ARTIST

Méret Oppenheim

1913 - 1985

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Meret (or Méret) Elisabeth Oppenheim (6 October 1913 – 15 November 1985) was a German-born Swiss Surrealist artist and photographer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Méret Oppenheim has received more than 378,849 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Méret Oppenheim is the 33rd most popular artist, the 1,430th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,217th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Artist.

Méret Oppenheim is most famous for her fur-covered teacup that she made in 1936.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Méret Oppenheim ranks 33 out of 125Before her are Émile Gallé, Edward Burne-Jones, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ulay, Akira Yoshizawa, and Bernt Notke. After her are André Charles Boulle, Barnett Newman, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Marcel Janco, John Heartfield, and Jeff Koons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Méret Oppenheim ranks 71Before her are Heinz Linge, Sergey Mikhalkov, Robert Adler, Bruno Pontecorvo, Nicolás Gómez Dávila, and Israel Gelfand. After her are Benjamin Bloom, Yasuo Suzuki, Mark Felt, Paul Grice, Lloyd Bridges, and Wolfgang Lüth. Among people deceased in 1985, Méret Oppenheim ranks 45Before her are Tancredo Neves, Tage Erlander, Lina Heydrich, Louise Brooks, Ernst Öpik, and Tjalling Koopmans. After her are Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Kim Yong-sik, Kirill Moskalenko, Frank Oppenheimer, Eric Voegelin, and Wellington Koo.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Méret Oppenheim ranks 1,430 out of 7,253Before her are Erdoğan Atalay (1966), Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1823), Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal (1861), Helmut Schön (1915), Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818), and Jürgen Grabowski (1944). After her are Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (1240), Princess Sophie of Saxony (1845), Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1803), Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777), Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (1751), and Gondioc (450).

Among ARTISTS In Germany

Among artists born in Germany, Méret Oppenheim ranks 7Before her are Hans Holbein the Younger (1497), Joseph Beuys (1921), Kurt Schwitters (1887), Josef Albers (1888), Ulay (1943), and Bernt Notke (1435). After her are John Heartfield (1891), Marianne Brandt (1893), Gunta Stölzl (1897), and Daniel Hopfer (1470).