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Richard Bergh

1858 - 1919

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Sven Richard Bergh (28 December 1858 – 29 January 1919) was a Swedish painter, art critic and museum manager. Despite many years in France, he remained unattracted to Impressionism, preferring instead the Naturalism of painters such as Jules Bastien-Lepage. He also rejected the idea of creating landscapes en plein aire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Bergh has received more than 69,461 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Richard Bergh is the 1,268th most popular painter (down from 1,113th in 2019), the 463rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 407th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swedish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Richard Bergh ranks 1,268 out of 2,023. Before him are Orlan, Serge Poliakoff, Zacharie Astruc, George Dawe, Magnus Enckell, and Albertus Pictor. After him are Edward Poynter, Henri Le Sidaner, Wojciech Gerson, Bart van der Leck, Julie Manet, and Francisco Herrera the Younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Richard Bergh ranks 83. Before him are Hans Rott, Anthon van Rappard, Dhondo Keshav Karve, Cipriano Castro, Maximilian Njegovan, and Sébastien Faure. After him are Wilhelm Fliess, Hans Meyer, Edmond Aman-Jean, José Miguel Gómez, Helen Churchill Candee, and Léon Serpollet. Among people deceased in 1919, Richard Bergh ranks 95. Before him are Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern, Vasily Rozanov, José Gregorio Hernández, Nikolai Iudovich Ivanov, Eugen Leviné, and Hedwig Dohm. After him are Edward Poynter, Ernest von Koerber, Victor Segalen, Maryana Marrash, Saovabha Phongsri, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Richard Bergh ranks 463 out of 1,879. Before him are Kristina Wayborn (1950), Martin Dahlin (1968), Gösta Ekman (1890), Sven-Bertil Taube (1934), Jarl Kulle (1927), and Henrik Sjöberg (1875). After him are William Chambers (1723), Sven Davidson (1928), Nils Gabriel Sefström (1787), Tor Aulin (1866), Eric Ericson (1918), and Nils von Kantzow (1885).

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Among PAINTERS In Sweden

Among painters born in Sweden, Richard Bergh ranks 9. Before him are Alexander Roslin (1718), John Bauer (1882), Bruno Liljefors (1860), Martin van Meytens (1695), Eugène Jansson (1862), and Odd Nerdrum (1944). After him are Gustaf Cederström (1845), Eva Bonnier (1857), Fanny Brate (1861), Mårten Eskil Winge (1825), Sigrid Hjertén (1885), and Ernst Josephson (1851).

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