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Maria Lassnig

1919 - 2014

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Maria Lassnig (8 September 1919 – 6 May 2014) was an Austrian artist known for her painted self-portraits and her theory of "body awareness". She was the first female artist to win the Grand Austrian State Prize in 1988 and was awarded the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art in 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Lassnig has received more than 134,285 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Maria Lassnig is the 1,548th most popular painter (down from 1,372nd in 2019), the 767th most popular biography from Austria (down from 706th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Austrian Painter.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Maria Lassnig ranks 1,548 out of 2,023. Before her are Graham Sutherland, José Malhoa, Hans Baluschek, Ivan Argunov, Antonio Berni, and Levina Teerlinc. After her are Theodor Philipsen, L. A. Ring, Willi Baumeister, Ad Reinhardt, Georg Schrimpf, and Mary Beale.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Maria Lassnig ranks 206. Before her are Pauline Kael, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, R. M. Hare, Margot Hielscher, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, and Olle Anderberg. After her are Roman Vlad, Nilla Pizzi, Zuleykha Seyidmammadova, Loki Schmidt, Kim Ki-young, and Clyde Cowan. Among people deceased in 2014, Maria Lassnig ranks 237. Before her are Simon Leys, Hanna Maron, Wubbo Ockels, Sandra Bem, Ryhor Baradulin, and Christopher Hogwood. After her are Brian G. Hutton, René Llense, William R. Pogue, Sue Townsend, Glen A. Larson, and Antoine Duhamel.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Maria Lassnig ranks 767 out of 1,424. Before her are Lilia Skala (1896), Aloys Sprenger (1813), Michael Denis (1729), Heinrich Lammasch (1853), Dénes Berinkey (1871), and Ignaz von Seyfried (1776). After her are Hans Moravec (1948), Berta Zuckerkandl (1864), Monica Bleibtreu (1944), Siegmund von Hausegger (1872), Hilda Geiringer (1893), and René Wellek (1903).

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Among PAINTERS In Austria

Among painters born in Austria, Maria Lassnig ranks 26. Before her are Franz Defregger (1835), Josef Kriehuber (1800), Maria Wodzińska (1819), Olga Wisinger-Florian (1844), Rudolf von Alt (1812), and Josef Abel (1764). After her are Daniel Gran (1694), Karl von Blaas (1815), Josef Danhauser (1805), Marianne Stokes (1855), Albert Paris Gütersloh (1887), and Josefine Swoboda (1861).

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