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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 224,754 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Asger Jorn is the 553rd most popular painter (down from 482nd in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 142nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Danish Painter.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.09

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  • 1.91

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Asger Jorn ranks 553 out of 1,421. Before him are Heinrich Füger, Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, Mi Fu, Hans Holbein the Elder, Francisco Pacheco, and Carl Bloch. After him are Jan Toorop, Henri-Edmond Cross, Pierre Puget, Francesco del Cossa, Jacques Lipchitz, and Mihály Zichy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Asger Jorn ranks 71. Before him are Jean-Pierre Vernant, Martin Gardner, Pierre Balmain, Demetrios I of Constantinople, Carlo Maria Giulini, and Archduchess Adelheid of Austria. After him are Lazar Koliševski, Akira Nozawa, Yakov Zeldovich, Nicolas de Staël, Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, and Pavle, Serbian Patriarch. Among people deceased in 1973, Asger Jorn ranks 65. Before him are Karl Löwith, Mikhail Kalatozov, Veronica Lake, Edward Steichen, Mary Wigman, and Adolf Strauss. After him are Dickinson W. Richards, Jacques Lipchitz, Károly Kerényi, Milunka Savić, Alexander Orlov, and Robert Ryan.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Asger Jorn ranks 160 out of 893. Before him are Anne Sophie Reventlow (1693), Princess Margaret of Denmark (1895), Vilhelm Thomsen (1842), Jesper Christensen (1948), Gabriel Axel (1918), and Carl Bloch (1834). After him are Thyra (800), Richard Møller Nielsen (1937), Carl Værnet (1893), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (1970), Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark (1747), and Ole Nydahl (1941).

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Among PAINTERS In Denmark

Among painters born in Denmark, Asger Jorn ranks 11. Before him are Nicolai Abildgaard (1743), Anna Ancher (1859), Kurt Westergaard (1935), Michael Ancher (1849), Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783), and Carl Bloch (1834). After him are Jens Juel (1745), Marie Krøyer (1867), Christen Købke (1810), Per Kirkeby (1938), Paul Gustav Fischer (1860), and Wilhelm Marstrand (1810).

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