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Larry Rivers

1923 - 2002

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Larry Rivers (born Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg; August 17, 1923 – August 14, 2002) was an American painter, musician, filmmaker, and occasional actor. Considered by many scholars to be the "Godfather" and "Grandfather" of Pop art, he was one of the first artists to merge non-objective, non-narrative art with narrative and objective abstraction. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Larry Rivers is the 114th most popular artist (down from 108th in 2019), the 14,030th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,233rd in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Artist.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Larry Rivers ranks 114 out of 125. Before him are Al Hirschfeld, Tyrus Wong, Shepard Fairey, Tatsuki Fujimoto, Rachel Whiteread, and Oksana Shachko. After him are Tania Bruguera, Neil Harbisson, Mounir Fatmi, Kat Von D, Vanessa Beecroft, and Kim Jung Gi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Larry Rivers ranks 476. Before him are Alex Hannum, Ned Rorem, Anne Jeffreys, Chuck Daigh, Don Barksdale, and Kuldip Nayar. After him are Giorgio Pellini, Nicholas Parsons, Ted Knight, Moira Lister, Gene Reynolds, and Norman Kirk. Among people deceased in 2002, Larry Rivers ranks 352. Before him are Satish Dhawan, Dolores Gray, Ernesto Díaz, Otis Blackwell, Jim Crawford, and Julia Phillips. After him are Hocine Soltani, Glenn Quinn, Timothy Findley, Bob Said, Teresa Graves, and Boris Alexandrov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Larry Rivers ranks 14,034 out of 20,380. Before him are Dedee Pfeiffer (1964), Road Warrior Animal (1960), Arthur Goldberg (1908), Kevin Gates (1986), Thad Cochran (1937), and Tamala Jones (1974). After him are Hans Conried (1917), Dana Hill (1964), Trini Alvarado (1967), Colin Cunningham (1966), John C. Baez (1961), and Carter Cruise (1991).

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Among ARTISTS In United States

Among artists born in United States, Larry Rivers ranks 29. Before him are Red Skelton (1913), Peter Sellars (1957), Alex Grey (1953), Joan Mondale (1930), Al Hirschfeld (1903), and Shepard Fairey (1970). After him are Dave Dave (1976).

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