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Augustus John

1878 - 1961

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Augustus Edwin John (4 January 1878 – 31 October 1961) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher. For a time he was considered the most important artist at work in Britain: Virginia Woolf remarked that by 1908 the era of John Singer Sargent and Charles Wellington Furse "... was over. The age of Augustus John was dawning." In the second volume of BLAST, Percy Wyndham Lewis wrote, referring to John, that the ten years up to 1914 had been "the Augustan decade." He was the younger brother of the painter Gwen John. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Augustus John is the 1,926th most popular painter (down from 1,889th in 2019), the 4,966th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,479th in 2019) and the 112th most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Augustus John ranks 1,926 out of 2,023. Before him are Gerald Scarfe, George Caleb Bingham, Mikuláš Galanda, Milt Kahl, Thomas Phillips, and Clyfford Still. After him are Benjamin Wilson, Florence Fuller, Maurice Prendergast, Randolph Caldecott, William Stanley Haseltine, and Luke Fildes.

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Among people born in 1878, Augustus John ranks 228. Before him are Elvia Carrillo Puerto, Harold Hackett, Frank Dixon, Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson, Garrett Serviss, and Leopold Löwenheim. After him are Gyula Kakas, Johannes Terwogt, Macario Sakay, Gaston Salmon, George Campbell, and Richard Meinertzhagen. Among people deceased in 1961, Augustus John ranks 186. Before him are Anita Stewart, Elda Emma Anderson, Niels Petersen, Kazimierz Laskowski, Whittaker Chambers, and Zoltan Korda. After him are Gail Russell, Miriam A. Ferguson, Eugene Bullard, Augusto Barcía Trelles, Eddie Polo, and Adela Pankhurst.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Augustus John ranks 4,967 out of 8,785. Before him are Skin (1967), William Friese-Greene (1855), Phil Foden (2000), Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868), Andy Mackay (1946), and Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893). After him are Chris Menges (1940), Chris Bonington (1934), Calum Scott (1988), Mark Ronson (1975), John Gardner (1926), and Meave Leakey (1942).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Augustus John ranks 112. Before him are Peter Blake (1932), Louise Rayner (1832), William Duesbury (1725), Paul Nash (1889), Gerald Scarfe (1936), and Thomas Phillips (1770). After him are Benjamin Wilson (1721), Randolph Caldecott (1846), Luke Fildes (1843), William Beechey (1753), Ernest Townsend (1880), and Derek Riggs (1958).

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