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Philip Guston

1913 - 1980

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Philip Guston (born Phillip Goldstein, June 27, 1913 – June 7, 1980) was a Canadian American painter, printmaker, muralist and draftsman. "Guston worked in a number of artistic modes, from Renaissance-inspired figuration to formally accomplished abstraction," and is now regarded as one of the "most important, powerful, and influential American painters of the last 100 years". He frequently depicted racism, antisemitism, fascism and American identity, as well as—especially in his later most cartoonish and mocking work—the banality of evil. In 2013, Guston's painting To Fellini set an auction record at Christie's when it sold for US$25.8 million. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philip Guston is the 1,744th most popular painter (down from 1,301st in 2019), the 405th most popular biography from Canada (down from 206th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Canadian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Philip Guston ranks 1,744 out of 2,023. Before him are Vassily Maximov, Nikolay Kasatkin, Carl Frederik von Breda, Henry Scott Tuke, William Dobson, and Jean-Paul Riopelle. After him are Morris Louis, Ditlev Blunck, Walter Leistikow, Emmanuel Lubezki, Pier Francesco Mola, and Charles Willson Peale.

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Among people born in 1913, Philip Guston ranks 269. Before him are Bernard Lovell, Malcom McLean, Bahi Ladgham, Annette Rogers, Taos Amrouche, and Cyril Toumanoff. After him are Morton Gould, Kalervo Toivonen, Tibor Kemény, Guillermo Haro, Gardnar Mulloy, and Ranko Marinković. Among people deceased in 1980, Philip Guston ranks 221. Before him are José Muguerza, Christian Møller, Sherm Clark, Mikhail Lavrentyev, Fumio Gotō, and Rudolf Bürger. After him are Tim Hardin, Jimmy Durante, Victor Sen Yung, Enrique Hertzog, Héctor Socorro, and Jadwiga Jędrzejowska.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Philip Guston ranks 405 out of 1,622. Before him are Édouard Gagnon (1918), R. B. Bennett (1870), Stu Hart (1915), Edge (1973), Harry Saltzman (1915), and Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923). After him are Myrtle Cook (1902), Steven Erikson (1959), Barbara Ann Scott (1928), Marc-André Hamelin (1961), Mary Harron (1953), and Teresa Stratas (1938).

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Among PAINTERS In Canada

Among painters born in Canada, Philip Guston ranks 7. Before him are Maud Lewis (1903), Jeff Wall (1946), Agnes Martin (1912), Emily Carr (1871), John McCrae (1872), and Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923). After him are Maurice Prendergast (1858), Tom Thomson (1877), and Rob Gonsalves (1959).

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