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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; 7 January 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. Her work has been exhibited at various institutions in Paris, New York, and London, including the Institute of Contemporary Art in 1954. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid has received more than 340,407 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid is the 831st most popular painter (up from 931st in 2019), the 695th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 733rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Turkish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid ranks 831 out of 1,421Before her are Xia Gui, Gustave Boulanger, Marie Bracquemond, Mario Merz, Denis Calvaert, and Luca Cambiaso. After her are Eugène Grasset, Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, Ambrosius Benson, Emile Claus, Frits Thaulow, and Richard Gerstl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid ranks 110Before her are Souvanna Phouma, Stella Adler, Hellmuth Stieff, Ho Feng-Shan, René Pleven, and Pavel Rotmistrov. After her are Melvyn Douglas, Ed Sullivan, Manuel Urrutia Lleó, Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt, Claude Autant-Lara, and Ludolf von Alvensleben. Among people deceased in 1991, Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid ranks 83Before her are Héctor Rial, Ernst Krenek, Carmine Coppola, Cassandra Harris, Yevgeny Dragunov, and Richard Thorpe. After her are Étienne Decroux, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Jean Bruller, Alex North, Vasko Popa, and Kevin Peter Hall.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid ranks 695 out of 1,301Before her are Archelaus of Cappadocia (-50), Theodosius the Cenobiarch (424), Mehmed Orhan (1909), Cleitarchus (-400), Kâzım Karabekir (1882), and Theodore I Palaiologos (1355). After her are Thaddeus of Edessa (100), Sheikh Said (1864), Joseph Genesius (1000), Damat Ferid Pasha (1853), Phlegon of Tralles (200), and Stephen I of Constantinople (867).

Among PAINTERS In Turkey

Among painters born in Turkey, Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid ranks 6Before her are Apelles (-370), Parrhasius (-500), Arshile Gorky (1904), Theophanes the Greek (1340), and Osman Hamdi Bey (1842). After her are Echion (-350) and Iaia (-100).