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Mel Ramos

American artist (1935-2018)
Person human Q930286

Facts

29 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
July 24, 1935, June 24, 1935[10]
Date of death
October 14, 2018
Place of birth
Sacramento
Place of death
Oakland
Country of citizenship
United States[11]
Occupation
painter, printmaker, pin-up-artist, artist, illustrator
Field of work
erotic art[12]
Educated at
C. K. McClatchy High School, California State University, Sacramento[13][14]
Notable work
Miss Grapefruit Festival[15]
Genre
nude, figurative art, figure[18][19][20]
Official website
www.melramos.com[26]
Cause of death
heart failure[21]
Work location
Horta de Sant Joan, Oakland, Sacramento[27][28][29]
Student of
Wayne Thiebaud[30]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[32]
Artist files at
Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, Frick Art Research Library, National Gallery of Art Library
Copyright representative
reproduction right represented by CISAC-member, VAGA, Artists Rights Society
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Family name
Ramos[22]
Given name
Mel (given name), Melvin, John[23][24][25]
Has works in the collection
Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Modern Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Seattle Art Museum, Saint Louis Art Museum, Crocker Art Museum, Print Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, Groninger Museum, Museum van Bommel van Dam
Manner of death
natural causes[31]
Show all 29 facts +5
Movement
pop art[17]
Name in native language
Mel Ramos[33]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library, WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot — Smithsonian Libraries — Artists Files, WikiProject New York Public Library[35][36][37]
P14750
AC11-3070-6162-88F3-523A
Represented by
Artists Rights Society[34]
🏷️ Also known as
en Mel Ramos en Melvin John Ramos en Mel J. Ramos ar ميل راموس de Melvin John Ramos es Melvin John Ramos he מל ראמוס ja メル・ラモス sv Ramos
🔖 Identifiers · 69
ISNI
0000000078575366
VIAF cluster ID
20475860
Library of Congress authority ID
n80025769
GND ID
118748998
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Mel Ramos 2007.JPG ↗
ADAGP artist ID
mel-ramos-41515
ARTIC artist ID
21347
AbART person ID
29100
Artcyclopedia artist ID
ramos_mel
Artist-info artist ID
28107
Artists of the World ID
00720474
Artnet artist ID
mel-ramos
Show all 69 identifiers +57
Artsy artist ID
mel-ramos
AskArt person ID
30132
Athenaeum person ID
11567
BD Gest' author ID
21387
Benezit ID
B00148682
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
124944858
CANTIC ID
981061212099006706
Christie's creator ID
40749
DACS ID (2022)
000896
DACS ID (former)
0eb0e086-6956-464c-967f-037de2639dcc
DDB person (GND) ID
118748998
DFK Paris person ID
0004066090
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118748998
Discogs artist ID
2268041
Europeana entity
agent/base/78422
FAST ID
51020
Find NZ Artists ID
12429
Freebase ID
/m/08hxp6
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991003828409707141
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
mel-ramos
Grove Art Online ID
T097200
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
51756
IPI base code
I-001927907-1
IdRef ID
034158839
Invaluable.com person ID
0749xb1es2
LastDodo-area-ID
84791
Le Delarge artist ID
11903_artiste_RAMOS_Mel
MACM artist ID
ramos-mel
Met Constituent ID
92455
Minneapolis Institute of Art constituent ID
1663
Munzinger person ID
00000028232
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
4806
Museum-digital ID
201336
MusicBrainz artist ID
a99ff631-d34e-4339-a0f2-5c86007f8542
MutualArt artist ID
E1B68DCC060166A1
NLA Trove people ID
953793
NUKAT ID
n2020004464
National Gallery of Art artist ID
6518
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007423992305171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1701044
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073895563
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100403182
PictoRight ID code
VA-1927907
Prabook ID
2064224
RKDartists ID
65553
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
202627
SBN author ID
CFIV173265
SFMOMA artist ID
mel_ramos
SNAC ARK ID
w6737j1r
Saint Louis Art Museum person ID
2411
Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution ID
3932
Treccani ID
mel-ramos
Union List of Artist Names ID
500012930
Whitney Museum of American Art artist ID
4036
WikiArt ID
mel-ramos
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJjRWGdjDyYKWQTmpGbGHC
Yale LUX ID
person/bbfbf18e-a4dc-42c0-9058-9a97170ad82b

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 10
Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Saint Louis Art Museum +2 more
Work location 3
Sacramento, Oakland, Horta de Sant Joan
Genre 2
nude, figurative art
Occupation 2
painter, printmaker
Cause of death 1
heart failure
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
California State University, Sacramento
Family name 1
Ramos
Field of work 1
erotic art
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Movement 1
pop art
Place of birth 1
Sacramento
Place of death 1
Oakland
Sex or gender 1
male
Student of 1
Wayne Thiebaud
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Summary

Mel Ramos was born on July 24, 1935[1], in Sacramento[2]. He died on October 14, 2018[3], in Oakland[4]. He worked as a painter[5], printmaker[6], pin-up-artist[7], artist[8], and illustrator[9].

FAQs

Where was Mel Ramos born?

Mel Ramos was born in Sacramento[2].

Where did Mel Ramos die?

Mel Ramos passed away in Oakland[4].

What did Mel Ramos do for work?

Mel Ramos worked as a painter[5], printmaker[6], pin-up-artist[7], artist[8], and illustrator[9].

Where did Mel Ramos go to school?

Mel Ramos was educated at C. K. McClatchy High School[13] and California State University, Sacramento[14].

Related Entities

California State University, Sacramento Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Art San Francisco Museum of Modern Art United States Whitney Museum of American Art

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Artnet. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . RKDartists. americanart.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Q135933563. wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Artnet. Retrieved . cs.isabart.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . Artnet. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . Artnet. wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . artforum.com. artforum.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . artforum.com. artforum.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . artforum.com. artforum.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [10] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . cs.isabart.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [3] ↑ . Munzinger Personen. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Artnet. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Artnet. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. wikidata.org.
  25. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Artnet. wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Artnet. wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Artnet. wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . arsny.com. Retrieved . arsny.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Jordiff · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID → mel-ramos
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: mel-ramos, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/327082817|Mel Ramos (#327082817)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8549|GEC — Bio"
  2. 4w ago · Hannolans · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'hr', 'it', '
    Has works in the collection → Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art +11
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has works in the collection: Museum van Bommel van Dam, kunstenaars museum bommel van dam ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/49453b0e911|details]])"
  3. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → AC11-3070-6162-88F3-523A
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  4. 9w ago · Hannolans · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has works in the collection → Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art +11
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has works in the collection: Groninger Museum, groninger museum ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/c5a6d992c4b|details]])"
  5. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → painter, printmaker, pin-up-artist +2
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32154|batch #32154]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (36)"
  6. 26w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Notable work → —
    CANTIC ID → 981061212099006706
    Educated at → C. K. McClatchy High School, California State University, Sacramento
    Website → —
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ CANTIC ID: 981061212099006706, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257571|batch #257571]]"
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