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Gerda Wegener

1886 - 1940

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Gerda Marie Fredrikke Wegener (née Gottlieb; 15 March 1885 – 28 July 1940) was a Danish illustrator and painter. Wegener is known for her fashion illustrations and later her paintings that pushed the boundaries of her time concerning gender and love. These works were classified as lesbian erotica at times and many were inspired by her partner, transgender painter Lili Elbe. Wegener employed these works in the styles of Art Nouveau and later Art Deco. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerda Wegener is the 272nd most popular painter (up from 276th in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Denmark (up from 84th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Danish Painter.

Gerda Wegener was a Danish artist and illustrator who is most famous for her illustrations of the fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling."

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Among painters, Gerda Wegener ranks 272 out of 2,023. Before her are Peder Severin Krøyer, Guercino, Gerard ter Borch, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Gentile da Fabriano, and Carel Fabritius. After her are Gerrit Dou, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Angela Hitler, Orazio Gentileschi, Hubert van Eyck, and François Gérard.

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Among people born in 1886, Gerda Wegener ranks 30. Before her are Erich Hoepner, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Hermann Broch, Jan Masaryk, Zhu De, and Karl Polanyi. After her are Hugo Ball, Michael Curtiz, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Kurt Koffka, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, and George Mallory. Among people deceased in 1940, Gerda Wegener ranks 24. Before her are Peter Behrens, Isaac Babel, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Wladimir Köppen, Spyridon Louis, and Ze'ev Jabotinsky. After her are Jesse Livermore, Kyösti Kallio, Lluís Companys, Eugène Dubois, Italo Balbo, and Paul Gottlieb Nipkow.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Gerda Wegener ranks 82 out of 1,032. Before her are Anna Karina (1940), Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1656), Arne Jacobsen (1902), Eric V of Denmark (1249), Michael Laudrup (1964), and Christopher I of Denmark (1219). After her are Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864), Peter Schmeichel (1963), Sweyn III of Denmark (1125), Canute IV of Denmark (1043), Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted (1879), and Ejnar Hertzsprung (1873).

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Among PAINTERS In Denmark

Among painters born in Denmark, Gerda Wegener ranks 5. Before her are Lili Elbe (1882), Nicolai Abildgaard (1743), Carl Bloch (1834), and Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1656). After her are Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864), Michael Ancher (1849), Anna Ancher (1859), Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783), Jens Juel (1745), Asger Jorn (1914), and Paul Gustav Fischer (1860).

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