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Martinus Rørbye

1803 - 1848

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Martinus Christian Wesseltoft Rørbye (Danish: [mɑːˈtsʰiːnus ˈʁɶɐ̯ˌpyˀ]; 17 May 1803 – 29 August 1848) was a Danish painter, known both for genre works and landscapes. He was a central figure of the Golden Age of Danish painting during the first half of the 19th century. The most traveled of the Danish Golden Age painters, he traveled both north to Norway and Sweden and south to Italy, Greece and Constantinople. He was also the first Danish painter to take to painting in Skagen at the northern top of Jutland, almost half a century before the thriving community of Skagen Painters formed and came to fame, through Michael Ancher, Anna Ancher and P.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martinus Rørbye has received more than 77,675 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Martinus Rørbye is the 1,482nd most popular painter (down from 1,283rd in 2019), the 242nd most popular biography from Norway (down from 205th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Norwegian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Martinus Rørbye ranks 1,482 out of 2,023. Before him are Rockwell Kent, Christian Rohlfs, J. C. Leyendecker, Frederick Arthur Bridgman, Carl-Henning Pedersen, and Domenico di Bartolo. After him are Albert Namatjira, Christian Albrecht Jensen, Ivan Marchuk, Eugen Schüfftan, Luc-Olivier Merson, and Vadym Meller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Martinus Rørbye ranks 54. Before him are Alexander Dukhnovych, Gustaaf Wappers, Juan Almonte, Bernardo Berro, Vladimir Odoyevsky, and Caroline Unger. After him are Dimitrios Voulgaris, Miles Joseph Berkeley, William Thoms, Black Kettle, Johann Carl Fuhlrott, and Gustav von Alvensleben. Among people deceased in 1848, Martinus Rørbye ranks 47. Before him are Georg August Goldfuss, Gabriel Bibron, Petrobey Mavromichalis, Ludwig Leichhardt, Yevhen Hrebinka, and Sarah Fuller Flower Adams. After him are Jaime Balmes, Francis Crozier, Jacob Sturm, Steen Steensen Blicher, George W. Campbell, and Vasily Stasov.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Martinus Rørbye ranks 242 out of 1,039. Before him are Ingeborg of Norway (1301), Harald Sverdrup (1888), John Arne Riise (1980), Dorothe Engelbretsdatter (1634), Cort Adeler (1622), and Nina Grieg (1845). After him are Oddbjørn Hagen (1908), Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866), Anne-Cath. Vestly (1920), Knut Nystedt (1915), Knut Haugland (1917), and Christopher Hansteen (1784).

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Among PAINTERS In Norway

Among painters born in Norway, Martinus Rørbye ranks 12. Before him are Frits Thaulow (1847), Theodor Kittelsen (1857), Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831), Hans Gude (1825), Harriet Backer (1845), and Erik Werenskiold (1855). After him are Gerhard Munthe (1849), Adolph Tidemand (1814), Kitty Lange Kielland (1843), Peder Balke (1804), Otto Sinding (1842), and Olaf Gulbransson (1873).

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