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Rik Wouters

1882 - 1916

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Hendrik Emil (Rik) Wouters (21 August 1882 – 11 July 1916) was a Belgian painter, sculptor and draughtsman. Wouters produced 200 paintings, drawings and sculptures in his 34 years before his illness-caused death. He died partway through the First World War on 11 July 1916 in Amsterdam. A sculptor, painter, draughtsman and etcher of typically fauvist style, Wouters' art resembled the works of artists including Henri Matisse, Paul Cézanne and André Derain – the "forefathers" of Fauvism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rik Wouters is the 1,584th most popular painter (up from 1,685th in 2019), the 574th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 601st in 2019) and the 102nd most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Rik Wouters ranks 1,584 out of 2,023. Before him are Carl Joseph Begas, Hermann Zapf, Hans Baluschek, Stanisław Witkiewicz, Vladimír Vašíček, and Nathan Altman. After him are Maxime Maufra, Joan Mitchell, Willi Baumeister, Kikuchi Yōsai, Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh, and Jan Boeckhorst.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Rik Wouters ranks 184. Before him are Osip Piatnitsky, Bill Tuttle, James Somerville, Aleksander Skrzyński, Wyndham Halswelle, and Alexander Rueb. After him are Louis Wilkins, Júlio Prestes, Verner Weckman, Amelita Galli-Curci, Julius Edgar Lilienfeld, and Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius. Among people deceased in 1916, Rik Wouters ranks 113. Before him are Jane Dieulafoy, Albert Chmielowski, Walter Sutton, George Huntington, Chen Qimei, and Henri Harpignies. After him are Leo Anton Karl de Ball, Josiah Royce, Oskar Gripenberg, Karl Klindworth, Maksim Kovalevsky, and Alaiza Pashkevich.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Rik Wouters ranks 574 out of 1,190. Before him are Yannick Carrasco (1993), Henri de Brouckère (1801), Odilon Polleunis (1943), Paul-Émile Janson (1872), Felix de Muelenaere (1793), and Ivo Van Damme (1954). After him are Marie-Anne Libert (1782), François Van der Elst (1954), Frans Schollaert (1851), Jan Vertonghen (1987), Axel Witsel (1989), and Natacha Atlas (1964).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Rik Wouters ranks 102. Before him are Joos van Craesbeeck (1605), Gonzales Coques (1614), Hieronymus Cock (1518), Pieter Boel (1622), Jacques d'Arthois (1613), and Frans Pourbus the Elder (1545). After him are Jan Fabre (1958), Levina Teerlinc (1510), Daniel Seghers (1590), Simon Bening (1483), Hans Eworth (1520), and Frank Brangwyn (1867).

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