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Else Alfelt

1910 - 1974

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Else Alfelt (16 September 1910 – 9 August 1974) was a Danish artist who specialized in abstract paintings, and a member of the avant-garde COBRA movement - one of its only two female members. Alfelt was involved with the major avant-garde art movements in Denmark from the 1930s through the 1950s, working in an abstract idiom of colorful prismatic compositions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Else Alfelt has received more than 31,956 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Else Alfelt is the 1,681st most popular painter (down from 1,523rd in 2019), the 452nd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 438th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Danish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Else Alfelt ranks 1,681 out of 2,023. Before her are Valentine Hugo, Julius Hübner, Harald Sohlberg, Leonardus Nardus, Fanny Churberg, and Julian Fałat. After her are John McCrae, Hendrik Voogd, Victor Meirelles, Rik Wouters, Alexander Brullov, and Augustin Hirschvogel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Else Alfelt ranks 242. Before her are Robert Havemann, Piero Pasinati, Elemér Kocsis, Nicolas Rossolimo, Hector Dyer, and Ramón Zabalo. After her are Rachel de Queiroz, Raoul Diagne, Ellen Braumüller, Barys Kit, Yannis Tsarouchis, and Stanisław Kowalski. Among people deceased in 1974, Else Alfelt ranks 166. Before her are Ned Maddrell, Alfred Keller, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Konrad Frey, Glenn Morris, and Harry Partch. After her are Ali Mansur, Fred Kelly, Lily Kronberger, Francis Blanche, Franz Wagner, and Jacqueline Susann.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Else Alfelt ranks 452 out of 1,032. Before her are Helen of Sweden (1130), Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen (1826), Japetus Steenstrup (1813), Oswald of Worcester (1000), Ivan Nielsen (1956), and Karl Aage Hansen (1921). After her are Johan Nicolai Madvig (1804), Knud Kristensen (1880), Jørgen Jørgensen (1780), Pia Kjærsgaard (1947), Christian Albrecht Bluhme (1794), and Jan Magnussen (1973).

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Among PAINTERS In Denmark

Among painters born in Denmark, Else Alfelt ranks 30. Before her are Theodor Philipsen (1840), L. A. Ring (1854), Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (1864), Viggo Johansen (1851), Karl Madsen (1855), and Lorenz Frølich (1820). After her are Albert Küchler (1803), Hans Scherfig (1905), and Christen Dalsgaard (1824).

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