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Robert Henri

1865 - 1929

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Robert Henri (; June 24, 1865 – July 12, 1929) was an American painter and teacher. As a young man, he studied in Paris, where he identified strongly with the Impressionists, and determined to lead an even more dramatic revolt against American academic art, as reflected by the conservative National Academy of Design. Together with a small team of enthusiastic followers, he pioneered the Ashcan School of American realism, depicting urban life in an uncompromisingly brutalist style. By the time of the Armory Show, America's first large-scale introduction to European Modernism (1913), Henri was mindful that his own representational technique was being made to look dated by new movements such as Cubism, though he was still ready to champion avant-garde painters such as Henri Matisse and Max Weber. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Henri is the 1,570th most popular painter (up from 1,633rd in 2019), the 6,128th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,882nd in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Painter.

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Among painters, Robert Henri ranks 1,570 out of 2,023. Before him are Paul César Helleu, Christian Rohlfs, Olja Ivanjicki, Katsukawa Shunshō, Dionisius, and Henri Regnault. After him are Nicolaas Pieneman, Francisco Rizi, Tetyana Yablonska, Durdy Bayramov, M. F. Husain, and Ernst Josephson.

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Among people born in 1865, Robert Henri ranks 124. Before him are Jacques Mieses, Kristjan Raud, Yevgeni Bauer, Henri Lebasque, Gustaf Söderström, and May Whitty. After him are Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Sakina Akhundzadeh, William Birdwood, Pierre Weiss, Charles Champaud, and Mikhail Tskhakaya. Among people deceased in 1929, Robert Henri ranks 106. Before him are Julio Antonio Mella, Charles F. Brush, Agner Krarup Erlang, Frederick Abberline, Gerhard Munthe, and Eugenio Tosi. After him are Lillie Langtry, Caroline Rémy de Guebhard, Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, Arno Holz, Georges Courteline, and Julian Fałat.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Henri ranks 6,128 out of 20,380. Before him are Johnny Hodges (1906), Jennifer Tilly (1958), Ken Ribet (1948), Catherine Hardwicke (1955), Fred Alderman (1905), and Sally Kellerman (1937). After him are Lewis Terman (1877), Otis Bowen (1918), Dexter Holland (1965), Jacob Perkins (1766), Barry Jenkins (1979), and Jamie Gillis (1943).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Robert Henri ranks 70. Before him are Kenneth Noland (1924), George Segal (1924), Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930), Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847), Edwin Austin Abbey (1852), and Chuck Close (1940). After him are Haddon Sundblom (1899), Joan Mitchell (1925), Elizabeth Jane Gardner (1837), Ellsworth Kelly (1923), Alice Pike Barney (1857), and Rockwell Kent (1882).

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