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Eva Hesse

1936 - 1970

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Eva Hesse (January 11, 1936 – May 29, 1970) was a German-born American sculptor known for her pioneering work in materials such as latex, fiberglass, and plastics. She is one of the artists who ushered in the postminimal art movement in the 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eva Hesse is the 39th most popular sculptor (up from 180th in 2019), the 1,010th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,999th in 2019) and the most popular German Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Eva Hesse ranks 39 out of 258. Before her are Gustav Vigeland, Leochares, Jean Tinguely, Wäinö Aaltonen, Paul Landowski, and Jacopo della Quercia. After her are César Manrique, Eduardo Chillida, Jean-Antoine Houdon, Claes Oldenburg, Veit Stoss, and Magdalena Abakanowicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Eva Hesse ranks 62. Before her are Choummaly Sayasone, Glenda Jackson, Hideki Shirakawa, Ghassan Kanafani, Costas Simitis, and Don Cherry. After her are Denny Hulme, Steve Reich, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Jack Lousma, Iolanda Balaș, and Samuel C. C. Ting. Among people deceased in 1970, Eva Hesse ranks 49. Before her are Lázaro Cárdenas, Nina Ricci, Isdal Woman, Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia, Pedro Cea, and E. M. Forster. After her are Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, Erich Heckel, Sonny Liston, Lev Kuleshov, Reizo Fukuhara, and B. H. Liddell Hart.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Eva Hesse ranks 1,010 out of 7,253. Before her are Hennig Brand (1630), Felix Wankel (1902), Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739), Georg Ratzinger (1924), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (1728), and Erich Kempka (1910). After her are Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174), Friedrich Sertürner (1783), Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1497), Johann Christoph Bach (1671), Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (920), and Zwentibold (870).

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Among SCULPTORS In Germany

Among sculptors born in Germany, Eva Hesse ranks 1. After her are Veit Stoss (1450), Tilman Riemenschneider (1460), Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736), Igor Mitoraj (1944), Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764), Adolf von Hildebrand (1847), Christian Daniel Rauch (1777), Adam Kraft (1450), Rebecca Horn (1944), Hans Multscher (1400), and Clara Westhoff (1878).

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