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Washington Allston

1779 - 1843

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Washington Allston (November 5, 1779 – July 9, 1843) was an American painter and poet, born in Waccamaw Parish, South Carolina. Allston pioneered America's Romantic movement of landscape painting. He was well known during his lifetime for his experiments with dramatic subject matter and his bold use of light and atmospheric color. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Washington Allston has received more than 125,056 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Washington Allston is the 1,759th most popular painter (down from 1,520th in 2019), the 6,939th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,260th in 2019) and the 91st most popular American Painter.

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  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Washington Allston ranks 1,759 out of 2,023. Before him are Eduard Wiiralt, Arpenik Nalbandyan, Cecilia Beaux, Pyotr Konchalovsky, John Russell, and Mary Moser. After him are Alfred Manessier, Roger Dean, Walter Leistikow, Jeanna Bauck, Halil Pasha, and Hanna Pauli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1779, Washington Allston ranks 31. Before him are Jean Coralli, Francis Scott Key, Louis de Freycinet, Augustin Saint-Hilaire, Johann Schweigger, and Tabitha Babbitt. After him are José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess of Torre Tagle, Stephen Decatur, Joel Roberts Poinsett, Peter Mark Roget, Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, and Mountstuart Elphinstone. Among people deceased in 1843, Washington Allston ranks 31. Before him are John Biscoe, Hirata Atsutane, Sylvestre François Lacroix, Johann Natterer, Friedrich von Adelung, and John Armstrong Jr.. After him are José María Queipo de Llano, 7th Count of Toreno, Josep Bonaplata i Corriol, Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, John Claudius Loudon, and Smith Thompson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Washington Allston ranks 6,939 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Belknap Long (1901), William Pinkney (1764), Neil Campbell (1946), Larry Fine (1902), James Franciscus (1934), and Shonda Rhimes (1970). After him are Irene Rosenfeld (1953), Darlene Hard (1936), Seth Gilliam (1968), Mariel Hemingway (1961), Drea de Matteo (1972), and Rahm Emanuel (1959).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Washington Allston ranks 91. Before him are Jenny Holzer (1950), William Merritt Chase (1849), Robert Ryman (1930), Theodore Robinson (1852), Mike Kelley (1954), and Cecilia Beaux (1855). After him are Paul McCarthy (1945), Kay Sage (1898), Charles Sheeler (1883), Lawrence Weiner (1942), George Inness (1825), and Clyfford Still (1904).

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