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Frederick McCubbin

1855 - 1917

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Frederick McCubbin (25 February 1855 – 20 December 1917) was an Australian artist, art teacher and prominent member of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism. Born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, McCubbin studied at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School under a number of artists, notably Eugene von Guerard and later George Folingsby. One of his former classmates, Tom Roberts, returned from art training in Europe in 1885, and that summer they established the Box Hill artists' camp, where they were joined by Arthur Streeton and Charles Conder. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick McCubbin has received more than 184,983 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick McCubbin is the 2,006th most popular painter, the 496th most popular biography from Australia and the 5th most popular Australian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Frederick McCubbin ranks 2,006 out of 2,023Before him are Fathi Hassan, Ahmed Al Safi, Lauren Faust, Thomas Kinkade, Viktor Lyapkalo, and Joana Vasconcelos. After him are Marc Quinn, Laurel Holloman, Pacita Abad, Alfred Freddy Krupa, Leslie Ward, and Leonel Maciel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Frederick McCubbin ranks 106Before him are Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová, John McKenna, Lidiya Tseraskaya, Edward William Nelson, Sarah E. Goode, and Arthur Wing Pinero.  Among people deceased in 1917, Frederick McCubbin ranks 127Before him are Janez Evangelist Krek, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, Sarat Chandra Das, Belva Ann Lockwood, and Joseph B. Foraker. After him are Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Sandy Turnbull, and Oliver Hazard Payne.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Frederick McCubbin ranks 496 out of 1,143Before him are Ryan Corr (1989), Allan Stone (1945), Matt Passmore (1973), Robbie McEwen (1972), Anthony Šerić (1979), and Robert Taylor (1963). After him are Kate Allen (1970), Miles Franklin (1879), Boy Charlton (1907), Katherine Langford (1996), Paul McNamee (1954), and Frank B. Zoltowski (1957).

Among PAINTERS In Australia

Among painters born in Australia, Frederick McCubbin ranks 5Before him are Albert Namatjira (1902), Sidney Nolan (1917), John Russell (1858), and Arthur Streeton (1867).