1859 - 1957
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 (up from 16 in 2019). Paja Jovanović is the 1,128th most popular painter (down from 1,116th in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from Serbia (down from 145th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Serbian Painter.
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Among painters, Paja Jovanović ranks 1,128 out of 1,421. Before him are Simon Marmion, Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Albert Eckhout, Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, Achilles Painter, and Laurits Tuxen. After him are Amalia Lindegren, Orlan, Alexey Venetsianov, John Atkinson Grimshaw, Charles de La Fosse, and Henri Regnault.
1425 - 1489
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 1,122
1831 - 1915
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 1,123
1610 - 1666
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 1,124
1724 - 1805
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 1,125
470 BC - 425 BC
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 1,126
1853 - 1927
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 1,127
1859 - 1957
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 1,128
1814 - 1891
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 1,129
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 1,130
1780 - 1847
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 1,131
1836 - 1893
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 1,132
1636 - 1716
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 1,133
1843 - 1871
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 1,134
Among people born in 1859, Paja Jovanović ranks 75. Before him are Otto Hölder, Kostis Palamas, Karl Muck, Otto Warburg, Johan Jensen, and Aurel Stodola. After him are Kosta Khetagurov, Samuel Alexander, Maurice Paléologue, Constantine VI of Constantinople, Louis Majorelle, and Nikolay Gamaleya. Among people deceased in 1957, Paja Jovanović ranks 111. Before him are Hasui Kawase, Valery Larbaud, Claude Farrère, Josephine Hull, Joseph Augustus Zarelli, and Marija Jurić Zagorka. After him are Frank País, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Harald Sverdrup, Ralph Benatzky, Kiyoshi Shiga, and James Whale.
1859 - 1937
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 69
1859 - 1943
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 70
1859 - 1940
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 71
1859 - 1938
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 72
1859 - 1925
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 73
1859 - 1942
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 74
1859 - 1957
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 75
1859 - 1906
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 76
1859 - 1938
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 77
1859 - 1944
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 78
1859 - 1930
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 79
1859 - 1926
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 80
1859 - 1949
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 81
1883 - 1957
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 105
1881 - 1957
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 106
1876 - 1957
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 107
1877 - 1957
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 108
1953 - 1957
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 109
1873 - 1957
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 110
1859 - 1957
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 111
1934 - 1957
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 112
1874 - 1957
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 113
1888 - 1957
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 114
1884 - 1957
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 115
1871 - 1957
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 116
1889 - 1957
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 117
Among people born in Serbia, Paja Jovanović ranks 151 out of 564. Before him are Milorad Pavić (1921), Dragan Pantelić (1951), Đuro Daničić (1825), Svetislav Pešić (1949), Petar of Serbia (870), and Bora Kostić (1930). After him are Stojan Protić (1857), Sava II (1199), Ivan Bek (1909), Petar Živković (1879), Franz Xaver von Wulfen (1728), and Nikola Karabatić (1984).
1921 - 2005
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 145
1951 - 2021
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 146
1825 - 1882
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 147
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 148
870 - 917
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 149
1930 - 2011
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 150
1859 - 1957
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 151
1857 - 1923
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 152
1199 - 1269
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 153
1909 - 1963
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 154
1879 - 1947
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 155
1728 - 1805
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 156
1984 - Present
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 157
Among painters born in Serbia, Paja Jovanović ranks 2. Before him are Nadežda Petrović (1873). After him are Uroš Predić (1857), Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909), Mór Than (1828), and Olja Ivanjicki (1931).
1873 - 1915
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 1
1859 - 1957
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 2
1857 - 1953
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 3
1909 - 1945
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 4
1828 - 1899
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 5
1931 - 2009
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 6