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Konstantin Somov

1869 - 1939

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Konstantin Andreyevich Somov (Russian: Константин Андреевич Сомов; November 30 [O.S. November 18] 1869 – May 6, 1939) was a Russian artist associated with the Mir iskusstva ("World of Art") movement that began in the last decade of the 19th century. After the Russian Revolution, he eventually emigrated to Paris, along with other prominent figures in the Russian arts. In private life, he had a longtime, younger male companion, Methodiy Lukyanov, and an ambiguous artistic and personal relationship with a young boxer, Boris Snezhkovsky, whom he painted many times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Konstantin Somov has received more than 161,808 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Konstantin Somov is the 114th most popular sculptor (down from 110th in 2019), the 888th most popular biography from Russia (down from 870th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Sculptor.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Konstantin Somov has had the most page views in the with 29,950 views, followed by English (23,086), and French (2,209). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (316.09%), Breton (69.78%), and Swedish (57.55%)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Konstantin Somov ranks 114 out of 258. Before him are Agoracritus, Vulca, Hendrick de Keyser, John Flaxman, Germain Pilon, and Robert Morris. After him are Medardo Rosso, Bartolomeo Bon, Augustin Pajou, Christian Daniel Rauch, Jules Dalou, and Richard Long.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Konstantin Somov ranks 74. Before him are Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau, Otto Nordenskjöld, Chittaranjan Das, Prince Baudouin of Belgium, Tony Garnier, and Michael von Faulhaber. After him are Léon Brunschvicg, Paul Émile Chabas, Slobodan Jovanović, Ramón Menéndez Pidal, Arthur Rostron, and Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov. Among people deceased in 1939, Konstantin Somov ranks 67. Before him are Ivan Mosjoukine, Eugène-Henri Gravelotte, Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Benjamin Tucker, Archibald Leitch, and Louis Trousselier. After him are Masabumi Hosono, Johann Strauss III, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Max Skladanowsky, Ma Rainey, and Stjepan Sarkotić.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Konstantin Somov ranks 888 out of 3,761. Before him are Noor Inayat Khan (1914), Malyuta Skuratov (1600), Patriarch Sergius of Moscow (1867), Catherine of Brandenburg (1604), Vasily Livanov (1935), and Grigory Margulis (1946). After him are Ghazi Muhammad (1795), Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1697), Alexander Gretchaninov (1864), Anatoly Solonitsyn (1934), Lazar Berman (1930), and Maria Bochkareva (1889).

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Among SCULPTORS In Russia

Among sculptors born in Russia, Konstantin Somov ranks 2. Before him are Naum Gabo (1890). After him are Katarzyna Kobro (1898), Ernst Neizvestny (1925), Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg (1805), Anna Golubkina (1864), Mikhail Anikushin (1917), and Walter W. Winans (1852).

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