PAINTER
Lucio Fontana
1899 - 1968

Lucio Fontana
Lucio Fontana (Italian: [ˈluːtʃo fonˈtaːna]; 19 February 1899 – 7 September 1968) was an Argentine-Italian painter, sculptor, and theorist. He is known as the founder of Spatialism and exponent of abstract painting as the first known artist to slash his canvases – which symbolizes an utter rejection of all prerequisites of art. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucio Fontana is the 377th most popular painter (down from 342nd in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 42nd in 2019) and the most popular Argentinean Painter.
Lucio Fontana is most famous for his "Concetto Spaziale" series of paintings, which are large, white, irregular shaped canvases with perforations in them.
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Among PAINTERS
Among painters, Lucio Fontana ranks 377 out of 2,023. Before him are Sesshū Tōyō, Jean-Marc Nattier, Anna Ancher, Alexander Roslin, Joseph Karl Stieler, and Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. After him are Carlo Carrà, Dosso Dossi, William Holman Hunt, Albert Edelfelt, Giovanni Segantini, and Paulus Potter.
Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsSesshū Tōyō
1420 - 1506
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 371
Jean-Marc Nattier
1685 - 1766
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 372
Anna Ancher
1859 - 1935
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 373
Alexander Roslin
1718 - 1793
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 374
Joseph Karl Stieler
1781 - 1858
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 375
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
1827 - 1875
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 376
Lucio Fontana
1899 - 1968
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 377
Carlo Carrà
1881 - 1966
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 378
Dosso Dossi
1480 - 1542
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 379
William Holman Hunt
1827 - 1910
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 380
Albert Edelfelt
1854 - 1905
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 381
Giovanni Segantini
1858 - 1899
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 382
Paulus Potter
1625 - 1654
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 383
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1899, Lucio Fontana ranks 47. Before him are Charles Best, Emma Morano, Charles Laughton, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Jean Moulin, and James Cagney. After him are P. L. Travers, Ramon Novarro, Lev Kuleshov, Louis Hjelmslev, Charles Boyer, and Sobhuza II. Among people deceased in 1968, Lucio Fontana ranks 36. Before him are Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Howard Florey, Ivan Ribar, Kirill Meretskov, Vasily Sokolovsky, and Alice Guy-Blaché. After him are Giovanni Messe, Vittorio Pozzo, Ramon Novarro, Arnold Zweig, Romano Guardini, and Josef Harpe.
Others Born in 1899
Go to all RankingsCharles Best
PHYSICIAN
1899 - 1978
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 41
Emma Morano
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1899 - 2017
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 42
Charles Laughton
ACTOR
1899 - 1962
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 43
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1938
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 44
Jean Moulin
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1943
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 45
James Cagney
ACTOR
1899 - 1986
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 46
Lucio Fontana
PAINTER
1899 - 1968
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 47
P. L. Travers
WRITER
1899 - 1996
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 48
Ramon Novarro
ACTOR
1899 - 1968
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 49
Lev Kuleshov
FILM DIRECTOR
1899 - 1970
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 50
Louis Hjelmslev
LINGUIST
1899 - 1965
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 51
Charles Boyer
ACTOR
1899 - 1978
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 52
Sobhuza II
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1982
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 53
Others Deceased in 1968
Go to all RankingsNikolaus von Falkenhorst
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1885 - 1968
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 30
Howard Florey
PHYSICIAN
1898 - 1968
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 31
Ivan Ribar
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1968
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 32
Kirill Meretskov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1897 - 1968
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 33
Vasily Sokolovsky
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1897 - 1968
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 34
Alice Guy-Blaché
FILM DIRECTOR
1873 - 1968
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 35
Lucio Fontana
PAINTER
1899 - 1968
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 36
Giovanni Messe
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1883 - 1968
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 37
Vittorio Pozzo
SOCCER PLAYER
1886 - 1968
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 38
Ramon Novarro
ACTOR
1899 - 1968
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 39
Arnold Zweig
WRITER
1887 - 1968
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 40
Romano Guardini
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1885 - 1968
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 41
Josef Harpe
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1887 - 1968
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 42
In Argentina
Among people born in Argentina, Lucio Fontana ranks 46 out of 1,154. Before him are Reynaldo Bignone (1928), Javier Zanetti (1973), Ernesto Sabato (1911), Héctor Cúper (1955), Juan Manuel de Rosas (1793), and Fernando de la Rúa (1937). After him are Hipólito Yrigoyen (1852), Francisco Varallo (1910), Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1878), Violet Jessop (1887), Roberto Eduardo Viola (1924), and Luis Galván (1948).
Others born in Argentina
Go to all RankingsReynaldo Bignone
POLITICIAN
1928 - 2018
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 40
Javier Zanetti
SOCCER PLAYER
1973 - Present
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 41
Ernesto Sabato
WRITER
1911 - 2011
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 42
Héctor Cúper
COACH
1955 - Present
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 43
Juan Manuel de Rosas
POLITICIAN
1793 - 1877
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 44
Fernando de la Rúa
POLITICIAN
1937 - 2019
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 45
Lucio Fontana
PAINTER
1899 - 1968
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 46
Hipólito Yrigoyen
POLITICIAN
1852 - 1933
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 47
Francisco Varallo
SOCCER PLAYER
1910 - 2010
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 48
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
POLITICIAN
1878 - 1959
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 49
Violet Jessop
POLITICIAN
1887 - 1971
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 50
Roberto Eduardo Viola
POLITICIAN
1924 - 1994
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 51
Luis Galván
SOCCER PLAYER
1948 - 2025
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 52
Among PAINTERS In Argentina
Among painters born in Argentina, Lucio Fontana ranks 1. After him are Leonor Fini (1907), Tomás Maldonado (1922), and Antonio Berni (1905).
Lucio Fontana
1899 - 1968
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 1
Leonor Fini
1907 - 1996
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 2
Tomás Maldonado
1922 - 2018
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 3
Antonio Berni
1905 - 1981
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 4