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Charles Despiau

1874 - 1946

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Charles Despiau (November 4, 1874 – October 30, 1946) was a French sculptor and teacher. He also worked as a draftsman, graphic artist and book illustrator. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Despiau is the 136th most popular sculptor (up from 171st in 2019), the 3,079th most popular biography from France (up from 3,784th in 2019) and the 29th most popular French Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Charles Despiau ranks 136 out of 258Before him are Silvio Gazzaniga, Magda Frank, Rebecca Horn, Johan Tobias Sergel, Germain Pilon, and Henri Laurens. After him are Nek Chand, Hans Multscher, Bartolomeo Bon, Olafur Eliasson, Dan Flavin, and Clara Westhoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Charles Despiau ranks 100Before him are Otto Rühle, François Coty, Rosa Albach-Retty, Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, George Tupou II, and Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria. After him are Photius II of Constantinople, Wincenty Witos, Ricardo Flores Magón, Gustave Whitehead, Constantin Ion Parhon, and Bill Holland. Among people deceased in 1946, Charles Despiau ranks 108Before him are Jack Johnson, Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Max von Oppenheim, Madan Mohan Malaviya, William Joyce, and Edmund Glaise-Horstenau. After him are Heinrich George, Matteo Bartoli, George Washington, Grigory Neujmin, Noah Beery, and Leopold Okulicki.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Despiau ranks 3,079 out of 6,770Before him are Hilaire Belloc (1870), Antoine de Chézy (1718), Julie Billiart (1751), Jean Fernel (1497), Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol (1786), and Louis Rosier (1905). After him are Marie-José Nat (1940), Gershom ben Judah (960), Alexis Korner (1928), Lucien Gaudin (1886), Peter Fourier (1565), and Bernard Werber (1961).

Among SCULPTORS In France

Among sculptors born in France, Charles Despiau ranks 29Before him are Augustin Pajou (1730), Emmanuel Frémiet (1824), Daniel Buren (1938), Jules Dalou (1838), Germain Pilon (1525), and Henri Laurens (1885). After him are Auguste Clésinger (1814), Augustin-Alexandre Dumont (1801), Antoine-Denis Chaudet (1763), Alexandre Falguière (1831), Georges Lacombe (1868), and Ligier Richier (1500).