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Rudolf Arnheim

1904 - 2007

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Rudolf Arnheim (German: [ˈaʁnhaɪ̯m]; July 15, 1904 – June 9, 2007) was a German-born writer, art and film theorist, and perceptual psychologist. He learned Gestalt psychology from studying under Max Wertheimer and Wolfgang Köhler at the University of Berlin and applied it to art. His magnum opus was his book Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye (1954). Other major books by Arnheim have included Visual Thinking (1969), and The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts (1982). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Arnheim is the 101st most popular psychologist (down from 91st in 2019), the 1,516th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,362nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular German Psychologist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Rudolf Arnheim ranks 101 out of 235. Before him are Vladimir Bekhterev, R. D. Laing, Rollo May, Walter Bradford Cannon, Carol Gilligan, and Frederick Herzberg. After him are Charles Spearman, Donald O. Hebb, Adolf Bastian, Muzafer Sherif, Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, and Frans de Waal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Rudolf Arnheim ranks 63. Before him are Moshé Feldenkrais, Peter Lorre, Henri Cartan, Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta, Ba Jin, and Josef Bühler. After him are Yves Congar, Ernst-Günther Schenck, Donald O. Hebb, Leopold Trepper, Arnold Gehlen, and George Stevens. Among people deceased in 2007, Rudolf Arnheim ranks 67. Before him are Robert Adler, Jupp Derwall, Jaan Kross, Michel Serrault, Anna Nicole Smith, and Joe Zawinul. After him are Magda Szabó, Marcheline Bertrand, Petar Stambolić, Ousmane Sembène, Lady Bird Johnson, and Jean-Marie Lustiger.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudolf Arnheim ranks 1,516 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Anna of Prussia (1836), John George II, Elector of Saxony (1613), Walter Rauff (1906), Karl-Otto Apel (1922), Joachim Fest (1926), and Hermann Weingärtner (1864). After him are Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1741), Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887), Carl Stumpf (1848), Günther Blumentritt (1892), Herta Bothe (1921), and George Müller (1805).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Germany

Among psychologists born in Germany, Rudolf Arnheim ranks 14. Before him are Kurt Koffka (1886), Fritz Perls (1893), William Stern (1871), Karl Bühler (1879), Karl Abraham (1877), and Ernst Kretschmer (1888). After him are Adolf Bastian (1826), Marie-Louise von Franz (1915), Charlotte Bühler (1893), Ulric Neisser (1928), Johannes Heinrich Schultz (1884), and Frieda Fromm-Reichmann (1889).

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