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Eilif Peterssen

1852 - 1928

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Hjalmar Eilif Emanuel Peterssen (4 September 1852 – 29 December 1928) was a Norwegian painter. He is most commonly associated with his landscapes and portraits. He gained early recognition for the history painting Christian II signing the Death Warrant of Torben Oxe and established himself as one of Norway's foremost portrait painters, with portraits of, among others, Henrik Ibsen and Edvard Grieg. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eilif Peterssen has received more than 75,784 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Eilif Peterssen is the 1,728th most popular painter (down from 1,359th in 2019).

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  • 21

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  • 5.11

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Eilif Peterssen ranks 1,728 out of 2,023. Before him are Albín Brunovský, Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk, Stanley Spencer, Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh, Aristarkh Lentulov, and Mike Kelley. After him are Simeon Solomon, Margaret Mee, Carl Locher, Nikolay Kasatkin, Alfred John Keene, and Fyodor Vasilyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Eilif Peterssen ranks 99. Before him are Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland, Lin Shu, Fulgence Bienvenüe, Theodore Robinson, and Hans Huber. After him are Augusta, Lady Gregory, Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema, Johan Ramstedt, Orest Khvolson, George Moore, and Joseph Timchenko. Among people deceased in 1928, Eilif Peterssen ranks 88. Before him are Adela Zamudio, Karin Bergöö Larsson, Jinzō Matsumura, Kostas Karyotakis, Ivan Merz, and Stefanos Skouloudis. After him are Leon Benois, Kurt Behrens, Martin Kukučín, Gunnar Knudsen, Klabund, and Paul van Ostaijen.

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