SCULPTOR

Vera Mukhina

1889 - 1953

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Vera Ignatyevna Mukhina (Russian: Ве́ра Игна́тьевна Му́хина; French: Vera Moukhina; 1 July [O.S. 19 June] 1889 – 6 October 1953) was a Soviet sculptor and painter. She was nicknamed "the queen of Soviet sculpture". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vera Mukhina has received more than 144,179 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Vera Mukhina is the 51st most popular sculptor (down from 50th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 18th in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Sculptor.

Vera Mukhina is most famous for her sculpture "Worker and Kolkhoz Woman" which is a relief sculpture depicting a man and woman working in the fields.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Vera Mukhina ranks 51 out of 258. Before her are Claes Oldenburg, Naum Gabo, Tilman Riemenschneider, François Rude, Chares of Lindos, and Eduardo Chillida. After her are Étienne Maurice Falconet, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Andreas Schlüter, Adriaen de Vries, Ageladas, and Robert Smithson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Vera Mukhina ranks 52. Before her are Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Siegfried Kracauer, Hannah Höch, Lyubov Popova, Frank Lentini, and Erik Jan Hanussen. After her are Stanislav Kosior, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Beno Gutenberg, Thomas Midgley Jr., Richard Glücks, and Eberhard von Mackensen. Among people deceased in 1953, Vera Mukhina ranks 36. Before her are Richard von Mises, Hans Reichenbach, Otto Meissner, Tazio Nuvolari, Moïse Kisling, and Nobuyuki Abe. After her are Ludwig Prandtl, Hugo Schmeisser, Mary Anderson, Jean Epstein, Johan Laidoner, and Alice Prin.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Vera Mukhina ranks 17 out of 323. Before her are Ernst Gideon von Laudon (1717), Jacob Kettler (1610), Aron Nimzowitsch (1886), Gidon Kremer (1947), Peter von Biron (1724), and Ernst Johann von Biron (1690). After her are Mischa Maisky (1948), Andris Bērziņš (1944), Abraham Isaac Kook (1865), Jānis Lūsis (1939), Egils Levits (1955), and Wolfgang Lüth (1913).

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Among SCULPTORS In Latvia

Among sculptors born in Latvia, Vera Mukhina ranks 1. 

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