SCULPTOR

Alina Szapocznikow

1926 - 1973

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Alina Szapocznikow (Polish: [ʂapɔt͡ʂˈɲikɔf]; May 16, 1926 – March 2, 1973) was a Polish artist and Holocaust survivor. Recognized as one of the most important Polish sculptors of the post-war era,: 49 : 39  Szapocznikow utilized diverse and experimental mediums to investigate and examine the human form, recalling genres such as surrealism, nouveau realism, and pop art. Born in 1926 in Kalisz, Poland, into a Jewish family, she grew up in Pabianice near Łódź. Her childhood was disrupted by the outbreak of World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alina Szapocznikow has received more than 92,740 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Alina Szapocznikow is the 178th most popular sculptor (down from 167th in 2019), the 825th most popular biography from Poland (down from 778th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Polish Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Alina Szapocznikow ranks 178 out of 258. Before her are Antony Gormley, Walter De Maria, Tino di Camaino, Jan Brokoff, Sergey Merkurov, and Ernst Neizvestny. After her are Maurizio Cattelan, Eva Hesse, Mark Antokolsky, Eduardo Paolozzi, Hermann Obrist, and Gregorio Fernández.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Alina Szapocznikow ranks 257. Before her are Ladislav Pavlovič, Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, Borys Romanchenko, Revaz Chkheidze, Sven Axbom, and Robert Ballaman. After her are Otto Graf Lambsdorff, Pascual Pérez, Lino Aldani, Shinichi Hoshi, Ian Paisley, and Carl Adam Petri. Among people deceased in 1973, Alina Szapocznikow ranks 158. Before her are Lev Artsimovich, Paul Kletzki, Nancy Mitford, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Armas Toivonen, and Louis St. Laurent. After her are Joe E. Brown, Kid Ory, David Murray, Charles Daniels, Alexander Rou, and Hilda Geiringer.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Alina Szapocznikow ranks 825 out of 1,694. Before her are Eugen Schüfftan (1893), Grigory Levenfish (1889), Rainer Barzel (1924), Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768), Fritz Laband (1925), and Helena Pilejczyk (1931). After her are Zofia Nałkowska (1884), Małgorzata Braunek (1947), Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł (1778), Gustaw Herling-Grudziński (1919), Simonas Daukantas (1793), and Frederick Jagiellon (1468).

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Among SCULPTORS In Poland

Among sculptors born in Poland, Alina Szapocznikow ranks 4. Before her are Józef Gosławski (1908), Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930), and Andreas Schlüter (1660). After her are Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański (1950).

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