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George Frederic Watts

1817 - 1904

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George Frederic Watts (23 February 1817 – 1 July 1904) was a British painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. He said "I paint ideas, not things." Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical works, such as Hope and Love and Life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Frederic Watts has received more than 414,651 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). George Frederic Watts is the 1,034th most popular painter (down from 983rd in 2019), the 1,960th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,996th in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of George Frederic Watts by language

Over the past year George Frederic Watts has had the most page views in the with 45,718 views, followed by Japanese (4,797), and Russian (4,386). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (95.66%), Chinese (94.19%), and Persian (63.55%)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, George Frederic Watts ranks 1,034 out of 2,023. Before him are Franz Kline, Jean-Louis Forain, Li Cheng, Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin, Laurent de La Hyre, and Adriaen van der Werff. After him are Benjamin West, Anne Vallayer-Coster, Marcel Broodthaers, Georges Mathieu, Otto Freundlich, and Jean-Baptiste Debret.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, George Frederic Watts ranks 41. Before him are Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary, Bernhard Windscheid, Nikoloz Baratashvili, Karl Vogt, Adolphe Alphand, and Georg Herwegh. After him are Alfred Józef Potocki, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Heinrich Graetz, Wilhelm Griesinger, Debendranath Tagore, and Joseph Poelaert. Among people deceased in 1904, George Frederic Watts ranks 53. Before him are William Renshaw, Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt, Laura Vicuña, Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Kate Chopin, and Alexander William Williamson. After him are Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, Samuel Smiles, Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Georg Sauerwein, Sumner Paine, and James Longstreet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Frederic Watts ranks 1,960 out of 8,785. Before him are Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694), Melita Norwood (1912), Mary Astell (1666), Joan Hickson (1906), Rachel Kempson (1910), and Elias Ashmole (1617). After him are Lindsay Kemp (1938), Ken Annakin (1914), Thomas Hicks (1876), Robert Conquest (1917), Tom Sharpe (1928), and Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, George Frederic Watts ranks 34. Before him are Pieter de Molijn (1595), David Roberts (1796), Matthew Paris (1200), Vanessa Bell (1879), Roger Fry (1866), and Walter Crane (1845). After him are Richard Parkes Bonington (1801), John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836), Frank Dicksee (1853), E. H. Shepard (1879), Richard Wilson (1714), and Bridget Riley (1931).

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