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Giorgio Morandi

1890 - 1964

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Giorgio Morandi (July 20, 1890 – June 18, 1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker widely known for his subtly muted still-life paintings of ceramic vessels, flowers, and landscapes—their quiet, meditative quality reflecting the artist's rejection of the tumult of modern life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giorgio Morandi is the 295th most popular painter (down from 264th in 2019), the 967th most popular biography from Italy (down from 870th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular Italian Painter.

Giorgio Morandi is most famous for his still lifes.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Giorgio Morandi ranks 295 out of 2,023. Before him are Natalia Goncharova, Philippe de Champaigne, Georges Rouault, John William Waterhouse, Martin Schongauer, and Masolino da Panicale. After him are Jacques Callot, H. R. Giger, François Clouet, Viktor Vasnetsov, Paul Delvaux, and Erwin Bowien.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Giorgio Morandi ranks 31. Before him are Robert Ley, Franz Werfel, Kurt Student, Maria Goretti, Hermann Joseph Muller, and Victor Lustig. After him are Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Eduard Dietl, Fanny Kaplan, Karl Harrer, Ronald Fisher, and Elsa Schiaparelli. Among people deceased in 1964, Giorgio Morandi ranks 25. Before him are Gerald Gardner, Karl Polanyi, Alvin York, Alexander Archipenko, Plaek Phibunsongkhram, and Otto Grotewohl. After him are Alexandre Koyré, Otto Wille Kuusinen, Henry Maitland Wilson, Paulino Alcántara, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, and Emilio Aguinaldo.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giorgio Morandi ranks 967 out of 5,161. Before him are Masolino da Panicale (1383), Bernardo Provenzano (1933), William I of Sicily (1126), Gemma Galgani (1878), Frances of Rome (1384), and Alfonso II of Naples (1448). After him are Arrigo Boito (1842), Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (1587), Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara (1545), Edda Mussolini (1910), Occhiali (1519), and Valerius Maximus (-100).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Giorgio Morandi ranks 82. Before him are Lorenzo di Credi (1459), Pietro Lorenzetti (1280), Salvator Rosa (1615), Francesco Primaticcio (1504), John William Waterhouse (1849), and Masolino da Panicale (1383). After him are Ludovico Carracci (1555), Lorenzo Costa (1460), Daniele da Volterra (1509), Giacomo Balla (1871), Il Sodoma (1477), and Federico Barocci (1535).

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