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Augustus John

1878 - 1961

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Augustus Edwin John (4 January 1878 – 31 October 1961) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher. For a time he was considered the most important artist at work in Britain: Virginia Woolf remarked that by 1908 the era of John Singer Sargent and Charles Wellington Furse "... was over. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augustus John has received more than 609,455 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Augustus John is the 1,889th most popular painter (down from 1,642nd in 2019), the 4,479th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,355th in 2019) and the 105th most popular British Painter.

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  • 45.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Augustus John ranks 1,889 out of 2,023. Before him are Jean Jacoby, Randolph Caldecott, Thomas Sully, L. S. Lowry, Barbara Bodichon, and Georg Holtzendorff. After him are William Stanley Haseltine, Harry Clarke, Frank Auerbach, Hans Eworth, Frank Weston Benson, and Octav Băncilă.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Augustus John ranks 215. Before him are William C. deMille, John Rimmer, Edwin Mills, Paul Weinstein, Spyridon Belokas, and Karel van de Woestijne. After him are Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson, John Masefield, Harold Hackett, Flora Drummond, Albert Corey, and Peder Kolstad. Among people deceased in 1961, Augustus John ranks 175. Before him are Gail Russell, Miriam A. Ferguson, Ruth Chatterton, Alfred Carlton Gilbert, Max Hainle, and Earle Page. After him are Aloys Van de Vyvere, Clarence Pinkston, Gustaf Rosenquist, Eddie Polo, Uberto De Morpurgo, and Herman Glass.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Augustus John ranks 4,479 out of 8,785. Before him are Paul Graham (1964), Chris Craft (1939), Tommy Gemmell (1943), Paul Carrack (1951), Anne-Marie Duff (1970), and John Aitken (1839). After him are Barnes Wallis (1887), Richard Taylor (1962), William Sterndale Bennett (1816), John Farnham (1949), Sam Tingle (1921), and Jonathan Lynn (1943).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Augustus John ranks 105. Before him are Paul Sandby (1725), James Collinson (1825), Randolph Caldecott (1846), Thomas Sully (1783), L. S. Lowry (1887), and Barbara Bodichon (1827). After him are Gerald Scarfe (1936), Paul Nash (1889), James Thornhill (1675), Roland Penrose (1900), Luke Fildes (1843), and William Beechey (1753).

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