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Martin Johnson Heade

1819 - 1904

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Martin Johnson Heade (August 11, 1819 – September 4, 1904) was an American painter known for his salt marsh landscapes, seascapes, and depictions of tropical birds (such as hummingbirds), as well as lotus blossoms and other still lifes. His painting style and subject matter, while derived from the romanticism of the time, are regarded by art historians as a significant departure from those of his peers.Heade was born in Lumberville, Pennsylvania, the son of a storekeeper. He studied with Edward Hicks, and possibly with Thomas Hicks. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Johnson Heade has received more than 235,531 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Martin Johnson Heade is the 1,348th most popular painter (up from 1,363rd in 2019), the 4,499th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,191st in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Painter.

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  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Martin Johnson Heade has had the most page views in the with 34,248 views, followed by German (5,185), and French (4,900). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are (99.57%), Basque (86.59%), and Armenian (35.69%)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Martin Johnson Heade ranks 1,348 out of 2,023. Before him are Adam van Noort, Tetyana Yablonska, Tarō Okamoto, Jacques Aved, Vladimir Baranov-Rossine, and Franz Roubaud. After him are François de Troy, Jan de Bray, Edmond Aman-Jean, George Segal, Marianne North, and Josep Maria Subirachs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Martin Johnson Heade ranks 69. Before him are Maria Wodzińska, Cyrus West Field, Lucile Grahn, Abe Masahiro, Nicolae Bălcescu, and Alexandru G. Golescu. After him are Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, Théodore Gouvy, James Russell Lowell, Friedrich von Bodenstedt, Henri Harpignies, and Constant Fornerod. Among people deceased in 1904, Martin Johnson Heade ranks 62. Before him are Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Georg Sauerwein, Sumner Paine, James Longstreet, Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, and Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi. After him are Edwin Arnold, Leslie Stephen, Ferdinand Mannlicher, Karl Alfred von Zittel, Larin Paraske, and Nikolay Mikhaylovsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martin Johnson Heade ranks 4,499 out of 20,380. Before him are Andrew Tate (1986), Reed Hastings (1960), Jared Padalecki (1982), Tom Welling (1977), Daryl Hall (1946), and Betty Buckley (1947). After him are Brett Cullen (1956), Jimmy Smits (1955), Eric Allin Cornell (1961), George Duke (1946), Brian Keith (1921), and Stella Stevens (1936).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Martin Johnson Heade ranks 55. Before him are Sam Francis (1923), Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856), Sarah Goodridge (1788), Childe Hassam (1859), Lilla Cabot Perry (1848), and Joseph Cornell (1903). After him are George Segal (1924), Frank Frazetta (1928), John Trumbull (1756), Ellsworth Kelly (1923), Adolph Gottlieb (1903), and John Singleton Copley (1738).

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