PAINTER
Carl Gustaf Pilo
1711 - 1793
Carl Gustaf Pilo
Carl Gustaf Pilo (5 March 1711 – 2 March 1793) was a Swedish painter. Pilo worked extensively in Denmark as a painter to the Danish Royal Court and as professor and director at the Royal Danish Academy of Art (Danish: Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi), as well as in his native Sweden. His prolific output in Denmark consisted mainly of portraits of royalty and the nobility, but included also genre paintings in the Dutch style. For over two decades, he was acknowledged as the foremost portrait painter in Denmark. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Gustaf Pilo is the 1,465th most popular painter (down from 1,422nd in 2019). (down from 3,106th in 2019)
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Among PAINTERS
Among painters, Carl Gustaf Pilo ranks 1,465 out of 2,023. Before him are Barbara Bodichon, Kenneth Noland, Virgil Solis, Maruyama Ōkyo, Jan Baptist Weenix, and George Segal. After him are Ludwig Emil Grimm, Meijer de Haan, Erik Werenskiold, Eilif Peterssen, Cornelis Pietersz Bega, and Sigrid Hjertén.
Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia
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Barbara Bodichon
1827 - 1891
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 1,459
Kenneth Noland
1924 - 2010
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 1,460
Virgil Solis
1514 - 1562
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 1,461
Maruyama Ōkyo
1733 - 1795
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 1,462
Jan Baptist Weenix
1621 - 1659
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 1,463
George Segal
1924 - 2000
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,464
Carl Gustaf Pilo
1711 - 1793
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,465
Ludwig Emil Grimm
1790 - 1863
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 1,466
Meijer de Haan
1852 - 1895
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 1,467
Erik Werenskiold
1855 - 1938
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 1,468
Eilif Peterssen
1852 - 1928
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 1,469
Cornelis Pietersz Bega
1630 - 1664
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 1,470
Sigrid Hjertén
1885 - 1948
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 1,471
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1711, Carl Gustaf Pilo ranks 21. Before him are Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Princess Amelia of Great Britain, Thomas Wright, and Ignaz Holzbauer. After him are Stepan Krasheninnikov, and Shah Jahan III. Among people deceased in 1793, Carl Gustaf Pilo ranks 43. Before him are Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau, Karl Philipp Moritz, William Hudson, Leopold Hofmann, Charles de Bonchamps, and Anton Friedrich Büsching. After him are Roger Sherman, Katsukawa Shunshō, Noël Martin Joseph de Necker, Peter Perez Burdett, Johann August Ephraim Goeze, and William Robertson.
Others Born in 1711
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Jean-Joseph de Mondonville
COMPOSER
1711 - 1772
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 15
Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
POLITICIAN
1711 - 1763
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 16
Giovanni Battista Guadagnini
MUSICIAN
1711 - 1786
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 17
Princess Amelia of Great Britain
POLITICIAN
1711 - 1786
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 18
Thomas Wright
MATHEMATICIAN
1711 - 1786
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 19
Ignaz Holzbauer
COMPOSER
1711 - 1783
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 20
Carl Gustaf Pilo
PAINTER
1711 - 1793
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 21
Stepan Krasheninnikov
EXPLORER
1711 - 1755
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 22
Shah Jahan III
POLITICIAN
1711 - 1772
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 23
Others Deceased in 1793
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Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau
POLITICIAN
1760 - 1793
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 37
Karl Philipp Moritz
WRITER
1756 - 1793
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 38
William Hudson
BIOLOGIST
1730 - 1793
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 39
Leopold Hofmann
COMPOSER
1738 - 1793
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 40
Charles de Bonchamps
POLITICIAN
1760 - 1793
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 41
Anton Friedrich Büsching
GEOGRAPHER
1724 - 1793
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 42
Carl Gustaf Pilo
PAINTER
1711 - 1793
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 43
Roger Sherman
POLITICIAN
1721 - 1793
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 44
Katsukawa Shunshō
PAINTER
1726 - 1793
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 45
Noël Martin Joseph de Necker
PHYSICIAN
1730 - 1793
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 46
Peter Perez Burdett
PAINTER
1734 - 1793
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 47
Johann August Ephraim Goeze
BIOLOGIST
1731 - 1793
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 48
William Robertson
HISTORIAN
1721 - 1793
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 49
