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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 and his military sieges and manoeuvres in paintings acclaimed both for the artist's mastery of fine detail and his assiduous craftsmanship. The English art critic John Ruskin examined his work at length under a magnifying glass, "marvelling at Meissonier's manual dexterity and eye for fascinating minutiae." Meissonier enjoyed great success in his lifetime, becoming, with Gérôme and Cabanel, one of "the three most successful artists of the Second Empire." Meissonier's work commanded enormous prices and in 1846 he purchased a great mansion in Poissy, sometimes known as the Grande Maison. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest Meissonier has received more than 119,862 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Ernest Meissonier is the 457th most popular painter (down from 432nd in 2019), the 1,415th most popular biography from France (down from 1,399th in 2019) and the 96th most popular French Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ernest Meissonier ranks 457 out of 2,023. Before him are Bernardo Daddi, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Han Gan, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. After him are Anselm Feuerbach, Gu Kaizhi, Bob Ross, Hendrick ter Brugghen, Matthäus Merian, and James Tissot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Ernest Meissonier ranks 16. Before him are Ildefons Cerdà, Thomas Couture, Julia Margaret Cameron, Ľudovít Štúr, Josip Juraj Strossmayer, and Lorenz von Stein. After him are Giuseppina Strepponi, Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Andreas Achenbach, Constantin von Tischendorf, Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Among people deceased in 1891, Ernest Meissonier ranks 30. Before him are Franz Miklosich, Édouard Lucas, Theophil Hansen, Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Princess Cecilie of Baden, and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. After him are Kalākaua, Johan Jongkind, William Tecumseh Sherman, Joseph Petzval, Louis Lucien Bonaparte, and Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ernest Meissonier ranks 1,415 out of 6,770. Before him are Hélène Langevin-Joliot (1927), Emma Watson (1990), Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1774), Geneviève Grad (1944), Robert III, Count of Flanders (1249), and Henry I, Count of Champagne (1127). After him are Otto Meissner (1880), Pierre André Latreille (1762), Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802), Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (1894), Benedict of Aniane (750), and Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1724).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Ernest Meissonier ranks 96. Before him are Bernard Buffet (1928), Yves Tanguy (1900), Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754), Françoise Gilot (1921), Louise Moillon (1610), and Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1774). After him are James Tissot (1836), Pierre Puget (1620), Louise Abbéma (1853), Jean Clouet (1480), André Lhote (1885), and Eugène Atget (1857).

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