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Victor Meirelles

1832 - 1903

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Victor Meirelles de Lima (18 August 1832 – 22 February 1903) was a Brazilian painter and teacher who is best known for his works relating to his nation's culture and history. From humble origins, his talent was soon recognized, being admitted as a student at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. He specialized in the genre of history painting, and upon winning the Academy's Foreign Travel Award, he spent several years training in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Meirelles has received more than 66,323 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Meirelles is the 1,684th most popular painter (down from 1,474th in 2019), the 500th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 430th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Brazilian Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Victor Meirelles ranks 1,684 out of 2,023. Before him are Leonardus Nardus, Fanny Churberg, Julian Fałat, Else Alfelt, John McCrae, and Hendrik Voogd. After him are Rik Wouters, Alexander Brullov, Augustin Hirschvogel, Sofia Adlersparre, Mica Todorović, and Sidney Nolan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Victor Meirelles ranks 75. Before him are Alvan Graham Clark, Carl Friedrich Schmidt, Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line, Lucretia Garfield, Nikiforos Lytras, and Juan Montalvo. After him are Eugenio Montero Ríos, Caroline Harrison, Heinrich Gerber, Zsófia Torma, Boston Corbett, and Adalbert Krueger. Among people deceased in 1903, Victor Meirelles ranks 60. Before him are Lina Sandell, Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, Konstantinos Paspatis, Petko Karavelov, Princess Leopoldine of Baden, and Paul Du Chaillu. After him are Henri Alexis Brialmont, František Ladislav Rieger, Robert Planquette, Nicolaas Beets, István Bittó, and Nikolai Bugaev.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Victor Meirelles ranks 500 out of 2,236. Before him are Rildo da Costa Menezes (1942), Hamilton Mourão (1953), Toninho (1948), Rafinha (1993), Kevin Kurányi (1982), and Alcindo (1945). After him are Rachel de Queiroz (1910), Luiz Adriano (1987), Renata Sorrah (1947), Pixinguinha (1897), Rafinha (1985), and Eike Batista (1956).

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Among PAINTERS In Brazil

Among painters born in Brazil, Victor Meirelles ranks 7. Before him are Tarsila do Amaral (1886), Candido Portinari (1903), Pedro Américo (1843), José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior (1850), Lygia Clark (1920), and Anita Malfatti (1889). After him are Carlos Latuff (1968), Georgina de Albuquerque (1885), and Antônio Parreiras (1860).

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