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Michael Ancher

1849 - 1927

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Michael Peter Ancher (9 June 1849 – 19 September 1927) was a Danish realist artist, widely known for his paintings of fishermen, the Skagerak and the North Sea, and other scenes from the Danish fishing community in Skagen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Ancher has received more than 161,782 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Michael Ancher is the 442nd most popular painter (up from 504th in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Denmark (up from 146th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Danish Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Michael Ancher ranks 442 out of 2,023. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Regnault, José Clemente Orozco, Salaì, Cennino Cennini, Françoise Gilot, and Christian Krohg. After him are Jan Lievens, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Louise Moillon, Johan Christian Dahl, Fede Galizia, and Henryk Siemiradzki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Michael Ancher ranks 20. Before him are John Ambrose Fleming, Blanche Monnier, Eva Gonzalès, Ellen Key, Max Nordau, and Alexander Kielland. After him are Empress Shōken, Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, Armand Peugeot, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Saionji Kinmochi, and Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime. Among people deceased in 1927, Michael Ancher ranks 27. Before him are Edward B. Titchener, Max Hoffmann, Li Dazhao, Adolph Joffe, Enrique Simonet, and Saad Zaghloul. After him are Louise Abbéma, Wilhelm Johannsen, Eugène Atget, Vladimir Bekhterev, Vilhelm Thomsen, and Sisowath of Cambodia.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Michael Ancher ranks 131 out of 1,032. Before him are Theophil Hansen (1813), Bjarne Stroustrup (1950), Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (1796), Morten Olsen (1949), Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland (1456), and S. P. L. Sørensen (1868). After him are Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783), Johan Christian Fabricius (1745), Gudfred (800), Lars Ulrich (1963), Charles I, Count of Flanders (1083), and Magnus II of Sweden (1130).

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Among PAINTERS In Denmark

Among painters born in Denmark, Michael Ancher ranks 8. Before him are Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1656), Gerda Wegener (1886), Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864), Nicolai Abildgaard (1743), Anna Ancher (1859), and Asger Jorn (1914). After him are Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783), Carl Bloch (1834), Jens Juel (1745), Marie Krøyer (1867), Kurt Westergaard (1935), and Wilhelm Marstrand (1810).

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