1881 - 1952
Sergey Dmitriyevich Merkurov (Russian: Серге́й Дми́триевич Мерку́ров, 7 November [O.S. 26 October] 1881 – 8 June 1952) was a Soviet sculptor-monumentalist of Greek-Armenian descent. He was a People's Artist of the USSR in visual arts, an academic at the Soviet Academy of Arts, and director of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts from 1944 to 1949. Merkurov was considered the greatest Soviet master of post-mortem masks. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sergey Merkurov has received more than 43,368 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Sergey Merkurov is the 166th most popular sculptor (down from 165th in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Armenia and the most popular Armenian Sculptor.
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Among sculptors, Sergey Merkurov ranks 166 out of 189. Before him are Robert Jacobsen, Giuseppe Prinzi, Tino di Camaino, Ron Mueck, Mona Hatoum, and Emmanuel Frémiet. After him are Alina Szapocznikow, Charles Despiau, Ivan Martos, Anthony Caro, Maurizio Cattelan, and Eva Hesse.
1912 - 1993
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 160
1825 - 1895
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 161
1285 - 1337
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 162
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 163
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 164
1824 - 1910
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 165
1881 - 1952
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 166
1926 - 1973
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 167
1874 - 1946
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 168
1754 - 1835
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 169
1924 - 2013
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 170
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 171
1936 - 1970
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 172
Among people born in 1881, Sergey Merkurov ranks 126. Before him are Aleksandr Bogomolets, Kristian Prestrud, Daniel Jones, Vilhelm Buhl, Curt Haase, and María Blanchard. After him are Karl Staaf, Henry Maitland Wilson, Max Gerson, Lewis Fry Richardson, Refik Saydam, and Gaston Gallimard. Among people deceased in 1952, Sergey Merkurov ranks 106. Before him are Arturo Rawson, Alberto Hurtado, John Garfield, Petros Persakis, Gino Fano, and Fletcher Henderson. After him are Vladimir Albitsky, Solomon Lozovsky, Yitzhak Sadeh, Artur Kapp, Itzik Feffer, and Jack Conway.
1881 - 1946
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 120
1881 - 1927
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 121
1881 - 1967
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 122
1881 - 1954
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 123
1881 - 1943
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 124
1881 - 1932
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 125
1881 - 1952
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 126
1881 - 1953
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 127
1881 - 1964
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 128
1881 - 1959
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 129
1881 - 1953
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 130
1881 - 1942
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 131
1881 - 1975
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 132
1885 - 1952
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 100
1901 - 1952
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 101
1913 - 1952
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 102
1879 - 1952
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 103
1871 - 1952
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 104
1897 - 1952
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 105
1881 - 1952
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 106
1891 - 1952
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 107
1876 - 1952
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 108
1890 - 1952
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 109
1878 - 1952
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 110
1900 - 1952
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 111
1887 - 1952
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 112
Among people born in Armenia, Sergey Merkurov ranks 50 out of 147. Before him are Levon Aronian (1982), Vardan Areveltsi (1198), Hovhannes Shiraz (1914), Paruyr Sevak (1924), Shushanik Kurghinian (1876), and Minas Avetisyan (1928). After him are Tigran Sargsyan (1962), Hayko (1977), Regina Ghazaryan (1915), Vazgen Manukyan (1946), Ofelya Hambardzumyan (1925), and Shavo Odadjian (1974).
1982 - Present
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 44
1198 - 1271
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 45
1914 - 1984
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 46
1924 - 1971
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 47
1876 - 1927
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 48
1928 - 1975
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 49
1881 - 1952
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 50
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 51
1977 - 2021
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 52
1915 - 1999
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 53
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 54
1925 - 2016
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 55
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 56
Among sculptors born in Armenia, Sergey Merkurov ranks 1. After him are Ara Shiraz (1941).