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Mel Ramos

1935 - 2018

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Melvin John Ramos (July 24, 1935 – October 14, 2018) was an American figurative painter, specializing most often in paintings of female nudes, whose work incorporates elements of realist and abstract art. Born in Sacramento, California, to a first generation Portuguese-Azorean immigrant family, he gained his popularity as part of the pop art movement of the 1960s. Ramos is "best known for his paintings of superheroes and voluptuous female nudes emerging from cornstalks or Chiquita bananas, popping up from candy wrappers or lounging in martini glasses". He was also a university art professor. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mel Ramos is the 1,852nd most popular painter (down from 1,804th in 2019), the 8,550th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,361st in 2019) and the 105th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Mel Ramos ranks 1,852 out of 2,023. Before her are William Powell Frith, Charles R. Knight, Simeon Solomon, Victor Borisov-Musatov, Antônio Parreiras, and Aleksandr Gerasimov. After her are Olaf Gulbransson, Mikayil Abdullayev, Maria Cosway, Käthe Kruse, Ben Vautier, and Hanna Pauli.

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Among people born in 1935, Mel Ramos ranks 401. Before her are Steve Lawrence, Bruno Rodzik, Adnan Badran, Gilbert Bozon, Ingrid Noll, and Frank Schepke. After her are Jimmy Armfield, David Todd Wilkinson, Aly Lotfy Mahmoud, Rinchen Barsbold, Ben Vautier, and João Morais. Among people deceased in 2018, Mel Ramos ranks 395. Before her are Tadeusz Kraus, Pierre Chambon, Anne V. Coates, Per Ahlmark, José Varacka, and Viktor Kanevskyi. After her are Jimmy Armfield, Henri Dirickx, Aly Lotfy Mahmoud, Hans Aabech, István Hevesi, and Joseph Polchinski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mel Ramos ranks 8,552 out of 20,380. Before her are Patrick St. Esprit (1954), Cliff Martinez (1954), Kevin Gage (1959), Bob Bryar (1979), Ira Murchison (1933), and Debra Hill (1950). After her are William Mapother (1965), Chaim Potok (1929), Alfred Francis Russell (1817), Robert Rubin (1938), Warren Jeffs (1955), and Jackson Scholz (1897).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Mel Ramos ranks 105. Before her are Edward Ruscha (1937), Arthur Dove (1880), William Merritt Chase (1849), Kenyon Cox (1856), Kay Sage (1898), and Charles R. Knight (1874). After her are Willard Metcalf (1858), Paul McCarthy (1945), Edward Hicks (1780), Sarah Goodridge (1788), Charles Sheeler (1883), and R. B. Kitaj (1932).

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