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Pedro Américo

1843 - 1905

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Pedro Américo de Figueiredo e Melo (29 April 1843 – 7 October 1905) was a Brazilian novelist, poet, scientist, art theorist, essayist, philosopher, politician and professor, but is best remembered as one of the most important academic painters in Brazil, leaving works of national impact. From an early age he showed an inclination towards the arts, being considered a child prodigy. At a very young age, he participated as a draftsman on an expedition of naturalists through the Brazilian northeast, and received government support to study at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pedro Américo has received more than 110,759 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Pedro Américo is the 916th most popular painter (up from 1,030th in 2019), the 205th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 217th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Brazilian Painter.

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Pedro Américo ranks 916 out of 2,023. Before him are Karel Škréta, Cornelis de Vos, Christen Købke, Muqi, Giampietrino, and Emile Claus. After him are David Roberts, Il Pordenone, Amrita Sher-Gil, Barthel Beham, Coppo di Marcovaldo, and Andrea Schiavone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, Pedro Américo ranks 45. Before him are Eugene de Blaas, Aleksandra Potanina, Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev, Louis Duchesne, Frederic W. H. Myers, and David Gill. After him are Karl Michael Ziehrer, Adelina Patti, Bernhard Förster, Christina Nilsson, Itō Sukeyuki, and Kliment Timiryazev. Among people deceased in 1905, Pedro Américo ranks 36. Before him are Otto Wilhelm von Struve, Carmine Crocco, George MacDonald, Meyer Guggenheim, Lew Wallace, and José-Maria de Heredia. After him are Mary Mapes Dodge, Franz Reuleaux, Clément Juglar, Tippu Tip, Infanta Amalia of Spain, and Josip Belušić.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Pedro Américo ranks 205 out of 2,236. Before him are Candido Portinari (1903), Raoni Metuktire (1940), Luís of Orléans-Braganza (1878), David Luiz (1987), Anfilogino Guarisi (1905), and Bartolomeu de Gusmão (1685). After him are Afonso Pena (1847), Prudente de Morais (1841), Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain (1811), Oreco (1932), Fernando Meirelles (1955), and Felipe Massa (1981).

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Among PAINTERS In Brazil

Among painters born in Brazil, Pedro Américo ranks 3. Before him are Tarsila do Amaral (1886), and Candido Portinari (1903). After him are José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior (1850), Lygia Clark (1920), Anita Malfatti (1889), Victor Meirelles (1832), Carlos Latuff (1968), Georgina de Albuquerque (1885), and Antônio Parreiras (1860).

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