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Urs Graf

1485 - 1528

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Urs Graf (c. 1485 in Solothurn, Switzerland – possibly before 13 October 1528) was a Swiss Renaissance goldsmith, painter and printmaker (of woodcuts, etchings and engravings), as well as a Swiss mercenary. He only produced two etchings, one of which dates from 1513 – the earliest known etching for which a date has been established. However, his woodcuts are considered of greater significance, particularly as he is attributed with the invention of the white-line woodcut technique, where white lines create the image on a black background. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Urs Graf is the 1,204th most popular painter (up from 1,308th in 2019), the 327th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 353rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Swiss Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Urs Graf ranks 1,204 out of 2,023. Before him are Albert Eckhout, Cornelis Schut, Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk, Constant Permeke, Giuseppe Abbati, and Vincenzo Camuccini. After him are Hans Rottenhammer, Barthel Beham, Willem van de Velde the Elder, Viggo Johansen, Edward Poynter, and Eugène Isabey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1485, Urs Graf ranks 17. Before him are Johannes Bugenhagen, Balthasar Hubmaier, Joos van Cleve, Giovanni Battista Ramusio, Wolf Huber, and Beatus Rhenanus. After him are Hugh Latimer, Marco Girolamo Vida, and Romanino. Among people deceased in 1528, Urs Graf ranks 11. Before him are Palma Vecchio, Pánfilo de Narváez, Balthasar Hubmaier, Clarice de' Medici, Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto, and Rana Sanga. After him are Edzard I, Count of East Frisia, and Al-Birjandi.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Urs Graf ranks 327 out of 1,015. Before him are Andreas Vollenweider (1953), Nicolaus I Bernoulli (1687), Johann Bauhin (1541), Alain Berset (1972), Josef Hügi (1930), and Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867). After him are Marcel Koller (1960), Hermann Barrelet (1879), Archduchess Charlotte of Austria (1921), Silvio Moser (1941), Simeon Bavier (1825), and Maria Bernarda Bütler (1848).

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Among PAINTERS In Switzerland

Among painters born in Switzerland, Urs Graf ranks 23. Before him are Eugène Grasset (1845), Bertha Wegmann (1847), Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767), Alexandre Calame (1810), Giovanni Giacometti (1868), and Adolf Wölfli (1864). After him are Aloïse Corbaz (1886), Salomon Gessner (1730), Hans Erni (1909), Cuno Amiet (1868), Antonio Ciseri (1821), and Karl Bodmer (1809).

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