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Charles-François Daubigny

1817 - 1878

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Charles-François Daubigny ( DOH-bin-yee, US: DOH-been-YEE, doh-BEEN-yee, French: [ʃaʁl fʁɑ̃swa dobiɲi]; 15 February 1817 – 19 February 1878) was a French painter, one of the members of the Barbizon school, and is considered an important precursor of impressionism. He was also a prolific printmaker, mostly in etching, and one of the main artists who used the cliché verre technique. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles-François Daubigny has received more than 177,388 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Charles-François Daubigny is the 228th most popular painter (up from 229th in 2019), the 759th most popular biography from France (down from 726th in 2019) and the 60th most popular French Painter.

Charles-François Daubigny is most famous for his paintings of the French countryside.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Charles-François Daubigny ranks 228 out of 2,023. Before him are Jeanne Hébuterne, Luca Giordano, Simon Vouet, Lucas van Leyden, Joshua Reynolds, and Ferdinand Hodler. After him are Agostino Carracci, Peder Severin Krøyer, Gerard van Honthorst, Lorenzo Lotto, Nicholas Roerich, and Lorenzo di Credi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Charles-François Daubigny ranks 8. Before him are Theodor Mommsen, William III of the Netherlands, Ivan Aivazovsky, Bahá'u'lláh, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, and Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. After him are Niels Gade, Syed Ahmad Khan, Princess Clémentine of Orléans, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, Pierre Larousse, and Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg. Among people deceased in 1878, Charles-François Daubigny ranks 8. Before him are Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Claude Bernard, Joseph Henry, and Julius von Mayer. After him are Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, George V of Hanover, Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Ernst Heinrich Weber, and Antoine César Becquerel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles-François Daubigny ranks 759 out of 6,770. Before him are Joan II of Navarre (1311), Marie Laforêt (1939), Girard Desargues (1591), Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646), Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763), and Adelbert von Chamisso (1781). After him are Thomas Bangalter (1), Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (1279), Juliette Gréco (1927), Fanny Ardant (1949), René Coty (1882), and Roscellinus (1050).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Charles-François Daubigny ranks 60. Before him are Aristide Maillol (1861), Alexandre Cabanel (1823), Antoine-Jean Gros (1771), Pierre Bonnard (1867), Jeanne Hébuterne (1898), and Simon Vouet (1590). After him are Jacques Callot (1592), Georges Rouault (1871), Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725), Henri Fantin-Latour (1836), Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824), and Martin Schongauer (1450).

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