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Nikolaos Gyzis

1842 - 1901

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Nikolaos Gyzis (Greek: Νικόλαος Γύζης [niˈko.la.os ˈʝi.zis]; German: Nikolaus Gysis; 1 March 1842 – 4 January 1901) is considered one of Greece's most important 19th century painters. He was most famous for his work Eros and the Painter, his first genre painting. It was auctioned in May 2006 at Bonhams in London, being last exhibited in Greece in 1928. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolaos Gyzis has received more than 136,636 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Nikolaos Gyzis is the 606th most popular painter (up from 747th in 2019), the 344th most popular biography from Greece (up from 399th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Greek Painter.

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  • 140k

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  • 58.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Nikolaos Gyzis has had the most page views in the with 17,774 views, followed by English (9,899), and Chinese (5,073). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (222.61%), Lombard (81.43%), and Danish (63.75%)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Nikolaos Gyzis ranks 606 out of 2,023Before him are Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Remedios Varo, Nicolas de Largillière, Martiros Saryan, Michael Sittow, and Jules Dupré. After him are Felix Nussbaum, Constant Troyon, Roberto Matta, Giovanni Battista Moroni, Ludolf Bakhuizen, and Frank Stella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Nikolaos Gyzis ranks 36Before him are Johannes Zukertort, Gaston, Count of Eu, Alphonse Borrelly, Vilhelm Thomsen, Mykola Lysenko, and Ōyama Iwao. After him are Georg Ritter von Schönerer, Hugo Schuchardt, Osman Hamdi Bey, Alexandre Ribot, Charles Cros, and Catherine Eddowes. Among people deceased in 1901, Nikolaos Gyzis ranks 23Before him are Elisha Gray, Francesco Crispi, Josef Rheinberger, Adolf Eugen Fick, Paul Rée, and Zénobe Gramme. After him are George Francis FitzGerald, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Francesc Pi i Margall, Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Iosif Gurko, and Shō Tai.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Nikolaos Gyzis ranks 344 out of 1,024Before him are Leonidas of Rhodes (-200), Semonides of Amorgos (-650), Diagoras of Melos (-450), Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423), Antenor (-590), and Campaspe (-400). After him are Paeonius (-500), Leotychidas (-540), Isaac Carasso (1874), Aeschines of Sphettus (-430), Alexandros Panagoulis (1939), and Pleistoanax (-500).

Among PAINTERS In Greece

Among painters born in Greece, Nikolaos Gyzis ranks 3Before him are El Greco (1541), and Giorgio de Chirico (1888). After him are Jannis Kounellis (1936), Agatharchus (-500), Achilles Painter (-470), Apollodorus (-500), Douris (-600), Timarete (-420), Pamphilus (-390), Euphranor (-301), and Nikiforos Lytras (1832).