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Alphonse Legros

1837 - 1911

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Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: [alfɔ̃s ləɡʁo]; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist. He moved to London in 1863 and later was naturalized as British. He was important as a teacher in the British etching revival. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alphonse Legros is the 1,387th most popular painter (up from 1,559th in 2019), the 3,696th most popular biography from France (up from 3,965th in 2019) and the 224th most popular French Painter.

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Among painters, Alphonse Legros ranks 1,387 out of 2,023. Before him are Maria Röhl, Marianne North, Lucien Pissarro, Ogata Kenzan, Karl von Blaas, and Georg Muche. After him are Toyohara Chikanobu, Christian August Lorentzen, Hiroshi Yoshida, Bridget Riley, Dirk van der Aa, and José de Madrazo y Agudo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Alphonse Legros ranks 74. Before him are Sanjō Sanetomi, Walter Hauser, Georg Ossian Sars, Michele Rua, Henry Becque, and Joachim IV of Constantinople. After him are Tony Robert-Fleury, Amelia Dyer, Tigran Chukhajian, Georg von Kopp, Jacob Maris, and Ignatz Kolisch. Among people deceased in 1911, Alphonse Legros ranks 60. Before him are Thomas Blake Glover, Adolf Bernhard Meyer, Ellen Swallow Richards, Quanah Parker, Howard Pyle, and Florentino Ameghino. After him are Carolina Coronado, Nikolay Beketov, Kōtoku Shūsui, Anton Josef Gruscha, Ernst Brenner, and Carl Fredrik Hill.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alphonse Legros ranks 3,696 out of 6,770. Before him are Peire Cardenal (1180), Gaston Tissandier (1843), Fréhel (1891), Baude Cordier (1364), Pierre Barouh (1934), and Claude Favre de Vaugelas (1585). After him are Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620), André Patry (1902), Émile Fisseux (1868), Julien Dupré (1851), François de La Mothe Le Vayer (1588), and Étienne Pierre Ventenat (1757).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Alphonse Legros ranks 224. Before him are Wojciech Kossak (1856), Louis Hersent (1777), Gabriel François Doyen (1726), Nicolas Mignard (1606), Jacques Aved (1702), and Lucien Pissarro (1863). After him are Julien Dupré (1851), Tony Robert-Fleury (1837), Charb (1967), Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694), Charles de La Fosse (1636), and Isidore Pils (1813).

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