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Fernand Khnopff

1858 - 1921

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Fernand Edmond Jean Marie Khnopff (12 September 1858 – 12 November 1921) was a Belgian symbolist painter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernand Khnopff has received more than 193,809 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Fernand Khnopff is the 563rd most popular painter (down from 390th in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 144th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Belgian Painter.

Fernand Khnopff is most famous for his painting, "The Dream," which depicts a woman sleeping in a room with a window.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Fernand Khnopff ranks 563 out of 2,023. Before him are Edward Steichen, Leonor Fini, Salomon van Ruysdael, John Tenniel, Michael Pacher, and Peter von Cornelius. After him are Louis-Michel van Loo, Paris Bordone, Hans Burgkmair, Ma Yuan, Jules Pascin, and Pierre-Joseph Redouté.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Fernand Khnopff ranks 45. Before him are Gaetano Mosca, Saitō Makoto, Jan Toorop, Remy de Gourmont, Alois Riegl, and Wolfgang Kapp. After him are Carl Auer von Welsbach, Bonar Law, Oldfield Thomas, Albrecht Penck, Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich, and Mélanie Bonis. Among people deceased in 1921, Fernand Khnopff ranks 40. Before him are Yan Fu, Robert de Montesquiou, Ivan Vazov, Georges Feydeau, Nikolay Gumilyov, and Hara Takashi. After him are Vladimir Korolenko, Prince Louis of Battenberg, Jean-Paul Laurens, Georg Ritter von Schönerer, Emilia Pardo Bazán, and Hermann Paul.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Fernand Khnopff ranks 184 out of 1,190. Before him are Arnulf I, Count of Flanders (889), Queen Mathilde of Belgium (1973), John Langenus (1891), Georges Rodenbach (1855), Princess Henriette of Belgium (1870), and Adrien de Gerlache (1866). After him are Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759), Pierre Alechinsky (1927), Zénobe Gramme (1826), Wilfried Martens (1936), Jacob van Artevelde (1290), and Jacques Arcadelt (1507).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Fernand Khnopff ranks 32. Before him are Catharina van Hemessen (1528), Abraham Brueghel (1631), Roelant Savery (1576), Clara Peeters (1594), Bernard van Orley (1487), and Justus van Gent (1430). After him are Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759), Pierre Alechinsky (1927), Constantin Meunier (1831), Juan de Flandes (1450), Melchior Broederlam (1355), and Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573).

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