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Joseph Beuys

1921 - 1986

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Joseph Heinrich Beuys ( BOYSS; German: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈbɔʏs]; 12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism and sociology. With Heinrich Böll, Johannes Stüttgen, Caroline Tisdall, Robert McDowell, and Enrico Wolleb, Beuys created the Free International University for Creativity & Interdisciplinary Research (FIU). Through his talks and performances, he also formed The Party for Animals and The Organisation for Direct Democracy. He was a member of a Dadaist art movement Fluxus and singularly inspirational in developing of Performance Art, called Kunst Aktionen, alongside Wiener Aktionismus that Allan Kaprow and Carolee Schneemann termed Art Happenings. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Beuys is the 12th most popular artist (down from 11th in 2019), the 381st most popular biography from Germany (down from 318th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Artist.

Joseph Beuys was a German artist and sculptor who is most famous for his use of materials such as felt, fat, honey, and wax to create artworks that explore social and political issues.

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Among artists, Joseph Beuys ranks 12 out of 125. Before him are Yoko Ono, Jusepe de Ribera, Hans Holbein the Younger, Jean Arp, Victor Vasarely, and Hiroshige. After him are Käthe Kollwitz, Luca Signorelli, Theo van Doesburg, Yves Klein, El Lissitzky, and Anders Zorn.

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Among people born in 1921, Joseph Beuys ranks 27. Before him are Simone Signoret, Peter Ustinov, P. V. Narasimha Rao, Gunnar Nordahl, Sophie Scholl, and Aaron T. Beck. After him are Ágnes Keleti, Paulo Freire, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, Vasily Smyslov, and Gianni Agnelli. Among people deceased in 1986, Joseph Beuys ranks 18. Before him are Robert S. Mulliken, Jean Genet, Frank Herbert, Urho Kekkonen, Edward Adelbert Doisy, and Cliff Burton. After him are Albert Szent-Györgyi, Alva Myrdal, Georgia O'Keeffe, Henry Moore, Michael J. Smith, and Leonid Kantorovich.

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Among people born in Germany, Joseph Beuys ranks 381 out of 7,253. Before him are Peter Simon Pallas (1741), Franz Halder (1884), George Paget Thomson (1892), Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744), Pope Victor II (1018), and Regiomontanus (1436). After him are Thomas à Kempis (1380), Moses Mendelssohn (1729), Harald zur Hausen (1936), Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877), Valdemar I of Denmark (1131), and Hugo Boss (1885).

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Among ARTISTS In Germany

Among artists born in Germany, Joseph Beuys ranks 2. Before him are Hans Holbein the Younger (1497). After him are Kurt Schwitters (1887), Josef Albers (1888), Bernt Notke (1435), Méret Oppenheim (1913), John Heartfield (1891), Ulay (1943), Marianne Brandt (1893), Gunta Stölzl (1897), and Daniel Hopfer (1470).

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