1876 - 1939
Gwendolen Mary John (22 June 1876 – 18 September 1939) was a Welsh artist who worked in France for most of her career. Her paintings, mainly portraits of anonymous female sitters, are rendered in a range of closely related tones. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gwen John has received more than 305,681 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Gwen John is the 1,498th most popular painter (down from 1,318th in 2019), the 3,262nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,235th in 2019) and the 70th most popular British Painter.
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Among painters, Gwen John ranks 1,498 out of 1,421. Before her are J. C. Leyendecker, Gaspar Becerra, Hashimoto Gahō, Paulus Moreelse, Eugene Lanceray, and Alberto Vargas. After her are Isidor Kaufmann, Antonin Mercié, John McCrae, Ulrika Pasch, Edmund Dulac, and Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk.
1874 - 1951
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 1,492
1520 - 1568
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 1,493
1835 - 1908
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 1,494
1571 - 1638
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 1,495
1875 - 1946
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 1,496
1896 - 1982
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 1,497
1876 - 1939
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 1,498
1853 - 1921
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 1,499
1845 - 1916
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 1,500
1872 - 1918
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 1,501
1735 - 1796
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 1,502
1882 - 1953
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 1,503
1884 - 1937
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 1,504
Among people born in 1876, Gwen John ranks 141. Before her are Nikolay Burdenko, Olav Duun, John Marshall, Elmer Drew Merrill, Marvin Hart, and Felix Jacoby. After her are Edgar Evans, Stephanos Christopoulos, Walter Burley Griffin, Stepan Erzia, Flora Sandes, and Violet Gibson. Among people deceased in 1939, Gwen John ranks 112. Before her are Germán Busch, Enrique Fernández Arbós, Władysław Raginis, Ursula Ledóchowska, Olav Duun, and Sidney Howard. After her are Har Dayal, Otto Siffling, Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, Boris Grigoriev, Dmitry Grave, and Alberto Palacio.
1876 - 1946
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 135
1876 - 1939
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 136
1876 - 1958
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 137
1876 - 1956
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 138
1876 - 1931
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 139
1876 - 1959
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 140
1876 - 1939
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 141
1876 - 1912
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 142
1876 - 2000
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 143
1876 - 1937
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 144
1876 - 1959
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 145
1876 - 1956
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 146
1876 - 1956
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 147
1903 - 1939
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 106
1863 - 1939
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 107
1908 - 1939
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 108
1865 - 1939
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 109
1876 - 1939
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 110
1891 - 1939
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 111
1876 - 1939
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 112
1884 - 1939
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 113
1912 - 1939
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 114
1865 - 1939
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 115
1886 - 1939
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 116
1863 - 1939
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 117
1856 - 1939
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 118
Among people born in United Kingdom, Gwen John ranks 3,262 out of 7,765. Before her are Elton Dean (1945), Anne Bradstreet (1612), Mel B (1975), Kathy Burke (1964), Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet (1707), and Paul Cook (1956). After her are Anthony Joshua (1989), Edgar Evans (1876), Jackie Collins (1937), Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney (1075), Biff Byford (1951), and Philip Barker-Webb (1793).
1945 - 2006
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 3,256
1612 - 1672
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 3,257
1975 - Present
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 3,258
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 3,259
1707 - 1782
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 3,260
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 3,261
1876 - 1939
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 3,262
1989 - Present
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 3,263
1876 - 1912
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 3,264
1937 - 2015
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 3,265
1075 - 1117
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 3,266
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 3,267
1793 - 1854
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 3,268
Among painters born in United Kingdom, Gwen John ranks 70. Before her are John Michael Wright (1617), Kate Greenaway (1846), Thomas Bewick (1753), Henry Raeburn (1756), Henry Scott Tuke (1858), and Thomas Moran (1837). After her are Henry Salt (1780), Peter Scott (1909), Allan Ramsay (1713), David Wilkie (1785), Joseph Noel Paton (1821), and Frederick Sandys (1829).
1617 - 1694
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 64
1846 - 1901
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 65
1753 - 1828
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 66
1756 - 1823
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 67
1858 - 1929
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 68
1837 - 1926
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 69
1876 - 1939
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 70
1780 - 1827
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 71
1909 - 1989
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 72
1713 - 1784
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 73
1785 - 1841
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 74
1821 - 1901
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 75
1829 - 1904
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 76