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Nicolae Grigorescu

1838 - 1907

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Nicolae Grigorescu (Romanian pronunciation: [nikoˈla.e ɡriɡoˈresku]; 15 May 1838 – 21 July 1907) was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting. There is a metro station named after Grigorescu in Bucharest. It was given his name in 1990, before which it was named after Communist army general Leontin Sălăjan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolae Grigorescu has received more than 203,973 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Nicolae Grigorescu is the 812th most popular painter (up from 860th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Romania (up from 146th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Romanian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Nicolae Grigorescu ranks 812 out of 1,421. Before him are Carl Andre, Bramantino, Jan Miense Molenaer, François Lemoyne, Wu Daozi, and Jacques Villon. After him are Juan de Valdés Leal, Gutzon Borglum, Jan Mandijn, Marcello Bacciarelli, Ford Madox Brown, and Jan Provoost.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Nicolae Grigorescu ranks 44. Before him are George William Hill, Clemens Winkler, John Muir, Annie Edson Taylor, Jean-Paul Laurens, and Duke Philipp of Württemberg. After him are Henry Sidgwick, Edwin Abbott Abbott, Konstanty Kalinowski, Joel Asaph Allen, Siegfried Bing, and Friedrich Konrad Beilstein. Among people deceased in 1907, Nicolae Grigorescu ranks 36. Before him are Pierre Janssen, Stanisław Wyspiański, Hermann Carl Vogel, Konstantin Pobedonostsev, Joseph Hellmesberger Jr., and William Le Baron Jenney. After him are William, Prince of Wied, John Kerr, René Pottier, Kuno Fischer, Marko Vovchok, and Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Nicolae Grigorescu ranks 145 out of 665. Before him are Bálint Bakfark (1507), Ion I. C. Brătianu (1864), Lucien Goldmann (1913), Vladislav I of Wallachia (1325), Ibrahim Muteferrika (1674), and Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (1784). After him are Ecaterina Teodoroiu (1894), Octavian Goga (1881), Radu Lupu (1945), Abraham Wald (1902), János Arany (1817), and Lucian Blaga (1895).

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Among PAINTERS In Romania

Among painters born in Romania, Nicolae Grigorescu ranks 2. Before him are Victor Brauner (1903). After him are Simon Hollósy (1857), Theodor Aman (1831), Ștefan Luchian (1868), Corneliu Baba (1906), Teodor Axentowicz (1859), Isidor Kaufmann (1853), Ion Andreescu (1850), Theodor Pallady (1871), Octav Băncilă (1872), and Blanka Teleki (1806).

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