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Oswald Achenbach

1827 - 1905

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Oswald Achenbach (German: [ˈɔsvalt ˈʔaxn̩bax]; 2 February 1827 – 1 February 1905) was a German painter associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Though little known today, during his lifetime he was counted among the most important landscape painters of Europe. Through his teaching activities, he influenced the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oswald Achenbach has received more than 75,056 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Oswald Achenbach is the 587th most popular painter (up from 628th in 2019), the 1,574th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,743rd in 2019) and the 56th most popular German Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Oswald Achenbach ranks 587 out of 2,023. Before him are Joos van Cleve, Louis-Léopold Boilly, Fernand Cormon, Constantin Meunier, Henri-Edmond Cross, and Kunisada. After him are Francesco del Cossa, Juan de Flandes, Konstantin Makovsky, Jasper Johns, Jozef Israëls, and Giovanni Battista Piazzetta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Oswald Achenbach ranks 18. Before him are Charles De Coster, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, Mangal Pandey, Jyotirao Phule, and John Hanning Speke. After him are Jules Breton, Frederick Abel, Konstantin Pobedonostsev, Mihály Zichy, Henry Gray, and Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky. Among people deceased in 1905, Oswald Achenbach ranks 21. Before him are Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, Élisée Reclus, Walther Flemming, Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Alois Riegl, and Constantin Meunier. After him are Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, Alphonse Allais, Anton Ažbe, Hudson Taylor, Albert von Kölliker, and Marcel Schwob.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Oswald Achenbach ranks 1,574 out of 7,253. Before him are Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670), Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia (1200), Franz Hössler (1906), Hans Knappertsbusch (1888), Bruno Streckenbach (1902), and Hans Speidel (1897). After him are Eric Voegelin (1901), Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1526), Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (1893), Gottfried John (1942), Marianne Weber (1870), and Heiner Müller (1929).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Oswald Achenbach ranks 56. Before him are Peter von Cornelius (1784), Hans Burgkmair (1473), Joachim von Sandrart (1606), Maria Reiter (1911), Heinrich Füger (1751), and Joos van Cleve (1485). After him are Wolf Vostell (1932), Erwin Bowien (1899), Felix Nussbaum (1904), Ludolf Bakhuizen (1630), Andreas Achenbach (1815), and Karl von Piloty (1826).

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