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Méret Oppenheim

1913 - 1985

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Meret (or Méret) Elisabeth Oppenheim (6 October 1913 – 15 November 1985) was a German-born Swiss Surrealist artist and photographer. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Méret Oppenheim is the 34th most popular artist (down from 33rd in 2019), the 1,603rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,430th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Artist.

Méret Oppenheim is most famous for her fur-covered teacup that she made in 1936.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Méret Oppenheim ranks 34 out of 125. Before her are Onfim, Edward Burne-Jones, Ai Weiwei, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Bernt Notke, and Barnett Newman. After her are William Wallace Denslow, John Heartfield, Ulay, André Charles Boulle, Jeff Koons, and Marcel Janco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Méret Oppenheim ranks 83. Before her are Bruno Pontecorvo, Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Sergey Mikhalkov, Roger Caillois, Israel Gelfand, and 'Abd al-Ilah. After her are Paul Grice, Barrington Moore Jr., Mary Leakey, Osvaldo Moles, Alexander Pokryshkin, and Bill Shankly. Among people deceased in 1985, Méret Oppenheim ranks 48. Before her are The Singing Nun, Ian Stewart, Abe Lenstra, John G. Trump, Kiki Camarena, and Donald O. Hebb. After her are Alexander Pokryshkin, Ruth Gordon, Lina Heydrich, Taizo Kawamoto, Ricky Nelson, and Zarifa Aliyeva.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Méret Oppenheim ranks 1,603 out of 7,253. Before her are Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria (1878), Kurt Franz (1914), Otto Wels (1873), Rudi Dutschke (1940), Carl Correns (1864), and Richard Glücks (1889). After her are Gustav Landauer (1870), Wolf Vostell (1932), Friedrich Wetter (1928), Karl Korsch (1886), August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798), and Frederick II, Elector Palatine (1482).

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Among ARTISTS In Germany

Among artists born in Germany, Méret Oppenheim ranks 6. Before her are Hans Holbein the Younger (1497), Joseph Beuys (1921), Kurt Schwitters (1887), Josef Albers (1888), and Bernt Notke (1435). After her are John Heartfield (1891), Ulay (1943), Marianne Brandt (1893), Gunta Stölzl (1897), and Daniel Hopfer (1470).

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