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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 72,730 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Martinus Rørbye is the 1,284th most popular painter, the 206th most popular biography from Norway and the 11th most popular Norwegian Painter.

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Among painters, Martinus Rørbye ranks 1,284 out of 1,421. Before him are Hieronymus Cock, Domenico di Bartolo, Mykola Pymonenko, Bart van der Leck, Theodor Aman, and Achille Devéria. After him are Tony Robert-Fleury, Teresa Feoderovna Ries, Magnus Enckell, Gustaf Cederström, Jan van Kessel the Elder, and José de Madrazo y Agudo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Martinus Rørbye ranks 49. Before him are Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Albert Sidney Johnston, Gustaaf Wappers, Juan Almonte, Vladimir Odoyevsky, and Black Kettle. After him are Dimitrios Voulgaris, C. L. Gloger, José María Heredia y Heredia, Albert Küchler, Johann Carl Fuhlrott, and Karl Schorn. Among people deceased in 1848, Martinus Rørbye ranks 48. Before him are Francis Crozier, Joseph Görres, Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, Petrobey Mavromichalis, Mastoureh Ardalan, and Jacob Sturm. After him are Georg August Goldfuss, Steen Steensen Blicher, Gabriel Bibron, Vasily Stasov, George W. Campbell, and Pedro Vélez.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Martinus Rørbye ranks 206 out of 927. Before him are Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818), Odvar Nordli (1927), Alf Prøysen (1914), Sverre Hassel (1876), Eva Joly (1943), and Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899). After him are Haakon Ericsson (995), Nina Grieg (1845), Gerhard Munthe (1849), Arnfinn Bergmann (1928), Þorbjörn Hornklofi (900), and Erik Werenskiold (1855).

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Among PAINTERS In Norway

Among painters born in Norway, Martinus Rørbye ranks 11. Before him are Theodor Kittelsen (1857), Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831), Frits Thaulow (1847), Hans Gude (1825), Harriet Backer (1845), and Oda Krohg (1860). After him are Gerhard Munthe (1849), Erik Werenskiold (1855), Adolph Tidemand (1814), Kitty Lange Kielland (1843), Otto Sinding (1842), and Peder Balke (1804).

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