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Abbott Handerson Thayer

1849 - 1921

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Abbott Handerson Thayer (August 12, 1849 – May 29, 1921) was an American painter, naturalist, and teacher. As a painter of portraits, figures, animals, and landscapes, he enjoyed a certain prominence during his lifetime, and his paintings are represented in major American art collections. He is perhaps best known for his 'angel' paintings, some of which use his children as models. During the last third of his life, he worked together with his son, Gerald Handerson Thayer, on a book about protective coloration in nature, titled Concealing-Coloration in the Animal Kingdom. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abbott Handerson Thayer is the 1,917th most popular painter (down from 1,825th in 2019), the 9,880th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,542nd in 2019) and the 121st most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Abbott Handerson Thayer ranks 1,917 out of 2,023Before him are Albert Pinkham Ryder, William Duesbury, Neo Rauch, Paul Nash, Octav Băncilă, and Charles Hamilton Smith. After him are Colin Campbell Cooper, Maxfield Parrish, Gerald Scarfe, George Caleb Bingham, Mikuláš Galanda, and Milt Kahl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Abbott Handerson Thayer ranks 104Before him are Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, William Merritt Chase, Horace Lamb, Henry Clay Frick, August Palm, and John Hopkinson. After him are Edmund Gosse, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, Aston Webb, Sarat Chandra Das, William R. Day, and Edwin Lord Weeks. Among people deceased in 1921, Abbott Handerson Thayer ranks 128Before him are Mustafa Subhi, Władysław Żeleński, Isak Saba, C. I. Scofield, Justiniano Borgoño, and Philander C. Knox. After him are William Friese-Greene, Henry Hyndman, Charles B. Cory, Raymond Thorne, Con Leahy, and John Burroughs.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Abbott Handerson Thayer ranks 9,882 out of 20,380Before him are Robert S. Woodworth (1869), Julie Garwood (1946), Ira Davenport (1887), Cedric the Entertainer (1964), Ron Eldard (1965), and Sunrise Adams (1982). After him are Fred M. Vinson (1890), Peggy Ann Garner (1932), Janice Rule (1931), Kevin Randleman (1971), Samuel Garman (1843), and Albert Parsons (1848).

Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Abbott Handerson Thayer ranks 121Before him are George Inness (1825), Samuel Colman (1832), Frank Weston Benson (1862), George Peter Alexander Healy (1813), Martin Johnson Heade (1819), and Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847). After him are Colin Campbell Cooper (1856), Maxfield Parrish (1870), George Caleb Bingham (1811), Milt Kahl (1909), Clyfford Still (1904), and William Stanley Haseltine (1835).