1777 - 1810
Philipp Otto Runge (German: [ˈʁʊŋə]; 1777–1810) was a German artist, draftsman, painter, and color theorist. Runge and Caspar David Friedrich are often regarded as the leading painters of the German Romantic movement.: 51 p. : 443 pp. He is frequently compared with William Blake by art historians, although Runge's short ten-year career is not easy to equate to Blake's career.: 38 pp. : 343 pp. By all accounts he had a brilliant mind and was well versed in the literature and philosophy of his time. He was a prolific letter writer and maintained correspondences and friendships with contemporaries such as Carl Ludwig Heinrich Berger, Caspar David Friedrich, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Henrik Steffens, and Ludwig Tieck. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philipp Otto Runge has received more than 224,516 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Philipp Otto Runge is the 310th most popular painter (up from 312th in 2019), the 847th most popular biography from Germany (down from 816th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Painter.
Philipp Otto Runge is most famous for his essay, "The Theory of Colors," which was published in 1810. The essay was one of the first to propose that color is not an objective property of objects, but rather a subjective perception of the human eye.
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Among painters, Philipp Otto Runge ranks 310 out of 1,421. Before him are Viktor Vasnetsov, Horace Vernet, Karel van Mander, Pieter Aertsen, Francesco Albani, and Rosalba Carriera. After him are Hendrik Goltzius, Cosimo Rosselli, Paulus Potter, Alexej von Jawlensky, Carl Spitzweg, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler.
1848 - 1926
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 304
1789 - 1863
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 305
1548 - 1606
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 306
1508 - 1575
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 307
1578 - 1660
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 308
1673 - 1757
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 309
1777 - 1810
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 310
1558 - 1617
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 311
1439 - 1507
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 312
1625 - 1654
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 313
1864 - 1941
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 314
1808 - 1885
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 315
1834 - 1903
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 316
Among people born in 1777, Philipp Otto Runge ranks 12. Before him are Henry Clay, Francis I of the Two Sicilies, Elisa Bonaparte, Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria, Juliette Récamier, and Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse. After him are Nathan Mayer Rothschild, Louis Jacques Thénard, Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Adélaïde d'Orléans, Bernard Courtois, and Filippo Taglioni. Among people deceased in 1810, Philipp Otto Runge ranks 9. Before him are Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Nachman of Breslov, Jean-Georges Noverre, Chevalier d'Éon, Marie Joséphine of Savoy, and Johann Wilhelm Ritter. After him are Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, Andrianampoinimerina, Andreas Hofer, Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden, Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova, and Jacques-François Menou.
1777 - 1852
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 6
1777 - 1830
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 7
1777 - 1820
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 8
1777 - 1801
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 9
1777 - 1849
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 10
1777 - 1848
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 11
1777 - 1810
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 12
1777 - 1836
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 13
1777 - 1857
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 14
1777 - 1843
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 15
1777 - 1847
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 16
1777 - 1838
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 17
1777 - 1871
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 18
1776 - 1810
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 3
1772 - 1810
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 4
1727 - 1810
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 5
1728 - 1810
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 6
1753 - 1810
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 7
1776 - 1810
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 8
1777 - 1810
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 9
1739 - 1810
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 10
1745 - 1810
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 11
1767 - 1810
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 12
1768 - 1810
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 13
1743 - 1810
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 14
1750 - 1810
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 15
Among people born in Germany, Philipp Otto Runge ranks 847 out of 6,142. Before him are Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1729), Kurt Eisner (1867), Oswald Pohl (1892), John George III, Elector of Saxony (1647), Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse (1777), and Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim (1905). After him are Wilhelm Kempff (1895), Hendrik Goltzius (1558), Fritz Strassmann (1902), Bruno Walter (1876), Arno Breker (1900), and Bertha Benz (1849).
1729 - 1796
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 841
1867 - 1919
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 842
1892 - 1951
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 843
1647 - 1691
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 844
1777 - 1848
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 845
1905 - 1944
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 846
1777 - 1810
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 847
1895 - 1991
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 848
1558 - 1617
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 849
1902 - 1980
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 850
1876 - 1962
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 851
1900 - 1991
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 852
1849 - 1944
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 853
Among painters born in Germany, Philipp Otto Runge ranks 23. Before him are Franz Stuck (1863), Hans von Aachen (1552), August Macke (1887), Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), Max Beckmann (1884), and Anselm Kiefer (1945). After him are Hendrik Goltzius (1558), Carl Spitzweg (1808), Oskar Schlemmer (1888), Max Liebermann (1847), Stefan Lochner (1410), and Lucian Freud (1922).
1863 - 1928
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 17
1552 - 1615
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 18
1887 - 1914
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 19
1805 - 1873
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 20
1884 - 1950
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 21
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 22
1777 - 1810
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 23
1558 - 1617
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 24
1808 - 1885
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 25
1888 - 1943
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 26
1847 - 1935
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 27
1410 - 1451
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 28
1922 - 2011
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 29