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Bernard Berenson

1865 - 1959

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Bernard Berenson (June 26, 1865 – October 6, 1959) was an American art historian specializing in the Renaissance. His book The Drawings of the Florentine Painters was an international success. His wife Mary is thought to have had a large hand in some of the writings. Berenson was a major figure in the attribution of Old Masters, at a time when these were attracting new interest by American collectors, and his judgments were widely respected in the art world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard Berenson is the 278th most popular historian (down from 225th in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 86th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Lithuanian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Bernard Berenson ranks 278 out of 561. Before him are Ahmad Kasravi, Yitzhak Arad, Jerónimo Zurita y Castro, Karl Otfried Müller, John Foxe, and Gustav Hugo. After him are Gerhard Friedrich Müller, Halil İnalcık, Claude Cahen, Zuo Qiuming, Timothy Garton Ash, and Georges Lefebvre.

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Among people born in 1865, Bernard Berenson ranks 106. Before him are Mahmud Tarzi, Lily Braun, Maciej Sulkiewicz, Eduard Vilde, Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia, and Lubor Niederle. After him are Winnaretta Singer, Edgar Aabye, Karl Blossfeldt, Cândido Rondon, Mrs Patrick Campbell, and Ursula Ledóchowska. Among people deceased in 1959, Bernard Berenson ranks 101. Before him are Fernand Bouisson, Lal Bokhari, Leslie Johnson, Ingrid Vang Nyman, Galaktion Tabidze, and The Big Bopper. After him are Henri Vidal, Franz Blücher, Ramón Fonst, Georges Lefebvre, Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, and Kafū Nagai.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Bernard Berenson ranks 92 out of 328. Before him are Maciej Sulkiewicz (1865), Kazimieras Būga (1879), Irena Veisaitė (1928), Tomas Venclova (1937), Šarūnas Jasikevičius (1976), and Yitzhak Arad (1926). After him are Alma Adamkienė (1927), Al Jolson (1886), Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius (1871), Raphael Kalinowski (1835), Silvestras Žukauskas (1860), and Zydrunas Ilgauskas (1975).

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Among HISTORIANS In Lithuania

Among historians born in Lithuania, Bernard Berenson ranks 3. Before him are Joseph Klausner (1874), and Yitzhak Arad (1926). After him are Donald Kagan (1932).

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