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Paul Landowski

1875 - 1961

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Paul Maximilien Landowski (1 June 1875 – 31 March 1961) was a French monument sculptor of Polish descent. His best-known work is Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Landowski is the 37th most popular sculptor (down from 26th in 2019), the 1,149th most popular biography from France (down from 827th in 2019) and the 9th most popular French Sculptor.

Paul Landowski is most famous for his sculpture of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Paul Landowski ranks 37 out of 258. Before him are Antoine Bourdelle, Ossip Zadkine, Gustav Vigeland, Leochares, Jean Tinguely, and Wäinö Aaltonen. After him are Jacopo della Quercia, Eva Hesse, César Manrique, Eduardo Chillida, Jean-Antoine Houdon, and Claes Oldenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Paul Landowski ranks 34. Before him are Edgar Wallace, Giovanni Gentile, William D. Leahy, Henri Lebesgue, Antonio Machado, and Anatoly Lunacharsky. After him are Matthias Erzberger, Zhang Zuolin, Mihály Károlyi, Albert Marquet, Nobuyuki Abe, and Sisowath Monivong. Among people deceased in 1961, Paul Landowski ranks 25. Before him are Rafael Trujillo, Kurt Meyer, Adnan Menderes, Dashiell Hammett, Sergio Osmeña, and Luigi Einaudi. After him are Akiba Rubinstein, Blaise Cendrars, Wolfgang von Trips, Arthur Drewry, Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria, and Jeff Chandler.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Landowski ranks 1,149 out of 6,770. Before him are Édouard Vuillard (1868), Antoine César Becquerel (1788), Jacques Hébert (1757), Jean de Béthencourt (1362), Jacques Rivette (1928), and André-Jacques Garnerin (1769). After him are Balthus (1908), Joachim du Bellay (1522), Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1818), Louis Jacques Thénard (1777), Daniel Cohn-Bendit (1945), and Jean II Le Maingre (1366).

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Among SCULPTORS In France

Among sculptors born in France, Paul Landowski ranks 9. Before him are Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834), Louise Bourgeois (1911), Giambologna (1529), Marie Tussaud (1761), Rosa Bonheur (1822), and Antoine Bourdelle (1861). After him are Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741), François Rude (1784), Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716), Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714), David d'Angers (1788), and François Girardon (1628).

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