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Séraphine Louis

1864 - 1942

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Séraphine Louis, known as Séraphine de Senlis (Séraphine of Senlis; 3 September 1864 – 11 December 1942), was a French painter in the Outsider art. Self-taught, she was inspired by her religious faith and by stained-glass church windows and other religious art. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Séraphine Louis has received more than 248,813 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Séraphine Louis is the 526th most popular painter (down from 318th in 2019), the 1,590th most popular biography from France (down from 1,036th in 2019) and the 106th most popular French Painter.

Séraphine Louis is most famous for her paintings of the people in her village.

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Séraphine Louis ranks 526 out of 2,023. Before her are Arman, Willem van Aelst, Stefano di Giovanni, Mi Fu, Giuseppe Crespi, and Michael Wolgemut. After her are Bernard van Orley, Raoul Hausmann, Peter Fendi, Cornelis van Haarlem, Sebastiano Ricci, and Justus van Gent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Séraphine Louis ranks 44. Before her are John Jacob Astor IV, Eugen d'Albert, Kikunae Ikeda, Jakob von Uexküll, Qi Baishi, and Joseph Bédier. After her are Alfred Stieglitz, Tanaka Giichi, Auguste Charlois, Roman Dmowski, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, and Robert E. Park. Among people deceased in 1942, Séraphine Louis ranks 49. Before her are Leopold Mandić, Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, Adam Czerniaków, Georg Stumme, and Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta. After her are Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal, Felix Weingartner, Franz Walter Stahlecker, Joseph Franklin Rutherford, Thorvald Stauning, and Ivan Bilibin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Séraphine Louis ranks 1,590 out of 6,770. Before her are Arletty (1898), Émile Gaboriau (1832), William of Champeaux (1070), Anne Gonzaga (1616), Julien Duvivier (1896), and Germaine Tailleferre (1892). After her are Marie-Christine Barrault (1944), Émile Chartier (1868), Pierre Varignon (1654), Claude Françoise de Lorraine (1612), Mahaut, Countess of Artois (1269), and Armand David (1826).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Séraphine Louis ranks 106. Before her are Jean Clouet (1480), André Lhote (1885), Eugène Atget (1857), Paloma Picasso (1949), Hubert Robert (1733), and Arman (1928). After her are Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836), Narcisse Virgilio Díaz (1807), Louis-Michel van Loo (1707), Émile Friant (1863), Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848), and Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761).

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