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Eastman Johnson

1824 - 1906

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Jonathan Eastman Johnson (July 29, 1824 – April 5, 1906) was an American painter and co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, with his name inscribed at its entrance. He was best known for his genre paintings, paintings of scenes from everyday life, and his portraits both of everyday people and prominent Americans such as Abraham Lincoln, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eastman Johnson has received more than 189,350 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Eastman Johnson is the 1,997th most popular painter (down from 1,698th in 2019), the 12,928th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,933rd in 2019) and the 152nd most popular American Painter.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Eastman Johnson ranks 1,997 out of 2,023. Before him are Hablot Knight Browne, Ali Divandari, William Hart, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Israel Tsvaygenbaum, and El Kazovsky. After him are Milo Moiré, Robert S. Duncanson, Fathi Hassan, Ahmed Al Safi, Lauren Faust, and Thomas Kinkade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Eastman Johnson ranks 81. Before him are Lőrinc Schlauch, Christen Dalsgaard, Edmund Kirby Smith, Hieronymous Theodor Richter, Samuel Plimsoll, and Calvert Vaux. After him is William Allingham. Among people deceased in 1906, Eastman Johnson ranks 82. Before him are George Holyoake, Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Walter Buller, Richard Seddon, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Varina Davis. After him is Michael Davitt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eastman Johnson ranks 12,928 out of 20,380. Before him are Jill Eikenberry (1947), John Eaton (1790), David Giuntoli (1980), Cheri Oteri (1962), Paul Stookey (1937), and Shantel VanSanten (1985). After him are Future (1983), Steven S. DeKnight (1910), Jason Mewes (1974), Oliver McCall (1965), Boris McGiver (1962), and Hans Conried (1917).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Eastman Johnson ranks 152. Before him are Kari Byron (1974), Eugene J. Martin (1938), Charles Marion Russell (1864), Jacob Lawrence (1917), George Peter Alexander Healy (1813), and Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859). After him are Robert S. Duncanson (1821), Lauren Faust (1974), Thomas Kinkade (1958), Laurel Holloman (1971), Kara Walker (1969), and Kehinde Wiley (1977).

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