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Hermann Obrist

1863 - 1927

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Hermann Obrist (23 May 1862 at Kilchberg (near Zürich), Switzerland – 26 February 1927, Munich, Germany) was a Swiss sculptor of the Jugendstil and Art Nouveau movement. He studied Botany and History in his youth; the influence of those subjects is detected in his later work in the field of applied arts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann Obrist has received more than 54,056 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Obrist is the 183rd most popular sculptor (down from 152nd in 2019), the 412th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 341st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swiss Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Hermann Obrist ranks 183 out of 258. Before him are Ernst Neizvestny, Alina Szapocznikow, Maurizio Cattelan, Eva Hesse, Mark Antokolsky, and Eduardo Paolozzi. After him are Gregorio Fernández, Robert Jacobsen, Léon Delagrange, Stepan Erzia, Jacob Epstein, and Marisol Escobar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Hermann Obrist ranks 111. Before him are C. Aubrey Smith, Ljubomir Davidović, Aurel Popovici, Arno Holz, Aleksey Krylov, and Georg Marco. After him are Aleko Konstantinov, Ioannis Frangoudis, Ellen Churchill Semple, Jāzeps Vītols, Josephine Diebitsch Peary, and Anthony Hope. Among people deceased in 1927, Hermann Obrist ranks 98. Before him are Ernest Starling, Matilde Serao, William Burnside, Carl Graebe, Émile Coste, and Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge. After him are Maximilian Harden, Georges Eekhoud, Sakina Akhundzadeh, Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Friedrich von Scholtz, and Fernand de Langle de Cary.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Hermann Obrist ranks 412 out of 1,015. Before him are Pierre Viret (1511), Justus Dahinden (1925), Adolf Meyer (1866), Hedy Schlunegger (1923), Jean Reynier (1771), and Charles Journet (1891). After him are Walter Thurnherr (1963), Albert Meyer (1870), Anita Traversi (1937), Aegidius Tschudi (1505), Eugeniusz Bodo (1899), and Hakan Yakin (1977).

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Among SCULPTORS In Switzerland

Among sculptors born in Switzerland, Hermann Obrist ranks 4. Before him are Alberto Giacometti (1901), Jean Tinguely (1925), and James Pradier (1790).

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