SCULPTOR

Matthias Braun

1684 - 1738

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Matthias Bernard Braun (Czech: Matyáš Bernard Braun, 24 February 1684 in Sautens near Innsbruck – 15 February 1738 in Prague) was a sculptor and carver active in the Kingdom of Bohemia, one of the most prominent late baroque style sculptors in the area. Matthias Bernard Braun was born as the fifth child of Jacob Braun and Magdalene born Neureuter. He apprenticed in the Holy Roman Empire where he was born in Salzburg, in the Reoublic of Venice, and in the Papal States in Bologna and Rome. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthias Braun has received more than 42,203 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Matthias Braun is the 198th most popular sculptor (down from 156th in 2019), the 806th most popular biography from Austria (down from 664th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Austrian Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Matthias Braun ranks 198 out of 258. Before him are Dennis Oppenheim, Lev Kerbel, Anthony Caro, Anne Seymour Damer, Louis-Ernest Barrias, and Louise Nevelson. After him are Rudolph Schadow, Halyna Sevruk, Andy Goldsworthy, Fuad Abdurahmanov, Fritz Wotruba, and Ferdinand Brokoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1684, Matthias Braun ranks 20. Before him are Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, Francesco Manfredini, Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg, Jean Astruc, Matthias Bel, and Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský. After him is Johann Jacob Dillenius. Among people deceased in 1738, Matthias Braun ranks 9. Before him are Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Jean-François Dandrieu, Turlough O'Carolan, Caspar Bartholin the Younger, George Bähr, and Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Homburg. After him are Jean-Joseph Mouret, and Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Matthias Braun ranks 806 out of 1,424. Before him are Josef August Schultes (1773), Baron Ignaz von Plener (1810), Klaus Dibiasi (1947), Géza Csáth (1887), Ignaz Schuppanzigh (1776), and Karl von Blaas (1815). After him are Parov Stelar (1974), Hans Rosbaud (1895), Otto Kaiser (1901), Ava (1060), Hans Moser (1880), and Peter Blau (1918).

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Among SCULPTORS In Austria

Among sculptors born in Austria, Matthias Braun ranks 6. Before him are Anna Mahler (1904), Georg Rafael Donner (1693), Antun Augustinčić (1900), Magda Frank (1914), and Valie Export (1940). After him are Fritz Wotruba (1907), Erwin Wurm (1954), Franz West (1947), Alfred Hrdlicka (1928), and Hellmuth Marx (1915).

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