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Robert Ryman

1930 - 2019

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Robert Ryman (May 30, 1930 – February 8, 2019) was an American painter identified with the movements of monochrome painting, minimalism, and conceptual art. He was best known for abstract, white-on-white paintings. He lived and worked in New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Ryman is the 1,444th most popular painter (up from 1,714th in 2019), the 5,559th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,379th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Robert Ryman ranks 1,444 out of 2,023. Before him are Emily Carr, Ilya Glazunov, Sam Francis, Charles Demuth, Otto Muehl, and Roger de La Fresnaye. After him are José Malhoa, Ker-Xavier Roussel, Antonio Ciseri, Antón Lamazares, Gim Hongdo, and Zhang Daqian.

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Among people born in 1930, Robert Ryman ranks 324. Before him are Rubén Morán, Ahmed Osman, Pat McCormick, Ilya Glazunov, Justinas Marcinkevičius, and Hédi Baccouche. After him are Tsutomu Seki, Merab Mamardashvili, Rolf Hoppe, Ryszard Kukliński, Nina Grebeshkova, and Gianfranco Parolini. Among people deceased in 2019, Robert Ryman ranks 251. Before him are Jurica Jerković, Ari Behn, Martin Peters, Dick Miller, Alain Barrière, and Michael Gielen. After him are Sergei Yursky, Kazuo Koike, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, Chelo Alonso, Isacio Calleja, and Peter Snell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Ryman ranks 5,559 out of 20,380. Before him are Marsha P. Johnson (1945), Tom Brady (1977), Russell M. Nelson (1924), T.J. Miller (1981), Meriwether Lewis (1774), and Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. (1951). After him are Delia Owens (1949), Ray Walston (1914), Kristen Bell (1980), Israel Albert Horowitz (1907), Doug Jones (1960), and Virginia Mayo (1920).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Robert Ryman ranks 63. Before him are George Bellows (1882), George Catlin (1796), John Trumbull (1756), Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823), Sam Francis (1923), and Charles Demuth (1883). After him are Kenneth Noland (1924), George Segal (1924), Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930), Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847), Edwin Austin Abbey (1852), and Chuck Close (1940).

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