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Hans Richter

1888 - 1976

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Hans Johannes Siegfried Richter (; German: [ˈʁɪçtɐ]; 6 April 1888 – 1 February 1976) was a German Dada painter, graphic artist, avant-garde film producer, and art historian. In 1965 he authored the book Dadaism about the history of the Dada movement. He was born in Berlin into a well-to-do family and died in Minusio, near Locarno, Switzerland. From Expressionism through Dadaism, Constructivism and Neoplasticism, he was one of the major figures of avant-garde art in the 1910s and 1920s and a catalyst for intellectuals and artists in many disciplines. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Richter is the 742nd most popular painter (up from 771st in 2019), the 2,096th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,129th in 2019) and the 69th most popular German Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Hans Richter ranks 742 out of 2,023. Before him are Joseph-Marie Vien, Jan van der Heyden, Nicolas Lancret, Maria Reiter, Marcello Bacciarelli, and Willem van de Velde the Younger. After him are Jan Fyt, John Sloan, Sébastien Bourdon, Alvise Vivarini, Francesco Botticini, and Naji al-Ali.

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Among people born in 1888, Hans Richter ranks 77. Before him are Giuseppe Ungaretti, Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, Valerian Kuybyshev, Jan Syrový, Hans von Salmuth, and Inayatullah Khan. After him are Wellington Koo, Milan Stojadinović, Domenico Tardini, Paul Morand, Soong Ai-ling, and Nikolay Shvernik. Among people deceased in 1976, Hans Richter ranks 72. Before him are Harry Nyquist, Adolph Zukor, Walter H. Schottky, Abdul Razak Hussein, Alexandros Panagoulis, and Géza Anda. After him are Kálmán Kalocsay, Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, Carol Reed, Willi Hennig, Paul Morand, and Karl Schäfer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Richter ranks 2,097 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720), Carl Laemmle (1867), Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1694), Carl Reichenbach (1788), Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen (1893), and Harro Schulze-Boysen (1909). After him are Salvian (405), Georg Lindemann (1884), Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662), Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony (1730), Paul Gerhardt (1607), and Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1630).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Hans Richter ranks 69. Before him are Sebald Beham (1500), Ludolf Bakhuizen (1630), Joos van Cleve (1485), Govert Flinck (1615), Hans Hartung (1904), and Maria Reiter (1911). After him are Philipp Veit (1793), Charlotte Salomon (1917), Albert Bierstadt (1830), Heinrich Aldegrever (1502), Franz von Lenbach (1836), and Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794).

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