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Tarō Okamoto

1911 - 1996

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Tarō Okamoto (岡本 太郎, Okamoto Tarō; February 26, 1911 – January 7, 1996) was a Japanese artist, art theorist, and writer. He is particularly well known for his avant-garde paintings, public sculptures, and murals, his theorization of traditional Japanese culture, and his avant-garde artistic practices. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tarō Okamoto is the 1,341st most popular painter (up from 1,344th in 2019), the 1,025th most popular biography from Japan (down from 985th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Japanese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Tarō Okamoto ranks 1,341 out of 2,023. Before him are Alexey Venetsianov, Janis Rozentāls, Juliusz Kossak, Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, Federico Zandomeneghi, and Unkei. After him are Gerard de Lairesse, Joaquín Torres-García, Alan Lee, Sattar Bahlulzade, Stanisław Szukalski, and Jan de Bray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Tarō Okamoto ranks 177. Before him are René Barjavel, Rafael Arnaiz Barón, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Grote Reber, Xiao Hong, and Harry Andrews. After him are George Seaton, Kaj Franck, Brunhilde Pomsel, Roy Rogers, Annie M. G. Schmidt, and Ralph Kirkpatrick. Among people deceased in 1996, Tarō Okamoto ranks 146. Before him are Amata Kabua, Joanne Dru, Georgios Zoitakis, Zulfiya, Gyula Kállai, and Pilar Lorengar. After him are Chen Jingrun, Anni Steuer, Akram al-Hawrani, Dave Schultz, Joseph Asajiro Satowaki, and Bernhard Klodt.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tarō Okamoto ranks 1,025 out of 6,245. Before him are Sanjō Sanetomi (1837), Hajime Moriyasu (1968), Toru Yoshikawa (1961), Tōru Furuya (1953), Stephen Fumio Hamao (1930), and Unkei (1151). After him are Moriteru Ueshiba (1951), Mitsuteru Yokoyama (1934), Nakahama Manjirō (1827), Kazuo Sakamaki (1918), Shigesato Itoi (1948), and Ozaki Kōyō (1868).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Tarō Okamoto ranks 22. Before him are Torii Kiyonaga (1752), Kanō Motonobu (1476), Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570), Torii Kiyonobu I (1664), Kanō Tan'yū (1602), and Unkei (1151). After him are Kuroda Seiki (1866), Ogata Kenzan (1663), Toyohara Chikanobu (1838), Hiroshi Yoshida (1876), Uemura Shōen (1875), and Maruyama Ōkyo (1733).

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