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Karl Bodmer

1809 - 1893

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Johann Carl Bodmer (11 February 1809 – 30 October 1893) was a Swiss-French printmaker, etcher, lithographer, zinc engraver, draughtsman, painter, illustrator, and hunter. Known as Karl Bodmer in literature and paintings, his name was recorded as Johann Karl Bodmer and Jean-Charles Bodmer, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Bodmer has received more than 154,741 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Bodmer is the 1,696th most popular painter (down from 1,433rd in 2019), the 484th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 394th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Swiss Painter.

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  • 150k

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  • 48.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Karl Bodmer ranks 1,696 out of 2,023. Before him are Sidney Nolan, Peder Balke, Ulrika Pasch, Mordecai Ardon, Christian Wilhelm Allers, and Thérèse Schwartze. After him are Richard Anuszkiewicz, Norah Borges, Jenny Holzer, Henry Scott Tuke, Yannis Tsarouchis, and Hashimoto Gahō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Karl Bodmer ranks 62. Before him are Santiago Derqui, Petrus Borel, Aleksey Koltsov, Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter, Andon Bedros IX Hassoun, and Nicolaas Pieneman. After him are Louis Meijer, Nestor Kukolnik, Giuseppe Giusti, Thomas Campbell Eyton, Ștefan Golescu, and George Engelmann. Among people deceased in 1893, Karl Bodmer ranks 70. Before him are Samuel Baker, Lucy Stone, Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie, Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ, John William Casilear, and John Abbott. After him are John O. Westwood, Charles of Mount Argus, James G. Blaine, Ali bin Said of Zanzibar, Louis Ruchonnet, and Ignacio Manuel Altamirano.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Karl Bodmer ranks 484 out of 1,015. Before him are Urs Fischer (1966), Lionel Dunsterville (1865), Vreni Schneider (1964), Alex Zülle (1968), Kaspar Villiger (1941), and Gottfried Dienst (1919). After him are Massimo Busacca (1969), Anton Allemann (1936), Heinrich Schmid (1921), Albert Eschenmoser (1925), Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (1802), and Roger Vonlanthen (1930).

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Among PAINTERS In Switzerland

Among painters born in Switzerland, Karl Bodmer ranks 30. Before him are Bertha Wegmann (1847), Urs Graf (1485), Hans Erni (1909), Antonio Ciseri (1821), Aloïse Corbaz (1886), and Pier Francesco Mola (1612). After him are Elizabeth Thompson (1846), Pipilotti Rist (1962), Gottfried Honegger (1917), and Milo Moiré (1986).

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