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Hugo Simberg

1873 - 1917

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Hugo Gerhard Simberg (24 June 1873 – 12 July 1917) was a Finnish symbolist painter and graphic artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugo Simberg has received more than 203,572 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Hugo Simberg is the 483rd most popular painter (up from 522nd in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Finland (up from 51st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Finnish Painter.

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Hugo Simberg ranks 483 out of 2,023Before him are Lyubov Popova, Marià Fortuny, André Lhote, Frits Thaulow, Alesso Baldovinetti, and Mattia Preti. After him are Giuseppe Cesari, Rachel Ruysch, Jan van Scorel, Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Eugène Atget, and Paloma Picasso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Hugo Simberg ranks 44Before him are Robert Wiene, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Constantin Carathéodory, Jakob Wassermann, Eliel Saarinen, and Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi. After him are Ma Barker, Thorvald Stauning, Melitta Bentz, Liang Qichao, Fritz Thyssen, and Arnold van Gennep. Among people deceased in 1917, Hugo Simberg ranks 28Before him are Liliʻuokalani, Dadabhai Naoroji, Léon Bloy, Jean Gaston Darboux, Adolph Wagner, and Ferdinand Georg Frobenius. After him are Lucien Petit-Breton, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Émile Boirac, Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, Maximilian von Prittwitz, and Gustav von Schmoller.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Hugo Simberg ranks 45 out of 751Before him are Tom of Finland (1920), Ari Vatanen (1952), Aleksis Kivi (1834), Hannes Kolehmainen (1889), Matti Nykänen (1963), and Eliel Saarinen (1873). After him are Hannu Mikkola (1942), Zachris Topelius (1818), Jari Litmanen (1971), Eero Saarinen (1910), Kimi Räikkönen (1979), and Antti Aarne (1867).

Among PAINTERS In Finland

Among painters born in Finland, Hugo Simberg ranks 5Before him are Helene Schjerfbeck (1862), Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865), Albert Edelfelt (1854), and Tom of Finland (1920). After him are Elin Danielson-Gambogi (1861), Magnus Enckell (1870), Amélie Lundahl (1850), Pekka Halonen (1865), Helena Westermarck (1857), Ellen Thesleff (1869), and Vilho Lampi (1898).