SCULPTOR

Magdalena Abakanowicz

1930 - 2017

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Magdalena Abakanowicz (Polish pronunciation: [maɡdaˈlɛna abakaˈnɔvit͡ʂ]; 20 June 1930 – 20 April 2017) was a Polish sculptor and fiber artist. Known for her use of textiles as a sculptural medium and for outdoor installations, Abakanowicz has been considered among the most influential Polish artists of the postwar era. She worked as a professor of studio art at the University of Fine Arts in Poznań, Poland, from 1965 to 1990, and as a visiting professor at University of California, Los Angeles in 1984. She was born to a noble landowning family in Falenty, near Warsaw, before the outbreak of World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Magdalena Abakanowicz has received more than 828,775 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Magdalena Abakanowicz is the 42nd most popular sculptor (up from 61st in 2019), the 221st most popular biography from Poland (up from 351st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Sculptor.

Magdalena Abakanowicz was a Polish sculptor and fiber artist known for her large-scale sculptures and installations that explore themes of humanity, vulnerability, and the collective experience. She is renowned for her use of materials such as burlap and resin, and her notable works include the "Abakans" series and the iconic sculpture "Aggregation."

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Magdalena Abakanowicz ranks 42 out of 258. Before her are Alexander Archipenko, Jean Tinguely, Louise Bourgeois, Ivan Meštrović, Józef Gosławski, and César Manrique. After her are Alcamenes, Veit Stoss, Claes Oldenburg, Naum Gabo, Tilman Riemenschneider, and François Rude.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Magdalena Abakanowicz ranks 70. Before her are Joanne Woodward, Choe Yong-rim, Robert Aumann, Stanley Miller, Gena Rowlands, and Ivan Silayev. After her are David Dacko, Chinua Achebe, Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, Sonia Rykiel, James Irwin, and Gérard Genette. Among people deceased in 2017, Magdalena Abakanowicz ranks 61. Before her are George Andrew Olah, Chester Bennington, Peter L. Berger, Mauno Koivisto, John Heard, and Yisrael Kristal. After her are Sam Shepard, Piet Keizer, Jake LaMotta, Giovanni Sartori, Jacque Fresco, and John Berger.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Magdalena Abakanowicz ranks 221 out of 1,694. Before her are Wacław Sierpiński (1882), Piast the Wheelwright (800), Władysław I Herman (1043), Jerzy Skolimowski (1938), Leszek Kołakowski (1927), and Jerzy Kukuczka (1948). After her are Johanna Schopenhauer (1766), Emil Ludwig (1881), Hans Modrow (1928), Felix Hausdorff (1868), Samuel Reshevsky (1911), and Władysław II the Exile (1105).

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Among SCULPTORS In Poland

Among sculptors born in Poland, Magdalena Abakanowicz ranks 2. Before her are Józef Gosławski (1908). After her are Andreas Schlüter (1660), Alina Szapocznikow (1926), and Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański (1950).

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