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Léon Cogniet

1794 - 1880

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Léon Cogniet (29 August 1794 – 20 November 1880) was a French history and portrait painter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léon Cogniet has received more than 91,276 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Léon Cogniet is the 750th most popular painter (up from 832nd in 2019), the 2,215th most popular biography from France (up from 2,371st in 2019) and the 131st most popular French Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Léon Cogniet ranks 750 out of 1,421Before him are Nuno Gonçalves, Wols, Carlo Maratta, Philipp Veit, Nikolaos Gyzis, and Adam Frans van der Meulen. After him are Piero del Pollaiolo, Alvise Vivarini, Thomas Eakins, Joseph Anton Koch, David Teniers the Elder, and Joos de Momper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, Léon Cogniet ranks 13Before him are Ignaz Moscheles, William Whewell, Wilhelm Müller, Józef Bem, Aimable Pélissier, and Ami Boué. After him are Eduard Rüppell, Friedrich Christian Diez, Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt, Jacques Collin de Plancy, René Lesson, and Eilhard Mitscherlich. Among people deceased in 1880, Léon Cogniet ranks 18Before him are Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, John Sutter, Oliver Winchester, Édouard Séguin, Sunanda Kumariratana, and Bettino Ricasoli. After him are Friedrich Bayer, Ole Bull, Arnold Ruge, Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger, Constantin Hansen, and Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léon Cogniet ranks 2,215 out of 6,011Before him are Robert Pires (1973), Claude Zidi (1934), Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois (1820), Jean Bodel (1165), Félix d'Herelle (1873), and Claude Berri (1934). After him are Bertrand de Jouvenel (1903), Constance, Duchess of Brittany (1161), Anselme Payen (1795), Bernard of Menthon (923), Marc Augé (1935), and Émile Boutroux (1845).

Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Léon Cogniet ranks 131Before him are Amédée Ozenfant (1886), Carolus-Duran (1837), Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761), Émile Friant (1863), Carle Vernet (1758), and Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686). After him are Jean Fautrier (1898), Jules Breton (1827), Maximilien Luce (1858), Pierre Soulages (1919), Victorine Meurent (1844), and Jean-Paul Laurens (1838).