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PHOTOGRAPHER

Wilhelm von Gloeden

1856 - 1931

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Wilhelm Iwan Friederich August von Gloeden (September 16, 1856 – February 16, 1931), commonly known as Baron von Gloeden, was a German photographer who worked mainly in Italy. He is mostly known for his pastoral nude studies of Sicilian boys, which usually featured props such as wreaths or amphoras, suggesting a setting in the Greece or Italy of antiquity. From a modern standpoint, his work is commendable due to his controlled use of lighting as well as the often elegant poses of his models. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm von Gloeden has received more than 379,256 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Wilhelm von Gloeden is the 19th most popular photographer (down from 16th in 2019), the 1,264th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,216th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Photographer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Wilhelm von Gloeden ranks 19 out of 105. Before him are Diane Arbus, Julia Margaret Cameron, Felice Beato, Annie Leibovitz, Nobuyoshi Araki, and Brassaï. After him are André Kertész, Gunter Sachs, Josef Koudelka, Richard Avedon, August Sander, and Elliott Erwitt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Wilhelm von Gloeden ranks 33. Before him are H. Rider Haggard, Jean Moréas, Hara Takashi, Sergei Taneyev, Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, and Mikhail Vrubel. After him are Henri-Edmond Cross, Émile Picard, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Mahmud Shevket Pasha, Pedro Lascuráin, and Ahad Ha'am. Among people deceased in 1931, Wilhelm von Gloeden ranks 34. Before him are Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, Kitasato Shibasaburō, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Giovanni Boldini, and Vincent d'Indy. After him are Shibusawa Eiichi, Isabella, Princess of Asturias, Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, Jaime, Duke of Madrid, Thomas Lipton, and Motilal Nehru.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm von Gloeden ranks 1,264 out of 6,142. Before him are Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (1661), Christian I, Elector of Saxony (1560), Franz Ritter von Epp (1868), Gottfried Benn (1886), Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg (1875), and Franz von Hipper (1863). After him are Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse (1896), Bernt Notke (1435), Alexander von Kluck (1846), Herta Bothe (1921), Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857), and Henri Victor Regnault (1810).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Germany

Among photographers born in Germany, Wilhelm von Gloeden ranks 3. Before him are Helmut Newton (1920) and Heinrich Hoffmann (1885). After him are Gunter Sachs (1932), August Sander (1876), Guillermo Kahlo (1871), Astrid Kirchherr (1938), Gisèle Freund (1908), Karl Blossfeldt (1865), Erich Salomon (1886), Andreas Gursky (1955), and Grete Stern (1904).

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