1794 - 1854
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 41,177 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Carl Joseph Begas is the 1,411th most popular painter (down from 1,193rd in 2019), the 3,763rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,257th in 2019) and the 116th most popular German Painter.
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Among painters, Carl Joseph Begas ranks 1,411 out of 1,421. Before him are Aleksandr Gerasimov, Alexey Bogolyubov, Kanō Tan'yū, Lorenz Frølich, Robert Henri, and Heinrich Campendonk. After him are Oldřich Lajsek, Agnes Block, Augustin Hirschvogel, Rockwell Kent, Nikiforos Lytras, and Władysław Ślewiński.
1881 - 1963
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 1,405
1824 - 1896
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 1,406
1602 - 1674
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 1,407
1820 - 1908
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 1,408
1865 - 1929
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 1,409
1889 - 1957
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 1,410
1794 - 1854
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 1,411
1925 - 2001
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 1,412
1629 - 1704
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 1,413
1503 - 1553
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 1,414
1882 - 1971
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 1,415
1832 - 1904
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 1,416
1856 - 1918
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 1,417
Among people born in 1794, Carl Joseph Begas ranks 45. Before him are Leopold Zunz, Achille Valenciennes, Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, Eduard Friedrich Eversmann, Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen, and John Biscoe. After him are Achille Richard, Umihana Čuvidina, Heinrich Boie, Gabriel Antonio Pereira, Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, and William Cullen Bryant. Among people deceased in 1854, Carl Joseph Begas ranks 44. Before him are Józef Chłopicki, Anton Pann, Arthur Aikin, Frederick Catherwood, Karl Ludwig von Haller, and José Joaquín Prieto. After him are Auguste of Anhalt-Dessau, Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, Philip Barker-Webb, José María Vargas, Émile Souvestre, and Edward Forbes.
1794 - 1886
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 39
1794 - 1865
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 40
1794 - 1863
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 41
1794 - 1860
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 42
1794 - 1852
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 43
1794 - 1843
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 44
1794 - 1854
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 45
1794 - 1852
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 46
1794 - 1870
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 47
1794 - 1827
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 48
1794 - 1861
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 49
1794 - 1866
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 50
1794 - 1878
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 51
1771 - 1854
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 38
1796 - 1854
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 39
1773 - 1854
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 40
1799 - 1854
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 41
1768 - 1854
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 42
1786 - 1854
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 43
1794 - 1854
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 44
1793 - 1854
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 45
1797 - 1854
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 46
1793 - 1854
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 47
1786 - 1854
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 48
1806 - 1854
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 49
1815 - 1854
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 50
Among people born in Germany, Carl Joseph Begas ranks 3,763 out of 6,142. Before him are Detlev von Liliencron (1844), Helmut Recknagel (1937), Franz Nissl (1860), Edda Moser (1938), Heinrich Campendonk (1889), and Friedrich Dickel (1913). After him are Theo Lingen (1903), Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim (1198), Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau (1602), Hans Heyer (1943), Irmgard Möller (1947), and Loris Karius (1993).
1844 - 1909
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 3,757
1937 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 3,758
1860 - 1919
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 3,759
1938 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 3,760
1889 - 1957
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 3,761
1913 - 1993
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 3,762
1794 - 1854
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 3,763
1903 - 1978
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 3,764
1198 - 1200
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 3,765
1602 - 1664
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 3,766
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 3,767
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 3,768
1993 - Present
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 3,769
Among painters born in Germany, Carl Joseph Begas ranks 116. Before him are Cosmas Damian Asam (1686), Willi Baumeister (1889), Georg Muche (1895), Jörg Immendorff (1945), Christian Rohlfs (1849), and Heinrich Campendonk (1889). After him are Agnes Block (1629), Augustin Hirschvogel (1503), Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (1807), Karl Ferdinand Sohn (1805), Johan Zoffany (1733), and Karl Schorn (1803).
1686 - 1739
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 110
1889 - 1955
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 111
1895 - 1987
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 112
1945 - 2007
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 113
1849 - 1938
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 114
1889 - 1957
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 115
1794 - 1854
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 116
1629 - 1704
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 117
1503 - 1553
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 118
1807 - 1863
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 119
1805 - 1867
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 120
1733 - 1810
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 121
1803 - 1850
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 122