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Hermann Obrist

1863 - 1927

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Hermann Obrist (23 May 1862 at Kilchberg (near Zürich), Switzerland – 26 February 1927, Munich, Germany) was a Swiss sculptor of the Jugendstil and Art Nouveau movement. He studied Botany and History in his youth; the influence of those subjects is detected in his later work in the field of applied arts. As a teacher, Hermann Obrist exerted a seminal influence on the rise and subsequent development of Jugendstil in Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Obrist is the 181st most popular sculptor (up from 183rd in 2019), the 436th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 413th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swiss Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Hermann Obrist ranks 181 out of 258. Before him are Robert Jacobsen, Sergey Merkurov, Lev Kerbel, Melchiorre Cafà, David Černý, and Matthias Braun. After him are Juan Martínez Montañés, Valie Export, Martin Kippenberger, Dušan Džamonja, Anthony Caro, and Gregorio Fernández.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Hermann Obrist ranks 119. Before him are Aleksey Krylov, Alfred Lacroix, Mary Whiton Calkins, Hugo Winckler, Blanche Bingley, and Aliagha Shikhlinski. After him are Broncia Koller-Pinell, Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi, Alexander Serafimovich, János Hadik, and Aleko Konstantinov. Among people deceased in 1927, Hermann Obrist ranks 97. Before him are William Burnside, Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, George Nichols, Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer, Shushanik Kurghinian, and Maximilian Harden. After him are Harald Hansen, J. B. Bury, Paul César Helleu, Constance Markievicz, Sakina Akhundzadeh, and David Arellano.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Hermann Obrist ranks 436 out of 1,015. Before him are Walter Breisky (1871), Alphons Egli (1924), Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza (1958), Justus Dahinden (1925), Fabian Cancellara (1981), and Arthur Cohn (1927). After him are Pierre Aubert (1927), Constant Fornerod (1819), Vreni Schneider (1964), Johann III Bernoulli (1744), Karl Schenk (1823), and Philipp Etter (1891).

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Among SCULPTORS In Switzerland

Among sculptors born in Switzerland, Hermann Obrist ranks 4. Before him are Alberto Giacometti (1901), Jean Tinguely (1925), and James Pradier (1790).

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