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Daniel Hopfer

1470 - 1536

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Daniel Hopfer (c. 1470 – 1536) was a German artist who is widely believed to have been the first to use etching in printmaking, at the end of the 15th century. He also worked in woodcut. Although his etchings were widely ignored by art historians for years, more recent scholarship is crediting him and his work with "single-handedly establishing the salability of etchings" and introducing the print publisher business model. Unlike most later prints, etched on copper plates, Hopfer's printed etching continued to use the iron plates he was used to working with in steel plate armour, the material he was trained in, and with which he continued to work. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Hopfer is the 80th most popular artist (down from 78th in 2019), the 4,603rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,397th in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Artist.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Daniel Hopfer ranks 80 out of 125. Before him are Hu Zhengyan, Gilbert Baker, Mary Delany, Gordon Matta-Clark, Annette Messager, and Aleksandr Golovin. After him are Antonie Brentano, Dan Graham, Luigi Serafini, Maud Wagner, Kenojuak Ashevak, and Sergei Sviatchenko.

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Among people born in 1470, Daniel Hopfer ranks 28. Before him are Bernardo Dovizi, Willibald Pirckheimer, Ludovico di Varthema, Gonzalo Guerrero, Marco Basaiti, and Fernão de Loronha. After him is Polydore Vergil. Among people deceased in 1536, Daniel Hopfer ranks 23. Before him are Felice della Rovere, Jacob Hutter, Juan Pizarro, Gonzalo Guerrero, Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Marino Sanuto the Younger. After him is Hector Boece.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Daniel Hopfer ranks 4,606 out of 7,253. Before him are Willi Horn (1909), Andreas Krieger (1965), Karin Baal (1940), Otto Modersohn (1865), Leonard Nelson (1882), and Christian Ferdinand Abel (1682). After him are Heide Rosendahl (1947), Ingrid Becker (1942), Ute Lemper (1963), Gabriele Hinzmann (1947), Fritz Rasp (1891), and Oskar Lenz (1848).

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Among ARTISTS In Germany

Among artists born in Germany, Daniel Hopfer ranks 11. Before him are Bernt Notke (1435), Méret Oppenheim (1913), John Heartfield (1891), Ulay (1943), Marianne Brandt (1893), and Gunta Stölzl (1897).

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