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Antun Augustinčić

1900 - 1979

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Antun Augustinčić (4 May 1900 – 10 May 1979) was a Croatian sculptor active in Yugoslavia and the United States. Along with Ivan Meštrović and Frano Kršinić, he is considered one of the three most important Croatian sculptors of the 20th century. His most notable sculptures include the Peace monument which stands in front of the United Nations building in New York City, the Miner statue in front of the International Labour Organization headquarters in Geneva, and the sculpture of Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito, present in several copies throughout former Yugoslavia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antun Augustinčić is the 126th most popular sculptor (up from 130th in 2019), the 569th most popular biography from Austria (up from 591st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Antun Augustinčić ranks 126 out of 258. Before him are Vulca, Bryaxis, Dani Karavan, Giacomo Manzù, Jules Dalou, and Konstantin Somov. After him are Nikolaus Gerhaert, Richard Long, Adam Kraft, Silvio Gazzaniga, Magda Frank, and Rebecca Horn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Antun Augustinčić ranks 142. Before him are Xavier Cugat, Aristidis Konstantinidis, Carola Neher, Mary Cartwright, Victor Kugler, and Hellmuth Walter. After him are Johanna Wolf, Victor Young, Manuel Fleitas Solich, Isaak Dunayevsky, Richard Hughes, and William Stevenson. Among people deceased in 1979, Antun Augustinčić ranks 104. Before him are Ethel Smith, Zhang Guotao, Preguinho, Ján Kadár, José María Velasco Ibarra, and Merle Oberon. After him are Arno Schmidt, Carl Laemmle Jr., Ita Rina, Fulton J. Sheen, Leonid Bykov, and Aleksei N. Leontiev.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Antun Augustinčić ranks 569 out of 1,424. Before him are Raul Hilberg (1926), Friedrich Welwitsch (1806), Ulrich von Liechtenstein (1200), Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765), Fritz Machlup (1902), and Barbara Valentin (1940). After him are Clemens von Pirquet (1874), Werner Faymann (1960), Viktor Klima (1947), Josef Frank (1885), Pauline von Metternich (1836), and Gerhard Hanappi (1929).

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Among SCULPTORS In Austria

Among sculptors born in Austria, Antun Augustinčić ranks 3. Before him are Anna Mahler (1904), and Georg Rafael Donner (1693). After him are Magda Frank (1914), Matthias Braun (1684), Valie Export (1940), Fritz Wotruba (1907), Alfred Hrdlicka (1928), Erwin Wurm (1954), Franz West (1947), and Hellmuth Marx (1915).

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