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Niki de Saint Phalle

1930 - 2002

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Niki de Saint Phalle (French: [niki d(ə) sɛ̃ fal]; born Catherine Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle; 29 October 1930 – 21 May 2002) was a French sculptor, painter, filmmaker, and author of colorful hand-illustrated books. Widely noted as one of the few female monumental sculptors, Saint Phalle was also known for her social commitment and work. She had a difficult and traumatic childhood and a much-disrupted education, which she wrote about many decades later. After an early marriage and two children, she began creating art in a naïve, experimental style. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Niki de Saint Phalle is the 182nd most popular painter (down from 177th in 2019), the 602nd most popular biography from France (down from 581st in 2019) and the 50th most popular French Painter.

Niki de Saint Phalle is most famous for her large-scale sculptures and installation art.

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Among painters, Niki de Saint Phalle ranks 182 out of 2,023. Before her are Fra Bartolomeo, John Everett Millais, Giulio Romano, Hugo van der Goes, Anton Raphael Mengs, and Gustave Caillebotte. After her are Ivan Shishkin, Bernardo Bellotto, Franz Stuck, Chaim Soutine, Suzanne Valadon, and Quentin Matsys.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Niki de Saint Phalle ranks 38. Before her are Maximilian Schell, Philippe Noiret, Yves Chauvin, Thomas P. Stafford, George E. Smith, and Leon Cooper. After her are Claude Chabrol, Carlos Menem, Jerome Isaac Friedman, Anisa Makhlouf, Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, and Tony Lip. Among people deceased in 2002, Niki de Saint Phalle ranks 15. Before her are Archer Martin, Billy Wilder, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, John Rawls, László Kubala, and Traudl Junge. After her are George Porter, Vavá, Chuck Jones, Camilo José Cela, James Coburn, and B. D. Jatti.

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In France

Among people born in France, Niki de Saint Phalle ranks 602 out of 6,770. Before her are Éric Rohmer (1920), Jean Dausset (1916), Paul Claudel (1868), Gustave Caillebotte (1848), Blanche Monnier (1849), and Hector Malot (1830). After her are René of Anjou (1409), Édouard Lalo (1823), Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne (1611), Nadia Boulanger (1887), William Wyler (1902), and Marcel Lefebvre (1905).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Niki de Saint Phalle ranks 50. Before her are Robert Campin (1375), Frédéric Bazille (1841), Théodore Rousseau (1812), Paul Delaroche (1797), Maurice de Vlaminck (1876), and Gustave Caillebotte (1848). After her are Suzanne Valadon (1865), Aristide Maillol (1861), Maurice Utrillo (1883), Eugène Boudin (1824), Francis Picabia (1879), and Charles-François Daubigny (1817).

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