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Jannis Kounellis

1936 - 2017

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Jannis Kounellis (Greek: Γιάννης Κουνέλλης; 23 March 1936 – 16 February 2017) was a Greek Italian artist based in Rome. A key figure associated with Arte Povera, he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jannis Kounellis is the 665th most popular painter (down from 656th in 2019), the 366th most popular biography from Greece (down from 362nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jannis Kounellis ranks 665 out of 2,023. Before him are Balthasar van der Ast, Franz von Bayros, Pierre Soulages, Bartholomeus van der Helst, Jan Toorop, and Leonid Pasternak. After him are Cindy Sherman, Nicolas de Staël, Jack Butler Yeats, Juan Sánchez Cotán, Achille Devéria, and Jean-Baptiste Isabey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Jannis Kounellis ranks 128. Before him are Don DeLillo, Trần Đức Lương, Canaan Banana, Dean Stockwell, Aleida March, and Charles Dutoit. After him are Han Seung-soo, Ivan Stambolić, Wolf Biermann, Floyd Westerman, Christiane Martel, and Henry Lee Lucas. Among people deceased in 2017, Jannis Kounellis ranks 113. Before him are Dick Bruna, Loalwa Braz, John G. Avildsen, Mustafa Tlass, Manuel Marín, and Christine Kaufmann. After him are Charles Bachman, Tsutomu Hata, Colin Dexter, Joachim Meisner, Karin Dor, and Don Rickles.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Jannis Kounellis ranks 366 out of 1,024. Before him are Cebes (-500), Alexis Tsipras (1974), Aeschines of Sphettus (-430), Pleistoanax (-500), Antenor (-590), and Ange Postecoglou (1965). After him are Anastasios of Albania (1929), Ahmed Izzet Pasha (1864), Aristo of Chios (-300), Tiberius Claudius Narcissus (50), Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger (1062), and Aratus of Sicyon (-271).

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Among PAINTERS In Greece

Among painters born in Greece, Jannis Kounellis ranks 4. Before him are El Greco (1541), Giorgio de Chirico (1888), and Nikolaos Gyzis (1842). After him are Agatharchus (-500), Achilles Painter (-470), Timarete (-420), Apollodorus (-500), Douris (-600), Euphranor (-301), Pamphilus (-390), and Yannis Tsarouchis (1910).

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