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Gottfried Helnwein

1948 - Today

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Gottfried Helnwein (born 8 October 1948) is an Austrian-Irish visual artist. He has worked as a painter, draftsman, photographer, muralist, sculptor, installation and performance artist, using a wide variety of techniques and media. His work is concerned primarily with psychological and sociological anxiety, historical issues and political topics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gottfried Helnwein has received more than 453,709 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Gottfried Helnwein is the 53rd most popular artist (down from 52nd in 2019), the 512th most popular biography from Austria (up from 521st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Artist.

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  • 27

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  • 3.23

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Gottfried Helnwein ranks 53 out of 125Before him are Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, Carlos Páez Vilaró, Hasui Kawase, William Etty, Yoshitaka Amano, and Bruno Munari. After him are Judy Chicago, James Montgomery Flagg, Sennedjem, Vito Acconci, Hu Zhengyan, and John Butler Yeats.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Gottfried Helnwein ranks 195Before him are Oliver Hart, Muse Bihi Abdi, Kathy Reichs, Volker Finke, Christa McAuliffe, and Friedrich Koncilia. After him are Holger Osieck, Zdravko Tolimir, Helmuth Koinigg, Jürgen Sparwasser, Shakin' Stevens, and Vonda N. McIntyre.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Gottfried Helnwein ranks 512 out of 1,424Before him are Richard Kohn (1888), Konstantin Jireček (1854), Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1865), Philipp Frank (1884), Friedrich Koncilia (1948), and Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria (1917). After him are Helmuth Koinigg (1948), Barbara Valentin (1940), Julius Raab (1891), Boris Kidrič (1912), Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765), and Hans von Dohnanyi (1902).

Among ARTISTS In Austria

Among artists born in Austria, Gottfried Helnwein ranks 3Before him are Herbert Bayer (1900), and Hermann Nitsch (1938). After him are Günter Brus (1938), and Antonie Brentano (1780).