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Ernest Meissonier

1815 - 1891

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Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (French: [ʒɑ̃ lwi ɛʁnɛst mɛsɔnje]; 21 February 1815 – 31 January 1891) was a French academic painter and sculptor. He became famous for his depictions of Napoleon, his armies and military themes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest Meissonier has received more than 110,340 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Ernest Meissonier is the 433rd most popular painter (up from 495th in 2019), the 1,404th most popular biography from France (up from 1,508th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular French Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ernest Meissonier ranks 433 out of 1,421. Before him are José Clemente Orozco, Ary Scheffer, Anna Ancher, Piero Manzoni, Marianne von Werefkin, and Albert Edelfelt. After him are Orcagna, Tsuguharu Foujita, Erich Heckel, Willem van Aelst, Suzuki Harunobu, and Hubert Robert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Ernest Meissonier ranks 14. Before him are Thomas Couture, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Louis-Jules Trochu, Julia Margaret Cameron, Ildefons Cerdà, and Ľudovít Štúr. After him are Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Lorenz von Stein, Princess Elisabeth of Prussia, Giuseppina Strepponi, Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, and Constantin von Tischendorf. Among people deceased in 1891, Ernest Meissonier ranks 28. Before him are Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Jan Neruda, Charles I of Württemberg, Franz Miklosich, Princess Cecilie of Baden, and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. After him are Édouard Lucas, Theophil Hansen, Edmond Becquerel, Johan Jongkind, Kalākaua, and Joseph Petzval.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ernest Meissonier ranks 1,404 out of 6,011. Before him are Marie Anne de Bourbon (1666), Pierre de Marivaux (1688), François Pinault (1936), Marguerite Louise d'Orléans (1645), Armand Peugeot (1849), and Jacques Laffite (1943). After him are Étienne Marcel (1315), François Fillon (1954), Clément Ader (1841), Cécile Chaminade (1857), Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749), and Vivant Denon (1747).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Ernest Meissonier ranks 93. Before him are Jean-Marc Nattier (1685), Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827), François Clouet (1510), Jules Chéret (1836), Albert Marquet (1875), and André Lhote (1885). After him are Hubert Robert (1733), Jean Clouet (1480), Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749), Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1774), Pierre Auguste Cot (1837), and Arman (1928).

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