1880 - 1916
Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marc (8 February 1880 – 4 March 1916) was a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of German Expressionism. He was a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a journal whose name later became synonymous with the circle of artists collaborating in it. His mature works mostly depict animals, and are known for bright colouration. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Marc has received more than 614,636 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Marc is the 105th most popular painter (down from 97th in 2019), the 217th most popular biography from Germany (down from 192nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Painter.
Franz Marc was a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of the German Expressionist movement. He was a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a journal whose name later became synonymous with the circle of artists collaborating in it.
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Among painters, Franz Marc ranks 105 out of 1,428. Before him are Oskar Kokoschka, Canaletto, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Gustave Moreau, Simone Martini, and Guido Reni. After him are Apelles, Ivan Aivazovsky, Francis Bacon, Francisco de Zurbarán, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, and Giorgio de Chirico.
1886 - 1980
HPI: 77.93
Rank: 99
1697 - 1768
HPI: 77.82
Rank: 100
1699 - 1779
HPI: 77.58
Rank: 101
1826 - 1898
HPI: 77.57
Rank: 102
1284 - 1344
HPI: 77.52
Rank: 103
1575 - 1642
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 104
1880 - 1916
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 105
370 BC - 306 BC
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 106
1817 - 1900
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 107
1909 - 1992
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 108
1598 - 1664
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 109
1564 - 1636
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 110
1888 - 1978
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 111
Among people born in 1880, Franz Marc ranks 11. Before him are Fedor von Bock, Oswald Spengler, Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Robert Musil, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and George Marshall. After him are Ludwig Beck, André Derain, Paul Hausser, Wilhelm List, Manuel Azaña, and Werner von Fritsch. Among people deceased in 1916, Franz Marc ranks 8. Before him are Grigori Rasputin, Jack London, Ernst Mach, Yuan Shikai, Élie Metchnikoff, and Henryk Sienkiewicz. After him are William Ramsay, Henry James, Sholem Aleichem, Odilon Redon, Umberto Boccioni, and Richard Dedekind.
1880 - 1945
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 5
1880 - 1936
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 6
1880 - 1962
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 7
1880 - 1942
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 8
1880 - 1938
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 9
1880 - 1959
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 10
1880 - 1916
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 11
1880 - 1944
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 12
1880 - 1954
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 13
1880 - 1972
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 14
1880 - 1971
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 15
1880 - 1940
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 16
1880 - 1939
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 17
1869 - 1916
HPI: 85.82
Rank: 2
1876 - 1916
HPI: 83.82
Rank: 3
1838 - 1916
HPI: 79.62
Rank: 4
1859 - 1916
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 5
1845 - 1916
HPI: 78.09
Rank: 6
1846 - 1916
HPI: 77.61
Rank: 7
1880 - 1916
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 8
1852 - 1916
HPI: 77.37
Rank: 9
1843 - 1916
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 10
1859 - 1916
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 11
1840 - 1916
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 12
1882 - 1916
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 13
1831 - 1916
HPI: 75.43
Rank: 14
Among people born in Germany, Franz Marc ranks 217 out of 5,289. Before him are Anne of Cleves (1515), Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717), Arnulf of Carinthia (850), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926), Friedrich Hölderlin (1770), and Carl Schmitt (1888). After him are Walter Ulbricht (1893), Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), Karl May (1842), Kurt von Schleicher (1882), Max Horkheimer (1895), and Michael Ende (1929).
1515 - 1557
HPI: 77.65
Rank: 211
1717 - 1768
HPI: 77.61
Rank: 212
850 - 899
HPI: 77.61
Rank: 213
1926 - 2020
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 214
1770 - 1843
HPI: 77.50
Rank: 215
1888 - 1985
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 216
1880 - 1916
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 217
1893 - 1973
HPI: 77.44
Rank: 218
1370 - 1435
HPI: 77.43
Rank: 219
1842 - 1912
HPI: 77.38
Rank: 220
1882 - 1934
HPI: 77.37
Rank: 221
1895 - 1973
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 222
1929 - 1995
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 223
Among painters born in Germany, Franz Marc ranks 9. Before him are Caspar David Friedrich (1774), Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472), Max Ernst (1891), Matthias Grünewald (1480), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880), and Hans Memling (1435). After him are Gerhard Richter (1932), Emil Nolde (1867), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), Otto Dix (1891), Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515), and George Grosz (1893).
1774 - 1840
HPI: 82.26
Rank: 3
1472 - 1553
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 4
1891 - 1976
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 5
1480 - 1528
HPI: 78.98
Rank: 6
1880 - 1938
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 7
1435 - 1494
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 8
1880 - 1916
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 9
1932 - Present
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 10
1867 - 1956
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 11
1480 - 1538
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 12
1891 - 1969
HPI: 76.41
Rank: 13
1515 - 1586
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 14
1893 - 1959
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 15