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William Etty

1787 - 1849

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William Etty (10 March 1787 – 13 November 1849) was an English artist best known for his history paintings containing nude figures. He was the first significant British painter of nudes and still lifes. Born in York, he left school at the age of 12 to become an apprentice printer in Hull. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Etty has received more than 482,852 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). William Etty is the 69th most popular artist (down from 47th in 2019), the 3,175th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,718th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Artist.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.23

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, William Etty ranks 69 out of 78. Before him are Luigi Serafini, Aleksandr Golovin, Eric Gill, Vlado Goreski, Hu Zhengyan, and Yoshitomo Nara. After him are Bas Jan Ader, Lado Gudiashvili, Carolee Schneemann, Sergei Sviatchenko, James Rivière, and John Howe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1787, William Etty ranks 37. Before him are José María Bocanegra, Andrés Quintana Roo, Konstantin Batyushkov, Joaquín Mosquera, Thomas Say, and Sven Nilsson. After him are Edward Blore, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Johann Natterer, Samuel Cunard, François Sudre, and John Richardson. Among people deceased in 1849, William Etty ranks 51. Before him are Pavel Chichagov, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, Filippo Paulucci, Marc Isambard Brunel, Mariano Paredes, and Maria Edgeworth. After him are Edward Hicks, William Townsend Aiton, José María Carreño, Albert Gallatin, Francisco Ramón Vicuña, and George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Etty ranks 3,175 out of 7,765. Before him are Mike Parkes (1931), Laura Mulvey (1941), John Marshall (1876), Estelle Winwood (1883), Michael Wilding (1912), and Tommy Douglas (1904). After him are David Gregory (1659), Doreen Massey (1944), Henry Travers (1874), Barry Flanagan (1941), Edward Blore (1787), and Gary Numan (1958).

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Among ARTISTS In United Kingdom

Among artists born in United Kingdom, William Etty ranks 6. Before him are David Hockney (1937), Banksy (1970), Edward Burne-Jones (1833), Damien Hirst (1965), and Eric Gill (1882). After him are John Butler Yeats (1839), Rachel Whiteread (1963), and Grayson Perry (1960).

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