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Carl Larsson

1853 - 1919

Carl Larsson

Carl Olof Larsson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈkɑːɭ ˈlɑ̌ːʂɔn] (listen); 28 May 1853 – 22 January 1919) was a Swedish painter representative of the Arts and Crafts movement. His many paintings include oils, watercolors, and frescoes. He is principally known for his watercolors of idyllic family life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Larsson has received more than 517,376 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Carl Larsson is the 169th most popular painter (up from 171st in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 63rd in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Painter.

Carl Larsson is most famous for his watercolor paintings of Swedish life.

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66.91
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
53
Languages Editions (L)
9.00
Effective Languages (L*)
3.05
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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Carl Larsson ranks 169 out of 1,421. Before him are Johannes Itten, Han van Meegeren, Édouard-Henri Avril, Niki de Saint Phalle, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Gerhard Richter. After him are Gerda Wegener, Gustave Caillebotte, Henry Fuseli, Pieter de Hooch, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, and Petrus Christus.

Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia

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Johannes Itten
1888 - 1967
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 163
Han van Meegeren
1889 - 1947
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 164
Édouard-Henri Avril
1849 - 1928
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 165
Niki de Saint Phalle
1930 - 2002
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 166
Maurice de Vlaminck
1876 - 1958
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 167
Gerhard Richter
1932 - Present
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 168
Carl Larsson
1853 - 1919
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 169
Gerda Wegener
1886 - 1940
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 170
Gustave Caillebotte
1848 - 1894
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 171
Henry Fuseli
1741 - 1825
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 172
Pieter de Hooch
1629 - 1684
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 173
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720 - 1778
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 174
Petrus Christus
1410 - 1475
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 175

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Carl Larsson ranks 7. Before him are Vincent van Gogh, Cecil Rhodes, Hendrik Lorentz, Wilhelm Ostwald, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, and Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca. After him are Chulalongkorn, Albrecht Kossel, Aleksei Brusilov, José Martí, Vladimir Solovyov, and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. Among people deceased in 1919, Carl Larsson ranks 15. Before him are Emiliano Zapata, Gojong of Korea, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, Andrew Carnegie, Ruggero Leoncavallo, and William Crookes. After him are Yakov Sverdlov, Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, Habibullah Khan, and Ismail Qemali.

Others Born in 1853

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Vincent van Gogh
1853 - 1890
HPI: 90.02
Rank: 1
Cecil Rhodes
1853 - 1902
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 2
Hendrik Lorentz
1853 - 1928
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 3
Wilhelm Ostwald
1853 - 1932
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 4
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
1853 - 1926
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 5
Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca
1853 - 1931
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 6
Carl Larsson
1853 - 1919
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 7
Chulalongkorn
1853 - 1910
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 8
Albrecht Kossel
1853 - 1927
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 9
Aleksei Brusilov
1853 - 1926
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 10
José Martí
1853 - 1895
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 11
Vladimir Solovyov
1853 - 1900
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 12
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
1853 - 1920
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 13