SCULPTOR

Eva Hesse

1936 - 1970

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Eva Hesse (January 11, 1936 – May 29, 1970) was a German-born American sculptor known for her pioneering work in materials such as latex, fiberglass, and plastics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eva Hesse has received more than 685,700 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Eva Hesse is the 180th most popular sculptor (down from 172nd in 2019), the 3,999th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,730th in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Sculptor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Eva Hesse ranks 180 out of 258. Before her are Tino di Camaino, Jan Brokoff, Sergey Merkurov, Ernst Neizvestny, Alina Szapocznikow, and Maurizio Cattelan. After her are Mark Antokolsky, Eduardo Paolozzi, Hermann Obrist, Gregorio Fernández, Robert Jacobsen, and Léon Delagrange.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Eva Hesse ranks 300. Before her are Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Abraham Lempel, Troy Donahue, Frankétienne, Igor Rodionov, and Héctor Núñez. After her are Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Robert Langlands, Zdeněk Mácal, Norman Manea, Ivo Brešan, and Henri Richard. Among people deceased in 1970, Eva Hesse ranks 156. Before her are Fritz Kortner, Ralph Hartley, Alla Horska, Irawati Karve, Nathan Altman, and Giuseppe Pizzardo. After her are Johnny Hodges, Robert Gerhard, Peter Doi, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Iuliu Hossu, and William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Eva Hesse ranks 3,999 out of 7,253. Before her are Michael Gielen (1927), Loris Karius (1993), Otto Siffling (1912), Julius Reubke (1834), Michael Artin (1934), and Felix Hoppe-Seyler (1825). After her are Hannelore Elsner (1942), Emil Welti (1825), Hans Carossa (1878), Michael Stich (1968), Wolfgang Dremmler (1954), and Otto Ludwig (1813).

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Among SCULPTORS In Germany

Among sculptors born in Germany, Eva Hesse ranks 16. Before her are Georg Kolbe (1877), Rebecca Horn (1944), Rudolf Belling (1886), Hans Multscher (1400), Reinhold Begas (1831), and Balthasar Permoser (1651). After her are Gerhard Marcks (1889), Rosemarie Trockel (1952), and Martin Kippenberger (1953).

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