1804 - 1887
Peder Balke (November 4, 1804 – February 5, 1887) was a Norwegian painter. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peder Balke has received more than 72,321 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Peder Balke is the 1,576th most popular painter (down from 1,247th in 2019), the 303rd most popular biography from Norway (down from 251st in 2019) and the 17th most popular Norwegian Painter.
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Among painters, Peder Balke ranks 1,576 out of 1,421. Before him are Clyfford Still, Thomas Hart Benton, Viktor Madarász, Peter Perez Burdett, John Russell, and Araniko. After him are Francisco Toledo, Broncia Koller-Pinell, Clive Bell, Olja Ivanjicki, Katarina Ivanović, and Antônio Parreiras.
1904 - 1980
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 1,570
1889 - 1975
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 1,571
1830 - 1917
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 1,572
1734 - 1793
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 1,573
1858 - 1930
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 1,574
1244 - 1306
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 1,575
1804 - 1887
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 1,576
1940 - 2019
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 1,577
1863 - 1934
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 1,578
1881 - 1964
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 1,579
1931 - 2009
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 1,580
1811 - 1882
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 1,581
1860 - 1937
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 1,582
Among people born in 1804, Peder Balke ranks 62. Before him are Salomon Müller, Julius Benedict, Alfred Moquin-Tandon, Wilhelm Bendz, Johan Nicolai Madvig, and Fruto Chamorro. After him are József Bajza, Emma Smith, Charles Magill Conrad, and Jane Irwin Harrison. Among people deceased in 1887, Peder Balke ranks 44. Before him are Peter Jan Beckx, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Julius von Haast, Mikhail Katkov, Fran Levstik, and E. Marlitt. After him are August Spies, John Taylor, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Semyon Nadson, George Alexander Macfarren, and Sarah Yorke Jackson.
1804 - 1863
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 56
1804 - 1885
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 57
1804 - 1863
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 58
1804 - 1832
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 59
1804 - 1886
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 60
1804 - 1855
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 61
1804 - 1887
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 62
1804 - 1858
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 63
1804 - 1879
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 64
1804 - 1878
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 65
1804 - 1846
HPI: 39.36
Rank: 66
1795 - 1887
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 38
1805 - 1887
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 39
1822 - 1887
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 40
1818 - 1887
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 41
1831 - 1887
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 42
1825 - 1887
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 43
1804 - 1887
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 44
1855 - 1887
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 45
1808 - 1887
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 46
1823 - 1887
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 47
1862 - 1887
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 48
1813 - 1887
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 49
1803 - 1887
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 50
Among people born in Norway, Peder Balke ranks 303 out of 927. Before him are Sverre Farstad (1920), Bodil Katharine Biørn (1871), Johan Ferner (1927), Torgeir Brandtzæg (1941), Thorbjørn Svenssen (1924), and Gunnar Heiberg (1857). After him are Inger Aufles (1941), Hulda Garborg (1862), Rolf Løvland (1955), Molla Mallory (1884), Johan Falkberget (1879), and Morten Tyldum (1967).
1920 - 1978
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 297
1871 - 1960
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 298
1927 - 2015
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 299
1941 - Present
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 300
1924 - 2011
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 301
1857 - 1929
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 302
1804 - 1887
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 303
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 304
1862 - 1934
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 305
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 306
1884 - 1959
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 307
1879 - 1967
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 308
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 309
Among painters born in Norway, Peder Balke ranks 17. Before him are Martinus Rørbye (1803), Gerhard Munthe (1849), Erik Werenskiold (1855), Adolph Tidemand (1814), Kitty Lange Kielland (1843), and Otto Sinding (1842).
1803 - 1848
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 11
1849 - 1929
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 12
1855 - 1938
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 13
1814 - 1876
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 14
1843 - 1914
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 15
1842 - 1909
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 16
1804 - 1887
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 17