SCULPTOR

George Minne

1866 - 1941

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George (Georges) Minne (born Georgius Joannes Leonardus Minne; 30 August 1866 – 18 February 1941) was a Belgian artist and sculptor famous for his idealized depictions of man's inner spiritual conflicts, including the "Kneeling Youth" sculpture series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Minne has received more than 43,435 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. George Minne is the 139th most popular sculptor, the 439th most popular biography from Belgium and the 2nd most popular Belgian Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, George Minne ranks 139 out of 258Before him are Henri Laurens, Emmanuel Frémiet, Cephisodotus the Younger, Johan Tobias Sergel, Clara Westhoff, and James Pradier. After him are Paolo Troubetzkoy, Georg Kolbe, Rebecca Horn, Tony Cragg, Magda Frank, and Jorge Oteiza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, George Minne ranks 78Before him are Joel Hastings Metcalf, Julian Marchlewski, Antonio Luna, Andrey Lyapchev, Mario García Menocal, and Robert Broom. After him are Paolo Troubetzkoy, Tristan Bernard, Georg Jensen, Ignacy Daszyński, Kuroda Seiki, and Tor Aulin. Among people deceased in 1941, George Minne ranks 115Before him are Banjo Paterson, Mario García Menocal, Alfred Pringsheim, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Louis Marcoussis, and Kazimierz Bartel. After him are Maurice Bavaud, Mihály Babits, Edgar Aabye, Giuseppe Amisani, Alexander Svanidze, and Vilmos Aba-Novák.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, George Minne ranks 439 out of 1,190Before him are Philippe van Lansberge (1561), Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau (1578), Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823), Dirk Frimout (1941), Raymond Braine (1907), and Theodoor Rombouts (1597). After him are Théophile de Donder (1872), Jan Gruter (1560), Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626), Georges Heylens (1941), Pierre François Verhulst (1804), and Perkin Warbeck (1474).

Among SCULPTORS In Belgium

Among sculptors born in Belgium, George Minne ranks 2Before him are François Duquesnoy (1597).