Painter

Johannes Itten

Swiss painter, designer, and art educator

1888 - 1967

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Johannes Itten

His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Itten is the 201st most popular painter (down from 184th in 2024), the 61st most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 49th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swiss Painter.

Johannes Itten is most famous for being an early pioneer of the Bauhaus school of art and design.

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Among Painters

Among painters, Johannes Itten ranks 201 out of 2,023. Before him are Aristide Maillol, Pietro da Cortona, Hans Baldung, Agostino Carracci, Niko Pirosmani, and Maurice Utrillo. After him are Han van Meegeren, Lucas Cranach the Younger, Eugène Boudin, Thomas Gainsborough, Hendrik Goltzius, and Sonia Delaunay.

Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia

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Aristide Maillol
1861 - 1944
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 195
Pietro da Cortona
1596 - 1669
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 196
Hans Baldung
1484 - 1545
HPI: 72.05
Rank: 197
Agostino Carracci
1557 - 1602
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 198
Niko Pirosmani
1862 - 1918
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 199
Maurice Utrillo
1883 - 1955
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 200
Johannes Itten
1888 - 1967
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 201
Han van Meegeren
1889 - 1947
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 202
Lucas Cranach the Younger
1515 - 1586
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 203
Eugène Boudin
1824 - 1898
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 204
Thomas Gainsborough
1727 - 1788
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 205
Hendrik Goltzius
1558 - 1617
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 206
Sonia Delaunay
1885 - 1979
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 207

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Johannes Itten ranks 28. Before him are Raymond Chandler, Eugene O'Neill, Selman Waksman, Friedrich Fromm, Inge Lehmann, and F. W. Murnau. After him are Friedrich Olbricht, Andrei Tupolev, Gerrit Rietveld, Maurice Chevalier, Anton Makarenko, and Alexander Friedmann. Among people deceased in 1967, Johannes Itten ranks 28. Before him are Richard Kuhn, Ilya Ehrenburg, Gordon Allport, Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Jaroslav Heyrovský, and Rodion Malinovsky. After him are Casimir Funk, Felix Yusupov, John Coltrane, Wolfgang Köhler, Woody Guthrie, and Hermann Joseph Muller.

Others Born in 1888

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Raymond Chandler
WRITER
1888 - 1959
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 22
Eugene O'Neill
WRITER
1888 - 1953
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 23
Selman Waksman
PHYSICIAN
1888 - 1973
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 24
Friedrich Fromm
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1945
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 25
Inge Lehmann
GEOLOGIST
1888 - 1993
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 26
F. W. Murnau
FILM DIRECTOR
1888 - 1931
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 27
Johannes Itten
PAINTER
1888 - 1967
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 28
Friedrich Olbricht
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1888 - 1944
HPI: 71.85
Rank: 29
Andrei Tupolev
ENGINEER
1888 - 1972
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 30
Gerrit Rietveld
DESIGNER
1888 - 1964
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 31
Maurice Chevalier
ACTOR
1888 - 1972
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 32
Anton Makarenko
WRITER
1888 - 1939
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 33
Alexander Friedmann
MATHEMATICIAN
1888 - 1925
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 34

Others Deceased in 1967

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Richard Kuhn
CHEMIST
1900 - 1967
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 22
Ilya Ehrenburg
WRITER
1891 - 1967
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 23
Gordon Allport
PSYCHOLOGIST
1897 - 1967
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 24
Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden
BUSINESSPERSON
1908 - 1967
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 25
Jaroslav Heyrovský
CHEMIST
1890 - 1967
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 26
Rodion Malinovsky
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1967
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 27
Johannes Itten
PAINTER
1888 - 1967
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 28
Casimir Funk
CHEMIST
1884 - 1967
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 29
Felix Yusupov
POLITICIAN
1887 - 1967
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 30
John Coltrane
MUSICIAN
1926 - 1967
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 31
Wolfgang Köhler
PSYCHOLOGIST
1887 - 1967
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 32
Woody Guthrie
MUSICIAN
1912 - 1967
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 33
Hermann Joseph Muller
BIOLOGIST
1890 - 1967
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 34