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Ásgrímur Jónsson

1876 - 1958

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Ásgrímur Jónsson (March 4, 1876 – April 5, 1958) was an Icelandic painter, and one of the first in the country to make art a professional living. He studied at the Royal Academy in Copenhagen between 1900 and 1903 and traveled widely after graduation. The subjects of his pictures are mostly the landscapes of his home country, particularly mountains. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ásgrímur Jónsson has received more than 36,068 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ásgrímur Jónsson is the 1,834th most popular painter, the 69th most popular biography from Iceland and the 3rd most popular Icelander Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ásgrímur Jónsson ranks 1,834 out of 2,023. Before him are Josefine Swoboda, Basawan, Wang Shimin, Marsden Hartley, Lev Lagorio, and Joseph Stella. After him are William Powell Frith, Blanka Teleki, Kiki Kogelnik, Thomas Hudson, Thomas Hart Benton, and Oldřich Lajsek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Ásgrímur Jónsson ranks 169. Before him are Ellsworth Huntington, Nellie Tayloe Ross, Gaston Peltier, Havergal Brian, H. B. Warner, and Oscar Dessomville. After him are Sverre Hassel, Gregory Mathews, Robert Yerkes, Elisabeth Moore, Paul Montel, and William Carr. Among people deceased in 1958, Ásgrímur Jónsson ranks 156. Before him are José María Caro Rodríguez, Konstantin Yuon, H. B. Warner, Eino Kaila, Georgy Ivanov, and Petr Bezruč. After him are Harry Spanjer, Jalmari Eskola, Nezihe Muhiddin, Daniel Norling, Olaf Gulbransson, and David Pegg.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Ásgrímur Jónsson ranks 69 out of 190. Before him are Hallgrímur Helgason (1959), Þorsteinn Pálsson (1947), Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (1948), Bjarni Benediktsson (1970), Jóhann Hafstein (1915), and Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969). After him are Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1889), Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894), Þórbergur Þórðarson (1888), Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason (1867), Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913), and Snorri Hjartarson (1906).

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Among PAINTERS In Iceland

Among painters born in Iceland, Ásgrímur Jónsson ranks 3. Before him are Erró (1932), and Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval (1885).

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