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Zdzisław Beksiński

1929 - 2005

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Zdzisław Beksiński (pronounced [ˈzd͡ʑiswaf bɛkˈɕiɲskʲi]; 24 February 1929 – 21 February 2005) was a Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor; specializing in the field of dystopian surrealism. Beksiński made his paintings and drawings in what he called either a Baroque or a Gothic manner. His creations were made mainly in two periods. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zdzisław Beksiński has received more than 2,454,473 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Zdzisław Beksiński is the 205th most popular painter (up from 248th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Poland (up from 133rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Painter.

Zdzisław Beksiński is most famous for his surrealist paintings.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Zdzisław Beksiński ranks 205 out of 1,421. Before him are Anton Raphael Mengs, Hans Baldung, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Zeuxis, Jeanne Hébuterne, and Andrea del Castagno. After him are Giorgio Morandi, Natalia Goncharova, Piero di Cosimo, Carel Fabritius, Antonio del Pollaiolo, and Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Zdzisław Beksiński ranks 34. Before him are Karolos Papoulias, Tigran Petrosian, Babrak Karmal, Graham Hill, Djalma Santos, and Bill Evans. After him are Francis Gary Powers, Petr Shelokhonov, Rudolf Mössbauer, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Murray Gell-Mann, and Bernard Haitink. Among people deceased in 2005, Zdzisław Beksiński ranks 20. Before him are Zhao Ziyang, Saul Bellow, Aslan Maskhadov, Omar Sívori, Rafic Hariri, and Kenzō Tange. After him are Hans Bethe, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, Jack Kilby, James Callaghan, Sister Lúcia, and Philip Johnson.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Zdzisław Beksiński ranks 109 out of 1,454. Before him are Leopold Kronecker (1823), Hanna Reitsch (1912), Karl Hanke (1903), Alfred Döblin (1878), Erwin von Witzleben (1881), and Fred Zinnemann (1907). After him are Saint Casimir (1458), Henryk Wieniawski (1835), Konrad Emil Bloch (1912), Angelus Silesius (1624), Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755), and Paul Gottlieb Nipkow (1860).

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Among PAINTERS In Poland

Among painters born in Poland, Zdzisław Beksiński ranks 2. Before him are Tamara de Lempicka (1898). After him are Jan Matejko (1838), Aleksandra Ekster (1882), Moïse Kisling (1891), Hans Bellmer (1902), Otto Mueller (1874), Tadeusz Kantor (1915), Jacek Malczewski (1854), Józef Brandt (1841), Olga Boznańska (1865), and Daniel Chodowiecki (1726).

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