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Franz West

1947 - 2012

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Franz West (16 February 1947 – 25 July 2012) was an Austrian artist. He is best known for his unconventional objects and sculptures, installations and furniture work which often require an involvement of the audience. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz West has received more than 97,028 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Franz West is the 191st most popular sculptor (down from 174th in 2019), the 809th most popular biography from Austria (down from 761st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Austrian Sculptor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 97k

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  • 46.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Franz West ranks 191 out of 189Before him are Ara Shiraz, W. J. Coffee, Rudolph Schadow, Louise Nevelson, Stepan Erzia, and Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg. After him are Lola Mora, Giannino Castiglioni, Erwin Wurm, Hellmuth Marx, Josef Václav Myslbek, and Sabiha Bengütaş.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Franz West ranks 468Before him are Sandy Denny, Kakhi Asatiani, Érik Orsenna, Job Cohen, Aleksandr Viktorenko, and Moufida Tlatli. After him are Dương Thu Hương, Gordon Neufeld, Aleida Assmann, Timothy B. Schmit, Aneka, and Nurlan Balgimbayev. Among people deceased in 2012, Franz West ranks 277Before him are Eugênio Sales, Zalman King, Vadim Glowna, Jacques Dupin, Ulu Grosbard, and Fyodor Khitruk. After him are Ahmed Jabari, Norman Joseph Woodland, Albert George Wilson, Barney McKenna, Roland Moreno, and Leila Denmark.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz West ranks 809 out of 1,237Before him are Heinz-Christian Strache (1969), Johann Nepomuk David (1895), Hilda Geiringer (1893), Reinhard Furrer (1940), Eric Wolf (1923), and Walter Zeman (1927). After him are Leopold Lindtberg (1902), Fritzi Burger (1910), Franz Brunner (1913), Kurt Jara (1950), Johann Horvath (1903), and Helena Rasiowa (1917).

Among SCULPTORS In Austria

Among sculptors born in Austria, Franz West ranks 8Before him are Georg Rafael Donner (1693), Antun Augustinčić (1900), Magda Frank (1914), Valie Export (1940), Matthias Braun (1684), and Fritz Wotruba (1907). After him are Erwin Wurm (1954), Hellmuth Marx (1915), and Alfred Hrdlicka (1928).