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Charles Willson Peale

1741 - 1827

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Charles Willson Peale (April 15, 1741 – February 22, 1827) was an American painter, soldier, scientist, inventor, politician, and naturalist. In 1775, inspired by the American Revolution, Peale moved from his native Maryland to Philadelphia, where he set up a painting studio and joined the Sons of Liberty. During the American Revolutionary War, Peale served in the Pennsylvania Militia and the Continental Army, participating in several military campaigns. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Willson Peale has received more than 458,950 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Charles Willson Peale is the 1,566th most popular painter (down from 1,304th in 2019), the 6,804th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,823rd in 2019) and the 96th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Charles Willson Peale ranks 1,566 out of 1,421. Before him are Charley Toorop, Vassily Maximov, Aristarkh Lentulov, Elizabeth Thompson, Vladimir Dimitrov, and Basawan. After him are Claude Renoir, Charles R. Knight, Ruth Smith, Clyfford Still, Thomas Hart Benton, and Viktor Madarász.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, Charles Willson Peale ranks 26. Before him are Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Ivan Gudovich, José Cadalso, William Withering, Franciszek Karpiński, and Aagje Deken. After him are Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, Samuel Chase, John Langdon, George Walton, and Thomas Fitzsimons. Among people deceased in 1827, Charles Willson Peale ranks 33. Before him are Heinrich Boie, François Fournier-Sarlovèze, Morten Thrane Brünnich, José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, Henry Salt, and Countess Friederike von Schlieben. After him are Hugh Clapperton, Rufus King, and Israel Pickens.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Willson Peale ranks 6,804 out of 18,182. Before him are John Fiedler (1925), Carmelo Anthony (1984), Paul Whiteman (1890), Dizzy Reed (1963), Kate Bosworth (1983), and Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835). After him are Lee Barnes (1906), Telma Hopkins (1948), C. Gordon Fullerton (1936), Annie Easley (1933), Judy Greer (1975), and Julia Ward Howe (1819).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Charles Willson Peale ranks 96. Before him are Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930), Kay Sage (1898), David Smith (1906), Joan Mitchell (1925), Kenneth Noland (1924), and Edward Ruscha (1937). After him are Charles R. Knight (1874), Clyfford Still (1904), Thomas Hart Benton (1889), George Inness (1825), Charles Sheeler (1883), and Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849).

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