SCULPTOR

César Baldaccini

1921 - 1998

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César (born Cesare Baldaccini; 1 January 1921 – 6 December 1998), also occasionally referred to as César Baldaccini ([sezaʁ baldatʃini]), was a noted French sculptor. César was at the forefront of the Nouveau Réalisme movement with his radical compressions (compacted automobiles, discarded metal, or rubbish), expansions (polyurethane foam sculptures), and fantastic representations of animals and insects. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of César Baldaccini has received more than 142,584 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). César Baldaccini is the 85th most popular sculptor (up from 89th in 2019), the 2,210th most popular biography from France (up from 2,236th in 2019) and the 17th most popular French Sculptor.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, César Baldaccini ranks 85 out of 258. Before him are Nanni di Banco, Anna Mahler, François Duquesnoy, Mino da Fiesole, Bonanno Pisano, and Marino Marini. After him are Polykleitos the Younger, Desiderio da Settignano, Adolf von Hildebrand, Igor Mitoraj, Properzia de' Rossi, and Stefano Maderno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, César Baldaccini ranks 126. Before him are Deanna Durbin, Philippe de Gaulle, Branko Stanković, Gitta Sereny, Wolfgang Borchert, and Pierre Clostermann. After him are Maurice Yaméogo, Eugenio Coșeriu, James Whitmore, Jaroslav Drobný, Fernando Fernán Gómez, and Lidia Gueiler Tejada. Among people deceased in 1998, César Baldaccini ranks 80. Before him are Remo Giazotto, Vladimir Demikhov, Shotaro Ishinomori, Don Taylor, Zbigniew Herbert, and Efim Geller. After him are László Szabó, Maureen O'Sullivan, Archie Moore, Otto Wichterle, Aymoré Moreira, and J. T. Walsh.

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In France

Among people born in France, César Baldaccini ranks 2,210 out of 6,770. Before him are Bernard Palissy (1510), Charles de Freycinet (1828), Mathieu Kassovitz (1967), Philippe Nahon (1938), Jacques Cœur (1395), and Élisabeth Depardieu (1941). After him are Nominoe (800), François-Marie Raoult (1830), Thomas Merton (1915), Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins (1642), Edgard Varèse (1883), and Catherine of Burgundy (1378).

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Among SCULPTORS In France

Among sculptors born in France, César Baldaccini ranks 17. Before him are François Rude (1784), Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716), Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714), François Girardon (1628), David d'Angers (1788), and Jean Goujon (1510). After him are Jean de Chelles (1200), Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876), Antoine Coysevox (1640), Antoine-Louis Barye (1795), Germain Pilon (1525), and Augustin Pajou (1730).

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