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Bruno Liljefors

1860 - 1939

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Bruno Andreas Liljefors (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈbrʉ̌ːnʊ ˈlɪ̂lːjɛˌfɔʂ] ; 14 May 1860 – 18 December 1939) was a Swedish artist. He is perhaps best known for his nature and animal motifs, especially with dramatic situations. He was the most important and probably most influential Swedish wildlife painter of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He also drew some sequential picture stories, making him one of the early Swedish comic creators. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bruno Liljefors is the 906th most popular painter (down from 708th in 2019), the 365th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 274th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swedish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Bruno Liljefors ranks 906 out of 2,023. Before him are Barbara Hepworth, Constantin Hansen, Józef Brandt, James Turrell, Beatrice Wood, and Thomas Rowlandson. After him are Simon Hollósy, Isaak Brodsky, Władysław Strzemiński, Effie Gray, Claude Gillot, and Maria van Oosterwijck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Bruno Liljefors ranks 63. Before him are Walter Sickert, Douglas Hyde, Grandma Moses, Florence Harding, Sidney Paget, and Lizzie Borden. After him are Carl Anton Larsen, Karel Kramář, Annie Oakley, Oda Krohg, Michel Zevaco, and Simon Dubnow. Among people deceased in 1939, Bruno Liljefors ranks 65. Before him are Bronisława Dłuska, Subhi Bey Barakat, Eugen Weidmann, Gustavs Zemgals, Benjamin Tucker, and Kyōka Izumi. After him are Isaak Brodsky, Max Skladanowsky, Henri Le Sidaner, Archibald Leitch, Grigori Sokolnikov, and Fyodor Raskolnikov.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Bruno Liljefors ranks 365 out of 1,879. Before him are Oscar Swahn (1847), Karl Staaf (1881), Carl Milles (1875), Lena Nyman (1944), Esaias Tegnér (1782), and Stefan Johansson (1956). After him are Anna Vasa of Sweden (1568), Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793), Pehr Osbeck (1723), Viveca Sten (1959), Carl Gustaf von Rosen (1909), and Reine Wisell (1941).

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Among PAINTERS In Sweden

Among painters born in Sweden, Bruno Liljefors ranks 7. Before him are Hilma af Klint (1862), Carl Larsson (1853), Alexander Roslin (1718), John Bauer (1882), Odd Nerdrum (1944), and Amalia Lindegren (1814). After him are Eugène Jansson (1862), Martin van Meytens (1695), Jenny Nyström (1854), Anna Palm de Rosa (1859), Richard Bergh (1858), and Jeanna Bauck (1840).

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