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Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

1736 - 1783

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Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (February 6, 1736 – August 19, 1783) was a German-Austrian sculptor most famous for his "character heads", a collection of busts with faces contorted in extreme facial expressions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Xaver Messerschmidt is the 66th most popular sculptor (down from 64th in 2019), the 1,741st most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,701st in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt ranks 66 out of 258. Before him are Bernardo Rossellino, Salvatore Garau, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, David d'Angers, Pietro Bernini, and Isamu Noguchi. After him are Antonio Corradini, Lars Vilks, Antenor, Francesco Laurana, Giorgio da Sebenico, and Robert Smithson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1736, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt ranks 12. Before him are Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, James Macpherson, Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Rudolf Erich Raspe, and Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé. After him are Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, Anton Graff, Edward Waring, Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, and Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal. Among people deceased in 1783, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt ranks 12. Before him are Yosa Buson, Antonio Soler, Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Grigory Orlov, and Johann Kirnberger. After him are Johann Jakob Bodmer, Benedict Joseph Labre, Christian Mayer, Gerhard Friedrich Müller, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, and William Hunter.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt ranks 1,741 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Kirnberger (1721), Werner Jaeger (1888), Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine (1539), August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735), Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (1763), and Adolf Hurwitz (1859). After him are Hans Blumenberg (1920), Edmund Conen (1914), Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1727), Karl von Piloty (1826), Conrad Veidt (1893), and Christian Morgenstern (1871).

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Among SCULPTORS In Germany

Among sculptors born in Germany, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt ranks 4. Before him are Eva Hesse (1936), Veit Stoss (1450), and Tilman Riemenschneider (1460). After him are 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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