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Adolf Ziegler

1892 - 1959

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Adolf Ziegler (16 October 1892 – 11 September 1959) was a German painter and politician. He was tasked by the Nazi Party to oversee the purging of what the Party described as "degenerate art", by most of the German modern artists. He was Hitler's favourite painter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolf Ziegler has received more than 189,751 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Adolf Ziegler is the 1,085th most popular painter (down from 905th in 2019), the 2,899th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,519th in 2019) and the 99th most popular German Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Adolf Ziegler ranks 1,085 out of 2,023. Before him are John Atkinson Grimshaw, Bonaventura Berlinghieri, Charles Joshua Chaplin, Christiane Kubrick, Ambrosius Benson, and Xu Wei. After him are François-Hubert Drouais, Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, Carlo Cignani, Antiphilus, Daniel Chodowiecki, and Alexandre Calame.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Adolf Ziegler ranks 138. Before him are Robert Watson-Watt, Henry Darger, Ivan Tyulenev, Peljidiin Genden, Ahmad Javad, and Charles Nungesser. After him are James Forrestal, Lucien Buysse, Alfredo Foglino, Victor de Sabata, Otto Nerz, and Branislaw Tarashkyevich. Among people deceased in 1959, Adolf Ziegler ranks 75. Before him are Ki Hajar Dewantara, Štefan Tiso, Reuven Shiloah, Max Baer, Johannes Kleiman, and Ramón Fonst. After him are Eduard van Beinum, George Albert Smith, Henri Vidal, The Big Bopper, Laxmi Prasad Devkota, and Bernard Berenson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adolf Ziegler ranks 2,899 out of 7,253. Before him are Theodor Boveri (1862), Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1648), Hugo Preuß (1860), Christiane Kubrick (1932), Heinrich Kiepert (1818), and Wolfgang Preiss (1910). After him are Friedrich Meinecke (1862), Johann Christian Poggendorff (1796), Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1676), Johann Fust (1400), Johann Kremer (1883), and Wilhelm Batz (1916).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Adolf Ziegler ranks 99. Before him are Hans von Marées (1837), Christoph Amberger (1505), Ludwig Richter (1803), Agnes Block (1629), Wilhelm Leibl (1844), and Christiane Kubrick (1932). After him are Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow (1789), Hans Rottenhammer (1564), Caspar Netscher (1639), Johann Baptist Zimmermann (1680), Carlos Schwabe (1866), and Fritz Bleyl (1880).

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