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Adolf Wölfli

1864 - 1930

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Adolf Wölfli (February 29, 1864 – November 6, 1930) was a Swiss visual artist who was one of the first artists to be associated with the Art Brut or outsider art label. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Wölfli is the 1,112th most popular painter (up from 1,115th in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 284th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Swiss Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Adolf Wölfli ranks 1,112 out of 2,023. Before him are Jeff Wall, Giovanni Fattori, Li Tang, Dora Carrington, Othon Friesz, and Francisco Bayeu y Subías. After him are Jan Sanders van Hemessen, Antonio Tempesta, David Vinckboons, Carl Andre, Johann Baptist Zimmermann, and Isaac van Ostade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Adolf Wölfli ranks 93. Before him are Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Ferdinand Zecca, José Gregorio Hernández, Ricarda Huch, Michael Mayr, and Tsuda Umeko. After him are Marguerite Durand, Robert Lansing, Karl Neukirch, Guy Ropartz, Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Juan Benlloch i Vivó. Among people deceased in 1930, Adolf Wölfli ranks 63. Before him are Viggo Jensen, Alois Jirásek, Paul Levi, Pierina Legnani, Joseph Achille Le Bel, and Mabel Normand. After him are Maximilian Njegovan, Benedykt Dybowski, Bill Holland, Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera, Eugen Goldstein, and Giuseppe Morello.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Adolf Wölfli ranks 307 out of 1,015. Before him are Vincent Perez (1964), Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672), Gabriela Andersen-Schiess (1945), Georges Cottier (1922), Domenico Trezzini (1670), and Luigi Taveri (1929). After him are Felix Manz (1498), Rodolphe Lindt (1855), Christoph Blocher (1940), Adrian Frutiger (1928), Henry, Duke of Parma (1873), and Lisa Della Casa (1919).

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Among PAINTERS In Switzerland

Among painters born in Switzerland, Adolf Wölfli ranks 22. Before him are Jost Amman (1539), Eugène Grasset (1845), Bertha Wegmann (1847), Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767), Alexandre Calame (1810), and Giovanni Giacometti (1868). After him are Urs Graf (1485), Aloïse Corbaz (1886), Salomon Gessner (1730), Hans Erni (1909), Cuno Amiet (1868), and Antonio Ciseri (1821).

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