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Johann Köler

1826 - 1899

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Johann Köler (8 March 1826 – 22 April 1899) was a leader of the Estonian national awakening and a painter. He is considered as the first professional painter of the emerging nation. He distinguished himself primarily by his portraiture and to a lesser extent by his landscape paintings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Köler has received more than 42,547 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Köler is the 1,614th most popular painter (down from 1,473rd in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 121st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Estonian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Johann Köler ranks 1,614 out of 2,023Before him are Maria Wiik, Simon Ushakov, Domenico Morelli, Dirck Barendsz, Thomas Moran, and Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. After him are Mikhail Matyushin, Adolph Tidemand, Inji Aflatoun, Dora Carrington, Duncan Grant, and Mstislav Dobuzhinsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Johann Köler ranks 52Before him are İbrahim Şinasi, Spotted Elk, Silvestro Lega, August Ahlqvist, Mariano Ignacio Prado, and Domenico Morelli. After him are Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen, Henry Clifton Sorby, Friedrich Chrysander, Lea Ahlborn, Joseph Victor von Scheffel, and Emily Blackwell. Among people deceased in 1899, Johann Köler ranks 62Before him are Emil Welti, Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann, Lascăr Catargiu, Constant Fornerod, Heymann Steinthal, and Ernest Renshaw. After him are Robert G. Ingersoll, Jacob Maris, Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn, Zsófia Torma, Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa, and Teuku Umar.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Johann Köler ranks 119 out of 351Before him are Juhan Smuul (1922), Martin Klein (1884), Mart Siimann (1946), Jaak Panksepp (1943), Jakob Hurt (1839), and Johannes Käbin (1905). After him are Johannes Kotkas (1915), Juhan Kukk (1885), Kristjan Palusalu (1908), Friedebert Tuglas (1886), Pavel Schilling (1786), and Andres Tarand (1940).

Among PAINTERS In Estonia

Among painters born in Estonia, Johann Köler ranks 4Before him are Michael Sittow (1459), Eugen Dücker (1841), and Amandus Adamson (1855). After him are Konrad Mägi (1878), Ants Laikmaa (1866), and Paul Raud (1865).