ARTIST

Ulay

1943 - 2020

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Frank Uwe Laysiepen (German: [fʁaŋk ˈʔuːvə laɪˈziːpm̩]; 30 November 1943 – 2 March 2020), known professionally as Ulay, was a German artist based in Amsterdam and Ljubljana, who received international recognition for his Polaroid art and collaborative performance art with longtime companion Marina Abramović. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ulay has received more than 866,579 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ulay is the 30th most popular artist (down from 28th in 2019), the 1,239th most popular biography from Germany (down from 961st in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Artist.

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  • 870k

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  • 65.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Ulay ranks 30 out of 125. Before him are David Hockney, Banksy, Ai Weiwei, Émile Gallé, Edward Burne-Jones, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. After him are Akira Yoshizawa, Bernt Notke, Méret Oppenheim, André Charles Boulle, Barnett Newman, and Louis Comfort Tiffany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Ulay ranks 102. Before him are Max Wright, Oskar Lafontaine, Ri Chun-hee, Reinaldo Arenas, Jacques Laffite, and Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela. After him are Mustafa Dzhemilev, Thomas J. Sargent, Finn E. Kydland, Eric Idle, Otoya Yamaguchi, and Vint Cerf. Among people deceased in 2020, Ulay ranks 69. Before him are John Saxon, Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, Pranab Mukherjee, Freeman Dyson, Stirling Moss, and Jack Steinberger. After him are Amadou Toumani Touré, Clive Cussler, Eddie Van Halen, Kelly Preston, Kang Kek Iew, and Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ulay ranks 1,239 out of 7,253. Before him are Jack Steinberger (1921), Hans Reichenbach (1891), Adolph Wagner (1835), Robert Koldewey (1855), Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria (1874), and Konrad Witz (1400). After him are Thomas Müller (1989), Tilman Riemenschneider (1460), Josef Harpe (1887), Paul Schäfer (1921), Ernst Troeltsch (1865), and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884).

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Among ARTISTS In Germany

Among artists born in Germany, Ulay ranks 5. Before him are Hans Holbein the Younger (1497), Joseph Beuys (1921), Kurt Schwitters (1887), and Josef Albers (1888). After him are Bernt Notke (1435), Méret Oppenheim (1913), John Heartfield (1891), Marianne Brandt (1893), Gunta Stölzl (1897), and Daniel Hopfer (1470).

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