumpke, Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval, Joseph von Führich, and Fyodor Alekseyev. After him are Jan van Bijlert, Leon Wyczółkowski, Ambrosius Benson, Wojciech Kossak, Hans Erni, and Cuno Amiet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Joseph Cornell ranks 175. Before him are Felice Bonetto, Adolf Kainz, Ferenc Nagy, Lili Kraus, Melvin Purvis, and Fernando Paternoster. After him are Germán Busch, Orde Wingate, Cyril Jackson, Diana Vreeland, Siegfried Kasche, and Gaito Gazdanov. Among people deceased in 1972, Joseph Cornell ranks 133. Before him are Friedrich Christiansen, Carlo Agostoni, Solomon Lefschetz, Louis J. Mordell, Raúl Leoni, and Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval. After him are Paul Grüninger, Max Aub, Miriam Hopkins, Ennio Flaiano, František Čáp, and Thomas C. Kinkaid.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Cornell ranks 4,953 out of 20,380. Before him are Carole Landis (1919), James Marsden (1973), Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856), Wallace Stevens (1879), Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945), and Gregg Allman (1947). After him are Timothy Olyphant (1968), Gregory Corso (1930), Margaret Taylor (1788), Mike Lee (1971), Melissa Sue Anderson (1962), and Johnny Nash (1940).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Joseph Cornell ranks 55. Before him are Franz Kline (1910), N. C. Wyeth (1882), Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844), John Singleton Copley (1738), Lilla Cabot Perry (1848), and Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856). After him are Robert Motherwell (1915), George Bellows (1882), George Catlin (1796), John Trumbull (1756), Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823), and Sam Francis (1923).

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