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Abbott Handerson Thayer

1849 - 1921

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Abbott Handerson Thayer (August 12, 1849 – May 29, 1921) was an American painter, naturalist, and teacher. As a painter of portraits, figures, animals, and landscapes, he enjoyed a certain prominence during his lifetime, and his paintings are represented in major American art collections. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abbott Handerson Thayer has received more than 214,702 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Abbott Handerson Thayer is the 1,825th most popular painter (down from 1,602nd in 2019), the 7,543rd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,469th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Abbott Handerson Thayer ranks 1,825 out of 2,023Before him are Betzy Akersloot-Berg, Alice Neel, Käthe Kruse, Maria Cosway, Vassily Maximov, and Edwin Long. After him are Paul Raud, Jaroslav Čermák, Josefine Swoboda, Basawan, Wang Shimin, and Marsden Hartley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Abbott Handerson Thayer ranks 102Before him are José Manuel Pando, Alfhild Agrell, John Hopkinson, Joaquim Nabuco, Princess Marie of Hanover, and Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife. After him are Horace Lamb, William R. Day, August Palm, Sarah Orne Jewett, Edmund Gosse, and Aston Webb. Among people deceased in 1921, Abbott Handerson Thayer ranks 114Before him are Leo Königsberger, Rafael Reyes, Jean Aicard, Nino Martoglio, Ludwig Thoma, and James H. Johnson. After him are Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Lipót Schulhof, William Friese-Greene, Isak Saba, Philander C. Knox, and Julius von Hann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Abbott Handerson Thayer ranks 7,543 out of 20,380Before him are Colin Hanks (1977), Susan Kare (1954), Peggy Fleming (1948), Christy Canyon (1966), Arlo Guthrie (1947), and Bobby Timmons (1935). After him are Dwyane Wade (1982), John Fitch (1743), Patrick Leahy (1940), Robert Tarjan (1948), Skrillex (1988), and William F. Buckley Jr. (1925).

Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Abbott Handerson Thayer ranks 103Before him are Clyfford Still (1904), Mel Ramos (1935), Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877), John Marin (1870), Charles Dana Gibson (1867), and Alice Neel (1900). After him are Marsden Hartley (1877), Thomas Hart Benton (1889), Charles Willson Peale (1741), Jim Dine (1935), Edward Hicks (1780), and Edward Ruscha (1937).