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Ludwig Richter

1803 - 1884

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Adrian Ludwig Richter (September 28, 1803 – June 19, 1884) was a German painter and etcher, who was strongly influenced by Erhard and Chodowiecki. He was a representative of both Romanticism and Biedermeier styles. He was the most popular, and in many ways the most typical German illustrator of the middle of the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludwig Richter has received more than 37,851 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ludwig Richter is the 1,026th most popular painter (down from 994th in 2019), the 2,780th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,738th in 2019) and the 95th most popular German Painter.

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  • 54.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ludwig Richter ranks 1,026 out of 2,023. Before him are Sanford Robinson Gifford, Jacques-Laurent Agasse, Eero Järnefelt, Cornelis van Poelenburgh, Christoph Amberger, and Antoine Pesne. After him are Winslow Homer, Franz Kline, Jean-Louis Forain, Li Cheng, Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin, and Laurent de La Hyre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Ludwig Richter ranks 38. Before him are Karl Gützlaff, Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Edgar Quinet, Alexander von Nordmann, Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, and Elisa Radziwiłł. After him are Franz Lachner, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, C. L. Gloger, Eugène Isabey, Peter Chanel, and Albert Sidney Johnston. Among people deceased in 1884, Ludwig Richter ranks 31. Before him are George Bentham, William, Duke of Brunswick, Eduard Totleben, Leopold Fitzinger, Juan Bautista Alberdi, and François Mignet. After him are Pavlo Chubynsky, Hans Rott, Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel, Kiến Phúc, Gotthilf Hagen, and Gustave Le Gray.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig Richter ranks 2,780 out of 7,253. Before him are Christoph Amberger (1505), Christian Schmidt (1957), Günter Wallraff (1942), Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1877), Adelaide of Meissen (1160), and Gerd Albrecht (1935). After him are Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663), Waldemar Bonsels (1880), Joseph Dietzgen (1828), Julian Nagelsmann (1987), Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1813), and Matthias Claudius (1740).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Ludwig Richter ranks 95. Before him are Ambrosius Holbein (1494), Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794), Abraham Mignon (1640), Max Slevogt (1868), Hans von Marées (1837), and Christoph Amberger (1505). After him are Agnes Block (1629), Wilhelm Leibl (1844), Christiane Kubrick (1932), Adolf Ziegler (1892), Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow (1789), and Hans Rottenhammer (1564).

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