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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 133,382 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). César Baldaccini is the 89th most popular sculptor (down from 78th in 2019), the 2,243rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,060th in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, César Baldaccini ranks 89 out of 189Before him are François Girardon, Antoine Pevsner, Jean Goujon, François Duquesnoy, Kresilas, and Agoracritus. After him are Apollonius of Tralles, Polykleitos the Younger, Dan Flavin, Adolf von Hildebrand, Leone Leoni, and Thutmose.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, César Baldaccini ranks 124Before him are Alex Haley, Ralph Asher Alpher, Pierre Clostermann, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Manitas de Plata, and Eugenio Coșeriu. After him are Gavriil Ilizarov, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Angelo Dundee, Arno Babajanian, Philippe de Gaulle, and Maurice Yaméogo. Among people deceased in 1998, César Baldaccini ranks 84Before him are J. T. Walsh, Maureen O'Sullivan, Joan Hickson, Ramón Sampedro, Gulzarilal Nanda, and Sōsuke Uno. After him are Momoko Kōchi, Georgy Sviridov, Bruno Munari, Frithjof Schuon, Efim Geller, and Christian Mortensen.

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In France

Among people born in France, César Baldaccini ranks 2,243 out of 6,011Before him are Jean-Marie Guyau (1854), Edward, Count of Savoy (1284), Louis I, Count of Blois (1172), Maurice Couve de Murville (1907), René Duguay-Trouin (1673), and Paul Morand (1888). After him are Bixente Lizarazu (1969), Jean-Pierre Jarier (1946), Mamertus (401), Jacques de Morgan (1857), Louis Jouvet (1887), and Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844).

Among SCULPTORS In France

Among sculptors born in France, César Baldaccini ranks 18Before him are Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716), Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714), David d'Angers (1788), Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876), François Girardon (1628), and Jean Goujon (1510). After him are Germain Pilon (1525), Antoine-Louis Barye (1795), Daniel Buren (1938), Jules Dalou (1838), Antoine Coysevox (1640), and Auguste Clésinger (1814).