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John Bauer

1882 - 1918

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John Albert Bauer (4 June 1882 – 20 November 1918) was a Swedish painter and illustrator. His work is concerned with landscape and mythology, but he also composed portraits. He is best known for his illustrations of early editions of Bland tomtar och troll (Among Gnomes and Trolls), an anthology of Swedish folklore and fairy tales. Bauer was born and raised in Jönköping. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Bauer has received more than 22,753 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). John Bauer is the 406th most popular painter (down from 367th in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 153rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Painter.

John Bauer is most famous for his paintings of animals, people, and landscapes. He was born in 1882 in Dresden, Germany. He moved to the United States in 1904.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, John Bauer ranks 406 out of 2,023. Before him are Shitao, Eva Gonzalès, Asger Jorn, Tom of Finland, Andrea Solari, and Joseph Kosuth. After him are Jean-Étienne Liotard, Vasily Perov, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Pietro Cavallini, and Marcantonio Raimondi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, John Bauer ranks 58. Before him are Wacław Sierpiński, Jean Giraudoux, Petre Dumitrescu, Pavel Florensky, Aleksandra Ekster, and Yakub Kolas. After him are Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, Leo Perutz, Fan Noli, Franz Seldte, Subramania Bharati, and Dušan Simović. Among people deceased in 1918, John Bauer ranks 49. Before him are Stepan Shaumian, Aleksandr Lyapunov, Julius Wellhausen, Koloman Moser, Sai Baba of Shirdi, and Ivan Cankar. After him are César Ritz, Daniel Burley Woolfall, Vasily Radlov, Charles-Émile Reynaud, Paul von Rennenkampf, and Princess Anna of Prussia.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, John Bauer ranks 163 out of 1,879. Before him are Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846), Carl Peter Thunberg (1743), Oscar Montelius (1843), Gustaf de Laval (1845), Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745), and Ellen Key (1849). After him are Margaret Leijonhufvud (1516), Eric X of Sweden (1180), Charles VII of Sweden (1130), Claes Oldenburg (1929), Carl Linnaeus the Younger (1741), and Sigvard Bernadotte (1907).

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Among PAINTERS In Sweden

Among painters born in Sweden, John Bauer ranks 4. Before him are Carl Larsson (1853), Hilma af Klint (1862), and Alexander Roslin (1718). After him are Bruno Liljefors (1860), Martin van Meytens (1695), Eugène Jansson (1862), Odd Nerdrum (1944), Richard Bergh (1858), Gustaf Cederström (1845), Eva Bonnier (1857), and Fanny Brate (1861).

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