John Currin

American painter (born 1962)
Person human Q707675
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John Currin

Summary

John Currin is a human[1]. His place of birth was Boulder[2]. He was born on +1962-01-01T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a painter[4], draftsperson[5], and artist[6]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (156 views/month, #7,222 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • John Currin was born in Boulder[2].
  • John Currin was born on +1962-01-01T00:00:00Z[3].
  • John Currin held citizenship in United States[8].
  • John Currin's professions included painter[4].
  • John Currin worked as a draftsperson[5].
  • John Currin worked as an artist[6].
  • John Currin's field of work was painting[9].
  • John Currin's education included a stint at Yale University[10].
  • John Currin's education included a stint at Carnegie Mellon University[11].
  • John Currin's education included a stint at Yale School of Art[12].
  • John Currin's education included a stint at Carnegie Mellon School of Art[13].
  • John Currin is recorded as male[14].
  • John Currin's instance of is recorded as human[15].
  • John Currin's movement is recorded as contemporary art[16].
  • John Currin's genre is recorded as portrait[17].
  • John Currin's genre is recorded as figure painting[18].
  • John Currin's ISNI is recorded as 0000000078340735[19].
  • John Currin's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 49334115[20].
  • John Currin's GND ID is recorded as 119403323[21].
  • John Currin's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no96056870[22].
  • John Currin's Union List of Artist Names ID is recorded as 500114618[23].
  • John Currin's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12527397f[24].
  • John Currin's IdRef ID is recorded as 086345451[25].
  • John Currin's SBN author ID is recorded as TO0V442084[26].
  • John Currin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05z4lq[27].

Body

Origins and Family

John Currin's place of birth was Boulder[2]. He was born on +1962-01-01T00:00:00Z[3].

Education

Educated at Yale University[10], a private university[28], in United States[29], founded in 1701[30], headquartered in New Haven[31]; Carnegie Mellon University[11], a private university[32], in United States[33], founded in 1900[34], headquartered in Pittsburgh[35]; Yale School of Art[12], an educational institution[36], in United States[37], founded in 1869[38]; and Carnegie Mellon School of Art[13], an art academy[39], in United States[40].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include painter[4], draftsperson[5], and artist[6]. John Currin's field of work was painting[9].

Why It Matters

John Currin ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (156 views/month, #7,222 of 1,000,298).[7] He has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41]

FAQs

Where was John Currin born?

John Currin's place of birth was Boulder[2].

What did John Currin do for work?

John Currin worked as painter[4], draftsperson[5], and artist[6].

Where did John Currin go to school?

John Currin was educated at Yale University[10], Carnegie Mellon University[11], Yale School of Art[12], and Carnegie Mellon School of Art[13].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Artnet. thebroad.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [14] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . workwithdata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [15] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] . Union List of Artist Names. wikidata.org.
  11. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] . workwithdata.com. Retrieved . workwithdata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . thebroad.org. thebroad.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . thebroad.org. thebroad.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . thebroad.org. thebroad.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . International Standard Name Identifier. wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . Japan Search. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . BnF authorities. wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . thebroad.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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