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Carl Bloch

1834 - 1890

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Carl Heinrich Bloch (Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʰɑːˀl ˈplɒk]; 23 May 1834 – 22 February 1890) was a Danish artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Bloch has received more than 316,454 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Carl Bloch is the 599th most popular painter (down from 551st in 2019), the 167th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 158th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Danish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Carl Bloch ranks 599 out of 2,023Before him are Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Wolf Vostell, Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, Erwin Bowien, Margarita Luti, and Jules Breton. After him are Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Remedios Varo, Nicolas de Largillière, Martiros Saryan, Michael Sittow, and Jules Dupré.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Carl Bloch ranks 24Before him are Charles Spurgeon, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Kondō Isami, Kawakami Gensai, John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, and Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska. After him are Gaston Planté, William Chester Minor, Heinrich von Treitschke, Gustav Nachtigal, Viktor Hartmann, and Lev Ivanov. Among people deceased in 1890, Carl Bloch ranks 24Before him are Louis Le Prince, Gottfried Keller, Lorenz von Stein, Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters, and Jyotirao Phule. After him are C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria, Alexander Georg von Bunge, Camilo Castelo Branco, and Johann Voldemar Jannsen.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Carl Bloch ranks 167 out of 1,032Before him are Haakon III of Norway (1182), Adam Oehlenschläger (1779), Bent Larsen (1935), Preben Elkjær (1957), Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark (1649), and Aksel Sandemose (1899). After him are Princess Margaret of Denmark (1895), Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony (1532), August Bournonville (1805), Thyra (800), Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (1814), and Peter Naur (1928).

Among PAINTERS In Denmark

Among painters born in Denmark, Carl Bloch ranks 10Before him are Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864), Nicolai Abildgaard (1743), Anna Ancher (1859), Asger Jorn (1914), Michael Ancher (1849), and Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783). After him are Jens Juel (1745), Marie Krøyer (1867), Kurt Westergaard (1935), Wilhelm Marstrand (1810), Peder Mørk Mønsted (1859), and Christen Købke (1810).