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Carl Joseph Begas

1794 - 1854

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Carl Joseph Begas, or Karl Begas, (30 September 1794, Heinsberg – 24 November 1854, Berlin) was a German painter who played an important role in the transition from Romanticism to Realism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Joseph Begas has received more than 44,879 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Carl Joseph Begas is the 1,604th most popular painter (down from 1,410th in 2019), the 4,215th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,754th in 2019) and the 141st most popular German Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Carl Joseph Begas ranks 1,604 out of 2,023. Before him are Mykhailo Boychuk, Gonzales Coques, Kenneth Noland, Szymon Czechowicz, Ernest Hébert, and Miquel Barceló. After him are Gerhard Munthe, Alex Katz, Teresa Feoderovna Ries, Maria Wiik, Simon Ushakov, and Domenico Morelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, Carl Joseph Begas ranks 51. Before him are Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, Antoine Bussy, Gabriel Antonio Pereira, Leopold Zunz, and John Biscoe. After him are Prince Frederick of Prussia, Edward Robinson, Christian Albrecht Bluhme, Jeanne Villepreux-Power, Karl Julius Perleb, and Edward Everett. Among people deceased in 1854, Carl Joseph Begas ranks 50. Before him are Anton Pann, Edward Forbes, Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, José María Vargas, Karl Ludwig von Haller, and Angelo Mai. After him are Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, Friedrich Eduard Beneke, Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt, Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland, Pedro María de Anaya, and Frederick Catherwood.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Joseph Begas ranks 4,215 out of 7,253. Before him are Rolf Wolfshohl (1938), Heinrich Kayser (1853), Christiane Hörbiger (1938), Reiner Schöne (1942), Brian G. Marsden (1937), and Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1709). After him are Heinz Strehl (1938), Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia (1976), Percy Adlon (1935), Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch (1771), Iwan Bloch (1872), and Nicole (1964).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Carl Joseph Begas ranks 141. Before him are Hans Leonhard Schäufelein (1480), Johan Zoffany (1733), David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (1628), Willi Baumeister (1889), Georg Schrimpf (1889), and Heinrich Campendonk (1889). After him are Ferdinand Keller (1842), Karl Ferdinand Sohn (1805), Georg Muche (1895), Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler (1899), Augustin Hirschvogel (1503), and Christian Wilhelm Allers (1857).

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