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Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid

1901 - 1991

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Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid (Arabic: فخر النساء زيد, Fakhr un-nisa or Fahr-El-Nissa, born Fahrünissa Şakir; 6 December 1901 – 5 September 1991) was a Turkish artist best known for her large-scale abstract paintings with kaleidoscopic patterns as well as her drawings, lithographs, and sculptures. Zeid was one of the first women to go to art school in Istanbul. She lived in different cities and became part of the avant-garde scenes in 1940s Istanbul, and post-war Paris, there becoming part of the new School of Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid has received more than 353,932 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid is the 874th most popular painter (down from 830th in 2019), the 598th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 693rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Turkish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid ranks 874 out of 2,023. Before her are Martin van Meytens, Frans Francken the Younger, Andrew Wyeth, Vasily Tropinin, Paja Jovanović, and François-Xavier Fabre. After her are Marie-Gabrielle Capet, Helen Frankenthaler, Eustache Le Sueur, Aert van der Neer, Jan Provoost, and Joseph Anton Koch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid ranks 113. Before her are Cassandre, René Pleven, Michel Leiris, Princess Yolanda of Savoy, Hellmuth Stieff, and Jean Prouvé. After her are Robert J. Van de Graaff, Manuel Urrutia Lleó, Hermann Priess, Karl-August Fagerholm, Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt, and Pavel Rotmistrov. Among people deceased in 1991, Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid ranks 86. Before her are Berenice Abbott, Joachim Kroll, Daigoro Kondo, Helmut Walcha, Jean Bruller, and Ernst Krenek. After her are Kevin Peter Hall, Vasko Popa, Shintaro Abe, Heidi Brühl, Richard Thorpe, and Otl Aicher.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid ranks 598 out of 1,347. Before her are Cleomedes (110), Magali Noël (1931), Justinian (525), Eunomius of Cyzicus (335), George Sphrantzes (1401), and Alexios IV of Trebizond (1382). After her are Michael the Syrian (1126), Mesut Yılmaz (1947), Lefter Küçükandonyadis (1924), Ada of Caria (-400), İdil Biret (1941), and Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus (130).

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Among PAINTERS In Türkiye

Among painters born in Türkiye, Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid ranks 6. Before her are Apelles (-370), Theophanes the Greek (1340), Parrhasius (-500), Osman Hamdi Bey (1842), and Arshile Gorky (1904). After her are Iaia (-100), Jan Rustem (1762), Halil Pasha (1857), Hale Asaf (1905), and Nevin Çokay (1930).

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