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Wols

1913 - 1951

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Wols was the pseudonym of Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze (27 May 1913 – 1 September 1951), a German painter and photographer predominantly active in France. Though broadly unrecognized in his lifetime, he is considered a pioneer of lyrical abstraction, one of the most influential artists of the Tachisme movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wols has received more than 154,524 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Wols is the 851st most popular painter (down from 744th in 2019), the 2,347th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,079th in 2019) and the 79th most popular German Painter.

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  • 55.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Wols ranks 851 out of 2,023. Before him are Toros Roslin, Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, Gustave Boulanger, John Collier, Ford Madox Brown, and Isaac Israëls. After him are Hercules Seghers, Luca Cambiaso, Antonio de Pereda, Zurab Tsereteli, Isaak Brodsky, and Leonaert Bramer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Wols ranks 118. Before him are Osvaldo Moles, Mickey Cohen, Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, Henri Eberhardt, Alfred Bester, and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller. After him are Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Tikhon Khrennikov, Pak Song-chol, William P. Rogers, René Schneider, and Heinrich Bär. Among people deceased in 1951, Wols ranks 66. Before him are Robert Grant Aitken, Tadeusz Borowski, Serge Koussevitzky, Maria Montez, Eugen Meindl, and Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov. After him are Robert Walker, Ferdinand Sauerbruch, Lincoln Ellsworth, Erich Neumann, Ernest Bevin, and Simon Kimbangu.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wols ranks 2,347 out of 7,253. Before him are Sibylle of Cleves (1512), Hermann Abert (1871), Marc-André ter Stegen (1992), Stefan Effenberg (1968), William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1682), and John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern (1543). After him are Adolf Kussmaul (1822), Reiner Stahel (1892), Eduard Wirths (1909), Adalbert of Hamburg (1000), Stefan Kuntz (1962), and Korbinian Brodmann (1868).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Wols ranks 79. Before him are Hans Richter (1888), Jacob Philipp Hackert (1737), Heinrich Aldegrever (1502), Franz von Lenbach (1836), Sigmar Polke (1941), and Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724). After him are Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1881), Johann Liss (1597), Hans von Kulmbach (1476), Louise Catherine Breslau (1856), Barthel Beham (1502), and Sebald Beham (1500).

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