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John Michael Wright

1617 - 1694

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John Michael Wright (May 1617 – July 1694) was an English painter, mainly of portraits in the Baroque style. Born and raised in London, Wright trained in Edinburgh under the Scots painter George Jamesone, and sometimes described himself as Scottish in documents. He acquired a considerable reputation as an artist and scholar during a long sojourn in Rome. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Michael Wright has received more than 143,472 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. John Michael Wright is the 1,458th most popular painter (down from 1,024th in 2019), the 3,088th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,129th in 2019) and the 64th most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, John Michael Wright ranks 1,458 out of 1,421Before him are Lasar Segall, Jan van Bijlert, Roger Dean, Teodor Axentowicz, Jan de Bray, and Roland Penrose. After him are Kate Greenaway, Hendrik Voogd, Isaac Oliver, Juan Manuel Blanes, Yannis Tsarouchis, and Jens Ferdinand Willumsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1617, John Michael Wright ranks 12Before him are Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg, Leopoldo de' Medici, Emanuel de Witte, Elias Ashmole, Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony, and Yun Hyu. After him are Ralph Cudworth and Richard Lovelace. Among people deceased in 1694, John Michael Wright ranks 18Before him are Pierre Puget, Hishikawa Moronobu, Francesco II d'Este, Duke of Modena, Johann Michael Bach, Ismaël Bullialdus, and Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Michael Wright ranks 3,088 out of 7,765Before him are David Stirling (1915), Richard de Bury (1287), John McVie (1945), John Hartley (1849), Edwin Flack (1873), and Roland Penrose (1900). After him are Steven Wilson (1967), Maud Watson (1864), George Raynor (1907), Gerald Moore (1899), Kate Greenaway (1846), and Ajahn Brahm (1951).

Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, John Michael Wright ranks 64Before him are John Hoppner (1758), Simeon Solomon (1840), Dora Carrington (1893), Thomas Girtin (1775), Roger Dean (1944), and Roland Penrose (1900). After him are Kate Greenaway (1846), Thomas Bewick (1753), Henry Raeburn (1756), Henry Scott Tuke (1858), Thomas Moran (1837), and Gwen John (1876).