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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 71,613 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Oswald Achenbach is the 629th most popular painter (down from 616th in 2019), the 1,743rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,687th in 2019) and the 57th most popular German Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Oswald Achenbach ranks 629 out of 1,421. Before him are Jannis Kounellis, Adrien Manglard, Giuseppe Cesari, Cornelis van Haarlem, Mattia Preti, and Charles Gleyre. After him are Paolo Veneziano, Julio González, Balthasar van der Ast, Wenceslaus Hollar, Tadeusz Kantor, and Altichiero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Oswald Achenbach ranks 20. Before him are William Holman Hunt, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Charles De Coster, Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, Mihály Zichy, and George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon. After him are Konstantin Pobedonostsev, Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland, Henry Gray, Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia, and Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria. Among people deceased in 1905, Oswald Achenbach ranks 24. Before him are Alois Riegl, Constantin Meunier, Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, Hudson Taylor, Ivan Sechenov, and Alphonse Allais. After him are Albert von Kölliker, Adolf Bastian, Marcel Schwob, Infanta Amalia of Spain, Anton Ažbe, and George MacDonald.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Oswald Achenbach ranks 1,743 out of 6,142. Before him are Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (1072), Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1460), Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1818), Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1861), Lothar-Günther Buchheim (1918), and Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg (1886). After him are Johann Ludwig Bach (1677), Johann Gottfried Walther (1684), Heino (1938), Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898), Adolph Freiherr Knigge (1752), and Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke (1889).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Oswald Achenbach ranks 57. Before him are Max Pechstein (1881), Hans Hartung (1904), Godfrey Kneller (1646), Joseph Karl Stieler (1781), Albert Bierstadt (1830), and Anton von Werner (1843). After him are Joachim von Sandrart (1606), Felix Nussbaum (1904), Andreas Achenbach (1815), Sigmar Polke (1941), Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751), and Karl von Piloty (1826).

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