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Rebecca Horn

1944 - 2024

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Rebecca Horn (24 March 1944 – 6 September 2024) was a German visual artist best known for her installation art, film directing and body modifications such as Einhorn (Unicorn), a body-suit with a very large horn projecting vertically from the headpiece. While living in Paris and Berlin, she worked in film, sculpture and performance, directing the films Der Eintänzer (1978), La ferdinanda: Sonate für eine Medici-Villa (1982) and Buster's Bedroom (1990). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rebecca Horn is the 132nd most popular sculptor (up from 142nd in 2019), the 2,993rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,363rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Rebecca Horn ranks 132 out of 258. Before her are Antun Augustinčić, Nikolaus Gerhaert, Richard Long, Adam Kraft, Silvio Gazzaniga, and Magda Frank. After her are Johan Tobias Sergel, Germain Pilon, Henri Laurens, Charles Despiau, Nek Chand, and Hans Multscher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Rebecca Horn ranks 299. Before her are Christine Chubbuck, Sandra Faber, Bo Larsson, Lars Norén, Geoffrey Hughes, and Jacques-Alain Miller. After her are Carlos Pachamé, Whitfield Diffie, Wolfgang Weber, John McCook, Jiří Holeček, and Boris Mikhailov. Among people deceased in 2024, Rebecca Horn ranks 200. Before her are Sergio Sebastiani, Vernor Vinge, Annelie Ehrhardt, Dabney Coleman, Aribert Reimann, and Josip Manolić. After her are Mahieddine Khalef, George Rhoden, Akira Endo, Carl Andre, Bernard Chiarelli, and Daniel Williams.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rebecca Horn ranks 2,995 out of 7,253. Before her are Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony (1610), Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg (1447), Hajo Herrmann (1913), Adolf Diekmann (1914), Karl Lehmann (1936), and Karl Koller (1898). After her are Princess Elisabeth Friederike Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1732), Jérôme Boateng (1988), Fritz Fischer (1908), Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (1723), Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken (1385), and Hans Joachim von Zieten (1699).

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Among SCULPTORS In Germany

Among sculptors born in Germany, Rebecca Horn ranks 10. Before her are Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736), Igor Mitoraj (1944), Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764), Adolf von Hildebrand (1847), Christian Daniel Rauch (1777), and Adam Kraft (1450). After her are Hans Multscher (1400), Clara Westhoff (1878), Georg Kolbe (1877), Rudolf Belling (1886), Gerhard Marcks (1889), and Balthasar Permoser (1651).

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