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Niki de Saint Phalle

1930 - 2002

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Niki de Saint Phalle (French pronunciation: [niki d(ə) sɛ̃ fal]; born Catherine Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle; 29 October 1930 – 21 May 2002) was a French-American sculptor, painter, filmmaker, and author of colorful hand-illustrated books. Widely noted as one of the few female monumental sculptors, Saint Phalle was also known for her social commitment and work.She had a difficult and traumatic childhood and a much-disrupted education, which she wrote about many decades later. After an early marriage and two children, she began creating art in a naïve, experimental style. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Niki de Saint Phalle has received more than 925,622 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Niki de Saint Phalle is the 167th most popular painter (down from 165th in 2019), the 546th most popular biography from France (down from 538th in 2019) and the 48th most popular French Painter.

Niki de Saint Phalle is most famous for her large-scale sculptures and installation art.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Niki de Saint Phalle ranks 167 out of 1,421Before her are Eugène Boudin, James Ensor, Giulio Romano, Johannes Itten, Han van Meegeren, and Édouard-Henri Avril. After her are Maurice de Vlaminck, Gerhard Richter, Carl Larsson, Gerda Wegener, Gustave Caillebotte, and Henry Fuseli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Niki de Saint Phalle ranks 29Before her are Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pete Conrad, Philippe Noiret, Maximilian Schell, Ion Iliescu, and Claude Chabrol. After her are Tu Youyou, Harold Pinter, Immanuel Wallerstein, Gary Becker, Bernie Ecclestone, and Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. Among people deceased in 2002, Niki de Saint Phalle ranks 15Before her are Billy Wilder, Richard Harris, Vavá, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Traudl Junge, and László Kubala. After her are Chuck Jones, James Coburn, Ivan Illich, Rod Steiger, Valeriy Lobanovskyi, and Camilo José Cela.

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In France

Among people born in France, Niki de Saint Phalle ranks 546 out of 6,011Before her are Charles II of Navarre (1332), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), Avitus (395), Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608), René of Anjou (1409), and Carus (230). After her are Elisa Bonaparte (1777), René Laennec (1781), Johnny Hallyday (1943), Maurice de Vlaminck (1876), Pérotin (1160), and Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (1383).

Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Niki de Saint Phalle ranks 48Before her are Robert Campin (1375), Jean Dubuffet (1901), Maurice Utrillo (1883), Frédéric Bazille (1841), Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824), and Eugène Boudin (1824). After her are Maurice de Vlaminck (1876), Gustave Caillebotte (1848), Pierre Bonnard (1867), Francis Picabia (1879), Suzanne Valadon (1865), and Antoine-Jean Gros (1771).