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Sol LeWitt

1928 - 2007

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Solomon "Sol" LeWitt (September 9, 1928 – April 8, 2007) was an American artist linked to various movements, including conceptual art and minimalism. LeWitt came to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and "structures" (a term he preferred to "sculptures") but was prolific in a wide range of media including drawing, printmaking, photography, painting, installation, and artist's books. He has been the subject of hundreds of solo exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world since 1965. The first biography of the artist, Sol LeWitt: A Life of Ideas, by Lary Bloom, was published by Wesleyan University Press in the spring of 2019. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sol LeWitt is the 640th most popular painter (down from 550th in 2019), the 2,420th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,741st in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Sol LeWitt ranks 640 out of 2,023. Before him are Sebald Beham, Nikolai Ge, Margarita Luti, Ludolf Bakhuizen, Josefa de Óbidos, and Henri-Edmond Cross. After him are Palma il Giovane, Francesco Francia, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Konstantin Makovsky, Alonso Sánchez Coello, and Pieter van Laer.

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Among people born in 1928, Sol LeWitt ranks 131. Before him are Djivan Gasparyan, Helen Frankenthaler, Hayden White, James Randi, Al Lettieri, and Desmond Morris. After him are Edward Albee, Anne Sexton, Sid Watkins, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Peter Naur, and Ion Mihai Pacepa. Among people deceased in 2007, Sol LeWitt ranks 91. Before him are Robert Jordan, John Woodruff, Yvonne De Carlo, Bauer, Ira Levin, and E. Howard Hunt. After him are Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Denny Doherty, Luigi Comencini, André Gorz, Sri Chinmoy, and Pierre Messmer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sol LeWitt ranks 2,420 out of 20,380. Before him are Vannevar Bush (1890), Mary Anderson (1862), Elijah Muhammad (1897), Pinetop Perkins (1913), Shannen Doherty (1971), and Kalākaua (1836). After him are Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), LeBron James (1984), Dean Stockwell (1936), Art Blakey (1919), Peter Graves (1926), and Chadwick Boseman (1977).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Sol LeWitt ranks 20. Before him are Grant Wood (1891), John La Farge (1835), Frank Stella (1936), Dorothea Tanning (1910), Helen Frankenthaler (1928), and Will Sampson (1933). After him are Thomas Eakins (1844), Cindy Sherman (1954), Margaret Keane (1927), Jasper Johns (1930), Andrew Wyeth (1917), and John Sloan (1871).

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