SCULPTOR

César Baldaccini

1921 - 1998

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César (born Cesare Baldaccini; 1 January 1921 – 6 December 1998), also occasionally referred to as César Baldaccini ([sezaʁ baldatʃini]), was a French sculptor. César was at the forefront of the Nouveau réalisme movement with his radical compressions (compacted automobiles, discarded metal, or rubbish), expansions (polyurethane foam sculptures), and fantastic representations of animals and insects. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. César Baldaccini is the 82nd most popular sculptor (up from 85th in 2019), the 2,224th most popular biography from France (down from 2,209th in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, César Baldaccini ranks 82 out of 258. Before him are Marino Marini, Andrea Sansovino, Anna Mahler, Nicolas Coustou, Jean Goujon, and Leone Leoni. After him are Igor Mitoraj, François Duquesnoy, Jean de Chelles, Calamis, Nanni di Banco, and Yaacov Agam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, César Baldaccini ranks 124. Before him are Stein Rokkan, James Whitmore, Géza Anda, Lidia Gueiler Tejada, Paddy Roy Bates, and Gitta Sereny. After him are Robert Muldoon, Arno Babajanian, Anne Golon, Arthur Grumiaux, Maurice Yaméogo, and Pierre Clostermann. Among people deceased in 1998, César Baldaccini ranks 90. Before him are Shotaro Ishinomori, Maureen O'Sullivan, Benjamin Spock, Remo Giazotto, Aymoré Moreira, and Muriel Humphrey Brown. After him are Momoko Kōchi, J. T. Walsh, Lucio Battisti, Christian Mortensen, Zbigniew Herbert, and Juan José Nogués.

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In France

Among people born in France, César Baldaccini ranks 2,224 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice Couve de Murville (1907), Joséphin Péladan (1858), Eustache Deschamps (1346), Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona (1487), Jean Paulhan (1884), and Nicholas of Verdun (1130). After him are John, Duke of Touraine (1398), Emmanuel Carrère (1957), René Pleven (1901), Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756), Fabre d'Églantine (1750), and Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1637).

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Among SCULPTORS In France

Among sculptors born in France, César Baldaccini ranks 19. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714), David d'Angers (1788), François Girardon (1628), Antoine Coysevox (1640), Nicolas Coustou (1658), and Jean Goujon (1510). After him are Jean de Chelles (1200), Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876), Antoine-Louis Barye (1795), Augustin Pajou (1730), Emmanuel Frémiet (1824), and Daniel Buren (1938).

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