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Robert Motherwell

1915 - 1991

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Robert Motherwell (January 24, 1915 – July 16, 1991) was an American abstract expressionist painter, printmaker, and editor of The Dada Painters and Poets: an Anthology. He was one of the youngest of the New York School, which also included Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko. Trained in philosophy, Motherwell then became an artist regarded as among the most articulate spokesmen and the founders of the abstract expressionist painters. He was known for his series of abstract paintings and prints which touched on political, philosophical and literary themes, such as the Elegies to the Spanish Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Motherwell is the 1,324th most popular painter (down from 1,207th in 2019), the 4,977th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,985th in 2019) and the 56th most popular American Painter.

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Among painters, Robert Motherwell ranks 1,324 out of 2,023. Before him are Leon Wyczółkowski, Ambrosius Benson, Wojciech Kossak, Hans Erni, Cuno Amiet, and Dai Jin. After him are Jankel Adler, Olga Wisinger-Florian, Kanō Tan'yū, Rafael Arnaiz Barón, Aleksandr Deyneka, and Edgar Ende.

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Among people born in 1915, Robert Motherwell ranks 135. Before him are Torcuato Fernández-Miranda, Henry Kuttner, Amedeo Biavati, Raúl Alberto Lastiri, Norman Wisdom, and Willie Dixon. After him are Zulfiya, Else Krüger, Hans Christian Blech, Alan Lomax, Robert Monroe, and Philip Morrison. Among people deceased in 1991, Robert Motherwell ranks 119. Before him are Claude Cahen, Pietro Ferraris, Louis Seigner, Northrop Frye, Helmut Walcha, and Antoine Berman. After him are Peggy Ashcroft, Fred MacMurray, Nicholas Poppe, Luigi Zampa, Colleen Dewhurst, and Roy Black.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Motherwell ranks 4,977 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Berryman (1948), Jim Gray (1944), Hank Azaria (1964), Jared Padalecki (1982), Imogen Cunningham (1883), and Carl A. Wirtanen (1910). After him are Tatum O'Neal (1963), Alfred Worden (1932), Truxtun Hare (1878), Helen B. Taussig (1898), Surangel Whipps Jr. (1968), and David Wilkerson (1931).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Robert Motherwell ranks 56. Before him are N. C. Wyeth (1882), Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844), John Singleton Copley (1738), Lilla Cabot Perry (1848), Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856), and Joseph Cornell (1903). After him are George Bellows (1882), George Catlin (1796), John Trumbull (1756), Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823), Sam Francis (1923), and Charles Demuth (1883).

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