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Wilhelm Worringer

1881 - 1965

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Wilhelm Robert Worringer (13 January 1881 in Aachen – 29 March 1965 in Munich) was a German art historian known for his theories about abstract art and its relation to avant-garde movements such as German Expressionism. Through his influence on the art critic T. E. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm Worringer has received more than 64,496 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Wilhelm Worringer is the 2,571st most popular writer (down from 2,201st in 2019), the 2,725th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,297th in 2019) and the 166th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wilhelm Worringer ranks 2,571 out of 7,302. Before her are Janus Pannonius, John Aubrey, L. Sprague de Camp, George Mosse, Hilaire Belloc, and Nodar Dumbadze. After her are Anne Holt, Théophile de Viau, John Millington Synge, Dionysius Periegetes, Friedrich Spee, and Cleitarchus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Wilhelm Worringer ranks 97. Before her are Louis Trousselier, Rauf Orbay, Ernest Bevin, Richard C. Tolman, Valery Larbaud, and Adolf Hühnlein. After her are Nuri Killigil, Grigory Kotovsky, André Salmon, Alberts Kviesis, Ivan Smirnov, and Israel Zolli. Among people deceased in 1965, Wilhelm Worringer ranks 83. Before her are Tito Schipa, Alfredo Guzzoni, Kōdō Sawaki, Louis Harold Gray, Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Abraham Fraenkel. After her are Boris Barnet, Princess Pauline of Württemberg, Lee Hoi-chuen, Vittorio Jano, Fred Quimby, and Johann Kremer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Worringer ranks 2,725 out of 7,253. Before her are Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (1718), Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia (1796), Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg (1447), Abraham Fraenkel (1891), Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis (1706), and George Mosse (1918). After her are Ernst Wollweber (1898), Friedrich Spee (1591), Karl Vogt (1817), Johann Niemann (1913), Johann Froben (1460), and Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia (1336).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Wilhelm Worringer ranks 166. Before her are Stefan Heym (1913), Heinrich Hoffmann (1809), Heinz G. Konsalik (1921), Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715), Dorothea von Schlegel (1764), and George Mosse (1918). After her are Friedrich Spee (1591), Johann Froben (1460), Karl Gutzkow (1811), Gertrud von Le Fort (1876), Georg Herwegh (1817), and Günter Wallraff (1942).

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