1945 - Today
Anselm Kiefer (born 8 March 1945) is a German painter and sculptor. He studied with Peter Dreher and Horst Antes at the end of the 1960s. His works incorporate materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anselm Kiefer has received more than 826,669 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Anselm Kiefer is the 291st most popular painter (up from 407th in 2019), the 761st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,086th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular German Painter.
Anselm Kiefer is a German artist who is most famous for his paintings and sculptures.
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Among painters, Anselm Kiefer ranks 291 out of 1,421. Before him are Gerrit Dou, Francesco Melzi, Max Beckmann, John Singer Sargent, Baldassare Peruzzi, and Adriaen van Ostade. After him are Paul Delvaux, Louis Wain, Frans Snyders, Marie Bashkirtseff, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, and Akseli Gallen-Kallela.
1613 - 1675
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 285
1491 - 1570
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 286
1884 - 1950
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 287
1856 - 1925
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 288
1481 - 1536
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 289
1610 - 1685
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 290
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 291
1897 - 1994
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 292
1860 - 1939
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 293
1579 - 1657
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 294
1858 - 1884
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 295
1450 - 1535
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 296
1865 - 1931
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 297
Among people born in 1945, Anselm Kiefer ranks 47. Before him are Slobodan Praljak, Itzhak Perlman, John Lithgow, Linda Hunt, Viktor Saneyev, and Steve Martin. After him are Dési Bouterse, Adly Mansour, Richard Thaler, John McAfee, Keith Jarrett, and José Feliciano.
1945 - 2017
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 41
1945 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 42
1945 - Present
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 43
1945 - Present
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 44
1945 - 2022
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 45
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 46
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 47
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 48
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 49
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 50
1945 - 2021
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 51
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 52
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 53
Among people born in Germany, Anselm Kiefer ranks 761 out of 6,142. Before him are Paul Blobel (1894), Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (1735), Ernst Chain (1906), Maria of Yugoslavia (1900), Bettina von Arnim (1785), and Paul Breitner (1951). After him are Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852), Jürgen Klinsmann (1964), Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), Wilhelm Hauff (1802), Peter Weiss (1916), and Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666).
1894 - 1951
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 755
1735 - 1806
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 756
1906 - 1979
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 757
1900 - 1961
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 758
1785 - 1859
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 759
1951 - Present
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 760
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 761
1852 - 1939
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 762
1964 - Present
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 763
1918 - 2007
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 764
1802 - 1827
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 765
1916 - 1982
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 766
1666 - 1726
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 767
Among painters born in Germany, Anselm Kiefer ranks 22. Before him are George Grosz (1893), Franz Stuck (1863), Hans von Aachen (1552), August Macke (1887), Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), and Max Beckmann (1884). After him are Philipp Otto Runge (1777), Hendrik Goltzius (1558), Carl Spitzweg (1808), Oskar Schlemmer (1888), Max Liebermann (1847), and Stefan Lochner (1410).
1893 - 1959
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 16
1863 - 1928
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 17
1552 - 1615
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 18
1887 - 1914
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 19
1805 - 1873
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 20
1884 - 1950
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 21
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 22
1777 - 1810
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 23
1558 - 1617
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 24
1808 - 1885
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 25
1888 - 1943
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 26
1847 - 1935
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 27
1410 - 1451
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 28