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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 Czech lands, 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 Austria (Salzburg) and Italy (Venice, Bologna, Rome). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthias Braun has received more than 39,659 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Matthias Braun is the 156th most popular sculptor (down from 137th in 2019), the 668th most popular biography from Austria (down from 612th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Austrian Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Matthias Braun ranks 156 out of 189Before him are Jorge Oteiza, Ligier Richier, Hermann Obrist, Silanion, Georg Kolbe, and Valie Export. After him are James Pradier, Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, Mark Antokolsky, Robert Jacobsen, Giuseppe Prinzi, and Tino di Camaino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1684, Matthias Braun ranks 19Before him are Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg, Matthias Bel, Jean-Baptiste van Loo, Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, and Francesco Manfredini.  Among people deceased in 1738, Matthias Braun ranks 7Before him are Herman Boerhaave, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Caspar Bartholin the Younger, Jean-François Dandrieu, and Turlough O'Carolan. After him are George Bähr, Jean-Joseph Mouret, and Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Matthias Braun ranks 668 out of 1,237Before him are Josef Kriehuber (1800), Ceija Stojka (1933), Ernst Jandl (1925), Valie Export (1940), Heinrich Lammasch (1853), and Simon von Stampfer (1790). After him are Herbert Prohaska (1955), Wilhelm Kienzl (1857), Guido Starhemberg (1657), Nadja Tiller (1929), Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. (1828), and Helene Engelmann (1898).

Among SCULPTORS In Austria

Among sculptors born in Austria, Matthias Braun ranks 6Before 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), Franz West (1947), Erwin Wurm (1954), Hellmuth Marx (1915), and Alfred Hrdlicka (1928).