1878 - 1955
Karl Christian Ludwig Hofer or Carl Hofer (11 October 1878 – 3 April 1955) was a German expressionist painter. He was director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. One of the most prominent painters of expressionism, he never was a member of one of the expressionist painting groups, like "Die Brücke", but was influenced by their painters. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Hofer has received more than 56,404 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Karl Hofer is the 1,295th most popular painter (down from 1,201st in 2019), the 3,469th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,282nd in 2019) and the 109th most popular German Painter.
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Among painters, Karl Hofer ranks 1,295 out of 1,421. Before him are Jan van Kessel the Elder, José de Madrazo y Agudo, Kolë Idromeno, Carl Blechen, Aristides of Thebes, and Edwin Landseer. After him are Haddon Sundblom, Evert van Aelst, Mór Than, Gerhard Munthe, Rafael Arnaiz Barón, and Adam van Noort.
1626 - 1679
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 1,289
1781 - 1859
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 1,290
1860 - 1939
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 1,291
1798 - 1840
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 1,292
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 1,293
1802 - 1873
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 1,294
1878 - 1955
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 1,295
1899 - 1976
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 1,296
1602 - 1657
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 1,297
1828 - 1899
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 1,298
1849 - 1929
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 1,299
1911 - 1938
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 1,300
1562 - 1641
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 1,301
Among people born in 1878, Karl Hofer ranks 129. Before him are Emmy Destinn, Chen Jiongming, Ioannis Rallis, Massimo Bontempelli, Raymond Smith Dugan, and Oton Župančič. After him are Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Chen Qimei, Maxie Long, Sergio Osmeña, Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, and Konstantinos Paspatis. Among people deceased in 1955, Karl Hofer ranks 94. Before him are Lin Huiyin, Ona Munson, Wallace Stevens, Tribhuvan of Nepal, Hans Hedtoft, and Theodor Plievier. After him are Helena Roerich, Ramón Muttis, Bill Vukovich, Louis Leon Thurstone, Willi Baumeister, and Tom Moore.
1878 - 1930
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 123
1878 - 1933
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 124
1878 - 1946
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 125
1878 - 1960
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 126
1878 - 1940
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 127
1878 - 1949
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 128
1878 - 1955
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 129
1878 - 1961
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 130
1878 - 1916
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 131
1878 - 1959
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 132
1878 - 1961
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 133
1878 - 1960
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 134
1878 - 1903
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 135
1904 - 1955
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 88
1903 - 1955
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 89
1879 - 1955
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 90
1906 - 1955
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 91
1903 - 1955
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 92
1892 - 1955
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 93
1878 - 1955
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 94
1879 - 1955
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 95
1899 - 1955
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 96
1918 - 1955
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 97
1887 - 1955
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 98
1889 - 1955
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 99
1883 - 1955
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 100
Among people born in Germany, Karl Hofer ranks 3,469 out of 6,142. Before him are Hermann Wissmann (1853), Herbert Norkus (1916), August Leopold Crelle (1780), Walter Braunfels (1882), Jean Cabanis (1816), and Horst Blankenburg (1947). After him are Siegfried Buback (1920), Werner Liebrich (1927), Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (1935), Johann Heinrich Voss (1751), Karl Lauterbach (1963), and Lothar Wolleh (1930).
1853 - 1905
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 3,463
1916 - 1932
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 3,464
1780 - 1855
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 3,465
1882 - 1954
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 3,466
1816 - 1906
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 3,467
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 3,468
1878 - 1955
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 3,469
1920 - 1977
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 3,470
1927 - 1995
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,471
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,472
1751 - 1826
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,473
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,474
1930 - 1979
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,475
Among painters born in Germany, Karl Hofer ranks 109. Before him are Emanuel Leutze (1816), Gerhard von Kügelgen (1772), Anna Dorothea Therbusch (1721), Barthel Beham (1502), Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury (1797), and Carl Blechen (1798). After him are Cosmas Damian Asam (1686), Willi Baumeister (1889), Georg Muche (1895), Jörg Immendorff (1945), Christian Rohlfs (1849), and Heinrich Campendonk (1889).
1816 - 1868
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 103
1772 - 1820
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 104
1721 - 1782
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 105
1502 - 1540
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 106
1797 - 1890
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 107
1798 - 1840
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 108
1878 - 1955
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 109
1686 - 1739
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 110
1889 - 1955
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 111
1895 - 1987
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 112
1945 - 2007
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 113
1849 - 1938
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 114
1889 - 1957
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 115