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George Hendrik Breitner

1857 - 1923

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George Hendrik Breitner (12 September 1857 – 5 June 1923) was a Dutch painter and photographer. An important figure in Amsterdam Impressionism, he is noted especially for his paintings of street scenes and harbours in a realistic style. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Hendrik Breitner has received more than 114,326 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). George Hendrik Breitner is the 313th most popular painter (up from 1,193rd in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 501st in 2019) and the 30th most popular Dutch Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, George Hendrik Breitner ranks 313 out of 2,023. Before him are Paulus Potter, Alexej von Jawlensky, Karel van Mander, Bernardino Luini, Cosimo Rosselli, and Luigi Russolo. After him are Gerard David, Grant Wood, Anton Mauve, Cosimo Tura, Bartolommeo Bandinelli, and Frans Snyders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, George Hendrik Breitner ranks 30. Before him are Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Ronald Ross, Georg Michaelis, Joseph Babinski, and Karl Pearson. After him are Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal, Otto von Below, Edward Emerson Barnard, Aleksandr Lyapunov, Max Klinger, and Georges Gilles de la Tourette. Among people deceased in 1923, George Hendrik Breitner ranks 20. Before him are Dietrich Eckart, Julius Martov, Damdin Sükhbaatar, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, Katherine Mansfield, and James Dewar. After him are Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Princess Louise of Prussia, Edward Emerson Barnard, Milena Vukotić, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, and Aleksandar Stamboliyski.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, George Hendrik Breitner ranks 132 out of 1,646. Before him are Louise of the Netherlands (1828), Willem Janszoon (1570), Dennis Bergkamp (1969), Adriaen van Ostade (1610), Paulus Potter (1625), and Nicolaes Tulp (1593). After him are Gerard David (1450), Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (1967), Anton Mauve (1838), Etty Hillesum (1914), Geert Hofstede (1928), and Pim Fortuyn (1948).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, George Hendrik Breitner ranks 30. Before him are Hendrick Avercamp (1585), Judith Leyster (1609), Willem de Kooning (1904), Pieter Aertsen (1508), Adriaen van Ostade (1610), and Paulus Potter (1625). After him are Gerard David (1450), Anton Mauve (1838), Ary Scheffer (1795), Meindert Hobbema (1638), Abraham Bloemaert (1566), and Maarten van Heemskerck (1498).

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