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Maggie Laubser

1886 - 1973

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Maria Magdalena Laubser (; 14 April 1886 – 17 May 1973) was a South African painter and printmaker. She is generally considered, along with Irma Stern, to be responsible for the introduction of Expressionism to South Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maggie Laubser has received more than 104,966 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Maggie Laubser is the 1,977th most popular painter (down from 1,697th in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 199th in 2019) and the 4th most popular South African Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Maggie Laubsers by language

Over the past year Maggie Laubser has had the most page views in the with 10,528 views, followed by Afrikaans (1,983), and French (667). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are German (12,666.67%), Welsh (76.33%), and Swahili (59.27%)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Maggie Laubser ranks 1,977 out of 2,023. Before her are David Payne, Helena Kottler Vurnik, Howard Hodgkin, John Crome, Arthur Streeton, and Vajiha Samadova. After her are John Sell Cotman, Eugene J. Martin, Charles Marion Russell, Louise Rayner, Thomas Hill, and Chéri Samba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Maggie Laubser ranks 300. Before her are Ronald Firbank, Aarne Pohjonen, Charlotte Mineau, Rudolf Degermark, Pauline Bush, and Charlie Ruggles. After her are John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, Clarence Birdseye, Tommy Gorman, Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, Luis Alberni, and Gus Kahn. Among people deceased in 1973, Maggie Laubser ranks 283. Before her are Wally Cox, Hendrik Isemborghs, Eddie Condon, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Lila Lee, and Henry Green. After her are Vaughn Monroe, Veda Ann Borg, Walter Donaldson, David Lack, Eddie Hapgood, and Walt Kelly.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Maggie Laubser ranks 207 out of 454. Before her are Phillip V. Tobias (1925), Damon Galgut (1963), Joan Harrison (1935), Guy Tunmer (1948), Eddie Keizan (1944), and Luki Botha (1930). After her are Phil Masinga (1969), Sid James (1913), Wayde van Niekerk (1992), Lucas Radebe (1969), Alfred Swift (1931), and Ian Hunter (1900).

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Among PAINTERS In South Africa

Among painters born in South Africa, Maggie Laubser ranks 4. Before her are Marlene Dumas (1953), William Kentridge (1955), and Florence Fuller (1867).

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