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Adolf Ziegler

1892 - 1959

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Adolf Ziegler (16 October 1892 – 11 September 1959) was a German painter and politician. He was tasked by the Nazi Party to oversee the purging of what the Party described as "degenerate art", by most of the German modern artists. He was Hitler's favourite painter. He was born in Bremen and died in Varnhalt, today Baden-Baden. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Ziegler is the 924th most popular painter (up from 1,085th in 2019), the 2,643rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,899th in 2019) and the 85th most popular German Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Adolf Ziegler ranks 924 out of 2,023. Before him are Achilles Painter, January Suchodolski, Il Pordenone, Cornelis Cort, Plautilla Nelli, and Joseph Anton Koch. After him are Johann Liss, Abraham van Beijeren, Peter Lely, Simon de Vlieger, Charles Joshua Chaplin, and Matthew Paris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Adolf Ziegler ranks 120. Before him are Helmuth Plessner, Harry Dexter White, Stanisław Maczek, Djuna Barnes, James M. Cain, and Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai. After him are Eugen Meindl, Rebecca West, Corrie ten Boom, Paul Douglas, Hermann Breith, and Edoardo Agnelli. Among people deceased in 1959, Adolf Ziegler ranks 72. Before him are Mutara III Rudahigwa, Dmitry Manuilsky, Victor McLaglen, Benjamin Péret, Kathryn Adams, and Werner Krauss. After him are Maxie Long, Curt Sachs, Carl Switzer, Ernst Fast, Phetsarath Ratanavongsa, and Luigi Sturzo.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adolf Ziegler ranks 2,644 out of 7,253. Before him are Gisela Mauermayer (1913), Herms Niel (1888), C. W. Ceram (1915), Louis X, Duke of Bavaria (1495), Friedrich Pollock (1894), and Robert Heinrich Wagner (1895). After him are Rudi Altig (1937), Friedrich Krupp (1787), Elwin Bruno Christoffel (1829), Johann Liss (1597), Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1918), and Carl Brockelmann (1868).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Adolf Ziegler ranks 85. Before him are Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1881), Jacob Philipp Hackert (1737), Walter Sickert (1860), Felix Nussbaum (1904), Louise Catherine Breslau (1856), and Abraham Mignon (1640). After him are Johann Liss (1597), Peter Lely (1618), Wilhelm Leibl (1844), Gerhard von Kügelgen (1772), Master Francke (1380), and Max Slevogt (1868).

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