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Martin Kippenberger

1953 - 1997

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Martin Kippenberger (25 February 1953 – 7 March 1997) was a German painter, sculptor, installation and performance artist, and photographer. He became known for his extremely prolific output in a wide range of styles and media, superfiction, as well as his provocative, jocular and hard-drinking public persona. Kippenberger was "widely regarded as one of the most talented German artists of his generation", according to Roberta Smith of the New York Times. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Kippenberger has received more than 215,166 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Kippenberger is the 227th most popular sculptor (down from 200th in 2019), the 5,083rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,459th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Martin Kippenberger ranks 227 out of 258. Before him are Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, Alfred Hrdlicka, El Anatsui, János Fadrusz, Rosemarie Trockel, and Daniel Chester French. After him are Nikolai Tomsky, Anna Golubkina, Sabiha Bengütaş, Erzsébet Schaár, Hellmuth Marx, and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Martin Kippenberger ranks 401. Before him are Roberto Mouzo, Tibor Klampár, Osmo Vänskä, Derek Daly, Dražen Mužinić, and Miguel Ángel Guerra. After him are Wolfgang Hohlbein, Bernd Dürnberger, Aldo Maldera, Heiner Lauterbach, Arto Lindsay, and Bobby Joe Long. Among people deceased in 1997, Martin Kippenberger ranks 262. Before him are Frank Parker, Edward Gardère, Karen Wetterhahn, Ngiratkel Etpison, Abdelkader Ben Bouali, and Pedro Zaballa. After him are Laura Nyro, Leni Junker, Amleto Frignani, Aníbal Tarabini, Lillian Disney, and Aleksandr Zarkhi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Martin Kippenberger ranks 5,083 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans Eichel (1941), Konrad Weise (1951), Marcel Schmelzer (1988), Lukas Foss (1922), Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker (1788), and Uli Kusch (1967). After him are Jürgen Sundermann (1940), Tuvalu at the 2020 Summer Olympics (null), Bernhard Minetti (1905), Wolfgang Hohlbein (1953), Rudolf Haag (1922), and Uwe Reinders (1955).

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Among SCULPTORS In Germany

Among sculptors born in Germany, Martin Kippenberger ranks 19. Before him are Hans Multscher (1400), Reinhold Begas (1831), Balthasar Permoser (1651), Eva Hesse (1936), Gerhard Marcks (1889), and Rosemarie Trockel (1952).

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