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Wilhelm Worringer

1881 - 1965

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Wilhelm Robert Worringer (13 January 1881 in Aachen – 29 March 1965 in Munich) was a German art historian known for his theories about abstract art and its relation to avant-garde movements such as German Expressionism. Through his influence on the art critic T. E. Hulme, his ideas were influential in the development of early British modernism, especially Vorticism. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Worringer is the 2,446th most popular writer (up from 2,571st in 2019), the 2,608th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,725th in 2019) and the 158th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wilhelm Worringer ranks 2,446 out of 7,302. Before her are Viveca Sten, Stefan Żeromski, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, Theodore Sturgeon, and José-Maria de Heredia. After her are Eric Knight, Fritz Leiber, Israel Zolli, Lytton Strachey, Samael Aun Weor, and Maria Skobtsova.

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Among people born in 1881, Wilhelm Worringer ranks 94. Before her are Juliusz Rómmel, Octavian Goga, Adolf Meyer, Alberts Kviesis, Karl Staaf, and Valery Larbaud. After her are Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet, Israel Zolli, Richard C. Tolman, Princess Xenia of Montenegro, Curt Sachs, and Ernst Fast. Among people deceased in 1965, Wilhelm Worringer ranks 77. Before her are Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern, Leopold Figl, Odile Defraye, Erik Heinrichs, Alfredo Guzzoni, and William Heard Kilpatrick. After her are Ladislao Vajda, Roberto Cherro, Tito Schipa, Bertil Lindblad, Lionel Terray, and Philip Showalter Hench.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Worringer ranks 2,609 out of 7,253. Before her are Hans Delbrück (1848), Jan Tschichold (1902), Eugen Ritter von Schobert (1883), Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg (1390), Heinrich Anton de Bary (1831), and Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst (1563). After her are George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1784), Max Skladanowsky (1863), Carl, Duke of Württemberg (1936), Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant (1224), Karl Hein (1908), and Alexander Gode (1906).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Wilhelm Worringer ranks 158. Before her are Berthold Auerbach (1812), Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715), Wieland Wagner (1917), Gertrud von Le Fort (1876), Karl Gutzkow (1811), and August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796). After her are Caesarius of Heisterbach (1180), Rolf Hochhuth (1931), C. W. Ceram (1915), Ernst von Salomon (1902), Picander (1700), and Charlotte Buff (1753).

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