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Richard Serra

1939 - 2024

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Richard Serra (November 2, 1938 – March 26, 2024) was an American artist known for his large-scale abstract sculptures made for site-specific landscape, urban, and architectural settings, and whose work has been primarily associated with postminimalism. Described as "one of his era's greatest sculptors", Serra became notable for emphasizing the material qualities of his works and exploration of the relationship between the viewer, the work, and the site. Serra pursued English literature at the University of California, Berkeley, before shifting to visual art. He graduated with a B.A. in English Literature from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1961, where he met influential muralists Rico Lebrun and Howard Warshaw. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Serra is the 475th most popular painter (down from 344th in 2019), the 1,823rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,108th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Richard Serra ranks 475 out of 2,023. Before him are Gu Kaizhi, Anna Boch, Mi Fu, Louis-Michel van Loo, Giovanni Lanfranco, and Mariotto Albertinelli. After him are Abraham Bloemaert, Heinrich Füger, Valentin Serov, Johan Christian Dahl, Cosimo Tura, and Wilhelm Busch.

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Among people born in 1939, Richard Serra ranks 80. Before him are Ruud Lubbers, Ricardo Bofill, Amancio Amaro, Bertrand Blier, Gangubai Kothewali, and Kim Jae-ryong. After him are Fikret Abdić, Dion DiMucci, Barry Seal, Étienne Mourrut, Scott Glenn, and Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela. Among people deceased in 2024, Richard Serra ranks 87. Before him are Gustavo Gutiérrez, Seiji Ozawa, Iris Apfel, Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, Geneviève Grad, and Silvia Pinal. After him are Issa Hayatou, Martin Karplus, Richard S. Hamilton, Ratan Tata, Tony Todd, and Tim Johnson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Serra ranks 1,823 out of 20,380. Before him are Jennifer Coolidge (1961), Angie Dickinson (1931), Pat Brown (1905), Tom Skerritt (1933), Clara Bow (1905), and Cliff Robertson (1923). After him are Gregory Goodwin Pincus (1903), Kevin McHale (1957), Jim Lovell (1928), Douglas McGregor (1906), Dorothy Vaughan (1910), and Minoru Yamasaki (1912).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Richard Serra ranks 13. Before him are Georgia O'Keeffe (1887), Asher Brown Durand (1796), Joseph Kosuth (1945), Norman Rockwell (1894), Robert Rauschenberg (1925), and Lyonel Feininger (1871). After him are Grant Wood (1891), John La Farge (1835), Frank Stella (1936), Dorothea Tanning (1910), Helen Frankenthaler (1928), and Will Sampson (1933).

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