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Giorgio de Chirico

1888 - 1978

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Giuseppe Maria Alberto Giorgio de Chirico ( KIRR-ik-oh; Italian: [ˈdʒordʒo de ˈkiːriko]; 10 July 1888 – 20 November 1978) was an Italian artist and writer born in Greece. In the years before World War I, he founded the scuola metafisica art movement, which profoundly influenced the surrealists. His best-known works often feature Roman arcades, long shadows, mannequins, trains, and illogical perspective. His imagery reflects his affinity for the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer and of Friedrich Nietzsche, and for the mythology of his birthplace. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giorgio de Chirico is the 122nd most popular painter (down from 116th in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from Greece (up from 87th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Painter.

Giorgio de Chirico is most famous for his paintings of urban scenes, which are characterized by their dreamlike qualities.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Giorgio de Chirico ranks 122 out of 2,023. Before him are Simone Martini, Andrea del Sarto, Parmigianino, Francis Bacon, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Juan Gris. After him are Raja Ravi Varma, Annibale Carracci, Pierre Bonnard, Odilon Redon, Franz Marc, and Gustave Moreau.

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Among people born in 1888, Giorgio de Chirico ranks 16. Before him are José Raúl Capablanca, Roland Garros, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Nikolai Bukharin, Nestor Makhno, and John Logie Baird. After him are Abul Kalam Azad, Carl Schmitt, C. V. Raman, Jean Monnet, Frits Zernike, and Raymond Chandler. Among people deceased in 1978, Giorgio de Chirico ranks 11. Before him are Aram Khachaturian, Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Manne Siegbahn, Aldo Moro, Jacques Brel, and Mohammed Daoud Khan. After him are Robert Shaw, Harry Martinson, Ramón Mercader, Adolf Dassler, Vincent du Vigneaud, and Jack L. Warner.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Giorgio de Chirico ranks 86 out of 1,024. Before him are Galla Placidia (388), Paul of Greece (1901), Antigonus I Monophthalmus (-382), Handan Sultan (1574), Melissus of Samos (-470), and Creon (null). After him are Irene Papas (1929), Mikis Theodorakis (1925), Mardonius (-600), Hippias (-443), Arion (-700), and Archilochus (-680).

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Among PAINTERS In Greece

Among painters born in Greece, Giorgio de Chirico ranks 2. Before him are El Greco (1541). After him are Nikolaos Gyzis (1842), Jannis Kounellis (1936), Agatharchus (-500), Achilles Painter (-470), Timarete (-420), Apollodorus (-500), Douris (-600), Euphranor (-301), Pamphilus (-390), and Yannis Tsarouchis (1910).

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