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Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

1875 - 1911

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Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (Polish: Mikołaj Konstanty Czurlanis; 22 September [O.S. 10 September] 1875 – 10 April [O.S. 28 March] 1911) was a Lithuanian composer, painter, choirmaster, cultural figure, and writer in Polish. Čiurlionis contributed to symbolism and Art Nouveau, and was representative of the fin de siècle epoch. He has been considered one of the pioneers of abstract art in Europe. During his short life, he composed about 400 pieces of music and created about 300 paintings, as well as many literary works and poems. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis is the 269th most popular painter (down from 216th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 16th in 2019) and the most popular Lithuanian Painter.

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis is most famous for his symphonic poem, "The Seasons," which he composed in 1904. Čiurlionis was born in 1875 and died in 1911.

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Among painters, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis ranks 269 out of 2,023. Before him are Nicholas Hilliard, Hendrick Avercamp, Cosimo Rosselli, Peder Severin Krøyer, Guercino, and Gerard ter Borch. After him are Gentile da Fabriano, Carel Fabritius, Gerda Wegener, Gerrit Dou, Vilhelm Hammershøi, and Angela Hitler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis ranks 27. Before him are Gilbert N. Lewis, John Buchan, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Thomas Burke, and Fritz Kreisler. After him are Edgar Wallace, Giovanni Gentile, William D. Leahy, Henri Lebesgue, Antonio Machado, and Anatoly Lunacharsky. Among people deceased in 1911, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis ranks 9. Before him are Wilhelm Dilthey, Francis Galton, Alfred Binet, Joseph Pulitzer, Pyotr Stolypin, and Paul Lafargue. After him are Emilio Salgari, Georg Jellinek, Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Mahboob Ali Khan, and Maria Pia of Savoy.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis ranks 23 out of 328. Before him are Antanas Smetona (1874), César Cui (1835), Valdas Adamkus (1926), Pyotr Wrangel (1878), Jascha Heifetz (1901), and Barbara Radziwiłł (1520). After him are Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander (1799), Aaron Klug (1926), Marija Gimbutas (1921), Algirdas Brazauskas (1932), Vytautas Landsbergis (1932), and Hacı I Giray (1397).

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Among PAINTERS In Lithuania

Among painters born in Lithuania, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis ranks 1. After him are Isaac Levitan (1860), Jacques Lipchitz (1891), George Maciunas (1931), Varvara Stepanova (1894), Michał Elwiro Andriolli (1836), Stanisław Witkiewicz (1851), Ben Shahn (1898), and Yehuda Pen (1854).

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