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Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval

1885 - 1972

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Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval (15 October 1885 – 13 April 1972) was an Icelandic painter. He is considered one of the most important artists of Iceland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval has received more than 59,518 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval is the 1,310th most popular painter (down from 1,183rd in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 32nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Icelander Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval ranks 1,310 out of 2,023. Before him are Giovanni Santi, Godfried Schalcken, Echion, Carl Blechen, Urs Graf, and Janis Rozentāls. After him are Childe Hassam, Élisabeth Sophie Chéron, Zhang Xuan, Kanō Motonobu, József Rippl-Rónai, and Lilla Cabot Perry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval ranks 137. Before him are Eino Rahja, Arturo Rawson, Carmine Gallone, Nils von Kantzow, Francisco Olazar, and Wallace Beery. After him are Guilhermina Suggia, Sun Chuanfang, Dimitrios Loundras, Maria Nikiforova, Henry Taylor, and Herman Sörgel. Among people deceased in 1972, Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval ranks 123. Before him are Robert Casadesus, Solomon Lefschetz, Gustav Wiederkehr, Erik Eriksen, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Max Aub. After him are Thomas C. Kinkaid, Joseph Cornell, Rudolf Belling, Stanislaus Kobierski, W. Ross Ashby, and Lee Beom-seok.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval ranks 37 out of 190. Before him are Erró (1932), Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928), Geir Haarde (1951), Davíð Oddsson (1948), Stefán Karl Stefánsson (1975), and Guðbrandur Þorláksson (1542). After him are Friðrik Ólafsson (1935), Sturla Þórðarson (1214), Gunnar Hansen (1947), Jón Ögmundsson (1052), Hannes Hafstein (1861), and Eiður Guðjohnsen (1978).

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Among PAINTERS In Iceland

Among painters born in Iceland, Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval ranks 2. Before him are Erró (1932). After him are Ásgrímur Jónsson (1876).

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