1947 - 2012
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.
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Among sculptors, Franz West ranks 191 out of 189. Before 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.
1941 - 2014
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 185
1774 - 1846
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 186
1786 - 1822
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 187
1899 - 1988
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 188
1876 - 1959
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 189
1805 - 1867
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 190
1947 - 2012
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 191
1866 - 1936
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 192
1884 - 1971
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 193
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 194
1915 - 2002
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 195
1848 - 1922
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 196
1904 - 1992
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 197
Among people born in 1947, Franz West ranks 468. Before 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 277. Before 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.
1947 - 1978
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 462
1947 - 2002
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 463
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 464
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 465
1947 - 2023
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 466
1947 - 2021
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 467
1947 - 2012
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 468
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 469
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 470
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.21
Rank: 471
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 472
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 473
1947 - 2015
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 474
1920 - 2012
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 271
1941 - 2012
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 272
1941 - 2012
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 273
1927 - 2012
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 274
1929 - 2012
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 275
1917 - 2012
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 276
1947 - 2012
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 277
1960 - 2012
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 278
1921 - 2012
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 279
1918 - 2012
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 280
1939 - 2012
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 281
1945 - 2012
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 282
1898 - 2012
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 283
Among people born in Austria, Franz West ranks 809 out of 1,237. Before 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).
1969 - Present
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 803
1895 - 1977
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 804
1893 - 1973
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 805
1940 - 1995
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 806
1923 - 1999
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 807
1927 - 1991
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 808
1947 - 2012
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 809
1902 - 1984
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 810
1910 - 1999
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 811
1913 - 1991
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 812
1950 - Present
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 813
1903 - 1968
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 814
1917 - 1994
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 815
Among sculptors born in Austria, Franz West ranks 8. Before 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).
1693 - 1741
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 2
1900 - 1979
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 3
1914 - 2010
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 4
1940 - Present
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 5
1684 - 1738
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 6
1907 - 1975
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 7
1947 - 2012
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 8
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 9
1915 - 2002
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 10
1928 - 2009
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 11