# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franz-west
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:36:51.982Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franz-west"
name: "Franz West"
slug: "franz-west"
description: "Franz West was an Austrian artist."
tagline: "Austrian artist (1947–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/West%2CFranz-museum-ludwig-koeln-111209-web.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1947-02-16"
deathDate: "2012-07-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.10669866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.gagosian.com/artists/franz-west"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "فرانز ويست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "فرانز ويست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_West"
    title: "Franz West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_West_(K%C3%BCnstler)"
    title: "Franz West (Künstler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_West"
    title: "Franz West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_West"
    title: "Franz West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_West"
    title: "Franz West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "فرانتس وست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_West"
    title: "Franz West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_West"
    title: "Franz West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88"
    title: "フランツ・ヴェスト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_West"
    title: "Franz West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_West"
    title: "Franz West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_West"
    title: "Franz West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86"
    title: "Вест, Франц"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82"
    title: "Франц Вест"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_West"
    title: "Franz West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q697200"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump