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Austin Osman Spare

1886 - 1956

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Austin Osman Spare (30 December 1886 – 15 May 1956) was an English artist and occultist who worked as both a draughtsman and a painter. Influenced by symbolism and Art Nouveau, his art was known for its clear use of line, and its depiction of monstrous and sexual imagery. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Austin Osman Spare has received more than 800,314 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Austin Osman Spare is the 1,397th most popular painter (down from 1,229th in 2019), the 2,613th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,507th in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 800k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Austin Osman Spare ranks 1,397 out of 2,023. Before him are Adolph Gottlieb, Ludwig Emil Grimm, Vilhelms Purvītis, Virgil Solis, Jesús Rafael Soto, and Anni Albers. After him are Giusto de' Menabuoi, Óscar Domínguez, Karl Hofer, Igor Grabar, Jan Mostaert, and Katsukawa Shunshō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Austin Osman Spare ranks 180. Before him are Grigory Neujmin, Othmar Schoeck, Aloïse Corbaz, Siegfried Sassoon, Felix Timmermans, and Franz Josef Popp. After him are Lucien Gaudin, Hidetsugu Yagi, George Cœdès, Chester Conklin, G. I. Taylor, and Muthulakshmi Reddy. Among people deceased in 1956, Austin Osman Spare ranks 122. Before him are Helmer Hanssen, Jehanne D'Alcy, Henri Callot, Johannes Jørgensen, Lewis Terman, and Navvab Safavi. After him are Nikolaos Trikoupis, Willem Hendrik Keesom, Herminio Masantonio, Ostap Vyshnya, Zoltán Halmay, and Emmanouil Tsouderos.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Austin Osman Spare ranks 2,613 out of 8,785. Before him are Gary Neville (1975), Ernst Wilhelm Bohle (1903), Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847), Henry Pottinger (1789), Ashley Cole (1980), and George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (1946). After him are Dominic West (1969), Thomas Arnold (1795), C. P. Snow (1905), Bill Ivy (1942), Quentin Blake (1932), and Kit Harington (1986).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Austin Osman Spare ranks 51. Before him are Auguste Couder (1789), Barbara Hepworth (1903), Marianne North (1830), Alan Lee (1947), Edwin Landseer (1802), and Edward Robert Hughes (1851). After him are Thomas Girtin (1775), Effie Gray (1828), Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864), Henry Salt (1780), Nicholas Hilliard (1547), and John Michael Wright (1617).

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