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Francis Picabia

1879 - 1953

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Francis Picabia (French: [fʁɑ̃sis pikabja]: born Francis-Marie Martinez de Picabia; 22 January 1879 – 30 November 1953) was a French avant-garde painter, writer, filmmaker, magazine publisher, poet, and typographist closely associated with Dada. When considering the many styles that Picabia painted in, observers have described his career as "shape-shifting" or "kaleidoscopic". After experimenting with Impressionism and Pointillism, Picabia became associated with Cubism. His highly abstract planar compositions were colourful and rich in contrasts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Picabia is the 208th most popular painter (down from 92nd in 2019), the 696th most popular biography from France (down from 275th in 2019) and the 55th most popular French Painter.

Francis Picabia was a French painter and poet who is most famous for his Cubist works.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Francis Picabia ranks 208 out of 2,023. Before him are Han van Meegeren, Lucas Cranach the Younger, Eugène Boudin, Thomas Gainsborough, Hendrik Goltzius, and Sonia Delaunay. After him are Rosso Fiorentino, Charles-François Daubigny, Francesco Guardi, Joaquín Sorolla, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Dieric Bouts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Francis Picabia ranks 18. Before him are Emiliano Zapata, Symon Petliura, Alma Mahler, Milutin Milanković, Hans Luther, and Rudolf von Laban. After him are Ottorino Respighi, Ramana Maharshi, An Jung-geun, Italo Gariboldi, Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, and Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Among people deceased in 1953, Francis Picabia ranks 18. Before him are Emmerich Kálmán, Eugene O'Neill, Django Reinhardt, Ivan Bunin, Vladimir Tatlin, and Hans Fritzsche. After him are Raoul Dufy, Hugo Sperrle, Erich Mendelsohn, Richard Walther Darré, Robert A. Taft, and Kathleen Ferrier.

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In France

Among people born in France, Francis Picabia ranks 696 out of 6,770. Before him are Marie Tussaud (1761), Adam de la Halle (1245), Hugh the Great (898), Gaston Leroux (1868), Jacques Anquetil (1934), and Yolande de Polastron (1749). After him are Jérôme Lalande (1732), Henry II, Count of Champagne (1166), Maurice Gamelin (1872), Gérard de Nerval (1808), Charles-François Daubigny (1817), and Suzanne Lenglen (1899).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Francis Picabia ranks 55. Before him are Gustave Caillebotte (1848), Niki de Saint Phalle (1930), Suzanne Valadon (1865), Aristide Maillol (1861), Maurice Utrillo (1883), and Eugène Boudin (1824). After him are Charles-François Daubigny (1817), Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659), Jan Gossaert (1478), Raoul Dufy (1877), Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824), and Simon Vouet (1590).

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