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Arnold Böcklin

1827 - 1901

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Arnold Böcklin (16 October 1827 – 16 January 1901) was a Swiss Symbolist painter. His five versions of the Isle of the Dead inspired works by several late-Romantic composers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arnold Böcklin is the 132nd most popular painter (down from 121st in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 25th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Painter.

Arnold Böcklin is most famous for his painting "Isle of the Dead."

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Arnold Böcklin ranks 132 out of 2,023. Before him are Odilon Redon, Franz Marc, Gustave Moreau, Albrecht Altdorfer, Hilma af Klint, and Jean Dubuffet. After him are Zeuxis, André Derain, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Mark Rothko, Charles Le Brun, and Mary Cassatt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Arnold Böcklin ranks 3. Before him are Joseph Lister, and Johanna Spyri. After him are Josef Strauss, Ellen G. White, Francisco Solano López, Marcellin Berthelot, Heonjong of Joseon, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Deodoro da Fonseca, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, and William Holman Hunt. Among people deceased in 1901, Arnold Böcklin ranks 9. Before him are Queen Victoria, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Victoria, Princess Royal, Johanna Spyri, Leon Czolgosz, and Benjamin Harrison. After him are Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, George Francis FitzGerald, Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Li Hongzhang, Charles Hermite, and Milan I of Serbia.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Arnold Böcklin ranks 30 out of 1,015. Before him are Johanna Spyri (1827), Alberto Giacometti (1901), Heinrich Rohrer (1933), Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921), Conrad Gessner (1516), and Bruno Ganz (1941). After him are Albert Hofmann (1906), Jacob Burckhardt (1818), Emil Theodor Kocher (1841), Joan Gamper (1877), Carlo Maderno (1556), and Felix Bloch (1905).

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Among PAINTERS In Switzerland

Among painters born in Switzerland, Arnold Böcklin ranks 2. Before him are Paul Klee (1879). After him are Angelica Kauffman (1741), Henry Fuseli (1741), Johannes Itten (1888), Ferdinand Hodler (1853), Félix Vallotton (1865), H. R. Giger (1940), Charles Gleyre (1806), Albert Anker (1831), Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889), and Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702).

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