1484 - 1545
Hans Baldung (1484 or 1485 – September 1545), called Hans Baldung Grien, (being an early nickname, because of his predilection for the colour green), was a painter, printer, engraver, draftsman, and stained glass artist, who was considered the most gifted student of Albrecht Dürer and whose art belongs to both German Renaissance and Mannerism. Throughout his lifetime, he developed a distinctive style, full of colour, expression and imagination. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Baldung has received more than 213,004 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Hans Baldung is the 198th most popular painter (up from 202nd in 2019), the 541st most popular biography from Germany (down from 506th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Painter.
Hans Baldung is most famous for his paintings of the devil, witches, and other supernatural beings.
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Among painters, Hans Baldung ranks 198 out of 1,421. Before him are Antoine-Jean Gros, Ivan Shishkin, Dieric Bouts, Pisanello, Niko Pirosmani, and Anton Raphael Mengs. After him are Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Zeuxis, Jeanne Hébuterne, Andrea del Castagno, Zdzisław Beksiński, and Giorgio Morandi.
1771 - 1835
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 192
1832 - 1898
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 193
1415 - 1475
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 194
1395 - 1455
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 195
1862 - 1918
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 196
1728 - 1779
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 197
1484 - 1545
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 198
1836 - 1912
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 199
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 200
1898 - 1920
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 201
1420 - 1457
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 202
1929 - 2005
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 203
1890 - 1964
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 204
Among people born in 1484, Hans Baldung ranks 3. Before him are Huldrych Zwingli and Bartolomé de las Casas. After him are Anne of Foix-Candale, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Sebastian Cabot, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Matteo Bandello, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Michele Sanmicheli. Among people deceased in 1545, Hans Baldung ranks 3. Before him are Hans Holbein the Younger and Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal. After him are Injong of Joseon, Sher Shah Suri, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Elizabeth of Austria, Albert of Brandenburg, Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, Peter Faber, Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans, and Louis X, Duke of Bavaria.
1484 - 1531
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 1
1484 - 1566
HPI: 70.96
Rank: 2
1484 - 1545
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 3
1484 - 1506
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 4
1484 - 1545
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 5
1484 - 1557
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 6
1484 - 1558
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 7
1484 - 1535
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 8
1484 - 1546
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 9
1484 - 1561
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 10
1484 - 1543
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 11
1484 - 1559
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 12
1497 - 1545
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 1
1527 - 1545
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 2
1484 - 1545
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 3
1515 - 1545
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 4
1486 - 1545
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 5
1484 - 1545
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 6
1526 - 1545
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 7
1490 - 1545
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 8
1517 - 1545
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 9
1506 - 1545
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 10
1522 - 1545
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 11
1495 - 1545
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Hans Baldung ranks 541 out of 6,142. Before him are Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742), Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (1655), Horst Wessel (1907), Peter Simon Pallas (1741), Willy Messerschmitt (1898), and Ananda Mahidol (1925). After him are Karl Schwarzschild (1873), Albert the Bear (1100), Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (1780), Lion Feuchtwanger (1884), Dietrich Eckart (1868), and Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743).
1742 - 1799
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 535
1655 - 1720
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 536
1907 - 1930
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 537
1741 - 1811
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 538
1898 - 1978
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 539
1925 - 1946
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 540
1484 - 1545
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 541
1873 - 1916
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 542
1100 - 1170
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 543
1780 - 1849
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 544
1884 - 1958
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 545
1868 - 1923
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 546
1743 - 1817
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 547
Among painters born in Germany, Hans Baldung ranks 15. Before him are Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), Franz Marc (1880), Otto Dix (1891), Gerhard Richter (1932), Emil Nolde (1867), and Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515). After him are George Grosz (1893), Franz Stuck (1863), Hans von Aachen (1552), August Macke (1887), Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), and Max Beckmann (1884).
1480 - 1538
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 9
1880 - 1916
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 10
1891 - 1969
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 11
1932 - Present
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 12
1867 - 1956
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 13
1515 - 1586
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 14
1484 - 1545
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 15
1893 - 1959
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 16
1863 - 1928
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 17
1552 - 1615
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 18
1887 - 1914
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 19
1805 - 1873
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 20
1884 - 1950
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 21