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Adolf Wölfli

1864 - 1930

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Adolf Wölfli (February 29, 1864 – November 6, 1930) (occasionally spelled Adolf Woelfli or Adolf Wolfli) was a Swiss artist who was one of the first artists to be associated with the Art Brut or outsider art label. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolf Wölfli has received more than 321,353 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Adolf Wölfli is the 920th most popular painter (down from 890th in 2019), the 244th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 234th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Swiss Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Adolf Wölfli ranks 920 out of 1,421. Before him are Carlos Schwabe, Echion, Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, Jan Dirksz Both, Charles-Joseph Natoire, and George Maciunas. After him are Bartolomé Bermejo, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Maria van Oosterwijck, Hasegawa Tōhaku, Olga Boznańska, and Abraham Brueghel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Adolf Wölfli ranks 78. Before him are Roger Casement, Sheikh Said, Robert Grant Aitken, Alejandro Lerroux, Stefan Żeromski, and Đồng Khánh. After him are Ferdinand Zecca, George Washington Carver, Herman Gorter, Apolinario Mabini, Léon Gaumont, and Eemil Nestor Setälä. Among people deceased in 1930, Adolf Wölfli ranks 52. Before him are Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera, Alois Jirásek, Carl Panzram, Eric Lemming, Paul Émile Appell, and Mabel Normand. After him are Abram Arkhipov, Pierina Legnani, Oskar Nedbal, Eugen Goldstein, Richard Wilhelm, and Władysław Horodecki.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Adolf Wölfli ranks 244 out of 876. Before him are Heinz Holliger (1939), Ivan Rakitić (1988), Rudolf Wolf (1816), Ludwig Senfl (1486), George de Mestral (1907), and Vincent Perez (1964). After him are Henri Schwery (1932), Emer de Vattel (1714), Wiborada (900), Emma Jung (1882), Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767), and Princess Elena of Romania (1950).

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Among PAINTERS In Switzerland

Among painters born in Switzerland, Adolf Wölfli ranks 20. Before him are Théophile Steinlen (1859), Charles Gleyre (1806), Jost Amman (1539), Eugène Grasset (1845), Anton Graff (1736), and Giovanni Giacometti (1868). After him are Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767), Bertha Wegmann (1847), Antonio Ciseri (1821), Aloïse Corbaz (1886), Salomon Gessner (1730), and Alexandre Calame (1810).

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