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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 375,187 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm von Gloeden is the 15th most popular photographer (up from 19th in 2019), the 1,169th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,264th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Wilhelm von Gloeden has had the most page views in the with 47,015 views, followed by Italian (15,715), and German (12,241). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (91.43%), Georgian (59.16%), and Malagasy (43.56%)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Wilhelm von Gloeden ranks 15 out of 148. Before him are Heinrich Hoffmann, Vivian Maier, Elliott Erwitt, Julia Margaret Cameron, Gunter Sachs, and Felice Beato. After him are André Kertész, Nobuyoshi Araki, Brassaï, Annie Leibovitz, Diane Arbus, and Alfred Stieglitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Wilhelm von Gloeden ranks 28. Before him are Frank B. Kellogg, L. Frank Baum, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, John Singer Sargent, H. Rider Haggard, and Jean Moréas. After him are Mikhail Vrubel, Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Stepa Stepanović, Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, Sergei Taneyev, and Hara Takashi. Among people deceased in 1931, Wilhelm von Gloeden ranks 29. Before him are Eugène Ysaÿe, Isabella, Princess of Asturias, Carin Göring, Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, Martinus Beijerinck, and Kitasato Shibasaburō. After him are André Michelin, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Thomas Lipton, Giovanni Boldini, and Vincent d'Indy.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm von Gloeden ranks 1,169 out of 7,253. Before him are Pascual Jordan (1902), Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826), Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929), Gottfried Benn (1886), Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (1575), and Rudolf von Sebottendorf (1875). After him are Alfred Krupp (1812), Johann Elert Bode (1747), Mesut Özil (1988), Franz Josef Strauss (1915), Horst Tappert (1923), and Friedrich Kuhlau (1786).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Germany

Among photographers born in Germany, Wilhelm von Gloeden ranks 4. Before him are Helmut Newton (1920), Heinrich Hoffmann (1885), and Gunter Sachs (1932). After him are August Sander (1876), Guillermo Kahlo (1871), Andreas Gursky (1955), Astrid Kirchherr (1938), Erich Salomon (1886), Gisèle Freund (1908), Karl Blossfeldt (1865), and Lothar Wolleh (1930).

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