SCULPTOR

Gerhard Marcks

1889 - 1981

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Gerhard Marcks (18 February 1889 – 13 November 1981) was a German artist, known primarily as a sculptor, but who is also known for his drawings, woodcuts, lithographs and ceramics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerhard Marcks has received more than 69,118 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Gerhard Marcks is the 191st most popular sculptor (down from 181st in 2019), the 4,154th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,904th in 2019) and the 17th most popular German Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Gerhard Marcks ranks 191 out of 258. Before him are Robert Jacobsen, Léon Delagrange, Stepan Erzia, Jacob Epstein, Marisol Escobar, and Mona Hatoum. After him are Dennis Oppenheim, Lev Kerbel, Anthony Caro, Anne Seymour Damer, Louis-Ernest Barrias, and Louise Nevelson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Gerhard Marcks ranks 205. Before him are Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Anita Malfatti, Snub Pollard, Conrad Aiken, Claudia Muzio, and Pearl White. After him are Heinrich Campendonk, Hjalmar Andersson, William Justin Kroll, Albert Hill, Łucja Frey, and Beulah Bondi. Among people deceased in 1981, Gerhard Marcks ranks 145. Before him are Beatrice Tinsley, William Gopallawa, Karl Struss, Antonio Berni, Durgabai Deshmukh, and Rino Gaetano. After him are Ross Martin, Isao Kimura, Paul Hörbiger, Francis Hunter, Ernesto Prinoth, and Martyn Lloyd-Jones.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gerhard Marcks ranks 4,154 out of 7,253. Before him are Camilla Horn (1903), Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow (1638), Theodor Fischer (1862), Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1852), Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (1913), and Otto Jahn (1813). After him are Carl Sternheim (1878), Johannes Brenz (1499), Ludwig Bieberbach (1886), Anton Friedrich Büsching (1724), Thomas Reiter (1958), and Princess Margarita of Baden (1932).

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Among SCULPTORS In Germany

Among sculptors born in Germany, Gerhard Marcks ranks 17. Before him are Rebecca Horn (1944), Rudolf Belling (1886), Hans Multscher (1400), Reinhold Begas (1831), Balthasar Permoser (1651), and Eva Hesse (1936). After him are Rosemarie Trockel (1952), and Martin Kippenberger (1953).

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