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Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

1875 - 1911

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Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (Polish: Mikołaj Konstanty Czurlanis; 22 September [O.S. 10 September] 1875 – 10 April [O.S. 28 March] 1911) was a Lithuanian composer, painter, choirmaster, cultural figure, and writer in Polish. Čiurlionis contributed to symbolism and Art Nouveau, and was representative of the fin de siècle epoch. He has been considered one of the pioneers of abstract art in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis has received more than 374,556 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis is the 216th most popular painter (down from 211th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Lithuania and the most popular Lithuanian Painter.

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis is most famous for his symphonic poem, "The Seasons," which he composed in 1904. Čiurlionis was born in 1875 and died in 1911.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis ranks 216 out of 2,023. Before him are Dieric Bouts, Paul Delvaux, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Antoine-Jean Gros, H. R. Giger, and Pierre Bonnard. After him are Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, Petrus Christus, Rosso Fiorentino, Saskia van Uylenburgh, Thomas Gainsborough, and Jeanne Hébuterne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis ranks 19. Before him are Aleister Crowley, Mikhail Kalinin, Vallabhbhai Patel, Gilbert N. Lewis, Henry Hallett Dale, and John Buchan. After him are Marie of Romania, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Giovanni Gentile, Fritz Kreisler, Paul Landowski, and Zhang Zuolin. Among people deceased in 1911, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis ranks 9. Before him are Wilhelm Dilthey, Francis Galton, Alfred Binet, Joseph Pulitzer, Pyotr Stolypin, and Paul Lafargue. After him are Georg Jellinek, Emilio Salgari, Maria Pia of Savoy, Valentin Serov, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, and Edward Whymper.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis ranks 16 out of 328. Before him are Emma Goldman (1869), Algirdas (1296), Pyotr Wrangel (1878), Kęstutis (1297), César Cui (1835), and Romain Gary (1914). After him are Jascha Heifetz (1901), Emilia Plater (1806), Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956), Valdas Adamkus (1926), Antanas Smetona (1874), and Barbara Radziwiłł (1520).

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Among PAINTERS In Lithuania

Among painters born in Lithuania, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis ranks 1. After him are Isaac Levitan (1860), Jacques Lipchitz (1891), George Maciunas (1931), Varvara Stepanova (1894), Ben Shahn (1898), Yehuda Pen (1854), Stanisław Witkiewicz (1851), and Michał Elwiro Andriolli (1836).

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