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Sophie Taeuber-Arp

1889 - 1943

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Sophie Henriette Gertrud Taeuber-Arp (; 19 January 1889 – 13 January 1943) was a Swiss artist, painter, sculptor, textile designer, furniture and interior designer, architect, and dancer. Born in 1889 in Davos and raised in Trogen, Switzerland, she attended a trade school in St. Gallen and, later, art schools in Germany, before moving back to Switzerland during the First World War. At an exhibition in 1915, she met for the first time the German-French artist Jean Arp, whom she married shortly after. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sophie Taeuber-Arp is the 423rd most popular painter (up from 515th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 136th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Swiss Painter.

Sophie Taeuber-Arp was a Swiss artist who was known for her work in the fields of textile design, painting, and sculpture. She was also known for her work with surrealism.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Sophie Taeuber-Arp ranks 423 out of 2,023. Before her are Adam Elsheimer, Bartholomeus Spranger, Fede Galizia, Salaì, Albert Anker, and Lyonel Feininger. After her are Eva Gonzalès, Sidney Nolan, Pieter Lastman, André Masson, Carlo Levi, and Yves Tanguy.

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Among people born in 1889, Sophie Taeuber-Arp ranks 45. Before her are Robert A. Taft, Abel Gance, Taha Hussein, Günther Lütjens, Walter Lippmann, and Hannes Kolehmainen. After her are John B. Kelly Sr., Vera Mukhina, Hannah Höch, Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Otto Georg Thierack, and Li Dazhao. Among people deceased in 1943, Sophie Taeuber-Arp ranks 39. Before her are Hans Scholl, Mordechai Anielewicz, Aurel Stein, Oskar Schlemmer, André Antoine, and Charley Paddock. After her are Nordahl Grieg, Lydia Litvyak, Jane Avril, Franz Oppenheimer, Luz Long, and Viktor Lutze.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Sophie Taeuber-Arp ranks 121 out of 1,015. Before her are César Ritz (1850), Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747), Charles Bonnet (1720), Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi (1773), Friedrich Miescher (1844), and Albert Anker (1831). After her are Gottfried Keller (1819), Paul Guldin (1577), Didier Queloz (1966), Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908), Sigismond Thalberg (1812), and Marthe Keller (1945).

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Among PAINTERS In Switzerland

Among painters born in Switzerland, Sophie Taeuber-Arp ranks 11. Before her are Johannes Itten (1888), Ferdinand Hodler (1853), Félix Vallotton (1865), H. R. Giger (1940), Charles Gleyre (1806), and Albert Anker (1831). After her are Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702), Matthäus Merian (1593), Théophile Steinlen (1859), Anton Graff (1736), Jost Amman (1539), and Eugène Grasset (1845).

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