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Alina Szapocznikow

1926 - 1973

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Alina Szapocznikow (Polish: [ʂapɔt͡ʂˈɲikɔf]; May 16, 1926 – March 2, 1973) was a Polish artist and Holocaust survivor. Recognized as one of the most important Polish sculptors of the post-war era,: 49 : 39  Szapocznikow utilized diverse and experimental mediums to investigate and examine the human form, recalling genres such as surrealism, nouveau realism, and pop art. Born in 1926 in Kalisz, Poland, into a Jewish family, she grew up in Pabianice near Łódź. Her childhood was disrupted by the outbreak of World War II. Szapocznikow was later imprisoned in the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen before being transferred to Terezin in 1943. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alina Szapocznikow is the 154th most popular sculptor (up from 178th in 2019), the 748th most popular biography from Poland (up from 825th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Polish Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Alina Szapocznikow ranks 154 out of 258. Before her are Anna Coleman Ladd, Tony Cragg, Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, Eduardo Paolozzi, Georg Kolbe, and Paolo Troubetzkoy. After her are Antoine-Denis Chaudet, Alexandre Falguière, Georges Lacombe, Dennis Oppenheim, Jorge Oteiza, and Tino di Camaino.

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Among people born in 1926, Alina Szapocznikow ranks 242. Before her are Nikita Simonyan, Betsy Palmer, Claudio Villa, Miguel Obando y Bravo, Ibrahim Nasir, and Sadegh Khalkhali. After her are Salahuddin of Selangor, Prince Dimitri Romanov, Julio Pérez, Heinz Kwiatkowski, Richard Yates, and Kristen Nygaard. Among people deceased in 1973, Alina Szapocznikow ranks 149. Before her are Eleazar López Contreras, Sergei Tumansky, Günther Pancke, Paul Kletzki, Louis St. Laurent, and Âşık Veysel. After her are Ira Sprague Bowen, Paavo Talvela, Alexander Mosolov, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Mikhail Isakovsky, and İbrahim Kaypakkaya.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Alina Szapocznikow ranks 748 out of 1,694. Before her are Mordechai Gebirtig (1877), Kurt Feldt (1897), Leon Wyczółkowski (1852), Basia (1954), Robert Gadocha (1946), and Hugo von Seeliger (1849). After her are Kazimierz Bein (1872), Jankel Adler (1895), Hermann Rauschning (1887), Andrzej Munk (1921), Kurd Lasswitz (1848), and Dorothea of Montau (1347).

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Among SCULPTORS In Poland

Among sculptors born in Poland, Alina Szapocznikow ranks 4. Before her are Józef Gosławski (1908), Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930), and Andreas Schlüter (1660). After her are Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański (1950).

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