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Erich Heckel

1883 - 1970

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Erich Heckel (31 July 1883 – 27 January 1970) was a German painter and printmaker, and a founding member of the group Die Brücke ("The Bridge") which existed 1905–1913. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1932 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Heckel is the 392nd most popular painter (up from 435th in 2019), the 1,062nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,190th in 2019) and the 35th most popular German Painter.

Erich Heckel was a German artist, who is most famous for his paintings of nudes.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Erich Heckel ranks 392 out of 2,023. Before him are Armand Guillaumin, Elisabetta Sirani, Leonora Carrington, Pietro Longhi, Albert Marquet, and Johan Zoffany. After him are Stefan Lochner, Pietro Cavallini, Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, Melozzo da Forlì, Meindert Hobbema, and Karl Bryullov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Erich Heckel ranks 43. Before him are Peter Kürten, Nina Ricci, Zaifeng, Prince Chun, Joseph Pilates, Georgios Papanikolaou, and A. S. Neill. After him are Döme Sztójay, Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh, Giovanni Messe, Max Linder, Alexandros Papagos, and Ivan Meštrović. Among people deceased in 1970, Erich Heckel ranks 51. Before him are Isdal Woman, Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia, Pedro Cea, E. M. Forster, Eva Hesse, and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma. After him are Sonny Liston, Lev Kuleshov, Reizo Fukuhara, B. H. Liddell Hart, Kiyoo Kanda, and Jean Giono.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erich Heckel ranks 1,062 out of 7,253. Before him are Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618), Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792), John McEnroe (1959), Caroline of Brunswick (1768), Max Schreck (1879), and Johan Zoffany (1733). After him are Stefan Lochner (1410), Carl von Linde (1842), Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513), Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1712), Alfred Brehm (1829), and Hanns Eisler (1898).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Erich Heckel ranks 35. Before him are Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876), Max Liebermann (1847), Anna Maria van Schurman (1607), Philipp Otto Runge (1777), Joseph Karl Stieler (1781), and Johan Zoffany (1733). After him are Stefan Lochner (1410), Konrad Witz (1400), Georg Baselitz (1938), Oskar Schlemmer (1888), Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789), and Michael Wolgemut (1434).

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