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John Atkinson Grimshaw

1836 - 1893

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John Atkinson Grimshaw (6 September 1836 – 13 October 1893) was an English Victorian-era artist best known for his nocturnal scenes of urban landscapes. He was called a "remarkable and imaginative painter" by the critic and historian Christopher Wood in Victorian Painting (1999). Grimshaw's love for realism stemmed from a passion for photography, which would eventually lend itself to the creative process. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Atkinson Grimshaw has received more than 492,448 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). John Atkinson Grimshaw is the 1,079th most popular painter (up from 1,131st in 2019), the 2,029th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,282nd in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Painter.

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  • 490k

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  • 53.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, John Atkinson Grimshaw ranks 1,079 out of 2,023. Before him are Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Wilhelm Leibl, Plautilla Nelli, Massimo Stanzione, Romaine Brooks, and Moretto da Brescia. After him are Bonaventura Berlinghieri, Charles Joshua Chaplin, Christiane Kubrick, Ambrosius Benson, Xu Wei, and Adolf Ziegler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1836, John Atkinson Grimshaw ranks 41. Before him are Antônio Carlos Gomes, Matsudaira Katamori, Winslow Homer, Piet Cronjé, Juliette Adam, and Daniel Peter. After him are Andrés Avelino Cáceres, Inoue Kaoru, Cato Maximilian Guldberg, Princess Anna of Saxony, Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville, and Nakayama Yoshiko. Among people deceased in 1893, John Atkinson Grimshaw ranks 41. Before him are Constantin von Wurzbach, Matsudaira Katamori, Anna Bilińska, Manuel González Flores, Nikolai Zverev, and William Smith. After him are Jacob Moleschott, Tivadar Puskás, Victor Schœlcher, Pierre Tirard, Antonio Ghislanzoni, and Arabo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Atkinson Grimshaw ranks 2,029 out of 8,785. Before him are Gordon Milne (1937), Lesley Manville (1956), Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310), Sadiq Khan (1970), Perry Anderson (1938), and John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886). After him are Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563), Robert Torrens (1780), Tony Judt (1948), John Burgoyne (1722), Claude Auchinleck (1884), and Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots (1404).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, John Atkinson Grimshaw ranks 36. Before him are Matthew Paris (1200), Vanessa Bell (1879), Roger Fry (1866), Walter Crane (1845), George Frederic Watts (1817), and Richard Parkes Bonington (1801). After him are Frank Dicksee (1853), E. H. Shepard (1879), Richard Wilson (1714), Bridget Riley (1931), Arthur Hughes (1832), and George Dawe (1781).

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