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Arno Breker

1900 - 1991

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Arno Breker (19 July 1900 – 13 February 1991) was a German sculptor who is best known for his public works in Nazi Germany, where he was endorsed by the authorities as the antithesis of degenerate art. He was made official state sculptor, and exempted from military service. One of his better known statues is Die Partei, representing the spirit of the Nazi Party, which flanked one side of the carriage entrance to Albert Speer's new Reich Chancellery. After the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945 Breker continued to thrive professionally as a sculptor in the new West Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arno Breker is the 59th most popular architect (up from 60th in 2019), the 690th most popular biography from Germany (down from 607th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Architect.

Arno Breker is most famous for his statues and reliefs which he created in the Third Reich. He was a German sculptor who was commissioned by Adolf Hitler to create a number of sculptures for the Third Reich.

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Among architects, Arno Breker ranks 59 out of 518. Before him are Aldo Rossi, Richard Meier, Álvaro Siza Vieira, Arne Jacobsen, Jože Plečnik, and Isidore of Miletus. After him are Domenico Fontana, Augustus Pugin, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Sostratus of Cnidus, Capability Brown, and Ferdinand Cheval.

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Among people born in 1900, Arno Breker ranks 40. Before him are Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Jan Oort, Kurt Weill, Pak Hon-yong, Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, and Karl Wolff. After him are Choe Yong-gon, Chiune Sugihara, Anna Seghers, Jiro Miyake, Edward Stettinius Jr., and Walther Wenck. Among people deceased in 1991, Arno Breker ranks 27. Before him are Ragnar Granit, Soichiro Honda, Oona O'Neill, Margot Fonteyn, David Lean, and Max Frisch. After him are Henri Lefebvre, Michael Landon, Demetrios I of Constantinople, Rajiv Gandhi, Natalia Ginzburg, and Jerzy Kosiński.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Arno Breker ranks 690 out of 7,253. Before him are Ottmar Hitzfeld (1949), Dietrich Eckart (1868), Oskar Dirlewanger (1895), Georg Büchner (1813), Otto Carius (1922), and Simon Marius (1573). After him are Hans Holbein the Elder (1465), Otto Günsche (1917), Widukind (755), George William, Elector of Brandenburg (1595), Curd Jürgens (1915), and Rudi Völler (1960).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Germany

Among architects born in Germany, Arno Breker ranks 6. Before him are Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886), Albert Speer (1905), Walter Gropius (1883), Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781), and Peter Behrens (1868). After him are Albert Speer (1934), Peter Parler (1330), Frei Otto (1925), Gottfried Semper (1803), Leo von Klenze (1784), and Hans Scharoun (1893).

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