Field Leaders

Performance Art

Ranked by authority, profile quality, engagement, and recency. 225 historical artists.

All Artists Living Historical

#1 Performance ArtAuthority 80

Walter Franck

German performance artist active in the early to mid-twentieth century

German1896–1961

Full Ranking

Rank	Artist	Nationality	Years	Authority
1	Walter Franck	German	1896–1961	80
2	Alexander Kerst	Austrian	1924–2010	60
3	Mary Martin	American	1907–1990	70
4	Anna Müller-Lincke	German	1869–1935	60
5	Philippe Noiret	French	1930–2006	50
6	Tonio Selwart	German	1896–2002	60
7	Hermine Körner	German	1878–1960	60
8	Horst Bollmann	German	1925–2014	50
9	Roger Pierre	French	1923–2010	50
10	Eugeniusz Bodo	Swiss	1899–1943	60
11	Claude Brasseur	French	1936–2020	50
12	Ferdinand Gregori	German	1870–1928	60
13	Hannelore Hoger	German	1939–2024	50
14	June Allyson	American	1917–2006	50
15	Maria Becker	Swiss	1920–2012	50
16	Raúl Valerio	Mexican	1925–2017	50
17	Richard Attenborough	British	1923–2014	50
18	Sieghardt Rupp	Austrian	1931–2015	50
19	Uwe Friedrichsen	German	1934–2016	50
20	Witta Pohl	German	1937–2011	50
21	Dirk Bach	German	1939–2012	50
22	Roland Reber	German	1954–2022	50
23	Ilse Pagé	German	1939–2017	50
24	Christopher Cazenove	British	1943–2010	50
25	Doris Egbring-Kahn	German	1926–2016	50
26	Eckart Dux	Germany	1926–2024	50
27	Egon Monk	Germany	1927–2007	50
28	Eva Kotthaus	German	1932–2020	50
29	Frank Giering	German	1971–2010	50
30	Hanne Hiob	Germany	1923–2009	50
31	Heinz Lieven	Germany	1928–2021	50
32	Heinz Weiss	German	1921–2010	50
33	Karl Merkatz	Austrian	1930–2022	50
34	Lydia Alfonsi	Italy	1928–2022	50
35	Peter Hobbs	American-French	1918–2011	50
36	Traute Foresti	Austrian	1915–2015	50
37	Michael Gwisdek	German	1942–2020	50
38	Mary Jackson	United States	1910–2005	60
39	François Simon	Swiss-French	1917–1982	60
40	Sybille Schmitz	German	1909–1955	60
41	Orson Welles	American	1915–1985	60
42	Stella Harf	German	1890–1979	50
43	Paul Verhoeven	Germany	1901–1975	50
44	Vittorio Gassman	Italian	1922–2000	50
45	Elise Aulinger	German	1881–1965	50
46	Helmut Qualtinger	Austrian	1928–1986	50
47	Maria Matray	German-American	1907–1993	50
48	Vanessa Brown	American-Austrian	1981–1999	50
49	Wolfgang Langhoff	German Democratic Republic	1901–1966	50
50	Ida Schumacher	German	1894–1956	50

Page 1 of 5Next →

← All Field Leaders