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Asger Jorn

1914 - 1973

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Asger Oluf Jorn (3 March 1914 – 1 May 1973) was a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author. He was a founding member of the avant-garde movement COBRA and the Situationist International. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Asger Jorn has received more than 236,102 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Asger Jorn is the 402nd most popular painter (up from 552nd in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Denmark (up from 159th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Danish Painter.

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  • 240k

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  • 60.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Asger Jorn ranks 402 out of 2,023. Before him are Frederic Edwin Church, Jules Chéret, André Masson, Max Klinger, Shitao, and Eva Gonzalès. After him are Tom of Finland, Andrea Solari, Joseph Kosuth, John Bauer, Jean-Étienne Liotard, and Vasily Perov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Asger Jorn ranks 43. Before him are Louis, Prince Napoléon, Max Perutz, Tyrone Power, Vjekoslav Luburić, Dylan Thomas, and George Dantzig. After him are María Félix, Jean Tatlock, Boris Christoff, Peter Townsend, Pavle, Serbian Patriarch, and Norman Borlaug. Among people deceased in 1973, Asger Jorn ranks 55. Before him are Elsa Schiaparelli, Frances Marion, Frank Costello, Howard H. Aiken, Leo Strauss, and Emmy Göring. After him are Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Otto Klemperer, Adolf Strauss, Karl Löwith, Milunka Savić, and Robert Siodmak.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Asger Jorn ranks 122 out of 1,032. Before him are Anna Ancher (1859), Martin Andersen Nexø (1869), Sweyn III of Denmark (1125), Erik Bruhn (1928), Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858), and Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891). After him are Louis Hjelmslev (1899), Prince Joachim of Denmark (1969), Theophil Hansen (1813), Bjarne Stroustrup (1950), Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (1796), and Morten Olsen (1949).

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Among PAINTERS In Denmark

Among painters born in Denmark, Asger Jorn ranks 7. Before him are Lili Elbe (1882), Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1656), Gerda Wegener (1886), Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864), Nicolai Abildgaard (1743), and Anna Ancher (1859). After him are Michael Ancher (1849), Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783), Carl Bloch (1834), Jens Juel (1745), Marie Krøyer (1867), and Kurt Westergaard (1935).

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