PAINTER

Ford Madox Brown

1821 - 1893

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Ford Madox Brown (16 April 1821 – 6 October 1893) was a British painter of moral and historical subjects, notable for his distinctively graphic and often Hogarthian version of the Pre-Raphaelite style. Arguably, his most notable painting was Work (1852–1865). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ford Madox Brown has received more than 431,071 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Ford Madox Brown is the 849th most popular painter (down from 816th in 2019), the 2,470th most popular biography from France (down from 2,400th in 2019) and the 158th most popular French Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ford Madox Brown ranks 849 out of 2,023. Before him are Roman Opałka, Stradanus, Toros Roslin, Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, Gustave Boulanger, and John Collier. After him are Isaac Israëls, Wols, Hercules Seghers, Luca Cambiaso, Antonio de Pereda, and Zurab Tsereteli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Ford Madox Brown ranks 37. Before him are Tuone Udaina, Rachel Félix, Félix Ziem, Cyprian Norwid, Franz Doppler, and Gabriel García Moreno. After him are Albert, 4th duc de Broglie, Mary Baker Eddy, Ferdinand Gregorovius, Philipp Ludwig von Seidel, Vasile Alecsandri, and Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este. Among people deceased in 1893, Ford Madox Brown ranks 30. Before him are Heinrich Göbel, Leland Stanford, Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, P. G. T. Beauregard, George Tupou I, and Aleksandra Potanina. After him are José Zorrilla, Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Rudolf Wolf, Julius Popper, Constantin von Wurzbach, and Matsudaira Katamori.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ford Madox Brown ranks 2,470 out of 6,770. Before him are François Devienne (1759), Alexandre Exquemelin (1646), Henri Wallon (1879), Nicole Fontaine (1942), Gustave Boulanger (1824), and Jean Dieudonné (1906). After him are Henri Tresca (1814), Duke Philipp of Württemberg (1838), Paul Frère (1917), Ariane Mnouchkine (1939), Guy Bonnet (1945), and Marcellin Marbot (1782).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Ford Madox Brown ranks 158. Before him are Louis Anquetin (1861), Jean Fautrier (1898), Maximilien Luce (1858), Marguerite Gérard (1761), Roman Opałka (1931), and Gustave Boulanger (1824). After him are Carolus-Duran (1837), François-Xavier Fabre (1766), Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761), Eustache Le Sueur (1616), Abraham Bosse (1604), and Adolphe Monticelli (1824).

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