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Albert Edelfelt

1854 - 1905

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Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt (21 July 1854 – 18 August 1905) was a Finnish painter noted for his naturalistic style and Realist approach to art. He lived in the Grand Duchy of Finland and made Finnish culture visible abroad, before Finland gained independence. He was considered the greatest Finnish artist of the second half of 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries, and one of the most prominent contributors to the Golden Age of Finnish Art. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Edelfelt is the 381st most popular painter (down from 335th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Finland (down from 35th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Finnish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Albert Edelfelt ranks 381 out of 2,023. Before him are Joseph Karl Stieler, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Lucio Fontana, Carlo Carrà, Dosso Dossi, and William Holman Hunt. After him are Giovanni Segantini, Paulus Potter, Polygnotus, Lovis Corinth, Armand Guillaumin, and Elisabetta Sirani.

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Among people born in 1854, Albert Edelfelt ranks 20. Before him are Milan I of Serbia, Johannes Rydberg, Engelbert Humperdinck, Hertha Ayrton, Paul von Rennenkampf, and Salomon August Andrée. After him are Moritz Moszkowski, Paul Natorp, Léo Taxil, Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Yan Fu, and Georges Picquart. Among people deceased in 1905, Albert Edelfelt ranks 13. Before him are Adolph Menzel, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Louise Michel, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Carl Wernicke, and Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders. After him are Élisée Reclus, Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, Walther Flemming, Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Per Teodor Cleve, and Constantin Meunier.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Albert Edelfelt ranks 38 out of 751. Before him are Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881), Mika Häkkinen (1968), Wäinö Aaltonen (1894), Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917), and Hjalmar Siilasvuo (1892). After him are Aleksis Kivi (1834), Yrjö Väisälä (1891), Bengt Holmström (1949), Hannes Kolehmainen (1889), Antti Aarne (1867), and Zachris Topelius (1818).

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Among PAINTERS In Finland

Among painters born in Finland, Albert Edelfelt ranks 3. Before him are Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865), and Helene Schjerfbeck (1862). After him are Hugo Simberg (1873), Tom of Finland (1920), Amélie Lundahl (1850), Elin Danielson-Gambogi (1861), Ellen Thesleff (1869), Magnus Enckell (1870), Pekka Halonen (1865), Fanny Churberg (1845), and Helena Westermarck (1857).

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