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Harriet Backer

1845 - 1932

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Harriet Backer (21 January 1845 – 25 March 1932) was a Norwegian painter who achieved recognition in her own time and was a pioneer among female artists both in the Nordic countries and in Europe generally. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harriet Backer has received more than 86,494 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Harriet Backer is the 888th most popular painter (up from 1,102nd in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Norway (up from 166th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Norwegian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Harriet Backer ranks 888 out of 2,023. Before her are Beatrice Wood, Denis Calvaert, Maerten de Vos, Jacob Adriaensz Backer, James Gillray, and Achilles Painter. After her are Eugène Grasset, Henry Hill, Tarsila do Amaral, Renato Guttuso, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, and Joos de Momper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Harriet Backer ranks 38. Before her are Fernand Cormon, Infanta Antónia of Portugal, Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, Émile Boutroux, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, and Ödön Lechner. After her are Eugène Grasset, Émile Baudot, Elihu Root, Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Walter Crane, and Jan Czerski. Among people deceased in 1932, Harriet Backer ranks 51. Before her are John Philip Sousa, José Félix Uriburu, René-Louis Baire, Kenneth Grahame, Ignaz Seipel, and Louis Anquetin. After her are King C. Gillette, Patrick Geddes, Peg Entwistle, Nureddin Pasha, Farabundo Martí, and Pēteris Stučka.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Harriet Backer ranks 133 out of 1,039. Before her are Trygve Gulbranssen (1894), Mari Boine (1956), Hans Gude (1825), Johan Bojer (1872), Naddodd (900), and Thekla Resvoll (1871). After her are Ivar Ballangrud (1904), Anne Jahren (1963), Caspar Wessel (1745), Margit Sandemo (1924), Jørgen Juve (1906), and Johan Nygaardsvold (1879).

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Among PAINTERS In Norway

Among painters born in Norway, Harriet Backer ranks 10. Before her are Christian Krohg (1852), Johan Christian Dahl (1788), Frits Thaulow (1847), Theodor Kittelsen (1857), Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831), and Hans Gude (1825). After her are Erik Werenskiold (1855), Martinus Rørbye (1803), Gerhard Munthe (1849), Adolph Tidemand (1814), Kitty Lange Kielland (1843), and Peder Balke (1804).

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