Painter

Gustave Doré

French illustrator best known for wood-engraving

1832 - 1883

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Gustave Doré

His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2024). Gustave Doré is the 77th most popular painter, the 227th most popular biography from France (down from 223rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular French Painter.

Gustave Doré is most famous for his illustrations of Dante's Divine Comedy. He also illustrated many other classic books, including Aesop's Fables, Paradise Lost, and Don Quixote.

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Among Painters

Among painters, Gustave Doré ranks 77 out of 2,023. Before him are Frans Hals, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Henri Rousseau, Pietro Perugino, Rogier van der Weyden, and Alfred Sisley. After him are Bob Ross, Jackson Pollock, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Georges Seurat, and Berthe Morisot.

Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia

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Frans Hals
1582 - 1666
HPI: 78.63
Rank: 71
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
1617 - 1682
HPI: 78.48
Rank: 72
Henri Rousseau
1844 - 1910
HPI: 78.41
Rank: 73
Pietro Perugino
1446 - 1523
HPI: 78.38
Rank: 74
Rogier van der Weyden
1390 - 1464
HPI: 78.33
Rank: 75
Alfred Sisley
1839 - 1899
HPI: 78.33
Rank: 76
Gustave Doré
1832 - 1883
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 77
Bob Ross
1942 - 1995
HPI: 78.29
Rank: 78
Jackson Pollock
1912 - 1956
HPI: 78.25
Rank: 79
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
1834 - 1903
HPI: 78.18
Rank: 80
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
1796 - 1875
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 81
Georges Seurat
1859 - 1891
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 82
Berthe Morisot
1841 - 1895
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 83

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Gustave Doré ranks 9. Before him are Maximilian I of Mexico, Louisa May Alcott, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Wilhelm Wundt, Lewis Carroll, and Nikolaus Otto. After him are José Echegaray, Edward Burnett Tylor, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, William Crookes, Ivan Shishkin, and Ármin Vámbéry. Among people deceased in 1883, Gustave Doré ranks 5. Before him are Karl Marx, Richard Wagner, Édouard Manet, and Ivan Turgenev. After him are Emir Abdelkader, Henri, Count of Chambord, Dayananda Saraswati, Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Midhat Pasha, Charles II, Duke of Parma, and Joseph Plateau.

Others Born in 1832

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Maximilian I of Mexico
POLITICIAN
1832 - 1867
HPI: 82.14
Rank: 3
Louisa May Alcott
WRITER
1832 - 1888
HPI: 81.95
Rank: 4
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
WRITER
1832 - 1910
HPI: 81.19
Rank: 5
Wilhelm Wundt
PSYCHOLOGIST
1832 - 1920
HPI: 80.54
Rank: 6
Lewis Carroll
WRITER
1832 - 1898
HPI: 80.04
Rank: 7
Nikolaus Otto
INVENTOR
1832 - 1891
HPI: 79.93
Rank: 8
Gustave Doré
PAINTER
1832 - 1883
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 9
José Echegaray
ENGINEER
1832 - 1916
HPI: 73.61
Rank: 10
Edward Burnett Tylor
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1832 - 1917
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 11
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
EXPLORER
1832 - 1901
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 12
William Crookes
CHEMIST
1832 - 1919
HPI: 72.68
Rank: 13
Ivan Shishkin
PAINTER
1832 - 1898
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 14
Ármin Vámbéry
EXPLORER
1832 - 1913
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 15

Others Deceased in 1883

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Karl Marx
ECONOMIST
1818 - 1883
HPI: 92.24
Rank: 1
Richard Wagner
COMPOSER
1813 - 1883
HPI: 88.15
Rank: 2
Édouard Manet
PAINTER
1832 - 1883
HPI: 84.08
Rank: 3
Ivan Turgenev
WRITER
1818 - 1883
HPI: 79.43
Rank: 4
Gustave Doré
PAINTER
1832 - 1883
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 5
Emir Abdelkader
POLITICIAN
1808 - 1883
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 6
Henri, Count of Chambord
POLITICIAN
1820 - 1883
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 7
Dayananda Saraswati
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1824 - 1883
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 8
Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
POLITICIAN
1823 - 1883
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 9
Midhat Pasha
POLITICIAN
1822 - 1883
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 10
Charles II, Duke of Parma
POLITICIAN
1799 - 1883
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 11
Joseph Plateau
PHYSICIST
1801 - 1883
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 12