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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 647,652 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Eva Hesse is the 172nd most popular sculptor (down from 138th in 2019), the 3,739th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,095th in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Sculptor.

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  • 27

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  • 4.09

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Eva Hesse ranks 172 out of 189Before her are Sergey Merkurov, Alina Szapocznikow, Charles Despiau, Ivan Martos, Anthony Caro, and Maurizio Cattelan. After her are Andy Goldsworthy, Fuad Abdurahmanov, Lev Kerbel, Gregorio Fernández, David Černý, and Antony Gormley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Eva Hesse ranks 297Before her are Gwyneth Jones, Birthe Wilke, Victor Lanoux, Carl Icahn, Emil Loteanu, and Jurij Koch. After her are Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, Henri Richard, Nutan, Stephen E. Ambrose, Jan Sokol, and Giora Feidman. Among people deceased in 1970, Eva Hesse ranks 160Before her are Ed Begley, František Junek, Nathan Alterman, Abraham Alikhanov, Cyril Scott, and Billie Burke. After her are Orhan Kemal, Johnny Hodges, Alfred Sturtevant, Pierre Mac Orlan, Ralph Hartley, and Inger Stevens.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Eva Hesse ranks 3,739 out of 6,142Before her are Peter Carsten (1928), Wilhelm Lexis (1837), Rudi Fischer (1912), Antje Jackelén (1955), Reinhard Libuda (1943), and Eva Justin (1909). After her are Princess Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1663), Georg von Habsburg (1964), Vladimir Lossky (1903), Ferdinand Reich (1799), Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster (1869), and Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1697).

Among SCULPTORS In Germany

Among sculptors born in Germany, Eva Hesse ranks 12Before her are Adolf von Hildebrand (1847), Christian Daniel Rauch (1777), Adam Kraft (1450), Rebecca Horn (1944), Rudolf Belling (1886), and Georg Kolbe (1877). After her are Gerhard Marcks (1889), Martin Kippenberger (1953), and Rosemarie Trockel (1952).