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The Painter Bettina Heinen Ayech (1937 Through 2020) Included on Pantheon World
—The Worldwide Who is Who of Historical Personalities
#Solingen, December 17th, 2024
The #Massachusetts #Institute of #Technology (MIT), one of the world’s leading universities in the US state of #Massachusetts, has used the Historical Popularity Index (HPI) to measure the global popularity of historical figures— a «Who’s Who« of historical personalities. The “Pantheon” platform visualises this information at Pantheon World. More than 85,000 globally important historical personalities are listed by country, city, profession and era, including more than 2,000 painters who have lived from antiquity to the present day.
At present, the most famous living painters include Yayoi Kusama, Anselm Kiefer and Gerhard #Richter. Among the most famous deceased painters are Vincent van Gogh, Michelangelo and Pablo Picasso. In 2024, Bettina Heinen Ayech was inducted into this Hall of Fame. This means that Bettina Heinen Ayech has now been included in the worldwide Who's Who of the world’s most important painters.
Measured against all painters in history, the following HPI (Historical Popularity Index) was measured by the #MIT for Bettina Heinen Ayech (1937 through 2020): Bettina Heinen Ayech, HPI 56.81, rank worldwide 715, rank Germany 66.
In #Germany, Bettina Heinen Ayech was appointed to the exclusive circle of the 50 most important historical women of North Rhine Westphalia by the #NRW Women’s #Council on 7 June 2024. This honour is given to women who have played a decisive role in the history of the German state of #Nordrhein #Westfalen in Germany, who have achieved great things and who have paved the way. This underlines their importance.
Short profile of the painter Bettina Heinen Ayech
Bettina Heinen Ayech was the daughter of the journalist and poet Hanns Heinen and Erna Heinen Steinhoff, who held her art and literature salon in the houses of the Black House Artists’ Colony. It was here that Bettina met her most important teacher and mentor, the painter Erwin Bowien (1899 through 1972). She remained close to him throughout her life and undertook numerous art trips with him throughout Europe.
After studying at the art academies in #Cologne, #Munich and #Copenhagen, a stay of several months in #Luxor, #Egypt, led to an awakening that brought her closer to the desert and the light of the Orient. In 1963, the painter moved to her Algerian husband, the builder Abdelhamid Ayech, in his home town of Guelma. Algeria, together with Solingen, became the centre of her life until her death in 2020.
Bettina Heinen Ayech’s #exhibition list includes over 90 major solo exhibitions in museums and important cultural institutions in Europe and North Africa. Numerous museums own pictures of her. Bettina Heinen #Ayech is considered an outstanding artist, the most important protagonist of the Solingen Artist Colony “Black House” and an ambassador for international understanding between #Orient and #Occident.
