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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 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 87,553 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Alina Szapocznikow is the 167th most popular sculptor, the 778th most popular biography from Poland and the 4th most popular Polish Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Alina Szapocznikow ranks 167 out of 189. Before her are Giuseppe Prinzi, Tino di Camaino, Ron Mueck, Mona Hatoum, Emmanuel Frémiet, and Sergey Merkurov. After her are Charles Despiau, Ivan Martos, Anthony Caro, Maurizio Cattelan, Eva Hesse, and Andy Goldsworthy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Alina Szapocznikow ranks 251. Before her are Shinichi Hoshi, Alfred Pfaff, Julio César Britos, Juan Hohberg, Pascual Pérez, and Geoffrey Howe. After her are Lino Aldani, Kerwin Mathews, Maneca, Dharamvir Bharati, Yehuda Bauer, and Betsy Palmer. Among people deceased in 1973, Alina Szapocznikow ranks 156. Before her are Gustaf Molander, Willy Fritsch, Louis St. Laurent, Paul Kletzki, Cecil Kellaway, and Anton Ackermann. After her are Leonid Stein, Alexander Rou, Rodolphe Hiden, Masayuki Mori, Lev Artsimovich, and Gram Parsons.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Alina Szapocznikow ranks 778 out of 1,454. Before her are Zacharias Ursinus (1534), Gerhard Stöck (1911), Boris Kaufman (1906), Jurek Becker (1937), Johannes Thiele (1860), and August Emil Fieldorf (1895). After her are Yitzhak Sadeh (1890), Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889), Basia (1954), Aleksander Kakowski (1862), Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (1934), and Gustaw Herling-Grudziński (1919).

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Among SCULPTORS In Poland

Among sculptors born in Poland, Alina Szapocznikow ranks 4. Before her are Józef Gosławski (1908), Andreas Schlüter (1660), and Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930).

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