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František Kupka

1871 - 1957

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František Kupka (23 September 1871 – 24 June 1957), also known as Frank Kupka or François Kupka, was a Czech painter and graphic artist. He was a pioneer and co-founder of the early phases of the abstract art movement and Orphic Cubism (Orphism). Kupka's abstract works arose from a base of realism, but later evolved into pure abstract art. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. František Kupka is the 312th most popular painter (down from 247th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 76th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Czech Painter.

František Kupka was a Czech painter and draughtsman. He is most famous for his abstract paintings and drawings.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, František Kupka ranks 312 out of 2,023. Before him are Pieter Claesz, Jan Brueghel the Younger, Helene Schjerfbeck, Marie Bashkirtseff, Karel van Mander, and Lorenzo Costa. After him are Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Daniele da Volterra, Pierre Mignard, Carl Spitzweg, Shitao, and Anton Mauve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, František Kupka ranks 22. Before him are Ioannis Metaxas, Elena of Montenegro, Theodore Dreiser, Émile Borel, Georges Rouault, and Maurice Garin. After him are Giacomo Balla, Stjepan Radić, William Stern, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Cordell Hull. Among people deceased in 1957, František Kupka ranks 32. Before him are Curzio Malaparte, Jože Plečnik, Richard E. Byrd, Joseph McCarthy, Alfonso de Portago, and Maurice Garin. After him are Laura Ingalls Wilder, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, V. Gordon Childe, Eliot Ness, Erich von Stroheim, and Aga Khan III.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, František Kupka ranks 103 out of 1,200. Before him are Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849), Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1662), Pavel Nedvěd (1972), Antonín Novotný (1904), Matthias Sindelar (1903), and Anne of Bohemia (1366). After him are Agnes of Bohemia (1211), Julius Fučík (1903), Josef Mysliveček (1737), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897), Josef Suk (1874), and Oldřich Nejedlý (1909).

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Among PAINTERS In Czechia

Among painters born in Czechia, František Kupka ranks 3. Before him are Alphonse Mucha (1860), and Anton Raphael Mengs (1728). After him are Wenceslaus Hollar (1607), Anna Chromý (1940), Emil Orlík (1870), Georg Flegel (1566), Toyen (1902), Gabriel von Max (1840), Zdeněk Burian (1905), Mikoláš Aleš (1852), and Petr Brandl (1668).

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