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Paja Jovanović

1859 - 1957

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Pavle "Paja" Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Павле "Паја" Јовановић; IPA: [pâʋlɛ pǎːja jɔʋǎːnɔʋit͡ɕ]; 16 June 1859 – 30 November 1957) was a Serbian realist painter who painted more than 1,100 works including: The Wounded Montenegrin (1882), Decorating of the Bride (1886), The Takovo Uprising (1894), Migration of the Serbs (1896) and The Proclamation of Dušan's Law Codex (1900). As one of the best European painters of oriental scenes, Paja at the end of the 19th century turned to painting historical events of Serbian history. Paja was also the premier portraitist of Europe after 1905. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paja Jovanović has received more than 178,092 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Paja Jovanović is the 872nd most popular painter (up from 1,127th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Serbia (up from 151st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Serbian Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Paja Jovanović has had the most page views in the with 44,526 views, followed by English (26,479), and Serbo-Croatian (14,073). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are French (141.67%), Serbo-Croatian (126.98%), and Egyptian Arabic (88.10%)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Paja Jovanović ranks 872 out of 2,023. Before him are Jan van Huysum, Carolus-Duran, Martin van Meytens, Frans Francken the Younger, Andrew Wyeth, and Vasily Tropinin. After him are François-Xavier Fabre, Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid, Marie-Gabrielle Capet, Helen Frankenthaler, Eustache Le Sueur, and Aert van der Neer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Paja Jovanović ranks 60. Before him are Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria, Radko Dimitriev, Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, Prince Oscar Bernadotte, Ernesto Cesàro, and Peder Mørk Mønsted. After him are Karl von Stürgkh, Charles Diehl, Otto Warburg, Sergei Lyapunov, Belle Gunness, and John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe. Among people deceased in 1957, Paja Jovanović ranks 90. Before him are Rudolf Schmidt, Sholem Asch, Prince Franz of Bavaria, Rudolf Weigl, Wilhelm Filchner, and Umberto Saba. After him are Gheorghe Tătărescu, Heinrich Bär, Albert Anastasia, Dorothy L. Sayers, Claude Farrère, and Paul Walden.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Paja Jovanović ranks 132 out of 661. Before him are Vladimir Petrović (1955), Dejan Stanković (1978), Milan Stojadinović (1888), Georgios Sinas (1783), Todor Veselinović (1930), and Đura Jakšić (1832). After him are Mirko Cvetković (1950), Vasko Popa (1922), Momčilo Tapavica (1872), Aleksandar Matanović (1930), Ivo Pogorelić (1958), and Slobodan Jovanović (1869).

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Among PAINTERS In Serbia

Among painters born in Serbia, Paja Jovanović ranks 2. Before him are Nadežda Petrović (1873). After him are Uroš Predić (1857), Mór Than (1828), Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909), and Olja Ivanjicki (1931).

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